Engineering · Performance
John Plymale
John Plymale is credited on 99 releases across 65 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1985–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
99
Pressings credited
65
Albums
5
Decades active
57
In collections
Biography
John Plymale is a record producer, recording engineer, and musician from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Plymale was a founding member of the band The Pressure Boys in 1981 as well as The Sex Police in 1989. He was bassist for the band Bustello, a band led by Ben Clarke (formerly of Metal Flake Mother) and drummer for the band Kickball, a trio formed with John Gillespie and Mike Garrigan. Plymale has also performed with the "supergroup" Preesh!, along with Robert Sledge (Ben Folds Five) and Brian Dennis (DAG). From 1995 to 2020 he worked full-time as a recording engineer and record producer based out of Durham, North Carolina's Overdub Lane Recording Studio. During that time he worked on recording projects with the Meat Puppets, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Eyes Adrift (Krist Novoselic of Nirvana (band), Curt Kirkwood of Meat Puppets, Bud Gaugh of Sublime (band)), The Connells, Athenaeum, Superchunk, Portastatic, Tift Merritt, Mýa, Kim Richey, Valient Thorr, Nnenna Freelon, Claire Holley, Dillon Fence, Jake Armerding, Alternative Champs, White Widow, Dexter Romweber Duo, Gran Torino, Roman Candle, King Wilkie, Tony Williamson (musician), Danielle Howle, Caitlin Cary, Shandon Sahm, Jump, Little Children, Jason Harrod, Hobex, and The Gravy Boys. In 2006 Plymale put together a compilation album called Songs For Sixty Five Roses to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, after his daughter was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. The album's name originates from a common mispronunciation of cystic fibrosis by children.
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Credited work
99 releases · 65 albums · active 1985–2023
- Engineering · 88
- Performance · 52
- Production · 48
- Mastering · 7
- Other credits · 3
Studios: Overdub Lane · TGS Studios · Echo Park Studios · Duck-Kee Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

I Hate Music
2013

Indoor Living
1997

Majesty Shredding
2010

Cup Of Sand
2003

Misfits & Mistakes (Singles, B-Sides & Strays 2007-2023)
2023

Rock, Rot & Rule
1999

A Man Under The Influence
2001

Our Back Pages
2021

Raleigh Days
2020

AF (Acoustic Foolish)
2019

While No One Was Looking - Toasting 20 Years Of Bloodshot Records
2014

Leaves In The Gutter
2009

Crossed Wires
2009

Eyes Adrift
2002

Bedlam Ballroom
2000

Christmas Caravan
1998

Watery Hands
1997

SubUrbia: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1997

Weird Food & Devastation
1996

Steadman's Wake
2021
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