Since he began his career in 1977, Steve Lillywhite has been credited on over 500 records, and has collaborated with a variety of musicians including new wave acts XTC, Big Country, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Simple Minds, the Psychedelic Furs, Toyah, David Byrne, Talking Heads and Kirsty MacColl, as well as U2, the Rolling Stones, the Pogues, Blue October, Steel Pulse, the La's, Peter Gabriel, Morrissey, the Killers, Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Counting Crows and Joan Armatrading.
31 Facts About Steve Lillywhite
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Steve Lillywhite has won six Grammy Awards, including Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in 2006.
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Steve Lillywhite entered the music industry in 1972, when he worked as a tape operator for PolyGram.
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Steve Lillywhite soon joined Island as a staff producer, where he worked with many of the leading new wave musicians, including his brother's band, The Members, and guitarist Johnny Thunders, for whom he produced a solo album, So Alone.
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Steve Lillywhite was hired to produce Siouxsie and the Banshees' debut album The Scream which was certified silver in the UK.
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Steve Lillywhite produced "Ku Klux Klan", the first single that Steel Pulse released on Island Records in 1978.
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Steve Lillywhite produced Peter Gabriel's critically acclaimed third solo album Peter Gabriel, which was released in May 1980 and topped the UK album chart.
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Steve Lillywhite moved on to produce work by Bruce Foxton, Big Country, XTC, The Chameleons, Toyah, Talking Heads, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Morrissey, The Rolling Stones and the Shine album by the former ABBA vocalist Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
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Steve Lillywhite was hired by Rush to produce their 1984 album, Grace Under Pressure but, much to their frustration, withdrew from the project to work with Simple Minds.
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In 1987, Steve Lillywhite worked with the Pogues, producing "Fairytale of New York".
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Steve Lillywhite produced albums by Travis and the debut by The La's.
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In 2000, Steve Lillywhite was fired from the fourth album by the Dave Matthews Band after band members cited creative differences.
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In 2002, Universal Music Group head Lucian Grainge invited Steve Lillywhite to become managing director.
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Steve Lillywhite signed singer-songwriter Darius Danesh and served as executive producer for his debut album Dive In, which spawned three Top 10 hits, and Mercury Records' first number one in eighteen years.
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Steve Lillywhite signed Razorlight, and produced Jason Mraz's Mr A-Z.
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Steve Lillywhite left the label at the end of 2006.
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Steve Lillywhite collected consecutive Grammy Awards for Record of the Year with U2's "Beautiful Day" and "Walk On".
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In 2006, Steve Lillywhite won three more Grammys: Producer of the Year, Best Rock Album with U2's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb; and a partial win for Album of the Year, for How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.
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In February 2007, Steve Lillywhite began work with Crowded House on tracks for Time on Earth, the band's first studio album in fourteen years.
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The majority of the album was produced by Ethan Johns, but Steve Lillywhite produced four songs with the full touring line-up, including new drummer Matt Sherrod as well as studio guest guitarist Johnny Marr.
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In 2008, Steve Lillywhite again worked alongside Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois on U2's No Line on the Horizon.
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In 2008, Steve Lillywhite produced a number of recordings for the World Cafe radio show on NPR.
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On 25 May 2010, the official Oasis website announced that Steve Lillywhite was working with Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock on material for their new band Beady Eye.
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Steve Lillywhite produced an album for Evanescence at MSR Studios from February 2010 to April that year, but was scrapped in early 2011.
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In 2012, Steve Lillywhite was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to music.
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Steve Lillywhite reunited with Thirty Seconds to Mars in 2012, co-producing the band's fourth studio album Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams, alongside Jared Leto.
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In 2015, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, Steve Lillywhite was awarded his sixth Grammy Award for his work on Juanes's album Loco De Amor.
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In 2016, Steve Lillywhite produced an album by Thai rock band Slot Machine.
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Steve Lillywhite worked with a Japanese act for the first time when he co-produced Luna Sea's 2019 album Cross.
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Steve Lillywhite has lived in Indonesia since 2014, where he produces records for local artists.
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Steve Lillywhite was made a Commander of the Order of The British Empire in 2012 for his contributions to music.