Mark S. Berry

Mark S. Berry is a music producer who has 36 international gold and platinum record awards. He is chairman of Attack Media Group (a Toronto-based privately owned media and entertainment company). The Grammy and Juno nominated artists he has worked with include David Bowie, Duran Duran, Billy Idol, Boy George, Yes, Joan Jett, Cameo and Kool & The Gang.

His Canadian productions have included I Mother Earth, two platinum albums for The Headstones, The Killjoys, Nothing In Particular, Fence, Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) platinum solo effort, and Up Close & Alone.

Originally from Brooklyn, Berry began his music career at the Institute of Audio Research (IAR) in New York City in 1972. At age 17, he was commuting into Manhattan at night, learning about making records and recording up and coming basement bands.

After graduating from IAR, Berry was drawn to the Brit sound and flew to London, England, where he arrived on the doorsteps of AIR Studios, one of the world's most popular recording facilities co-owned by Sir George Martin. "I just flew over and started walking the streets of London looking for a job, stopping in every studio that I took off the back of my favorite albums," he remembers. Berry soon met Nigel Walker, who was working as an assistant to producer John Punter on an Allan Clarke (lead singer of The Hollies) solo project at AIR. "That ended up being my first job in the business, working with John Punter. Getting cigarettes and coffee for the guys and just watching and listening in the background, absorbing everything."

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