19 Facts About Martin Rushent

Martin Charles Rushent was an English record producer, best known for his work with the Human League, the Stranglers and Buzzcocks.

Martin Rushent left school and started working at a local chemical factory and then with his father before embarking on his music career in the early 1970s as a studio engineer.

Martin Rushent stated that while at Advision, Jerry Lee Lewis threw a tantrum as Yes had been booked into the studio when he was not ready to leave, and chased the studio staff around the complex until they locked themselves in a different studio.

Martin Rushent progressed to senior assistant engineer, staff engineer, and eventually head engineer.

Martin Rushent then began working freelance, where he built his reputation and was employed by United Artists.

Martin Rushent produced the group's Rattus Norvegicus, No More Heroes and Black and White albums and recorded demos for Joy Division, before tiring of his commute to London and left UA at the end of the 1970s.

Martin Rushent expressed a desire to move away from guitar bands, and bought a Linn LM-1 drum machine, Roland MC-8 Microcomposer and Jupiter-8 synthesiser to learn sequencing and synthesis techniques.

In 1980, Martin Rushent set up his own studio, Genetic, designed by renowned studio designer Eddie Veale, with Synclavier and Fairlight CMI synthesisers and an MCI console.

Martin Rushent used his Roland equipment to record Pete Shelley's first solo album, Homosapien.

Originally demos for the planned fourth Buzzcocks album, Shelley and Martin Rushent deemed the recordings releasable, and Shelley was signed to Island Records.

In 1983, Martin Rushent walked out of his own studio after Sulley made an off-the-cuff comment toward him.

Martin Rushent produced albums by Generation X, Altered Images and the Go-Go's in the 1980s.

Martin Rushent briefly took up a consultancy position with Virgin, but retired from the industry to raise his children.

Martin Rushent returned to the music industry in the mid-1990s when he established Gush, a dance club on Greenham Common.

Martin Rushent soon began redeveloping his interest in recording, and decided to catch up on the technological advances he had missed.

In 2007, Martin Rushent produced the recording Cherry Vanilla by the Cult of John Harley.

At the time of his death, Martin Rushent was working on a 30th anniversary version of Dare, remixed like Love and Dancing but using traditional musical instruments instead of synthesisers.

In 1972, Martin Rushent married Linda Trodd, with whom he had three children.

Martin Rushent died on 4 June 2011, at his home in Berkshire.