John Agnello

John Agnello
John Agnello in the studio.
Background information
Genres	Rock, Indie, Punk, Garage rock
Occupation(s)	Music producer
Years active	1979 - present
Website	www.johnagnello.com

John Agnello (born c. 1959) is an American producer, recording engineer and mixer who has been involved with many albums throughout the last 25 years. Most recently, John has been involved with Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Sweet Apple, Dinosaur Jr., Thurston Moore and Jemina Pearl.

John’s life in the studio began in 1979 at the age of 19 while working as an intern at the legendary Record Plant Studios in Manhattan. John worked his way up the ladder and became the studio’s go-to-assistant. He assisted on a number of albums including those by Aerosmith, Twisted Sister, Scandal, John Cougar Mellencamp, and John Waite. John also worked briefly on “Born In the USA” with Bruce Springsteen. However, working on Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual! had the biggest recording and production impact on him at the time. He worked with some of the great engineers and producers of that time, including, Jack Douglas, Jimmy Iovine, Rick Chertoff, William Wittman, Mike Chapman, Dave Thoener, Jay Messina, Roy Cicala, and Shelly Yakus.

He got his first true break engineering on the second album by The Hooters. He was involved with artists such as Patty Smyth, Sophie B. Hawkins and The Outfield. The Outfield's first record, Play Deep, had a #2 hit with "Your Love".