# Thom Panunzio

Thom Panunzio is a music producer and engineer.
His career began in 1974 at the Record Plant Studios NYC, working with John Lennon. Later, he became a staff engineer at the Record Plant, and later at The Hit Factory.
Panunzio worked often with Jimmy Iovine, making several records together. Panunzio also worked with Andrew Loog Oldham on The Rolling Stones' Metamorphosis in 1975, and later that year worked with Bruce Springsteen on Born to Run. In 1978, he worked with Patti Smith on Easter, while simultaneously working again with Springsteen on Darkness on the Edge of Town. Panunzio has also produced, engineered and mixed artists including Bob Dylan, U2, Stevie Nicks, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Motörhead, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, The Who, Iggy Pop, Joan Jett, David Bowie, Tom Petty, and Paul Butterfield, among others. Panunzio's experience also includes the making of motion picture soundtracks, such as Road House and Rattle & Hum. Panunzio also worked as the live musical producer for the Farmclub.com series.
Panunzio helped design The Hit Factory studios for the Germano family in New York, as well as A&M Studios (now Henson Recording Studios) in Los Angeles. Later, he helped design the Interscope/ Geffen/ A&M studios where he also created The Thom Thom Club.
In 2003, Panunzio joined Universal Music Group as Executive Senior VP, and Head of A&R for Geffen Records, where he oversaw the careers of Nelly Furtado, Weezer, The Pussycat Dolls, Rise Against and others on the Interscope/Geffen/A&M roster. He also served as the musical producer for all the live music on season 10 of American Idol.

## Selected discography

(P) Produced (CP) Co-Produced (EP) Executive Produced (E) Engineered (AE) Assistant Engineered (M) Mixed
| Artist | Album | Credit |
| Aerosmith | Classics Live! (1986–87) | E |
| Aerosmith | Box of Fire (1994) | E |
| Agent Orange | Real Live Sound (1991) | P/E/M |
| Alice Cooper | Classicks (1995) | P |
| Alice Cooper | A Fistful of Alice (1997) | P/E |
| Alice Cooper | Freedom for Frankenstein (1998) | P/E |
| Alice Cooper | The Definitive Alice Cooper (2001) | P |
| Alice Cooper | Mascara and Monsters (2001) | P |
| Alice Cooper | Hell Is (2003) | P |
| Alice Cooper | Live at Cabo Wabo ‘96 (2005) | P/E |
| Alice in Chains | Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992) | P/E/M |
| Ayumi Nakamura | Holly Night (1986) | M |
| The Beat Farmers | Poor and Famous (1989) | P/E/M |
| Black Sabbath | Reunion | P/E |
| Block | Lead Me Not into Penn Station (1996) | P/E |
| Block | Timing Is Everything (1998) | CP/E/M |
| Blue Öyster Cult | Spectres (1977) | E |
| Blue Rodeo | Tremolo (1997) | M |
| Blue Rodeo | Just Like a Vacation (1999) | M |
| Bob Dylan | Biograph (1985) | M |
| Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | The Fire Inside (1991) | E |
| Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band | Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets (2011) | E |
| Boom Crash Opera | These Here Are Crazy Times (1991) | M |
| Bruce Springsteen | Born to Run (1975) | E |
| Bruce Springsteen | Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) | AE |
| Bruce Springsteen | "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (1984) | E/M |
| Bruce Springsteen | USA for Africa: We Are The World - "Trapped" (1985) | E/M |
| Bruce Springsteen | Tracks (1998) | E/M |
| Bruce Springsteen | Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story (2010) | E |
| Carla Olson and The Textones | Midnight Mission (1984) | M |
| Cell Mates | Between Two Fires (1992) | P |
| Chocolate Starfish | Box (1995) | M |
| Circus of Power | Magic & Madness (1993) | P/E |
| Corey Stevens | The Road to Zen (1997) | M |
| Corey Stevens | Bring On the Blues (2003) | M |
| Darlene Love | Paint Another Picture (1988) | E |
| Dave Koz | Off the Beaten Path (1996) | CP/E/M |
| Dave Koz | December Makes Me Feel This Way (1997) | P/E/M |
| Dave Koz | Memories of a Winter's Night (2007) | P/M |
| Dave Koz | Ultimate Christmas (2011) | P |
| Deep Purple | The Battle Rages On... (1993) | P |
| Deep Purple | Shades 1968–1998 (1999) | P |
| The Del-Lords | Lovers Who Wander (1990) | P/E/M |
| Dion | Yo Frankie (1989) | M |
| The D.I.s | M |
| Eastern Conference Champions | Ameritown (2007) | P/E/M |
| Elliott Murphy | Going Through Something (1996) | P |
| Eric Gales Band | Picture of a Thousand Faces (1993) | M |
| Euphoraphonic | Far from Home (2003) | P/E/M |
| Fear Factory | Linchpin (2002) | P/M |
| Fear Factory | Hatefiles (2003) | P/M |
| Fishbone | The Reality of My Surroundings (1991) | M |
| Gene Loves Jezebel | The Motion of Love (1987) | P/E/M |
| The Go-Go's | Vacation (1982) | E/M |
| The Graces | Perfect View (1989) | P |
| Grand Funk Railroad | Grand Funk Lives (1981) | P/E/M |
| Hanne Boel | Dark Passion (1990) | E |
| Hanne Boel | My Kindred Spirit (1992) | E |
| Hanne Boel | Kinda Soul (1992) | E |
| Hericane Alice | Tear the House Down (1990) | P |
| Holly and the Italians | The Right to Be Italian (1981) | E |
| I.C.U. | Defy (1993) | E |
| Iggy Pop | Soldier (1980) | M |
| Iggy Pop | Party (1981) | P/E/M |
| Iggy Pop | The Story of Iggy Pop (1992) | P/E/M |
| Iggy Pop | The Heritage Collection (2000) | P/E/M |
| Iggy Pop | Platinum & Gold Collection (2004) | P |
| Iggy Pop | A Million in Prizes: The Anthology (2005) | P/E/M |
| The Jeff Healey Band | See the Light (1988) | CP/E/M |
| The Jeff Healey Band | Cover to Cover (1995) | P/E/M |
| The Jeff Healey Band | Platinum & Gold Collection (2004) | P |
| Jimmy Barnes | For the Working Class Man / Jimmy Barnes (1985) | E |
| Jimmy Barnes | In the Heat of the Night (2006) | E |
| Jimmy Barnes | JB50 (2006) | E |
| Jimmy Cliff | In Concert: The Best of Jimmy Cliff (1976) | E/M |
| Joan Armatrading | Me Myself I (1980) | E/M |
| Joan Jett | The Hit List (1990) | P/E/M |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Glorious Results of a Misspent Youth (1984) | P/E/M |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Good Music (1986) | P/E/M |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Up Your Alley (1988) | P/E/M |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Notorious (1991) | P/M |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Fetish (1999) | P |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Fit to Be Tied (1997) | P/E/M |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Do You Wanna Touch Me (1993) | P |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Flashback (1993) | P/M |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Pure and Simple (1994) | P/E/M |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Jett Rock (2003) | P/E/M |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Naked (2004) | E |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | Sinner (2006) | E |
| John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band | Roadhouse: The Voice of Eddie and the Cruisers (1998) | M |
| Kelly Osbourne | Shut Up / Changes (2002) | P/E/M |
| Kid Creole | Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1976-1983 (2008) | E |
| Kids in the Kitchen | Kids in the Kitchen | P |
| Kim Larsen & Jungledreams | Sitting on a Time Bomb (1982) | E |
| Laura Warshauer | The Pink Chariot Mixtape (2011) | P |
| Lifehouse | Who We Are (2007) | M |
| Link Wray | Live at the Paradiso (1980) | CP/E/M |
| Lions & Ghosts | Wild Garden (1989) | P/E/M |
| Little Bob Story | Too Young to Love Me (1984) | P/E/M |
| Lone Justice | Lone Justice (1985) | E |
| Lone Justice | This World Is Not My Home (1998) | E |
| Machine | There But for the Grace of God Go I (1992) | E |
| Maria McKee | You Gotta Sin to Get Saved (1993) | E |
| Maria Vidal | Maria Vidal (1987) | E |
| Mark Farner | No Frills (1978) | E |
| Marshall Crenshaw | Marshall Crenshaw (1982) | E/M |
| Marshall Crenshaw | Downtown (1985) | E/M |
| Mary Cutrufello | When the Night Is Through (1998) | P/E/M |
| Matt White | Best Days (2007) | P/E |
| Mental As Anything | Fundamental (1985) | E/M |
| Metal Church | Hanging in the Balance (1993) | P/E/M |
| Michael Falch | De Vildeste Fugle (1988) | M |
| Mink DeVille | Coup de Grâce (1981) | P/E/M |
| Mother's Finest | Black Radio Won't Play This Record (1992) | P/E |
| Motörhead | Hammered (2002) | P/E/M |
| Nelly Furtado | Loose (2006) | EP |
| New Found Glory | Coming Home (2006) | P |
| No Doubt | Return of Saturn (2000) | E |
| No Doubt | Everything in Time (2003) | E |
| No Doubt | Boom Box (2003) | E |
| Nuclear Valdez | I Am I (1989) | P/E/M |
| Outcry | This Side of Anywhere (1997) | M |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Live at Budokan (2002) | P/E/M |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Blizzard of Ozz (Reissue 2002) | E/M |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Diary of a Madman (Reissue 2002) | E/M |
| Ozzy Osbourne | The Essential Ozzy Osbourne (2003) | P |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Prince of Darkness (2005) | P |
| Patti LaBelle | Winner in You (1986) | E |
| Patti Smith | Easter (1978) | E |
| Patti Smith | Dream of Life (1988) | E |
| Patti Smith | The Patti Smith Masters: The Collective Works (1996) | P/E |
| Paul Butterfield | The Legendary Paul Butterfield Rides Again (1986) | P/E/M |
| Peter Murphy | "Hit Song" | E |
| Poison | Hollyweird (2002) | P/E/M |
| Poison | Poison'd! (2007) | P |
| Poison | Nothin' But a Good Time (2010) | P |
| Puzzle Gut | Puzzle Gut (1997) | P/E/M |
| The Reverend Horton Heat | Liquor in the Front (1994) | M |
| The Reverend Horton Heat | It's Martini Time (1996) | P/E/M |
| The Reverend Horton Heat | Holy Roller (1999) | P/E/M |
| Revólver | Calle Mayor (1996) | P/E |
| Revólver | Grandes Éxitos (2003) | P/E |
| The Roches | Another World (1985) | E |
| The Roches | The Collected Works of the Roches (2003) | E |
| Robert Gordon | Bad Boy (1980) | E |
| Robert Gordon | Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die (1982) | E |
| Roger Daltrey | A Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who (1994) | E/M |
| Sepultura | Roots (1996) | M |
| Shaggy | Clothes Drop (2005) | P/M |
| Sheryl Crow | C'Mon, C'Mon (2002) | E |
| Slaves On Dope | Inches from the Mainline (2000) | P/E/M |
| Slayer | Live Intrusion (1995) | M |
| Soul Asylum | Runaway Train (1993) | E/M |
| Soul Asylum | Black Gold (2000) | E/M |
| Stella Soleil | Dirty Little Secret (2001) | P/E/M |
| Stevie Nicks | Bella Donna (1981) | E |
| Stevie Nicks | Street Angel (1994) | P/E/M |
| Tito & Tarantula | Tarantism (1997) | M |
| Tom Jones | The Lead and How to Swing It (1994) | P/E/M |
| Tom Jones | "I Wanna Get Back with You" (1995) | P |
| Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Damn the Torpedoes (1979) | AE |
| Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Long After Dark (1982) | M |
| Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | Playback (1995) | E |
| Tommy James | In Touch (1976) | M |
| Tracy Chapman | Matters of the Heart (1992) | E |
| The Uninvited | Uninvited (1998) | P/E/M |
| U2 | Rattle and Hum (1988) | E/M |
| Various Artists | Take It or Leave It: A Tribute to the Queens of Noise – The Runaways (2011) | P |
| Various Artists | VH1 Stoytellers (2000) | M |
| Various Artists | Live and Unreleased from Farmclub.com (2002) | P/E/M |
| Various Artists | Rubaiyat: Elektra's 40th Anniversary (1990) | E/M |
| Various Artists | America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001) | M |
| Various Artists | Ozzfest Live (1997) | P/E/M |
| Various Artists | Ozzfest: Second Stage Live (2001) | P/E/M |
| Various Artists | Ozzfest 2002 (2002) | P/E/M |
| Various Artists | Special Olympics: A Very Special Christmas (1987) | E |
| Various Artists | A Very Special Christmas 2 (1992) | E |
| Various Artists | A Very Special Christmas Live (1999) | M |
| Various Artists | A Very Special Christmas 5 (2001) | E |
| Various Artists | Laguna Tunes (2000) | E/M |
| Various Artists | Festival of Light, Vol. 2 (1999) | P/E/M |
| Various Artists | Soul Divas (2005) | E |
| Various Artists | Spirit of '73: Rock for Choice (1995) | E |
| Various Artists | Christmas of Hope (1995) | E |
| Various Artists | Flavors of Jazz (1997) | P |
| Various Artists | Genrecide: A Compilation, Vol. 1 (1993) | E/M |
| Various Artists | "We Are the World" (1985) | M |
| Various Artists | Reelin' in the Years, Vol. 1 (1983) | E |
| Venice | Spin Art (1999) | M |
| Vinnie James | All American Boy (1991) | P |
| The Wallflowers | "Letters from the Wasteland" (2000) | M |
| War Babies | War Babies (1991) | P/E/M |
| Will T. Massey | Will T. Massey (1991) | P/E/M |
| William Tell | You Can Hold Me Down (2007) | P/M |
| Willie Nile | Golden Down (1981) | P/E/M |
| The Young Dubliners | Red (2000) | P/E/M |
| Movie soundtrack | Credit |
| Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | P |
| Bachelor Party | E/M |
| Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows | P |
| Blast from the Past | P/E |
| Days of Thunder | CP/E/M |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | P |
| Desperado | M |
| Fast Times at Ridgemont High | E/M |
| Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | P |
| Gotcha | CP/E/M |
| Heavy Metal | E/M |
| Less than Zero | E/M |
| Light of Day | CP/E/M |
| Mr. Wrong | P |
| Navy Seals | P/E/M |
| No Nukes | E/M |
| Rattle and Hum | E |
| Road House | CP/E/M |
| Shark Tale | P |
| Singles | CP/E/M |
| Tank Girl | M |
| The Air Up There | M |
| Times Square | E/M |
| Varsity Blues | M |
| Wild Life | E/M |
| TV soundtrack | Credit |
| Galaxy Rangers | P/E/M |
| MTV Presents Laguna Beach: Summer Can Last Forever | P |
| One Life to Live: The Best of Love | E/M |
| Osbourne Family Album | E/M |