Gavin Brown (musician)

Gavin Brown (musician)

Gavin "Golden" Brown is a multi-platinum, multi-Juno Award-winning Canadian record producer, songwriter, and musician.

Brown is based in Toronto, Canada and Los Angeles, California. Having worked with a variety of acts, Gavin is best known for both his ability to develop and break young artists, and his ability to make career records with already successful acts. He is attributed with developing Three Days Grace, Billy Talent, and The Midway State. He is also acclaimed for his success with alt-rock act Metric.

Gavin co-wrote the first two Three Days Grace records, self titled and One-X and produced the self-titled record. He is well known for hits like "I Hate Everything About You", "Pain" and "Never Too Late" which went on to sell millions of records. He also found Billy Talent and produced two records with the band, Billy Talent and Billy Talent II. In April 2004, Brown was awarded the Juno Award for Producer of the Year, for the Billy Talent and Three Days Grace albums. He produced the Cancer Bats record Birthing The Giant which went on to have success in Canada. Brown also produced important Canadian records for Thornley and The Tea Party. He has also collaborated with successful rock acts like Theory of a Deadman, Halestorm, Thousand Foot Krutch and had a hit with Skillet in 2010 co-writing the song "Monster" from their record Awake.

Gavin produced Metric's break-out record Fantasies which went on to have massive world-wide success. He also produced Metric's Grammy Nominated "Eclipse" -- the lead song in box office smash film Twilight Eclipse. Brown maintains a close relationship with the band and has already started work on the new record.

He has proven to be much more than a rock producer/writer by collaborating with pop acts like Lady Gaga, Boys Like Girls, and New Kids on the Block. On the Canadian pop side, Brown has recently been collaborating with Stereos and Barenaked Ladies on their upcoming album.