Jst saw on Facebook that Critter has passed, really sad to hear that, the man was an amazing talent!
Wow. Sucks. He always had an edge to whatever he had a hand in.
RIP
I’m sorry to hear that. He was one of those names that popped up over and over again on lots of good records.
who was critter? Tried googling him but nothing.
Late,
grmpysmrf
He was a recording engineer during the classic Wax Trax era.
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jeff+"Critter"+Newell
The most recent thing I can remember him being on was Angels + Airwaves because they wanted that late '80s sound.
Jesus, grmpy, the man even worked on Chinese Democracy!
Seriously though, three pages of technical credits, the first page alone is amazing:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jeff+"Critter"+Newell#t=Credits_Technical&q=&p=1
His name was on so many records I listened to as an adolescent, I definitely knew who he was, which says something when you’re just the dude running the board. I wonder what happened. I’ll pour one out.
Very sorry to hear this…sad news.
Yeah, he was on everything. Sad. I know Fluffy passed on not to long ago as well. Those guys definitely helped make the sound.
This sucks…loved his work.
Yeah, he was on everything. Sad. I know Fluffy passed on not to long ago as well. Those guys definitely helped make the sound.
I had no idea about that.
This is def. a loss for the music world [:(]
Was Critter the youngest person working on Ministry in the 1989-1992 era?
Was Critter the youngest person working on Ministry in the 1989-1992 era?
Probably, I think so. Him or Connelly. Connelly was like in his mid-20s when he was working with Al and Co in 1986.
Mike Scaccia is also slightly younger than Chris.
So did I dream that Fluffy died? I distinctly remember reading it somewhere a couple years back, but I can’t find any mention of it anywhere now.
No Fluffy is still alive was sad to hear about critter got to chill with him a couple times was a cool dude.
Wow. Really sad. So many records Critter worked on are part of my collection.
Jesus. I just scoped out the Discogs page. Yeah, that’s about half my record collection I owe to that guy.
RIP.
Does anyone know how he died? I always liked his work with Skrew (Dusted) and 13 mg.