Kurt Ballou
Kurt Ballou (born February 1, 1974 in Massachusetts ) is an American musician and record producer .
Ballou has been the guitarist of the metalcore band Converge , which he co-founded, since 1990 . In the mid to late 1990s, he was also part of the punk band The Huguenots and the side project Kid Kilowatt . From 1999 to 2002 he also played in the rock group Blue / Green Heart .
In 1998, Ballou opened GodCity Studio, his own recording studio in Salem, Massachusetts . Here he mostly produces bands from the extreme music sector, but is also responsible for the production of most of the albums of his own bands.
Kurt Ballou suffers from chronic tendonitis and can therefore only perform live with great pain. Ballou is vegan and straight edge .
Discography (selection)
With Converge
- 1994: Halo in a Haystack
- 1996: Petitioning the Empty Sky
- 1998: When Forever Comes Crashing
- 2001: Jane Doe
- 2004: You Fail Me
- 2006: No Heroes
- 2009: Ax to Fall
- 2012: All We Love We Leave Behind
- 2017: The Dusk in Us
With The Huguenots
- 1998: The Huguenots (EP)
- 2007: Discography
With kid kilowatts
- 2004: Guitar Method
With Blue / Green Heart
- 2001: Self Esteem Through Modern Science (EP)
As a guest musician
- 1998: Cave In - Until Your Heart Stops
- 2000: Supermachiner - Rise of the Great Machine
- 2002: Nationale Blue - A Different Kind of Listening
- 2002: Curl Up and Die - Unfortunately, We're Not Robots
- 2004: Old Man Gloom - Christmas
- 2005: New Idea Society - You Are Awake or Asleep
- 2007: Pygmy Lush - Bitter River
- 2007: Trap Them - Sleepwell Deconstructor
- 2008: Genghis Tron - Board Up the House
- 2008: Torche - Meanderthal
- 2008: Pygmy Lush - Mount Hope
As a producer
- 1999: Orchid - Chaos is Me
- 1999: Isis - The Red Sea
- 2000: American Nightmare - American Nightmare
- 2001: Pg. 99 - Document # 8
- 2001: Piebald - Piebald
- 2002: Drowningman - Best Record Ever
- 2003: Beecher - Breaking the Fourth Wall
- 2003: Since By Man - We Sing the Body Electric
- 2004: Scars of Tomorrow - Rope Tied to the Trigger
- 2004: Champion - Promises Kept
- 2005: Transistor Transistor - Erase All Name and Likeness
- 2005: Modern Life Is War - Witness
- 2006: The Hope Conspiracy - Death Knows Your Name
- 2007: Blacklisted - Peace on Earth, War on Stage
- 2007: The Ghost of a Thousand - This is Where the Fight Begins
- 2007: I Hate Sally - Don't Worry Lady
- 2007: 108 - A New Beat from a Dead Heart
- 2007: Kruger - Redemption Through Looseness
- 2008: Disfear - Live the Storm
- 2008: Misery Index - Traitors
- 2008: Have Heart - Songs to Scream at the Sun
- 2009: Lewd Acts - Black Eye Blues
- 2009: Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive
- 2010: Kvelertak - Kvelertak
- 2010: All Pigs Must Die - All Pigs Must Die
- 2011: Today Is the Day - Pain is a Warning
- 2012: High on Fire - De Vermis Mysteriis
- 2013: Oathbreaker - Eros / Anteros
- 2013: Toxic Holocaust - Chemistry of Consciousness
- 2014: Every Time I Die - From Parts Unknown
- 2014: Code Orange - I Am King
- 2014: Old Man Gloom - The Ape of God
- 2015: Hamlet - La Ira
- 2015: Four Year Strong - Four Year Strong
- 2015: Mutoid Man - Bleeder
- 2016: Russian Circles - Guidance
- 2016: The Dillinger Escape Plan - Dissociation
- 2017: Darkest Hour - Godless Prophets & the Migrant Flora
- 2017: Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun
Individual evidence
- ↑ FUZE magazine, issue 09 (April / May 2008), page 20
- ↑ http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=1244&catId=5
- ↑ http://www.thesunchronicle.com/straight-edgers-just-say-no/article_d4c3aa08-82ab-51f1-ab86-164a8fa2e197.html
Web links
- Interview at lambgoat.com (English) ( Memento from April 22, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Kurt Ballou at Allmusic (English)
- Kurt Ballou at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ballou, Kurt |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American guitarist and producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1st February 1974 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Massachusetts |