Eddie Wohl is an American
composer
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,
music producer
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, and
mixing engineer
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.
As an artist, he was signed to
Epic
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Epic(s) ...
,
Elektra and
Mercury/
Island
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, and had a production deal with
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records is a Dutch–American record label focused on Heavy metal music, heavy metal and hard rock music. Founded in the Netherlands in 1980, it is now a division of Warner Music Group and is based in New York City. Formerly seen as ...
. Growing up on the
East Coast, Wohl was in his first band at age 15 and signed his first record deal at the age of 25. Wohl's major influences growing up included
Black Sabbath
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,
Stevie Wonder
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,
Public Enemy
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and
McCoy Tyner
Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960 to 1965, and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Masters, NEA J ...
. Coming out of the New York City club/band scene, more specifically Limelight, he has spent many years as a songwriter and producer. In 1999, Wohl, along with his partners, launched the New York-based Scrap 60 Productions, which was responsible for producing acts such as
Anthrax
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,
Ill Nino and
H2O, among others.
Wohl's producing credits include a variety of acts, from metal
Fuel
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,
Anthrax
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, and
Smile Empty Soul
Smile Empty Soul is an American Rock music, rock band, originally from Santa Clarita, California, Santa Clarita, California, United States. It was started in 1998 by Sean Danielsen (vocals and guitar), Ryan Martin (bass), and Derek Gledhill (dru ...
, to glam-punker
Jesse Mallin and pop artist/American Idol judge
Kara Dioguardi. He has produced records featuring performances by
Bruce Springsteen
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,
Robby Krieger,
Roger Daltrey
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,
Chino Moreno,
Jakob Dylan,
Josh Homme,
Chris Shiflett,
Jada Pinkett Smith, and
Dimebag Darrell
Darrell Lance Abbott (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004), known professionally as Dimebag Darrell, was an American musician. He was the guitarist of the heavy metal music, heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan, both of which he co-founde ...
.
As a composer, Wohl has received six
Emmy Awards
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. three time
Telly Award, three time
Pro Max Award and
Mark Award. Some TV appearances of his music include
Super Bowl XLVII, The CBS Super Bowl Pre-Game show, "CBS Super Bowl 50th Anniversary" spots the
NFL on CBS,
NBA on NBC,
The Rio Olympics, The
NHL
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,
NCAA Basketball,
PGA Golf on CBS,
Young Sheldon, and
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
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.
Discography
Mixing credits
2015
*'' Reign of Terror ''-
Terror Universal
Production credits
2016
* ''
Shapeshifter
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'' -
Smile Empty Soul
Smile Empty Soul is an American Rock music, rock band, originally from Santa Clarita, California, Santa Clarita, California, United States. It was started in 1998 by Sean Danielsen (vocals and guitar), Ryan Martin (bass), and Derek Gledhill (dru ...
2014
* ''
Food Chain
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'' -
Sean Danielsen
* ''
Puppet Strings'' -
Fuel
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* ''
Till Death, La Familia'' -
Ill Nino
2013
* ''
Chemicals
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'' - Smile Empty Soul
* ''
Enjoy the Process'' - Sean Danielsen
2012
* ''
3's'' - Smile Empty Soul
* ''
Spreading My Wings'' -
World Fire Brigade
2009
* ''
Consciousness
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'' - Smile Empty Soul
2008
* ''
Enigma'' - Ill Niño
2007
* ''
Glitter in the Gutter''-
Jesse Malin
2006
* ''
The Best of Ill Niño'' - Ill Niño
* ''
Of Vengeance and Violence'' -
Dry Kill Logic
2005
* ''
One Nation Underground'' - Ill Niño
2002
* ''
All We Want'' -
H2O
* ''
Bitterness the Star'' -
36 Crazyfists
2001
* ''
(The) New Release'' -
Primer 55
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2000
* ''
Introduction To Mayhem'' - Primer 55
References
American rock keyboardists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American record producers
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