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Neil Citron | |
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| Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Guitar |
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| Website | neilcitron |
Neil Citron is aToronto-born Canadian guitarist,Grammy Award-winning recording engineer, and songwriter who has played withLana Lane, and briefly with heavy metal bandQuiet Riot in 2006, among numerous other music industry credits. He has also worked on the filmsMy Big Fat Greek Wedding,That Thing You Do!, andRicki and the Flash.
At the age of seventeen, Citron cofounded the band Hero, which eventually released the albumsHero (1977) andBoys Will Be Boys (1978). In 1995, he joined the band of symphonic and progressive rock singerLana Lane and played on several of her albums, including her 1995 debut,Love Is an Illusion as well asCurious Goods, released the following year. Touring would follow, resulting in the release of live material and several follow-up albums and the DVDStorybook: Tales from Europe and Japan, in which Citron is featured in both live performances and interviews.[1]
By 2002, Citron became more involved in solo projects as well as extensive studio work with artists such asSteve Vai,Steve Lukather, andLarry Carlton. That year, he received aGrammy Award in theBest Pop Instrumental Album category for engineeringNo Substitutions: Live in Osaka byLarry Carlton andSteve Lukather.[2]
In 2006, Citron joinedQuiet Riot, playing guitar on, recording, mixing, and mastering the albumRehab. He left the band at the end of the year and was replaced byAlex Grossi. A musical relationship with Quiet Riot drummerFrankie Banali continued, and the duo recorded the blues rock albumsI've Got the Blues (And It's All Your Fault) andPeanut Butter Fudge, both in 2012.
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Citron released his debut solo album,Guitar Dreams in 1998. It was re-released with bonus material asIn Search of Higher Ground in 2015. His second album,Absolute, came out in 2001, followed byFlavored Jam in 2006, which featured bassistMatt Bissonette and his brotherGregg on drums.
In 2010, Citron formed the progressive rock group BangTower, with Welsh bassistPercy Jones and American drummerWalter Garces, and the trio released the albumCasting Shadows in September of that year. In December 2016, BangTower issued their sophomore album,With N With Out. In August 2017, Citron released a seven-track digital-only BangTower EP titledHey, Where'd Everybody Go?, this time without Jones and Garces. The album included Robbie Pagliari on bass and Frankie Banali on acoustic percussion. In September 2019, BangTower published the albumThe Road We Travel, which, in addition to Citron and Pagliari, featured drummer Rudd Weatherwax, with horns credited to Maynard J. Krebs.
In late 2019, Citron teamed up with drummer Luke Fattore and bassist Jon Pomplin to form the rock band Black Cat 6. Their albumScratching My Itch was released in December 2019.
Citron has contributed music to a number of films throughout his career. He worked on the 1996Tom Hanks movieThat Thing You Do! as a musical instructor to the actors as well as performing guitar parts on the original band songs for the soundtrack. He also worked on the 2002 hitMy Big Fat Greek Wedding as editor for the film and sound engineer on the commentary for the DVD release. In 2015, he worked on theMeryl Streep movieRicki and the Flash as Streep's guitar mentor,[3] as well as doing work on song composition, recording, and other sound duties.
While being credited with extensive work as a sound engineer and producer, notable is his custom-designed virtual guitar amplifier featured as part of Waves GTR3 fromWaves Audio.[4]
