Carlos de la Garza (music producer)
Carlos de la Garza is an American Grammy Award-winning mixer, record producer, engineer, musician, and songwriter based in Los Angeles. Early life. Carlos de la Garza was born and raised in Cerritos, California. He started playing drums in high school and played in various local bands. While still in high school, he simultaneously joined Long Beach ska-punk band Suburban Rhythm and punk band F.Y.P, and later became a member of Reel Big Fish. Music Production and Engineering. He has worked with artists and bands such as The Linda Lindas, Paramore, M83, Young  the Giant, Jimmy Eat World, Teenage Wrist, Tegan and Sara, Wolf Alice, Cherry Glazerr, Best Coast, Wild Belle, Charly Bliss, Bad Religion, Ray Barbee, Fitz and the Tantrums, Third Eye Blind, Bleached, and Ziggy Marley, whose self-titled album mixed and engineered by de la Garza won a Grammy Award in 2016. Paramore's Self-titled album, which de la Garza engineered and performed on, also won a Grammy award for "Best Rock Song" in 2015. In 2018 Wolf Alice was awarded the Mercury Prize for their album "Visions of A Life", which de la Garza also engineered. In addition  to his production and engineering work, de la Garza is an accomplished musician and multi-instrumentalist being highly proficient in drums and percussion, guitar, bass, and keyboards. de la Garza was also a member of punk band F.Y.P. from 1991-1993 and popular ska punk band Reel Big Fish, in which he played drums from 1999-2003. Two daughters of Carlos de la Garza, Lucia and Mila, are members of the punk rock band The Linda Lindas.