Joe Barresi


Joe Barresi is an American record engineer and producer who has worked with Kyuss, The Melvins, Tool, Chevelle, Apocalyptica, Queens of the Stone Age, Coheed and Cambria, Tomahawk, L7, The Jesus Lizard, Parkway Drive, New Model Army, Bad Religion, Pennywise, Judas Priest, Soundgarden, Stam1na, Weezer, Avenged Sevenfold, Nine Inch Nails, and Slipknot.

Early life and education

Joe Barresi started playing guitar when he was seven, and played in local bands in and around his home in New York City and Florida. He studied classical guitar and music theory at the University of South Florida before graduating from the University of Miami, where he also studied piano and music engineering. As a student, Barresi began recording and developing local bands in Miami.

Career

After graduating from college, Barresi moved to Los Angeles and began working his way up the ladder by working at numerous local studios—a move that helped him gain an understanding of the different consoles, rooms and clientele at the various studios. His first big break came when he engineered a demo for producer GGGarth Richardson. He went on to work with a number of well-respected producers including David Kahne, Michael Beinhorn, Rob Cavallo and Sylvia Massy.
Barresi has mixed tracks for Monster Magnet, Fair to Midland, Hole, Veruca Salt, Weezer, Rancid, Bauhaus, Anthrax, Skunk Anansie, and Alpha Galates.
Eventually Barresi gained enough experience and insight that he began producing records. He has produced or co-produced tracks for Clutch, Buckcherry, Fu Manchu, Loudmouth, The Melvins, L7 and others. He also produced the debut album by Queens of the Stone Age which, at the time, did not have a record deal. That album was eventually released by indie label Loose Groove. The self-titled album garnered attention from press, and the band soon landed a deal with Interscope Records. Barresi then engineered and mixed the Tool album 10,000 Days, a job he received after a recommendation from Buzz Osborne of The Melvins In 2011, he worked with the band Stam1na in Finland. Barresi engineered and mixed Tool's 2019 album Fear Inoculum
Today Joe Barresi has his own home studio JHOC and is famous for developing certain recording techniques.

Discography

As producer

ArtistAlbum nameYear
ApocalypticaPlays Metallica, Vol. 22024
Avenged SevenfoldLife Is But a Dream...2023
SlipknotThe End, So Far2022
The BronxBronx VI2021
ChevelleNIRATIAS2021
PallbearerHeartless2017
Avenged SevenfoldThe Stage2016
ChevelleThe North Corridor2016
Black Stone CherryMagic Mountain2014
ChevelleLa Gárgola2014
Bad ReligionTrue North2013
Stam1naNocebo2012
Every Time I DieEx Lives2012
ChevelleHats Off to the Bull2011
Fair to MidlandArrows and Anchors2011
Bad ReligionThe Dissent of Man2010
Apocalyptica7th Symphony2010
Coheed and CambriaYear of The Black Rainbow2010
PearlLittle Immaculate White Fox2010
Parkway DriveDeep Blue2010
Audrey HorneAudrey Horne2010
IsisWavering Radiant2009
Kazuya YoshiiVOLT2009
SavioursInto Abaddon2008
Zico ChainFood2007
PusciferCuntry Boner2007
ClutchFrom Beale Street to Oblivion2007
MínusThe Great Northern Whalekill2007
Bad ReligionNew Maps of Hell2007
The Butterfly EffectImago2006
Audrey HorneNo Hay Banda2005
Queens of the Stone AgeLullabies to Paralyze2005
TomahawkMit Gas2003
Matchbook RomanceStories and Alibis2003
Backyard BabiesStockholm Syndrome2003
Powerman 5000Transform2003
PennywiseLand of the Free?2001
Fu ManchuKing of the Road1999
Queens of the Stone AgeQueens of the Stone Age1998
MelvinsHonky1997
MelvinsStag1996

As mixer

ArtistAlbum nameYear
BaronessStone2023
DioHoly Diver2022
Jerry CantrellBrighten
The BronxBronx VI2021
ChevelleNiratias2021
ToolFear Inoculum
SlipknotWe Are Not Your Kind
Alice In ChainsRainier Fog
Monster MagnetMindfucker
Suicide SilenceSuicide Silence
PallbearerHeartless
De La TierraDe La Tierra II
Avenged SevenfoldThe Stage
Red FangOnly Ghosts
ChevelleThe North Corridor
VolbeatSeal The Deal And Let's Boogie
BuckcherryRock N Roll
DomminRise
Monster MagnetCobras and Fire
Hardcore SuperstarHCSS
Monster MagnetMilking the Stars: A Re-Imagining Of Last Patrol
Slipknot.5: The Gray Chapter
Black Stone CherryMagic Mountain
ChevelleLa Gargola
New Model ArmyBetween Wine and Blood
Bad ReligionChristmas Songs
Monster MagnetLast Patrol
New Model ArmyBetween Dog and Wolf
BuckcherryConfessions
Volto!Incitare
SoundgardenKing Animal
Every Time I DieEx Lives
Stam1naNocebo
ChevelleHats Off To The Bull
Fair To MidlandArrows and Anchors
Face To FaceLaugh Now, Laugh Later
Ndidi OEscape
Middle Class RutNo Name No Color
Parkway DriveDeep Blue
Apocalyptica7th Symphony
Coheed and CambriaYear of The Black Rainbow
PearlLittle Immaculate White Fox
IsisWavering Radiant
Kazuya YoshiiVOLT2009
DiscipleSouthern Hospitality
SatyriconThe Age of Nero
SavioursInto Abaddon
EnslavedVertebrae
Xavier RuddDark Shades of Blue
BraintoyVehicles
Alpha GalatesA Stimulus for Reason
PusciferCuntry Boner
ClutchFrom Beale Street To Oblivion
Bad ReligionNew Maps of Hell
Queens of the Stone AgeEra Vulgaris
Zico ChainFood
Tool10,000 Days
The Juliana TheoryDeadbeat Sweetheartbeat
Matchbook RomanceStories and Alibis
RancidIndestructible
AmenAmen
PsycoreI'm Not One of Us
Fu ManchuKing of the Road
Fu ManchuThe Action Is Go
Tribe of GypsiesTribe of Gypsies
Skunk AnansieStoosh
DownsetDo We Speak A Dead Language?
KyussWelcome to Sky Valley
KyussBlues for the Red Sun