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14 Facts About Ross Robinson

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Ross Robinson was born on February 13,1967 and is an American record producer who discovered acts such as Korn, Glassjaw, The Blood Brothers, Slipknot, and Limp Bizkit.

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Ross Robinson received his first production job for the 1991 Fear Factory album Concrete.

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Ross Robinson is regarded as "The Godfather of Nu Metal", along with Korn frontman Jonathan Davis, despite denouncing the nu metal movement later on for becoming complacent and the newer bands for not expanding on the style that he helped create with Korn's first album, Korn.

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Ross Robinson has been successful in the post-hardcore genre, producing At the Drive-In's album, Relationship of Command in 2000, as well as Glassjaw's albums, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence and Worship and Tribute.

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Ross Robinson has worked with the likes of The Cure on their eponymous album and From First to Last on their album Heroine.

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Ross Robinson is a co-owner of semi-private NY nightclub The Plumm, along with David Wells, Jesse Bradford, Noel Ashman and others.

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From 2008, Ross Robinson decided to produce new talents he discovered via Myspace.

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Ross Robinson recorded and mixed a young French trio called My Own Private Alaska, which mixes classical piano and scream based vocals.

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Ross Robinson worked with the Slovenian band Siddharta on their new project Saga.

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Ross Robinson produced Repeater's second album, We Walk from Safety.

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Ross Robinson has been producing indie rock bands such British bands Klaxons and Dananananaykroyd.

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In 2010, Ross Robinson returned to produce Korn's ninth album, 14 years after last working with band.

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Ross Robinson worked with Sepultura for their 2013 album The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart.

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Ross Robinson had a minor role in producing Limp Bizkit's sixth studio album, then titled Stampede of the Disco Elephants, however such contributions were later discarded after the album's refactoring and 2021 release.