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In Memoriam: Jerry Finn (1970-2008)

Contributed by royalt. Posted by justin on Friday, August 22, 2008 at 9:00 PM (EDT)

According to Billboard eleven days after being taken off of life support due to a massive brain hemorrhage he suffered last month, producer Jerry Finn died Thursday, August 21st.

The famed producer worked on notable albums from Blink-182, Morrissey, Green Day, Rancid, Bad Religion, AFI and Alkaline Trio. For a list of his production credits, see Wikipedia. Plans for a donation or scholarship fund are in the works, as is a memorial for friends and family.

Our deepest condolences to his family and friends.

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Dudley_Shale (August 22, 2008)

Wasn't this already posted? I just blogged about this on Piss and Vinegar.

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Fuzzy (justin) (August 22, 2008)

11 days ago he was taken off life support. He didn't die till yesterday.

retistictumblweed (August 22, 2008)

This guy helped to shape the sound of punk in the '90s. He was like the Ryan Greene for bands that "made it." Nice body of work, he will be missed.

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Dudley_Shale (August 22, 2008)

I agree so much. He made so many classic albums, and I just feel this is such a big loss. From Here to Infirmary is my favorite album of all time, Dookie is what got me into punk rock...I just think this is such a shitty thing.

Rest in Peace, Jerry Finn.

Bowen (August 23, 2008)

To be fair, he only mixed those albums, didn't produce them...obviously still going to be missed.

ghpunkguy (August 22, 2008)

Bingo. R.I.P.

Fraser87 (August 23, 2008)

I agree wholeheartedly. Now Ryan Greene and Mass Giorgini have a lot of catching up to do. I know this has been repeated countless times, but Dookie is still one of my favourite records. It's one of those albums you can listen to when you are stressed out and want to calm down/relax.

dual-a-corn (August 22, 2008)

Aw, bummmer...

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hotcheetos (August 22, 2008)

Bummer is right.
Rest In Peace.

Phantom_Maggot (August 22, 2008)

Bollocks.

AbsoPunker (August 22, 2008)

We did this the day it happend.
What is this?
slownews.org?
pussiez

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Fuzzy (justin) (August 22, 2008)

11 days ago he was taken off life support. He didn't die till yesterday.

MattRamone (August 22, 2008)

gb2 AP

AbsoPunker (August 22, 2008)

No on over their stayes up this late.

MattRamone (August 22, 2008)

Their parents make them go to bed.

AbsoPunker (August 22, 2008)

Yea Im mad at mi parents. So Im going to try to stay up all night.

jacknife737 (August 22, 2008)

A damn shame; he died on my birthday too.

Wentz_Equals_Death (August 22, 2008)

jesus christ he was younger than i thought

RIP

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AndyPonch (August 22, 2008)

Yeah, definitely, I thought he was older for some reason. He's done albums I can't stand and some I truly love listening to, it's quite sad when someone so young dies yet pieces of shit live for far too long!

MattRamone (August 22, 2008)

Tommy Lee is still alive and thriving.

blanktapesemptybottles (August 22, 2008)

That had to be the worst eleven days of anyone's life, I can't even imagine. Fuck man, my condolences.

AndBurnTheRest (August 22, 2008)

It's a tragedy that he died at such a young age and so suddenly. However, I have never really liked the work that he did.

Still, it's a sad thing that he died. Just don't be that guy kissing his ass posthumouosly when you thrashed him for Good Mourning.

christian (August 22, 2008)

Rip

MattRamone (August 22, 2008)

RIP. (and I like Good Mourning)

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AndBurnTheRest (August 22, 2008)

I like Good Mourning too, it just sounds...soft. I don't know, maybe that has nothing to do with the production but it seems like the last few big albums he did all seemed too polished.

I love all the bands he worked with, and Life Won't Wait and ..And Out Come the Wolves are both awesome, from his early stuff.

red_eye_inc (August 23, 2008)

Good Mourning was the band's fault. This dude was a star producer and he couldn't save it.

Bowen (August 23, 2008)

I would disagree, those songs bust ass live but on album don't sound so great, I've always blamed the production for my opinion of that album.

Evil_Dead (August 22, 2008)

Dear You,

Thank you.

R.I.P.

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WYOR (August 22, 2008)

I second this.

Nameless (August 22, 2008)

Seconded.

And Dookie. I'd be a liar if I didn't say how much that album has influenced me.

R.I.P.

MattRamone (August 22, 2008)

I think it's one of the few major label releases teh punx can get over their politics and say "this fucking rules."

MattRamone (August 22, 2008)

Backed.

mikexdude (August 22, 2008)

Loved this man's work, even Sing The Sorrow and Good Mourning. RIP.

letthebeatdrop (August 22, 2008)

sigh, ...rip.

ToddRundgren (August 22, 2008)

It is awful he died at such a young age, however I thought he overproduced everything and never really made a good album. Yes, Dear You was amazing, but he was not that instrumental in the sound as Rob Cavallo engineered it, whereas Jerry Finn mixed. Still a big deal, but his engineering was over the top.

LORDSHREDDER (August 22, 2008)

Holy shit, I didn't realize he was that young. He was suuuper young when he made some of his masterpieces.

RIP good soul.

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chickswithdicks (August 22, 2008)

yeah it's crazy, he was my age when he did dookie..

binaural111 (August 22, 2008)

RIP ;(

we all own at least one of the albums he's worked on.

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MattRamone (August 22, 2008)

Bad Religion, Green Day, Jawbreaker, Alkaline Trio...yeah.

RightLaneEnds (August 22, 2008)

Sing the Sorry was the best album in my opinion

amirite?

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mikexdude (August 22, 2008)

Joking aside, I love that album.

AbsoPunker (August 22, 2008)

Me too!
It was like Afi came out of no where. I still lisen to it alll the time. But stil not as good as Decemberunderground.

mikexdude (August 22, 2008)

Don't mock me.

AbsoPunker (August 22, 2008)

Aww. call the wambulance.

mikexdude (August 22, 2008)

Maybe I should call me an ambulance.

MattRamone (August 22, 2008)

Win.

mikexdude (August 22, 2008)

I got the song you sent me, I dig it a lot. Thanks bro.

PS..

Stop sucking my dick.

MattRamone (August 23, 2008)

You're the luckiest donkey.

mikexdude (August 23, 2008)

I don't know what that means.

MattRamone (August 23, 2008)

L2 punknews

AbsoPunker (August 22, 2008)

Ohh scary. What is that some Exclusive ht water music reference?

mikexdude (August 22, 2008)

Ht Water Music rules. But I like Hot Water Music better.

AbsoPunker (August 22, 2008)

Wat about H2O they're new Cd did rool

Dudley_Shale (August 23, 2008)

blah blah blah blah blah.

blah blah

blah.

damnitsderek (August 23, 2008)

Shit, he's on to us!

Falcor_guitar (August 22, 2008)

Sing The Sorrow
Good Mourning
Dear You
About The Time
...And out come the wolves
Destination Failure
Hitler Bad, Vandals Good
The Living End
and so many fucking more.
The dude deserves everyone's respect, he was a truly great producer who helped make so many album's that mean way too much to so many people.
R.I.P.

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MattRamone (August 22, 2008)

Agreed.

CobraSkullsFan (August 22, 2008)

RIP. when i was young and was buying these records, i didnt know what the fuck a producer was, or a mix guy, but i knew that he must have been great cause his name was on almost everything i bought. as i grew i realized what his job entailed and discovered more projects that he was a part of and genuinely hoped that my little band at the time could someday collaborate with him. i love almost everything he's done, and it goes without saying he was fucking young. death sucks. RIP. i will never ever forget this name: JERRY FINN.

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mikexdude (August 22, 2008)

Despite a lot of people, I really enjoy Finn's polished sound. I also wish he woulda' produce a future work of my band, but I guess that will never happen.

AbsoPunker (August 22, 2008)

what does this have 2 do w say nething?

AbsoPunker (August 22, 2008)

mattramone?
more like GayRammone>?
amirite?

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mikexdude (August 22, 2008)

More like FatRamone.

AbsoPunker (August 22, 2008)

LOL that works too. is he really fat?

MattRamone (August 23, 2008)

Big boned.

edgelife (August 23, 2008)

i pictured that.

Cheesetits (August 23, 2008)

I like this joke acount.

edgelife (August 23, 2008)

38's too young RIP

Endlessnameless (August 23, 2008)

An amazing producer, and a great loss.

iandisurvive (August 23, 2008)

Rest in peace man. Your records changed my young life.

timahelm (August 23, 2008)

thats aweful....RIP

damnitsderek (August 23, 2008)

38? Jesus, I thought he was older than that.

It doesn't make it any less of a loss, though. RIP.

crackpotdemagogue (August 23, 2008)

jerry finm: so great he died twice

wearestillalive (August 23, 2008)

alkaline trio dedicated goodbye forever to him when i saw them last night. he will be missed.

disconnected (August 23, 2008)

This is fucking horrible R.I.P to a fantastic producer

epicchords (August 23, 2008)

shit one.

did some good work.

whatisyourforte (August 23, 2008)

jeb bush is totally not stoked...

royalt (August 23, 2008)

I came upon this by total chance when I posted it. I had just got a book on recording and mixing and I saw his credentials and shit, so I went to look him up on wikipedia just to find out that he had died the day before. It totally bummed me out. He worked on some of my favorite records of all time.

R.I.P.

ricomedy (August 25, 2008)

His credits as a producer are pretty amazing.

ianXisXpositive (August 25, 2008)

Man did more in 1995 alone than I'll probably ever do in my entire life.

Every bit of video footage of the guy I've seen has lead me to believe that he was a pretty righteous individual.

Hope he's hanging out with John Peel or something right now.

tmfxjohn (August 25, 2008)

i'll be honest and say that i didn't like him as a producer

probably a helluva guy, but i just didn't dig it

AustinAtoms (October 2, 2008)

He produced the worst Blink Albums but still...

Rowley (October 12, 2008)

man, i have atleast 15 albums in my CD collection he's worked on. RIP x

itson420 (May 28, 2009)

I am a distant cousin of Jerry's and I'm deeply shocked by his sudden and tragic passing. Most of my time with Jerry was spent in childhood during the holidays and I can remember at an early age thinking how clever and witty Jerry was and how I wanted to be like him. I knew he had a deep interest in music and it didn't suprise me later in life he had achieved so much success. R.I.P Jerry. God Bless

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