Kurt Ballou

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Ballou performing with Converge in 2007

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

As a producer

Individual evidence

  1. FUZE magazine, issue 09 (April / May 2008), page 20
  2. http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=1244&catId=5
  3. http://www.thesunchronicle.com/straight-edgers-just-say-no/article_d4c3aa08-82ab-51f1-ab86-164a8fa2e197.html

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