Bob Weston
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- This article is about the musician and sound engineer. For the Fleetwood Mac member, see Bob Weston (guitarist).
Bob Weston is an American musician, producer, recording engineer, and record mastering engineer.
[edit] Biography
Weston was born and raised in Waltham, Massachusetts. He earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Lowell, Lowell, MA.
While working at the University's campus radio station, WJUL, he began mixing live performances of local Boston bands such as The Pixies and the Blake Babies.
In 1987 Weston joined The Volcano Suns, playing bass guitar. The group was led by Peter Prescott, (previously the drummer for Mission of Burma, who had broken up in 1983). When Mission of Burma reformed in 2002, Weston replaced Martin Swope, who had added live tape loops to the group.
Weston joined Steve Albini in Shellac in 1991. Under Albini, Weston honed his studio production skills and has gone on to produce material for bands including Rodan, Sebadoh, June of 44, Polvo, Archers of Loaf, Chavez, Rachel's, Ken Vandermark... Bob Weston was also Albini's Assistant Engineer on Nirvana's In Utero album.
In 2002, Weston joined the reunited Mission of Burma, taking the place of Martin Swope as tape manipulator and live engineer for the band. He appears on and recorded the albums ONoffON and The Obliterati.
In early 2007, Weston opened Chicago Mastering Service with Jason Ward on Chicago's west side.
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