Mike Clink

Mike Clink
Mike Clink
Born	United States
Genres	Rock; glam metal; heavy metal; pop;
Occupation	Record producer
Labels	Geffen, Chrysalis
Website	mikeclinkproductions.com

Mike Clink is an American record producer.^[1]^[2] He began his career as an engineer at Record Plant Studios, recording such bands as Whitesnake,^[1] Triumph, Guns N' Roses,^[1] Mötley Crüe, Megadeth, UFO (including Strangers in the Night), Jefferson Starship, the Babys, Heart, Eddie Money, and many others.^[3]

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Clink began producing in 1986. "After a series of failed attempts", Steve Kurutz at AllMusic noted, "a young band named Guns N' Roses asked Clink to produce their debut album, Appetite for Destruction." "We could have made it all smooth and polished with (original producer) Spencer Proffer," noted Axl Rose, "[but] it was too fucking radio (i.e., radio-friendly). That's why we went with Mike Clink."^[4]

In 1988, Clink began work on Metallica's ...And Justice for All but was replaced with Flemming Rasmussen, who had helmed the band's preceding two albums.^[5]

In 1989, Clink produced the Sea Hags' critically acclaimed, self-titled debut album, recorded at Captain and Tennille's Rumbo Recorders. It would be the band's only album. The following year, Clink coproduced the successful Rust in Peace by American thrash metal band Megadeth. He left the project shortly before finishing it in order to work with Guns N' Roses.^[6]

In 1996, Clink moved away from the metal genre to produce an album for the pop punk band Size 14, released on Volcano Entertainment, part of BMG.

In 2001, he produced the album Glamorous Youth for the Houston rock band Pure Rubbish, signed to Ozzy Osbourne's label, Divine Recordings.

An entrepreneur, Clink frequently speaks on panels focusing on digital rights, new media technology, and copyright protection.^[7]^[8]

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Artist	Album name	Year
Triumph	The Sport of Kings^[3]	1986
Survivor	When Seconds Count	1986
Guns N' Roses	Appetite for Destruction^[3]	1987
Mari Hamada	In the Precious Age	1987
Hurricane	Over the Edge	1988
Guns N' Roses	Lies	1988
Whitesnake	Slip of the Tongue^[3]	1989
Sea Hags	Sea Hags	1989
Little Caesar	Street Survivors	1989
Megadeth	Rust in Peace^[3]	1990
Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion I^[3]	1991
Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion II	1991
Roxy Blue	Want Some?	1992
Guns N' Roses	"The Spaghetti Incident?"^[3]	1993
I Mother Earth	Dig	1993
Slash	"Magic Carpet Ride" from Coneheads	1993
Sammy Hagar	(Un)boxed^[3]	1994
Guns N' Roses	"Sympathy for the Devil" from Interview with the Vampire	1994
Slash's Snakepit	It's Five O'Clock Somewhere	1995
Beth Hart Band	Immortal	1996
Sammy Hagar	Marching to Mars^[3]	1997
Size 14	Size 14	1997
Fuzzbubble	"Out There" from Godzilla: The Album	1998
Fuzzbubble	"Bliss" from the Hell City, Hell soundtrack	1998
Pushmonkey	Pushmonkey	1998
Mötley Crüe	New Tattoo	2000
Pushmonkey	El Bitche	2001
Pure Rubbish	Glamorous Youth	2001
Steve Vai	The Infinite Steve Vai: An Anthology (co-produced)	2003
The Glitterati	The Glitterati	2005
Camp Freddy	"The Jean Genie"^[9]	2006
Warner Drive	Fully Loaded^[10]	2006
Crushed	My Machine	2006
Sarah Kelly	Where the Past Meets Today	2006
Brad Cox	New Directions^[11]	2008
Crushed	Shadows and Substance^[12]	2008
Camp Freddy	"Merry Xmas Everybody"	2008
The Sonic Graffiti	"Mystery Number" from The Haiti Project^[13]	2010
State Line Empire	Octane EP^[14]	2011
Mumiy Troll	Vladivostok	2012
Shelter Dogs	Take Me Home^[15]	2014
Archer	Culling the Weak^[16]	2015
Jaime Wyatt	Felony Blues	2017
Lucie	"Nejlepší, kterou znám" from EvoLucie^[17]	2018
Les Stroud	Bittern Lake^[18]	2018
American Bombshell	"My Drug" from Tattooed 'N Bruised^[19]	2019
Les Stroud	Mother Earth^[20]	2019
Archer Nation	Beneath the Dream^[21]	2019
Capital Theatre	A Hero's Journey^[22]	2021
Triumph tribute	(forthcoming album)^[23]	2023
Slash	Orgy of the Damned^[24]	2024

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Artist	Album name	Year
UFO	Strangers in the Night	1979
Jefferson Starship	Freedom at Point Zero	1979
Eddie Money	Playing for Keeps	1980
Jefferson Starship	Modern Times	1981
707	The Bridge	1983
Survivor	Caught in the Game	1983
Shooting Star	Silent Scream	1985
Metallica	...And Justice for All	1988
Metallica	Garage Inc.	1998
Sammy Hagar	Ten 13	2000

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Several of Clink's productions and recordings have received awards and nominations, including Lucie's single "Nejlepší, kterou znám", from the album EvoLucie. Both the single and the album won Anděl Awards, for Song of the Year^[25] and Album of the Year, respectively.

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Artist	Work / Recording name	Award	Result	Credit
Guns N' Roses	G N' R Lies	Grammy: Best Hard Rock Performance^[26]	Nominated	Producer, engineer
Megadeth	Rust in Peace	Grammy: Best Metal Performance^[27]	Nominated	Producer, engineer
Guns N' Roses	Use Your Illusion I	Grammy: Best Hard Rock Performance^[26]	Nominated	Producer, engineer
Guns N' Roses	"Live and Let Die"	Grammy: Best Hard Rock Performance^[26]	Nominated	Producer, engineer
I Mother Earth	Dig	Juno: Best Hard Rock Album^[28]	Won	Producer, engineer
Sarah Kelly	Where the Past Meets Today	Grammy: Best Rock or Rap Gospel Album^[29]	Nominated	Producer, engineer
Lucie	"Nejlepší, kterou znám"	Anděl Award: Song of the Year^[30]	Won	Producer, engineer, mixer
Lucie	EvoLucie	Anděl Award: Album of the Year^[30]	Won	Producer, engineer, mixer
Guns N' Roses	Appetite for Destruction – Locked N' Loaded edition	Grammy: Best Boxed or Special Ltd Edition Pkg	Nominated	Producer, engineer

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[1]
Hilburn, Robert (April 8, 1990). "The Hot 'Tag Team' of Rock Management : Rob Kahane's faith in George Michael and Michael Lippman's belief in record producers have made them an industry force". Los Angeles Times.
[2]
"Biography at Shure.com". Archived from the original on July 30, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
[3]
Massey, Howard (2000). Behind the Glass: Top Record Producers Tell How They Craft the Hits. San Francisco, California, US: Backbeat Books. pp. 215–222. ISBN 0879306149.
[4]
Wall, Mick (January 2002). "Madman? Messiah? Misunderstood? Inside the lonely, mixed-up world of W. Axl Rose". Classic Rock. p. 93.
[5]
"Original ...And Justice for All Producer Explains Why He Didn't Work with Metallica". Metalinjection.net. September 9, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
[6]
Mustaine, Dave; Selvin, Joel (2020). Rust in peace: the inside story of the Megadeth masterpiece (First ed.). New York: Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0-306-84602-1. OCLC 1135584185.
[7]
Hertweck, Nate (February 2, 2018). "Producer Mike Clink Delivers Testimony on Crucial Music Issues". Grammy.com. Recording Academy. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
[8]
"Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives" (PDF). Govinfo.gov.
[9]
"Slash, Warren Demartini, Billy Duffy to Perform with Camp Freddy Tonight". Blabbermouth.net. August 5, 2006.
[10]
"Rough Edge: Warner Drive CD Reviews". Roughedge.com.
[11]
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[12]
"Crushed Issues 'Shadows And Substance'". Blabbermouth.net. November 3, 2008.
[13]
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[14]
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[15]
"Guns N'Roses, Megadeth Producer Mike Clink – Talks New Shelter Dogs Project". Bravewords.com.
[16]
"Culling the Weak (2015), by Archer Nation". Archernation.bandcamp.com.
[17]
"Lucie vydává po 16 letech nové album EvoLucie" [After 16 years, Lucie releases a new album, EvoLucie]. Csmusic.cz (in Czech). November 12, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
[18]
"Spill Feature: Bittern Lake-A Conversation with Survivorman & Musician Les Stroud". Spillmagazine.com. July 5, 2018.
[19]
"American Bombshell: 'Tattooed 'N Bruised' – Sleaze Roxx". Sleazeroxx.com. April 1, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
[20]
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[21]
"Archer Nation Unveil New LP 'Beneath the Dream,' Wrap Tour with Anvil and Don Jamieson". Guitarworld.com. April 25, 2019.
[22]
"Capital Theatre Announces 'A Hero's Journey' Album". BroadwayWorld.com.
[23]
"Triumph Tribute Album Is 'Close to Being Finished'". Blabbermouth.net. June 3, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
[24]
"Slash's 'Orgy of the Damned' Blues Album to Feature Brian Johnson, Iggy Pop, Paul Rodgers, Others". Blabbermouth.net. March 8, 2024.
[25]
"The Andel Awards: Lucie Wins Album of the Year Award, Barbora Polakova Also Earns Success". Lp-life.com.
[26]
"GRAMMY Award Results for Guns N' Roses". Grammy.com.
[27]
"GRAMMY Award Results for Megadeth". Grammy.com.
[28]
"Best Hard Rock Album 1994". Junoawards.ca.
[29]
"Grammy Award Results for Sarah Kelly". Grammy.com.
[30]
"The Andel Awards: Lucie wins album of the year award, Barbora Polakova also earns success". Lp-life.com.

Official website
Mike Clink at McDonough Management
Biography at Shure.com (archived)

[LAT-1] [1]
Hilburn, Robert (April 8, 1990). "The Hot 'Tag Team' of Rock Management : Rob Kahane's faith in George Michael and Michael Lippman's belief in record producers have made them an industry force". Los Angeles Times.

[2] [2]
"Biography at Shure.com". Archived from the original on July 30, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2011.

[BTG1-3] [3]
Massey, Howard (2000). Behind the Glass: Top Record Producers Tell How They Craft the Hits. San Francisco, California, US: Backbeat Books. pp. 215–222. ISBN 0879306149.

[4] [4]
Wall, Mick (January 2002). "Madman? Messiah? Misunderstood? Inside the lonely, mixed-up world of W. Axl Rose". Classic Rock. p. 93.

[5] [5]
"Original ...And Justice for All Producer Explains Why He Didn't Work with Metallica". Metalinjection.net. September 9, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2024.

[6] [6]
Mustaine, Dave; Selvin, Joel (2020). Rust in peace: the inside story of the Megadeth masterpiece (First ed.). New York: Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0-306-84602-1. OCLC 1135584185.

[7] [7]
Hertweck, Nate (February 2, 2018). "Producer Mike Clink Delivers Testimony on Crucial Music Issues". Grammy.com. Recording Academy. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2023.

[8] [8]
"Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives" (PDF). Govinfo.gov.

[9] [9]
"Slash, Warren Demartini, Billy Duffy to Perform with Camp Freddy Tonight". Blabbermouth.net. August 5, 2006.

[10] [10]
"Rough Edge: Warner Drive CD Reviews". Roughedge.com.

[11] [11]
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[12] [12]
"Crushed Issues 'Shadows And Substance'". Blabbermouth.net. November 3, 2008.

[13] [13]
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[14] [14]
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[15] [15]
"Guns N'Roses, Megadeth Producer Mike Clink – Talks New Shelter Dogs Project". Bravewords.com.

[16] [16]
"Culling the Weak (2015), by Archer Nation". Archernation.bandcamp.com.

[17] [17]
"Lucie vydává po 16 letech nové album EvoLucie" [After 16 years, Lucie releases a new album, EvoLucie]. Csmusic.cz (in Czech). November 12, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2022.

[18] [18]
"Spill Feature: Bittern Lake-A Conversation with Survivorman & Musician Les Stroud". Spillmagazine.com. July 5, 2018.

[19] [19]
"American Bombshell: 'Tattooed 'N Bruised' – Sleaze Roxx". Sleazeroxx.com. April 1, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2024.

[20] [20]
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[21] [21]
"Archer Nation Unveil New LP 'Beneath the Dream,' Wrap Tour with Anvil and Don Jamieson". Guitarworld.com. April 25, 2019.

[22] [22]
"Capital Theatre Announces 'A Hero's Journey' Album". BroadwayWorld.com.

[23] [23]
"Triumph Tribute Album Is 'Close to Being Finished'". Blabbermouth.net. June 3, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.

[24] [24]
"Slash's 'Orgy of the Damned' Blues Album to Feature Brian Johnson, Iggy Pop, Paul Rodgers, Others". Blabbermouth.net. March 8, 2024.

[25] [25]
"The Andel Awards: Lucie Wins Album of the Year Award, Barbora Polakova Also Earns Success". Lp-life.com.

[auto1-26] [26]
"GRAMMY Award Results for Guns N' Roses". Grammy.com.

[27] [27]
"GRAMMY Award Results for Megadeth". Grammy.com.

[28] [28]
"Best Hard Rock Album 1994". Junoawards.ca.

[29] [29]
"Grammy Award Results for Sarah Kelly". Grammy.com.

[auto-30] [30]
"The Andel Awards: Lucie wins album of the year award, Barbora Polakova also earns success". Lp-life.com.

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