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Berton Averre
real name Berton Leslie Averre
Van Nuys, United States
Berton Averre is credited on 644 releases across 152 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
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Credits
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Albums
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Decades active
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In collections
Biography
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Lead guitarist of the Los Angeles rock band The Knack, born December 13, 1953 in Van Nuys, California.
In the 1990s, he began to work for the theatre. He has written several musical comedies and other shows.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
644 releases · 152 albums · active 1979–2023
- Performance · 1,307
- Other credits · 79
- Production · 1
Studios: Record Plant, Los Angeles · Power Station · Santa Monica Sound Recorders · Cherokee Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Get The Knack
1979
"Weird Al" Yankovic
1983
Reality Bites (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1994
Chipmunk Punk
1980
My Sharona
1979
Stranger Things 3 (Music From The Netflix Original Series)
2019
...But The Little Girls Understand
1980
Rock 80
1980
Squeeze Box: The Complete Works Of "Weird Al" Yankovic
2017
Round Trip
1981
The Food Album
1993
Power Play
1980
No Sacrifice, No Victory
2009
Here Come The Drums
2005
Serious Fun
1991
Hitline
1980
Sounds Of The Seventies 1979
Live At The House Of Blues (September 25, 2001)
2022
Rock & Roll Is Good For You: The Fieger/Averre Demos
2012
I'm Going To Tell You A Secret
2006
Thunderdome
2004
Normal As The Next Guy
2001
Zoom
1998
Just Can't Get Enough: New Wave Hits Of The '80s, Vol. 1
1994
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- The Knack (3)
- Sabrina
- """Weird Al"" Yankovic"
- Veruca Salt
- Destruction
- Boris
- Boycott
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