John Feldman

John William Feldmann (born June 29, 1967) is an American musician and producer who is the lead singer/guitarist of the band Goldfinger. He is known as an animal rights advocate.Keith, Shannon. Behind the Mask, Uncaged Films, 2006.
== Music ==
Feldmann started playing music when he was 13, after hearing Mommy's Little Monster by Social Distortion. He moved to LA in 1988 and formed a band called Electric Love Hogs, where he met future Goldfinger bassist Kelly LeMieux. The Electric Love Hogs (which also included Dave Kushner of Velvet Revolver, and Bobby Hewitt from Orgy) were signed to Polygram in 1990 and put out one CD. 
Feldmann then formed Goldfinger in 1994 when he met original Goldfinger bassist Simon Williams in a shoe store where they were both working. The group was signed to Mojo/Universal in 1995 and have toured extensively throughout the world. According to his official website John holds a Guinness world record for his feat of performing 385 shows in 1996. 
As an A&R representative for Warner Bros & Maverick Records, he has signed The Used, Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows, Goldfinger, Showoff, Unloco, Josephine Collective, City Sleeps, Story of the Year, Foxy Shazam and Mest. 
He has also done production work/songwriting for The Cab, The Veronicas, Good Charlotte, Mest, The Used, Story of the Year, Ashlee Simpson, Hilary Duff, Goldfinger, Showoff, The Matches, Atreyu, City Sleeps, Anthony Green, Josephine Collective, Lostprophets, Beat Union, Cute Is What We Aim For, Escape the Fate, Get Scared, After Midnight Project, No Motiv, Foxy Shazam, All Time Low, Allstar Weekend, Panic! at the Disco, Craig Owens, Boys Like Girls, Megan Joy, Jessica Lowndes, Plain White T's.
He worked with Panic! at the Disco on their newest album, Vices & Virtues (2011),
and recently worked on the song "Heroes" with Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low, which was released on their Dirty Work (2011) album. He also worked with Mandy Moore and Kelis.
== Activism ==
A vocal activist for animal and human rights, Feldmann is a vegan. Feldmann allegedly became a vegetarian after seeing the movie Babe at age 29. He usually has animal rights material to give out at Goldfinger shows. He often speaks on behalf of the animal welfare organisation PETA.
Feldmann appeared in the documentary film Behind The Mask. He also appears in Bold Native and Skin Trade.
==Selected discography==
Year	Artist 	Album 	Label 	Credits 	Sales
2012	Black Veil Brides 	Untitled 	Lava Records 	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer 	—
2012	Papa Roach 	The Connection 	Eleven Seven 	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer 	—
2012	Heaven's Basement 	Untitled 	Red Bull Records 	Producer/Co-Writer/Mixer 	—
2012	Blitz Kids 	Untitled 	Hassle Records 	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer 	—
2012	Escape the Fate 	TBA 	Eleven Seven Music 	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer 	—
2012	King Blues 	Untitled 	Transmission Recordings	Producer/Mixer/Writer 	—
2012	The Used 	Vulnerable 	Hopeless Records 	Producer/Writer/Mixer 	#8 debut chart position
2011	Hedley 	Storms 	Universal Music Canada 	Writer 	Multi-Platinum
2011	All Time Low 	Dirty Work 	Interscope 	Writer 	200,000 worldwide
2011	The Cab 	Symphony Soldier 	Unsigned 	Producerhttp://twitter.com/#!/alexanderdeleon/status/70994483793240064	300,000 singles sold
2011	Attack Attack! 	Attack Attack! Deluxe edition 	Rise Records 	Producer, Co-writer 	—
2011	The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus 	Am I The Enemy 	Collective Sounds 	Producer/Arranger/Composer/EngineerMixing/Programming/Vocals 	—
2011	Get Scared 	Best Kind of Mess 	Universal Motown 	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer Composer/Programming/Vocals 	—
2011	Allstar Weekend 	All the Way 	Hollywood 	Producer/Mixer/Composer 	—
2011	Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows	D.R.U.G.S. 	Sire/Decaydance 	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer/Vocals 	100,000 worldwide
2011	Panic! at the Disco 	Vices & Virtues 	Atlantic 	Producer/Engineer/Mixer/Writer 	400,000 worldwide
2010	Allstar Weekend 	Suddenly Yours 	Hollywood 	Producer/Mixer/Composer/Vocals/Bass 	100,000 worldwide
2010	Good Charlotte 	Cardiology 	Epic 	Writer 	Gold
2010	Four Year Strong 	Enemy Of The World 	Decaydance 	Mixer 	—
2010	Foxy Shazam 	Foxy Shazam 	Sire 	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer/Writer 	—
2010	Plain White T's 	Wonders of the Younger 	Hollywood 	Writer 	—
2010	Neon Trees 	Habits 	IDJ 	Writer 	2,000,000 Singles
2009	After Midnight Project 	Let's Build Something to Break 	Universal Motown 	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer 	—
2009	Saosin 	In Search of Solid Ground 	Virgin 	Writer/Producer/Engineer 	—
2009	Hedley 	The Show Must Go 	Universal Music Canada 	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer 	Multi-Platinum
2008	Anthony Green 	Avalon 	Photo Finish Records 	Writer/Producer/Mixer 	—
2008	Escape the Fate 	This War Is Ours 	Epitaph 	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer/Performer 	500,000 Worldwide
2008	Cute is What We Aim For 	Rotation 	Fueled By Ramen 	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer 	—
2008	Josephine Collective 	We Are the Air 	Warner Bros. 	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer 	—
2007	The Veronicas 	Hook Me Up 	Sire 	Writer/Producer/Mixer 	2,000,000 Worldwide
2007	Atreyu 	Lead Sails Paper Anchor 	Hollywood 	Producer/Engineer 	500,000 Worldwide
2007	The Used 	Lies for the Liars 	Reprise 	Producer/Engineer 	1,500,000 Worldwide
2007	City Sleeps 	Not An Angel 	Trustkill 	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer 	—
2006	The Matches 	Decomposer 	Epitaph 	Co-Producer 	—
2005	Hilary Duff 	Most Wanted 	Hollywood 	Writer/Producer 	3,000,000 Worldwide
2004	The Used 	In Love and Death 	Reprise 	Producer/Engineer/Mixer 	1,500,000 Worldwide
2004	Good Charlotte 	The Chronicles of Life and Death	Epic 	Writer 	2,500,000 Worldwide
2004	Ashlee Simpson 	Autobiography 	Geffen 	Writer 	6,000,000 Worldwide
2003	The Used 	Maybe Memories 	Reprise 	Writer/Producer/Mixer 	1,000,000 Worldwide
2003	Goldfinger 	Open Your Eyes 	Mojo/Jive Records 	Writer/Producer/Engineer/Mixer 	500,000 Worldwide
2003	Story of the Year 	Page Avenue 	Maverick 	A&R/Writer/Producer/Mixer 	2,000,000 Worldwide
2002	The Used 	The Used 	Reprise 	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer 	1,500,000 Worldwide
2002	Good Charlotte 	The Young and the Hopeless 	Epic 	Writer 	5,000,000 Worldwide
2002	Goldfinger 	Open Your Eyes 	Jive Records 	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer 	500,000 Worldwide
2001	Mest 	Destination Unknown 	Maverick 	Producer/Mixer 	500,000 Worldwide
2000	Mest 	Wasting Time 	Maverick 	A&R/Producer/Mixer 	500,000 Worldwide
2000	Goldfinger 	Stomping Ground 	Mojo 	Writer/Producer 	500,000 Worldwide
1999	Showoff 	Showoff 	Maverick 	A&R/Producer/Engineer/Mixer 	—
1999	Goldfinger 	Darrin's Coconut Ass: Live 	Universal 	Producer/Engineer/Mixer 	—
1997	Goldfinger 	Hang-Ups 	Mojo 	Writer/Producer 	500,000 Worldwide
1996	Goldfinger 	Goldfinger 	Mojo 	Writer/Producer 	1,000,000 Worldwide
1996	Reel Big Fish 	Turn the Radio Off 	Mojo 	A&R 	1,000,000 Worldwide
== References ==
== External links ==
* Official website
* German Goldfinger fan site
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