Chris Tsangarides
| Chris Tsangarides | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Christopher Andrew Tsangarides |
| Born | 17 August 1956 |
| Genres | Hard rock, heavy metal, alternative rock, pop music |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, sound engineer, company owner, musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1975-present |
| Labels | Dark Lord Records |
| Associated acts | Exmore / More 2012 |
Christopher Andrew "Chris" Tsangarides is a British Grammy-nominated record producer, sound engineer, and mixer. He is best known for his work with many heavy metal bands, including Judas Priest, Anvil, Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy, Helloween, Angra, Anthem, Yngwie Malmsteen and Tygers of Pan Tang. Tsangarides has worked with many pop and alternative artists as well, including Depeche Mode, Tom Jones, and Concrete Blonde.
Chris Tsangarides learned to play piano as a child and studied trumpet at the Royal Academy of Music, before studying economics at college. He started his career in the music business in 1974, as an apprentice at Morgan Studios in London, one of the major independent recording studios in the UK at the time. Initially, he worked there as a tape operator and his first job as sound engineer was on Judas Priest's second album Sad Wings of Destiny in 1976. He engineered the British hit single "Naughty Naughty Naughty" in 1977, a pop song by Joy Sarney, whose success gave him much more work as engineer at the studio. In that period he engineered and mixed albums of new wave acts, such as Japan's Obscure Alternatives (1978), and jazz fusion releases of Colosseum II and Brand X. Tsangarides befriended Colosseum II guitarist Gary Moore, who requested him for his solo album Back on the Streets (1978) and gave him his first job as producer. The song "Parisienne Walkways", sung by Phil Lynott and contained in the album, was a hit in the UK. Tsangarides continued working with Moore on live albums and produced Back to the Blues in 2001.
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