Frank Gryner is a

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, audio technician, and

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. He has mixed/engineered or performed on recordings for multiplatinum artist Rob Zombie, as well as

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, BT, Peter Pepper, and

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among many others.

Biography

Gryner grew up in Forest, Lambton County, Ontario. He is half

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and half

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. He began as a

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guitarist and picked up his knowledge of producing from the studios where his band recorded demos. Gryner has worked with a wide spectrum of artists including Tommy Lee, John 5, and his own sister

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. He has coordinated with producer

Scott Humphrey Scott Humphrey is a Canadian record producer and mix engineer. He began his music career as a keyboard player and programmer. He is best known for his work with multiplatinum recording artist Rob Zombie and has co-written, co-produced and mixed ...

on many projects including the works done in the Chop Shop such as ''

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'' by Rob Zombie. In 2014, Gryner joined his sister Emm Gryner's side project, Trapper, with Sean Kelly (on guitar), Emm (on vocals), Jordan Kern (on bass) and Tim Timleck (ex-

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on drums), playing "1980s-style melodic hard rock." In May 2015, Trapper opened for Brit-rockers Def Leppard on 3 Canadian tour dates in Montréal, Ottawa and London, Ontario. Emm Gryner had met and become friends with Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliot when she toured as a backing singer with

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. On May 29, 2015, Trapper played the Great Hall in Toronto with special guest Chris Hadfield singing two songs with the band. On May 11, 2016, Frank Gryner directed a video for Def Leppard, for the song "Man Enough," filmed in Little Rock, Arkansas. He also writes articles relative to the music industry which are featured in periodicals and online sites such as

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, and Recording. Gryner currently produces recordings out of his own God Complex production studio in Ontario.

Software

Gryner is Vice President of Operations for the recording app called Jammit, a company he runs with CEO

and others. Jammit is an iPhone application that utilizes the master recordings from various artists in the music industry. Featured artists include

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, Foreigner,

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, Sum 41,

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and many more. Jammit is available for

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devices and

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. The app has won multiple industry awards. Gryner co-created the thepublicrecord.com, which sourced the general public for track contributions to produce one of the largest scale collaboration albums ever produced, Tommy Lee's

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album, ''

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''. Over the lifetime of the site contributing artists included

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, Rob Zombie,

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, and Black Veil Brides among many others. On April 1, 2012, Gryner announced the staff's decision to close TPR indefinitely, citing technical and resource challenges.

Personal life

Gryner has lived in

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and currently resides in Canada.

Discography

Albums

* L7 - "

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" (1994) Recording engineer *

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- "

" (1996) Engineer * Powerman 5000 - ''

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'' (1997) Mixing * Rob Zombie - ''

'' (1998) Mixing, Engineer *

- ''

'' (1999) Mixing * Rob Zombie - ''

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'' (1999) Engineer *

- " Mer De Noms" (2000) Drum Engineer * Rob Zombie - '' The Sinister Urge'' (2001) Engineer, Guitar *

- '' The Wolf'' (2003) Engineer *

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- ''

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'' (2003) Engineer * Rob Zombie - '' Past, Present & Future'' (2003) Engineer, Mixing * Methods of Mayhem - ''

'' (2010) Engineer * Peter Pepper - "Vs. The Great Whatever" (2012) Mixing, Engineer, Guitar

References

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