Hutch (sound engineer)

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Name = Patrick Hutchinson


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Occupation = Sound engineer
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Associated_acts = Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, The Raconteurs
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Patrick Hutchinson (born November 15), better known as Hutch, is a sound engineer and member of the band Queens of the Stone Age, [cite journal |year=1999 |month=August |title=Eat, Breathe, And Shit Music |journal=Metal Hammer |accessdate=2007-11-15] [cite web |url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/review/12033915 |title=Queens of the Stone Age|accessdate=2007-11-15 |work=Reviews |publisher=Yahoo.com ] [cite journal |year=2000 |month=June |title=Drugstore Cowboy |journal=Kerrang! |accessdate=2007-11-15 ] specifically its live incarnation. [ [http://www.drownedinsound.com/bands/163 Queens of the Stone Age band profile] at Drowned In Sound. Retrieved on November 15, 2007.] Queens of the Stone Age band leader Joshua Homme has regarded him as "road brother" since the pair first collaborated in desert rock band Kyuss. [cite journal |last=Deleurmoz |first=Cyril |year=2005 |month=March |title=Queens of the Stone Age |journal=Rock'n'Folk |accessdate= 2007-11-15 ]

Hutch was born and raised in Halifax [cite journal
url=http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/story.html?id=494109
title=These stones tell no secrets
journal=National Post
accessdate=2008-05-06
last=George-Cosh
first=David] , Nova Scotia and worked for many different punk rock bands during the 1980s before being hired to do sound for Kyuss.cite web |url = http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070822.wqueens22/BNStory/Entertainment/home |title = Princes Charming, Well Almost |accessdate = 2007-08-27 |author = George-Cosh, David |date =2007-08-22 |publisher = Globe and Mail ] In the aftermath of the break-up of Kyuss, guitarist Josh Homme brought him along to his new project, Queens of the Stone Age. Hutch was subsequently responsible for recruiting his "best friend" Dave Catching to the band as a touring guitarist in 1998, thereby starting the latter's professional relationship with Homme which would later culminate in the Desert Sessions and continue in Eagles of Death Metal. [cite web |url=http://www.maton.com.au/interviews/dave-catching.html |title=Dave Catching |accessdate=2007-11-15 |work=Maton Guitars ]

The band credit much of how good they sound live to Hutch, who has also contributed piano, vocals, [ [http://www.ravewave.com/?s=calendar_event&e=17280 Rave.ca profile of the band] Retrieved on November 15, 2007.] and artwork to the band's repertoire. While contributing to Queens of the Stone Age, he has acted as sound engineer for other bands, including most recently Eagles of Death Metal and The Raconteurs.

Hutch, along with Homme and Seattle-based artist Wayne Sherman, was a key progenitor of the Secret Wall Tattoo art project, [cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/news/queens-of-the-stone-age/21302 |title=Josh Homme's secret hotel art revealed |accessdate=2007-11-15 |work=NME ] whereby the trio would leave elaborate illustrations and paintings behind picture frames in hotel bedrooms. [cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/homme%20leaves%20his%20mark%20in%20hotel%20rooms |title=Homme Leaves His Mark in Hotel Rooms |accessdate=2007-11-15 |work=Contactmusic.com ]

Partial discography

*"Queens of the Stone Age" (1998) - sound; played piano on "I Was a Teenage Hand Model"
*"Rated R" (2000) - sound, light
*"Songs for the Deaf" (2002) - sound, artwork, direction
*"Over the Years and Through the Woods" (2005) - sound, artwork

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