12 Facts About Michael Beinhorn

Michael Beinhorn is a North American record producer, composer, author and musician.

Michael Beinhorn has produced albums for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soundgarden, Hole, Violent Femmes and Marilyn Manson.

Michael Beinhorn's first instrument was a Moog Micromoog, after which he began working with a Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, an EMS Synthi AKS, Oberheim OB-Xa and Rhodes Chroma, as well as other instruments such as a Roland TR-808 drum machine, Roland SVC-350 Vocoder, Oberheim DMX drum machine and Oberheim DSX sequencer.

Michael Beinhorn received formal training in synthesizer programming on the Buchla 200 series modular systems at Public Access Synthesizer Studio in New York City.

In 1977, Beinhorn met bassist Bill Laswell and together, with his friends Fred Maher and Cliff Cultreri, they formed the Zu Band.

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Michael Beinhorn shared his reaction to first hearing "Black Hole Sun" during that time, “I think for the rest of my entire life, until I draw my last breath, I'll never ever forget how I felt when they started playing that song.

In 1997, Michael Beinhorn was approached by the group Hole to produce their next recording.

Celebrity Skin was still being mixed when Michael Beinhorn moved on to his next project- Marilyn Manson's iconic Mechanical Animals.

However, Michael Beinhorn found that Atlantic wasn't the place to initiate an artist development agenda and in 2002, he returned to independent record production with Korn's groundbreaking recording, Untouchables.

From 2003, Michael Beinhorn went on to work with a diverse array of artists such as Fuel, Mew, The Bronx, Courtney Love, Pete Yorn, Natalie Maines, Leon Russell and Dave Grohl.

In 2015, Michael Beinhorn wrote a book called "Unlocking Creativity" which outlines his personal experience with the creative process as a record producer.

Michael Beinhorn sees this as a way to help musicians achieve their greatest potential while pursuing a return to excellence.