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, recording such bands as

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, UFO (including ''

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Career

Clink began producing in 1986. "After a series of failed attempts", Steve Kurutz at

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noted, "a young band named

asked Clink to produce their debut album, ''

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''." "We could have made it all smooth and polished with ''(original producer)''

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, " utit was too fucking radio ''(i.e., radio-friendly)''. That's why we went with Mike Clink." Clink's collaboration with Guns N' Roses lasted for five albums, which sold a combined total of around ninety million. In 1988, Clink began work on

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's '' ...And Justice for All'' but was replaced with

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, who had helmed the band's preceding two albums. In 1989, Clink produced the

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' critically acclaimed, self-titled debut album, recorded at Captain and Tennille's

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. It would be the band's only album. The following year, Clink coproduced the successful ''

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band

. In 1996, Clink moved away from the metal genre to produce an album for the pop punk band

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, released on

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, part of BMG. Clink recorded and mixed the live half-time show for

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that featured Aerosmith,

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, and

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. He also recorded and mixed a live television special for

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. In 2001, he produced the album ''Glamorous Youth'' for the

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, signed to

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's label, Divine Recordings. An entrepreneur, Clink frequently speaks on panels focusing on digital rights, new media technology, and copyright protection.

Selected discography

As producer

As engineer

Awards and nominations

Several of Clink's productions and recordings have received awards and nominations, including

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's single "Nejlepší, kterou znám", from the album ''EvoLucie''. Both the single and the album won

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, for Song of the Year and Album of the Year, respectively.

References

External links

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Mike Clink
at McDonough Management
Biography
at Shure.com (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Clink, Mike American record producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)