Joe Carducci is an American writer , record producer , and former A&R executive,[ 1] formerly most closely associated with the influential record label SST Records .[ 2]
Carducci lived for a time in Chicago [ 3] before moving to Hollywood in 1976.[ 4] From 1981 to 1986 he was an A&R man, record producer , and co-owner of SST Records , working with, among other bands, the Minutemen , Saint Vitus , the Meat Puppets , Black Flag and Saccharine Trust . He also ran his own record label, Thermidor Records ,[ 5] which released albums by The Birthday Party , the Minutemen ,[ 5] Oil Tasters , Flipper , Nig Heist , SPK and Al Jourgensen 's pre-Ministry band Special Affect .[ 6]
He wrote lyrics for the song "Jesus & Tequila" by the Minutemen (Double Nickels on the Dime , 1984)[ 7] and "Chinese Firedrill" from Mike Watt 's 1995 solo album Ball-Hog or Tugboat? .[ 8] He now resides in Centennial, Wyoming , where he runs Redoubt Press and O&O Recordings.
Carducci wrote the screenplays for the 1998 films Rock and Roll Punk [ 2] and Bullet On A Wire with Jim Sikora .[ 2]
In 2007, Carducci published Enter Naomi: SST, L.A. and All That... , which contained his reflections on his time at SST Records and the life and death of former SST photographer Naomi Petersen .[ 1]
Bibliography
Rock and the Pop Narcotic (1991)
Enter Naomi: SST, L.A. and All That... (2007)[ 1]
Life Against Dementia: Essays, Reviews, Interviews 1975-2011 (2012)[ 1]
Stone Male: Requiem for the Living Picture (2016)[ 4]
References
^ a b c d Mccaighy, Kevin (May 7, 2013). "The End Of Punk: Joe Carducci Interviewed" . The Quietus . Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
^ a b c "Joe Carducci" . Los Angeles Review of Books . Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
^ Christgau, Robert . "Rock Music Is Here to Stay" . robertchristgau.com . Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
^ a b Cohan, Brad (May 18, 2016). "From Running SST Records to 'Stone Male': The Journey of Joe Carducci" . Observer . Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
^ a b Ibarra, Craig (2015). A Wailing Of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk And More 1977-1985 . END FWY. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-0-9860971-0-2 .
^ Kretsch, Ron (July 28, 2015). "Ministry's Al Jourgensen guests on the new single by ONO: A DM premiere" . Dangerous Minds . Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
^ Fournier, Michael T. (2007). Double Nickels on the Dime (33 1/3) . Continuum. p. 89. ISBN 978-0826427878 .
^ "Mike Watt: Ball-Hog or Tugboat?" . Allmusic . Retrieved October 22, 2019 .