Bob Weston

Bob Weston is an American musician, producer, recording engineer, and record mastering engineer.

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 Sebadoh, June of 44, Polvo, The Coctails, Archers of Loaf, Chavez, Rachel's, Ken Vandermark, and Rodan, the last of whom named their lone album after Weston's nickname. 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.

External links

* [http://www.eqmag.com/story.asp?storycode=9388 Interview with EQ Magazine featuring Weston and Mission of Burma]