May 21, 2012
94XPOSED WEDNESDAY MARCH 17TH
March 17, 1967, Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
SMASHING PUMPKINS - TODAY JUNKHOUSE - SHINE Former Junkhouse member and producer Dan Achen has died. The Hamilton, Ont. musician and owner of the city's Catherine North Studios passed away after suffering a heart attack while playing hockey on Monday (March 15) night. Now thats a badass Canadian! Passes away playing hockey! Achen not only played guitar in Junkhouse, but is related to one of Canada's greatest contemporary singer/songwriters and produced some of this century's most well-received Canadian albums. Its sad that he is gone but lets not dwell on the begative lets look at the reasons why Dan Achen was cool: 1. Achen formed Junkhouse in 1989 with singer/guitarist Tom Wilson, bassist Russ Wilson and drummer Ray Farrugia. They released three albums — 1993's Strays, 1995's Birthday Boy and 1997's Fuzz — before splitting that same year.
3. Achen ran the revered Catherine North Studios in Hamilton. He bought the converted church in the city in 2000 and turned it into a beautiful recording studio. He kept its stained glass windows and the pipe organ. Achen operated the studio with his friends Duke Foster and Michael Chambers.
4. Achen was Feist's uncle. That's awesome enough in itself, but...
5. Feist got her start at Catherine North, and recorded her first demos there. The studio had such an influence on her that when it came time to record 2007's Juno and Grammy Award-winning The Reminder, Feist wanted to record in an environment similar to Catherine North.\
10. All of you Dallas Green superfans owe City & Colour's Bring Me Your Love to Achen. Green co-produced the record with Achen, who cut it at Catherine North. Achen is also credited with performing "stomps" on that album.
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