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Jim Sclavunos

Jim Sclavunos is credited on 298 releases across 153 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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298

Pressings credited

153

Albums

6

Decades active

569

In collections

Biography

James Sclavunos is an American multi-instrumentalist, record producer and writer. He is best known for his work as a drummer, having been a member of two seminal no wave groups in the late 1970s, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks and 8 Eyed Spy, both alongside Lydia Lunch. He is also noted for stints in Sonic Youth and the Cramps, and has been a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds since 1994. Sclavunos has led his own group the Vanity Set since 2000 and was a founding member of the Bad Seeds spinoff band Grinderman.

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Credited work

298 releases · 153 albums · active 1979–2025

  • Performance · 429
  • Other credits · 157
  • Production · 41
  • Engineering · 14

Studios: Sarm West Studios · Abbey Road Studios · The Church, London · Sing Sing Studios

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