| Thom Panunzio | |
| Birth Name: | Thomas R. Panunzio |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 1951 |
| Occupation: | American record producer, recording engineer, mixer |
| Years Active: | Producer 1979-2014[1] Engineer 1974-present |
| Employer: | former Geffen Records Executive |
Thom Panunzio is a music producer and engineer.
His career began in 1974 at the Record Plant Studios NYC, working with John Lennon. Later, he became a staff engineer at the Record Plant, and later at The Hit Factory.
Panunzio worked often with Jimmy Iovine, making several records together. Panunzio also worked with Andrew Loog Oldham on The Rolling Stones' Metamorphosis in 1975, and later that year worked with Bruce Springsteen on Born to Run. In 1978, he worked with Patti Smith on Easter, while simultaneously working again with Springsteen on Darkness on the Edge of Town. Panunzio has also produced, engineered and mixed artists including Bob Dylan, U2, Stevie Nicks, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Motörhead, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, The Who, Iggy Pop, Joan Jett, David Bowie, Tom Petty, and Paul Butterfield, among others. Panunzio's experience also includes the making of motion picture soundtracks, such as Road House and Rattle & Hum. Panunzio also worked as the live musical producer for the Farmclub.com series.[2]
Panunzio helped design The Hit Factory studios for the Germano family in New York, as well as A&M Studios (now Henson Recording Studios) in Los Angeles. Later, he helped design the Interscope/ Geffen/ A&M studios where he also created The Thom Thom Club.
In 2003, Panunzio joined Universal Music Group as Executive Senior VP, and Head of A&R for Geffen Records, where he oversaw the careers of Nelly Furtado, Weezer, The Pussycat Dolls, Rise Against and others on the Interscope/Geffen/A&M roster. He also served as the musical producer for all the live music on season 10 of American Idol.
(P) Produced (CP) Co-Produced (EP) Executive Produced (E) Engineered (AE) Assistant Engineered (M) Mixed
| Artist | Album | Credit | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Classics Live! (1986–87) | E | ||
| Aerosmith | Box of Fire (1994) | E | |
| Real Live Sound (1991)[3] | P/E/M | ||
| Classicks (1995) | P | ||
| Alice Cooper | A Fistful of Alice (1997) | P/E | |
| Alice Cooper | Freedom for Frankenstein (1998)[4] | P/E | |
| Alice Cooper | The Definitive Alice Cooper (2001) | P | |
| Alice Cooper | Mascara and Monsters (2001) | P | |
| Alice Cooper | Hell Is (2003) | P | |
| Alice Cooper | Live at Cabo Wabo ‘96 (2005) | P/E | |
| (1992) | P/E/M | ||
| Holly Night (1986) | M | ||
| Poor and Famous (1989)[5] | P/E/M | ||
| Reunion | P/E | ||
| Lead Me Not into Penn Station (1996)[6] | P/E | ||
| Block | Timing Is Everything[7] (1998) | CP/E/M | |
| Spectres (1977) | E | ||
| Tremolo (1997) | M | ||
| Blue Rodeo | Just Like a Vacation (1999) | M | |
| Biograph (1985) | M | ||
| The Fire Inside (1991) | E | ||
| Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | (2011) | E | |
| These Here Are Crazy Times (1991) | M | ||
| Born to Run (1975) | E | ||
| Bruce Springsteen | Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) | AE | |
| Bruce Springsteen | "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"[8] (1984) | E/M | |
| Bruce Springsteen | USA for Africa: We Are The World - "Trapped"[9] (1985) | E/M | |
| Bruce Springsteen | Tracks (1998) | E/M | |
| Bruce Springsteen | Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story (2010) | E | |
| Carla Olson and The Textones | Midnight Mission[10] (1984) | M | |
| Cell Mates | Between Two Fires[11] (1992) | P | |
| Box (1995) | M | ||
| Magic & Madness[12] (1993) | P/E | ||
| The Road to Zen[13] (1997) | M | ||
| Corey Stevens | Bring On the Blues[14] (2003) | M | |
| Paint Another Picture[15] (1988) | E | ||
| Off the Beaten Path (1996) | CP/E/M | ||
| Dave Koz | December Makes Me Feel This Way (1997) | P/E/M | |
| Dave Koz | Memories of a Winter's Night (2007) | P/M | |
| Dave Koz | Ultimate Christmas[16] (2011) | P | |
| The Battle Rages On... (1993) | P | ||
| Deep Purple | Shades 1968–1998 (1999) | P | |
| Lovers Who Wander (1990) | P/E/M | ||
| Yo Frankie[17] (1989) | M | ||
| The D.I.s [18] | Rare Cuts[19] | M | |
| Ameritown (2007) | P/E/M | ||
| Going Through Something[20] (1996) | P | ||
| Picture of a Thousand Faces[21] (1993) | M | ||
| Euphoraphonic | Far from Home[22] (2003) | P/E/M | |
| Linchpin[23] (2002) | P/M | ||
| Fear Factory | Hatefiles (2003) | P/M | |
| The Reality of My Surroundings (1991) | M | ||
| The Motion of Love[24] (1987) | P/E/M | ||
| Vacation (1982) | E/M | ||
| Perfect View[25] (1989) | P | ||
| Grand Funk Lives (1981) | P/E/M | ||
| Dark Passion[26] (1990) | E | ||
| Hanne Boel | My Kindred Spirit[27] (1992) | E | |
| Hanne Boel | Kinda Soul[28] (1992) | E | |
| Hericane Alice | Tear the House Down[29] (1990) | P | |
| The Right to Be Italian (1981) | E | ||
| I.C.U. | Defy[30] (1993) | E | |
| Soldier (1980) | M | ||
| Iggy Pop | Party (1981) | P/E/M | |
| Iggy Pop | The Story of Iggy Pop[31] (1992) | P/E/M | |
| Iggy Pop | The Heritage Collection[32] (2000) | P/E/M | |
| Iggy Pop | Platinum & Gold Collection[33] (2004) | P | |
| Iggy Pop | (2005) | P/E/M | |
| See the Light (1988) | CP/E/M | ||
| The Jeff Healey Band | Cover to Cover (1995) | P/E/M | |
| The Jeff Healey Band | Platinum & Gold Collection[34] (2004) | P | |
| For the Working Class Man / Jimmy Barnes (1985) | E | ||
| Jimmy Barnes | In the Heat of the Night[35] (2006) | E | |
| Jimmy Barnes | JB50[36] (2006) | E | |
| In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff[37] (1976) | E/M | ||
| Me Myself I (1980) | E/M | ||
| The Hit List (1990) | P/E/M | ||
| Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth (1984) | P/E/M | ||
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Good Music (1986) | P/E/M | |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Up Your Alley (1988) | P/E/M | |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Notorious (1991) | P/M | |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Fetish (1999) | P | |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Fit to Be Tied (1997) | P/E/M | |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Do You Wanna Touch Me (1993) | P | |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Flashback (1993) | P/M | |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Pure and Simple (1994) | P/E/M | |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Jett Rock (2003) | P/E/M | |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Naked (2004) | E | |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Sinner (2006) | E | |
| Roadhouse: The Voice of Eddie and the Cruisers[38] (1998) | M | ||
| Shut Up / Changes (2002) | P/E/M | ||
| Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1976-1983[39] (2008) | E | ||
| Kids in the Kitchen[40] | P | ||
| Sitting on a Time Bomb[41] (1982) | E | ||
| Laura Warshauer | The Pink Chariot Mixtape[42] (2011) | P | |
| Who We Are (2007) | M | ||
| Live at the Paradiso[43] (1980) | CP/E/M | ||
| Lions & Ghosts [44] | Wild Garden[45] (1989) | P/E/M | |
| Too Young to Love Me (1984) | P/E/M | ||
| Lone Justice (1985) | E | ||
| Lone Justice | This World Is Not My Home[46] (1998) | E | |
| There But for the Grace of God Go I[47] (1992) | E | ||
| You Gotta Sin to Get Saved (1993) | E | ||
| Maria Vidal[48] (1987) | E | ||
| No Frills (1978) | E | ||
| Marshall Crenshaw (1982) | E/M | ||
| Marshall Crenshaw | Downtown (1985) | E/M | |
| Mary Cutrufello | When the Night Is Through[49] (1998) | P/E/M | |
| Best Days (2007) | P/E | ||
| Fundamental (1985) | E/M | ||
| Hanging in the Balance (1993) | P/E/M | ||
| De Vildeste Fugle (1988) | M | ||
| Coup de Grâce (1981) | P/E/M | ||
| Black Radio Won't Play This Record[50] (1992) | P/E | ||
| Hammered (2002) | P/E/M | ||
| Loose (2006) | EP | ||
| Coming Home (2006) | P | ||
| Return of Saturn (2000) | E | ||
| No Doubt | Everything in Time (2003) | E | |
| No Doubt | Boom Box (2003) | E | |
| I Am I[51] (1989) | P/E/M | ||
| Outcry [52] | This Side of Anywhere[53] (1997) | M | |
| Live at Budokan (2002) | P/E/M | ||
| Ozzy Osbourne | Blizzard of Ozz (Reissue 2002) | E/M | |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Diary of a Madman (Reissue 2002) | E/M | |
| Ozzy Osbourne | The Essential Ozzy Osbourne (2003) | P | |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Prince of Darkness (2005) | P | |
| Winner in You (1986) | E | ||
| Easter (1978) | E | ||
| Patti Smith | Dream of Life (1988) | E | |
| Patti Smith | (1996) | P/E | |
| The Legendary Paul Butterfield Rides Again[54] (1986) | P/E/M | ||
| "Hit Song"[55] | E | ||
| Hollyweird (2002) | P/E/M | ||
| Poison | Poison'd! (2007) | P | |
| Poison | Nothin' But a Good Time (2010) | P | |
| Puzzle Gut [56] | Puzzle Gut[57] (1997) | P/E/M | |
| Liquor in the Front (1994) | M | ||
| The Reverend Horton Heat | It's Martini Time (1996) | P/E/M | |
| The Reverend Horton Heat | Holy Roller (1999) | P/E/M | |
| Calle Mayor (1996) | P/E | ||
| Revólver | Grandes Éxitos (2003) | P/E | |
| Another World (1985) | E | ||
| The Roches | The Collected Works of the Roches (2003) | E | |
| Bad Boy[58] (1980) | E | ||
| Robert Gordon | Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die[59] (1982) | E | |
| (1994) | E/M | ||
| Roots (1996) | M | ||
| Clothes Drop (2005) | P/M | ||
| C'Mon, C'Mon (2002) | E | ||
| Inches from the Mainline (2000) | P/E/M | ||
| Live Intrusion (1995) | M | ||
| Runaway Train (1993) | E/M | ||
| Soul Asylum | Black Gold (2000) | E/M | |
| Dirty Little Secret[60] (2001) | P/E/M | ||
| Bella Donna (1981) | E | ||
| Stevie Nicks | Street Angel (1994) | P/E/M | |
| Tarantism (1997) | M | ||
| The Lead and How to Swing It[61] (1994) | P/E/M | ||
| Tom Jones | "I Wanna Get Back with You"[62] (1995) | P | |
| Damn the Torpedoes (1979) | AE | ||
| Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Long After Dark (1982) | M | |
| Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Playback (1995) | E | |
| In Touch[63] (1976) | M | ||
| Matters of the Heart (1992) | E | ||
| Uninvited[64] (1998) | P/E/M | ||
| Rattle and Hum (1988) | E/M | ||
| Various Artists | Take It or Leave It: A Tribute to the Queens of Noise – The Runaways[65] (2011) | P | |
| Various Artists | VH1 Stoytellers[66] (2000) | M | |
| Various Artists | Live and Unreleased from Farmclub.com[67] (2002) | P/E/M | |
| Various Artists | Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary[68] (1990) | E/M | |
| Various Artists | (2001) | M | |
| Various Artists | Ozzfest Live (1997) | P/E/M | |
| Various Artists | (2001) | P/E/M | |
| Various Artists | Ozzfest 2002 (2002) | P/E/M | |
| Various Artists | Special Olympics: A Very Special Christmas (1987) | E | |
| Various Artists | A Very Special Christmas 2 (1992) | E | |
| Various Artists | A Very Special Christmas Live (1999) | M | |
| Various Artists | A Very Special Christmas 5 (2001) | E | |
| Various Artists | Laguna Tunes[69] (2000) | E/M | |
| Various Artists | Festival of Light, Vol. 2[70] (1999) | P/E/M | |
| Various Artists | Soul Divas[71] (2005) | E | |
| Various Artists | (1995) | E | |
| Various Artists | Christmas of Hope[72] (1995) | E | |
| Various Artists | Flavors of Jazz[73] (1997) | P | |
| Various Artists | Genrecide: A Compilation, Vol. 1[74] (1993) | E/M | |
| Various Artists | "We Are the World" (1985) | M | |
| Various Artists | Reelin' in the Years, Vol. 1[75] (1983) | E | |
| Spin Art[76] (1999) | M | ||
| Vinnie James [77] | All American Boy (1991) | P | |
| "Letters from the Wasteland" (2000) | M | ||
| War Babies (1991) | P/E/M | ||
| Will T. Massey | Will T. Massey[78] (1991) | P/E/M | |
| You Can Hold Me Down (2007) | P/M | ||
| Golden Down (1981) | P/E/M | ||
| The Young Dubliners | Red[79] (2000) | P/E/M |
| Movie soundtrack | Credit | |
|---|---|---|
| P | ||
| Bachelor Party | E/M | |
| P | ||
| Blast from the Past | P/E | |
| Days of Thunder | CP/E/M | |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | P | |
| Desperado | M | |
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High | E/M | |
| Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | P | |
| Gotcha | CP/E/M | |
| Heavy Metal | E/M | |
| Less than Zero | E/M | |
| Light of Day | CP/E/M | |
| Mr. Wrong | P | |
| Navy Seals | P/E/M | |
| No Nukes | E/M | |
| Rattle and Hum | E | |
| Road House | CP/E/M | |
| Shark Tale | P | |
| Singles | CP/E/M | |
| Tank Girl | M | |
| The Air Up There | M | |
| Times Square | E/M | |
| Varsity Blues | M | |
| Wild Life | E/M |
| TV soundtrack | Credit | |
|---|---|---|
| Galaxy Rangers | P/E/M | |
| MTV Presents Laguna Beach: Summer Can Last Forever | P | |
| One Life to Live: The Best of Love | E/M | |
| Osbourne Family Album | E/M |