Bruce Earl Fairbairn (December 30, 1949 - May 17, 1999) was a Canadian rock music producer who was prominent during the 1980s and 1990s. His style was notable for the introduction of dynamic horn arrangements in the context of hard rock bands such as AC/DC, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, and Loverboy.
Fairbairn was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and learned to play the trumpet; as a teen he appeared in local R&B; groups. At the age ...
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Bruce Earl Fairbairn (December 30, 1949 - May 17, 1999) was a Canadian rock music producer who was prominent during the 1980s and 1990s. His style was notable for the introduction of dynamic horn arrangements in the context of hard rock bands such as AC/DC, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, and Loverboy.
Fairbairn was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and learned to play the trumpet; as a teen he appeared in local R&B; groups. At the age of 30 he won his first of three Canadian Juno "Producer of the Year" awards for his work on Prism's 1980 album Armageddon. Loverboy's self-titled debut album began his career of hits with "Turn Me Loose" and "The Kid Is Hot Tonite." His work for Blue Öyster Cult (1983's The Revölution by Night) and Krokus' (1984 The Blitz) made him a well-known hard-rock producer. With protegé Bob Rock, Fairbairn established Vancouver's Little Mountain Sound Studios.
In 1986 Fairbairn produced Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet, which has sold over twenty-two...
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