Salvatore Villanueva is an

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record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

. Villaneuva's first entrance into the

New York hardcore New York hardcore (also known as NYHC) is both the hardcore punk music created in New York City and the subculture and lifestyle (sociology), lifestyle associated with that music. New York hardcore grew out of the hardcore scene established in Wa ...

scene came when playing in bands including Demonspeed and Murphy's Law. He's currently the bassplayer for Joe Coffee, the new band of ex-

Sheer Terror Sheer Terror are an American hardcore punk band from New York City. The band was one of the first to combine elements of heavy metal with a hardcore punk base, pioneering a heavier style of hardcore that would create many bands in the followi ...

Vocalist Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

Paul Bearer. Villanueva started producing during the boot camp recording sessions of the ''New York's Hardest'' compilation series done at the Big Blue Meenie Recording Studios. In the fall of 1999,

Thursday Thursday is the Names of the days of the week, day of the week between Wednesday and Friday. According to the ISO 8601 international standard, it is the fourth day of the week. In countries which adopt the "Sunday-first" convention, it is the fi ...

's lead vocalist,

Geoff Rickly Geoffrey William Rickly (born March 8, 1979) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of rock band Thursday. Rickly is also a member of hardcore punk band United Nations, and the alternative rock group No Devotion wit ...

, approached Villanueva to produce the band's ''

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'' debut ''

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''. Since then he has produced almost all of the band's recordings, including '' War All the Time'' for

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Def Jam Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop. The ...

. Following the success of Thursday's ''

Full Collapse ''Full Collapse'' is the second studio album by American post-hardcore band Thursday. It was released on April 10, 2001, through Victory Records, to whom the band signed after leaving Eyeball Records. With the addition of guitarist Steve Pedulla, ...

'',

Victory Records Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thur ...

approached Villanueva to work with and develop Long Island

emo Emo is a rock music genre characterized by emotional, often confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of and hardcore punk from the Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene, where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore and pioneered b ...

band,

Taking Back Sunday Taking Back Sunday is an American rock band from Long Island, New York. The band was formed by guitarist Eddie Reyes and bassist Jesse Lacey in 1999. The band's members currently are Adam Lazzara (lead vocals), John Nolan (lead guitar, keybo ...

. The band's debut album, ''

Tell All Your Friends ''Tell All Your Friends'' is the debut studio album by American rock band Taking Back Sunday, released on March 26, 2002, through Victory Records. Established in 1999, the group underwent several line-up changes before settling on vocalist A ...

'', sold over 900,000 copies and became Victory's fastest and biggest selling record to date. Taking Back Sunday's ''Notes from the Past'' also contains a song called "The Ballad of Sal Villanueva".

Discography

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- ''

Rest Inside the Flames ''Rest Inside the Flames'' is the third album by American metalcore band 36 Crazyfists. It was released in Australia on June 10, 2006 and in Europe and the UK on June 12, 2006. The album was released in the US on November 7 via the band's new ...

'',

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(Producer/Engineer) *

My American Heart My American Heart is an American rock band from San Diego, California, formed in 2001. Originally named No Way Out, the band released two studio albums through Warcon Enterprises and toured the world before disbanding in late 2009. They reunited ...

- '' The Meaning in Makeup'', Warcon (Producer/Engineer) *

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: :'' Kill the House Lights'', Victory Records (Producer/Engineer) :'' War All the Time'',

(Producer/Engineer) :''

Five Stories Falling ''Five Stories Falling'' is a five-song EP released by Thursday in 2002. The first four tracks are live versions of songs from '' Full Collapse'', recorded while the band performed on the Vans Warped Tour. The fifth track, a new song named "Jet B ...

'', Victory Records (Producer/Engineer) :''

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(Producer/Engineer) * The Bleeders - ''

As Sweet as Sin ''As Sweet as Sin'' is the debut album by New Zealand band, the Bleeders released in 2006. It was recorded in 2005 in New Jersey. The track "Wild at Heart" is featured in a scene in the New Zealand film, ''Sione's Wedding'', but is not feature ...

'',

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(Producer/Engineer) *Elemno-P - ''Trouble in Paradise'', Universal (Producer/Engineer) *

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- ''The Holiday Plan'', Universal/ Island UK (Producer) *Christiansen - ''Stylish Nihilists'',

Revelation Records Revelation Records is an independent record label focusing originally and primarily on hardcore punk. The label is known for releases by bands such as Youth of Today, Warzone, Sick of It All, Quicksand, Side By Side, Chain of Strength, Shelte ...

(Producer/Engineer) *

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: :'' Resist Convenience'',

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(Producer/Engineer) :'' Insanity Later'', Triple Crown Records *

Skarhead Skarhead is an American hardcore punk band from New York City, founded and fronted by Lord Ezec a.k.a. Danny Diablo (of Crown of Thornz). The group is considered the originators of thugcore music, a subgenre of hardcore punk "full of relentless ...

- ''Kings at Crime'', Victory Records (Producer/Engineer) *Splitvalves - ''Movin' On'', Resurrection A.D. (Producer) *Maximum Penalty - ''Independent'', IJT Records (Producer) *Faction Zero - ''Liberation'', IJT Records (Producer) *Hades - Downside,

Metal Blade Metal Blade Records is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The US office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distrib ...

*Demonspeed: :''Kill Kill Kill'', Black Pumpkin :''Swing is Hell'', Black Pumpkin * Murphy's Law - ''The Party’s Over'',

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*Ghost Orgy - ''Lullabies for Lunatics'', Black Pumpkin *Redline - Moments of Truth, GSR Music, Black Pumpkin Distribution *Various Artists - New York’s Hardest, Black Pumpkin *Driver Side Impact - ''The Very Air We Breathe'', Victory Records

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Villanueva, Sal Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Record producers from New York (state) American people of Italian descent People from Brooklyn People from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn