John Feldmann

John Feldmann
Feldmann with his Martin acoustic at Foxy Studios
Background information
Also known as	Feldy
Born	June 29, 1967
Genres	Alternative rock pop punk
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments	Vocals guitar drums
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Mojo Jive Warner Bros. Records Maverick SideOneDummy London Universal
Associated acts	Goldfinger Electric Love Hogs All Time Low The Used Panic! at the Disco Black Veil Brides We Came As Romans Red Bull Records 5 Seconds of Summer Stick To Your Guns One Ok Rock Sleeping With Sirens Blink-182 Biffy Clyro
Website	johnfeldmann.com
Notable instruments
various Schecter PT Fastback

John William Feldmann (born June 29, 1967) is an American musician and producer. He has produced and co-written songs accounting for sales of more than 34 million albums worldwide—6 million alone from 2011 to 2015—and is also the lead singer/guitarist of the band Goldfinger. He is an animal rights advocate.^[1]

Music

Feldmann started playing music when he was 16 after hearing Mommy's Little Monster by Social Distortion. His first band was Saratoga-based Family Crisis. He moved to Los Angeles in 1988 and formed a band called Electric Love Hogs where he met future Goldfinger bassist Kelly LeMieux. The Electric Love Hogs (which also included Dave Kushner of Velvet Revolver and Bobby Hewitt of Orgy) were signed to Polygram in 1990 and put out one album.

Feldmann formed Goldfinger in 1994 when he met original Goldfinger bassist Simon Williams in a shoe store where they were both working. The group was signed to Mojo/Universal in 1995.

During his time as an A&R Representative for Warner Bros. Records & Maverick Records, Feldmann signed The Used, Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, Showoff, City Sleeps, Story of the Year, Foxy Shazam, and Mest.

He has done production work and songwriting for The Cab, The Veronicas, Good Charlotte, Mest, The Used, Story of the Year, Ashlee Simpson, ONE OK ROCK, Hilary Duff, Goldfinger, Showoff, The Matches, Atreyu, City Sleeps, Anthony Green, Beat Union, Cute Is What We Aim For, Escape the Fate, After Midnight Project, Foxy Shazam, All Time Low, Allstar Weekend, Panic! at the Disco, Boys Like Girls, Plain White T's, 5 Seconds of Summer, Blink-182, Black Veil Brides, Andy Black, Sleeping With Sirens, Stick to Your Guns, and Set It Off.

Feldmann is a former A&R Consultant for Red Bull Records. He has signed Itch (formerly of King Blues), Blitz Kids, and Beartooth.

Activism

A vocal activist for animal rights, Feldmann is a vegan.^[2] Feldman allegedly became a vegetarian after seeing the movie Babe in 1995. He usually has animal rights material to give out at Goldfinger shows. He has spoken on behalf of the animal rights organizations PETA and Action for Animals.

Feldmann appeared in the documentary film Behind The Mask. He also appears in Bold Native and Skin Trade.

Selected discography

Year	Artist	Album	Label	Title	Sales
2016	Blink-182	California	BMG	Producer/Co-Writer	#1 Album in 28 Countries
2016	Good Charlotte	Youth Authority	Kobalt Label Services	Producer/Co-Writer	#1Album in Australia
2016	Biffy Clyro	Ellipsis	14th Floor	"Animal Style" Co-Producer/Co-writer
2015	Disturbed	Immortalized	Reprise / Warner Bros. Records	"Open Your Eyes" and "What Are You Waiting For" Producer/Co-writer
2015	5 Seconds of Summer	Sounds Good Feels Good	Capitol	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	#1 iTunes Album 200,000 sold
2015	All Time Low	Future Hearts	Hopeless Records	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	#1 Album 12 Countries 200,000 sold worldwide
2015	Sleeping With Sirens	Madness	Epitaph Records	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	200,000 sold worldwide
2015	ONE OK ROCK	35XXXV	Warner Bros. Records	Producer/Mixer/Co-Writer	#1 Album Japan
2014	Avicii	The Nights	Universal	Co-Writer	#10 Billboard Dance Single, #6 UK Single, #1 UK Dance Single, 1,000,000 sold worldwide
2014	Stick to Your Guns	Disobedient	Sumerian Records	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	—
2014	5 Seconds of Summer	5 Seconds of Summer	Capitol	Writer/Producer/Mixer	#1 billboard album (advance), 3,000,000 worldwide
2014	Beartooth	Disgusting	Red Bull Records	Writer/A&R	#1 Metal album
2014	Ballyhoo!	Halo	Right Coast Records	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer
2014	The Word Alive	Real.	Fearless Records	Co-Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	#3 iTunes metal album (advance),
2014	The Used	Imaginary Enemy	Hopeless Records	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	#14 billboard album
2014	We Are the In Crowd	Weird Kids	Hopeless Records	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	—
2014	Itch	The Deep End	Red Bull Records	A&R/Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	Platinum in Australia
2014	Blitz Kids	The Good Youth	Red Bull Records	A&R/Writer/Producer/Mixer	—
2013	Makua Rothman	Sound Wave	Mountain Apple Company	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	#1 billboard reggae album, #1 world album
2013	ONE OK ROCK	Jinsei×Boku=	A-Sketch	Mixer	#2 Album Japan, 240,000 Japan
2013	Black Veil Brides	Wretched and Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones	Lava Records	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	#7 billboard album, 470,000 worldwide
2013	We Came As Romans	Tracing Back Roots"[3]	Equal Vision Records	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	#7 billboard album, 120,000 worldwide
2013	Escape the Fate	Ungrateful	Eleven Seven Music	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer	#12 billboard album, 100,000 worldwide
2013	Heaven's Basement	Filthy Empire	Red Bull Records	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	#7 Rock charts
2013	Blitz Kids	Never Die	Red Bull Records	A&R/Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer	—
2012	Papa Roach	The Connection	Eleven Seven	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	#2 Rock Single
2012	Megan & Liz	Bad For Me	Collective Sounds	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer	#7 debut pop chart position
2012	King Blues	Long Live The Struggle	Transmission Recordings	Producer/Mixer/Writer	—
2012	The Used	Vulnerable	Hopeless Records	Producer/Writer/Mixer	120,000 worldwide #8 debut chart position
2011	Hedley	Storms	Universal Music Canada	Writer	Multi-Platinum
2011	All Time Low	Dirty Work	Interscope	Writer	200,000 worldwide
2011	The Cab	Symphony Soldier	Universal	Writer/Mixer/Producer[4]	100,000 worldwide / 2 top ten singles
2011	Attack Attack!	Attack Attack! Deluxe Edition	Rise Records	Producer, Co-writer[5][6]	200,000 worldwide
2011	The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus	Am I The Enemy	Collective Sounds	Producer/Arranger/Composer/Engineer Mixing/Programming/Vocals[7]	—
2011	Get Scared	Best Kind of Mess	Universal Motown	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer Composer/Programming/Vocals[8]	—
2011	Allstar Weekend	All the Way	Hollywood	Producer/Mixer/Composer	300,000 sold
2011	Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows	D.R.U.G.S.	Sire/Decaydance	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer/Vocals[9][10]	100,000 worldwide
2011	Panic! at the Disco	Vices & Virtues	Fueled By Ramen	Producer/Engineer/Mixer/Writer	400,000 worldwide
2010	Allstar Weekend	Suddenly Yours	Hollywood	Producer/Mixer/Composer/Vocals/Bass	100,000 worldwide
2010	Good Charlotte	Cardiology	Epic	Writer
2010	Four Year Strong	Enemy Of The World	Decaydance	Mixer	—
2010	Foxy Shazam	Foxy Shazam	Sire	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer/Writer	—
2010	Plain White T's	Wonders of the Younger	Hollywood	Writer	Gold
2010	Neon Trees	Habits	IDJ	Writer	2,000,000 Singles
2009	After Midnight Project	Let's Build Something to Break	Universal Motown	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer	—
2009	Saosin	In Search of Solid Ground	Virgin	Writer/Producer/Engineer	100,000 sold
2009	Hedley	The Show Must Go	Universal Music Canada	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer	Multi-Platinum
2008	Anthony Green	Avalon	Photo Finish Records	Writer/Producer/Mixer	—
2008	Escape the Fate	This War Is Ours	Epitaph	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer/Performer	500,000 Worldwide
2008	Cute is What We Aim For	Rotation	Fueled By Ramen	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer	100,000 sold
2008	Josephine Collective	We Are the Air	Warner Bros. Records	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer	—
2007	The Veronicas	Hook Me Up	Sire	Writer/Producer/Mixer	2,000,000 Worldwide
2007	Atreyu	Lead Sails Paper Anchor	Hollywood	Producer/Engineer	500,000 Worldwide
2007	The Used	Lies for the Liars	Reprise	Producer/Engineer	1,500,000 Worldwide
2007	City Sleeps	Not An Angel	Trustkill	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer	—
2006	The Matches	Decomposer	Epitaph	Co-Producer	—
2005	Hilary Duff	Most Wanted	Hollywood	Writer/Producer	3,000,000 Worldwide
2004	The Used	In Love and Death	Reprise	Producer/Engineer/Mixer	1,500,000 Worldwide
2004	Good Charlotte	The Chronicles of Life and Death	Epic	Writer	2,500,000 Worldwide
2004	Ashlee Simpson	Autobiography	Geffen	Writer	6,000,000 Worldwide
2003	The Used	Maybe Memories	Reprise	Writer/Producer/Mixer	1,000,000 Worldwide
2003	Goldfinger	Open Your Eyes	Mojo/Jive Records	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer	500,000 Worldwide
2003	Story of the Year	Page Avenue	Maverick	A&R/Writer/Producer/Mixer	2,000,000 Worldwide
2002	The Used	The Used	Reprise	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer	1,500,000 Worldwide
2002	Good Charlotte	The Young and the Hopeless	Epic	Writer	5,000,000 Worldwide
2002	Goldfinger	Open Your Eyes	Jive Records	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer	500,000 Worldwide
2001	Mest	Destination Unknown	Maverick	Producer/Mixer	500,000 Worldwide
2000	Mest	Wasting Time	Maverick	A&R/Producer/Mixer	500,000 Worldwide
2000	Goldfinger	Stomping Ground	Mojo	Writer/Producer	500,000 Worldwide
1999	Showoff	Showoff	Maverick	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer	—
1999	Goldfinger	Darrin's Coconut Ass: Live	Universal	Producer/Engineer/Mixer	200,000 Worldwide
1997	Goldfinger	Hang-Ups	Mojo	Writer/Producer	500,000 Worldwide
1996	Goldfinger	Goldfinger	Mojo	Writer/Producer	1,000,000 Worldwide
1996	Reel Big Fish	Turn the Radio Off	Mojo	A&R	1,000,000 Worldwide

References

1. Keith, Shannon. Behind the Mask, Uncaged Films, 2006.
2. Obert, Alex (August 22, 2014). "On The Line with John Feldmann of Goldfinger". Journey of a Frontman. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
3. "We Came As Romans Detail New Album "Tracing Back Roots"". The PRP. May 20, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
4. "Official Twitter of Alexander DeLeon". May 18, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
5. "Which tracks did Feldmann produce?". Formspring.me. Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
6. "Why'd you guys decide to record with John Feldman this time instead of Joey Sturgis?". Formspring.me. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
7. "Am I the Enemy? - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus". AllMusic. 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
8. "Best Kind of Mess - Get Scared". AllMusic. 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
9. "Alternative Press | News | D.R.U.G.S. post first studio update". Altpress.com. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
10. "D.R.U.G.S. - Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows". AllMusic. 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2011-09-11.

External links

• Official website
• German Goldfinger fan site