Mark Trombino

American drummer

Mark Trombino

Born|  (1966-05-23) May 23, 1966 (age 58)
Genres|

* Indie rock
* pop punk
* alternative rock
* pop
* hardcore punk
* post-hardcore

Occupation(s)| Record producer, musician, audio engineer
Years active| 1991–present

Musical artist

Mark Trombino (born May 23, 1966) is an American multi-platinum record producer, musician, and audio engineer. He has produced, engineered, and mixed tracks for many artists including Jimmy Eat World, Blink-182, The Starting Line, Finch, Motion City Soundtrack, and All Time Low.[1] As a drummer, he recorded and toured with Drive Like Jehu, aMiniature, Night Soil Man, and First Offense.[2]

Since 2013 Trombino has been active in the boutique food space, running a donut shop called "Donut Friend" in the Highland Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.[3] In 2019 a second location was opened in downtown Los Angeles.[4] In January 2021, Trombino came under fire after an anonymous Twitter account claimed he terminated several employees for attempting to organize for better working conditions and form a union.[5]

## Selected discography

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Year  | Artist  | Title  | Label  | Role

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1991  | Drive Like Jehu | Drive Like Jehu | Headhunter Records | Drums, composer, producer
1994  | Heavy Vegetable | Amazing Undersea Adventures of Aqua Kitty and Friends | Headhunter Records | Producer, engineer, mixer
1994  | Garden Variety | Knocking the Skill Level | Headhunter Records | Mixer
1994  | Drive Like Jehu | Yank Crime | Interscope Records | Mixer, engineer, drums
1994  | Drip Tank  | Sprawl | Headhunter Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
1995  | Sinkhole  | Space Freak | Dr. Strange Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
1995  | Swivelneck  | Baby Cry Cry | Headhunter Records | Mixer, engineer
1995  | Tanner | Ill Gotten Gains | Headhunter Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
1995  | aMiniature | Murk Time Cruiser | Restless Records | Mixer, engineer, drums
1995  | Heavy Vegetable | Frisbee | Headhunter Records | Mixer, engineer
1995  | Boilermaker  | Watercourse | Goldenrod Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
1995  | Rocket from the Crypt | Scream, Dracula, Scream! | Interscope Records | Mixer, engineer
1995  | Carlos  | Amy Armageddon | Headhunter Records | Mixer, engineer
1996  | Chune  | Big Hat, No Cattle | Headhunter Records | Mixer, engineer
1996  | Wank  | Get a Grip on Yourself | Warner Bros. Records | Producer
1996  | Jimmy Eat World | Static Prevails | Capitol Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
1996  | The PeeChees | Do the Math | Kill Rock Stars | Producer, mixer, engineer
1996  | No Knife | Drunk on the Moon | Goldenrod Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
1996  | Sinkhole  | Core Sample | Ringing Ear Records  | Producer, mixer, engineer
1996  | Boilermaker  | In Wallace's Shadow | Goldenrod Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
1996  | Thumbnail  | Thumbnail | Headhunter Records | Mixer
1996  | Creedle | When the Wind Blows | Headhunter Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
1997  | Boys Life | Boys Life | Crank! A Record Company | Mixer, engineer
1997  | Crumbox  | Resident Double U | Time Bomb Recordings | Mixer, engineer
1997  | Go Dog Go  | Glad to be Unhappy | Ichiban | Producer, mixer, engineer
1997  | Knapsack | Day Three of My New Life | Alias Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
1997  | Fluf | Waikiki | Headhunter Records | Mixer, engineer
1997  | Blink-182 | Dude Ranch | MCA Records | Producer, mixer, engineer, keyboards
1997  | Thingy | Songs About Angels, Evil, and Running Around on Fire | Headhunter Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
1997  | No Knife | Hit Man Dreams | Time Bomb Recordings | Producer, mixer, engineer, keyboards
1997  | Three Mile Pilot | Another Desert, Another Sea | Headhunter Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
1998  | The Specials | Guilty 'til Proved Innocent! | MCA Records | Mixer
1998  | Fluf | Road Rage | Headhunter Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
1998  | Mineral | EndSerenading | Crank! A Record Company | Producer, mixer, engineer
1998  | Knapsack | This Conversation is Ending Starting Right Now | Alias Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
1998  | Smile | Girl Crushes Boy | Atlantic Records | Mixer, engineer, keyboards
1999  | Action League  | Interrupt This Program | Vegas Records  | Producer, mixer, engineer
1999  | Jimmy Eat World | Clarity | Capitol Records | Producer, mixer, engineer, keyboards, string arrangements
1999  | Husking Bee | Put on Fresh Paint | Doghouse | Producer, mixer, engineer
1999  | The Hippos | Heads Are Gonna Roll | Interscope Records | Producer, engineer
1999  | Helicopter  | Helicopter | Headhunter Records | Mixer
1999  | Sinkhole  | Retrospecticles | Dr. Strange Records | Mixer, engineer
1999  | Inch | This Will Fall on Dead Ears | Headhunter Records | Mixer, engineer, keyboards, programming
2000  | Thingy | To the Innocent | Headhunter Records | Mixer, engineer
2000  | Poor Rich Ones | Happy Happy Happy | Rec 90  | Producer, mixer, engineer
2000  | Midtown | Save the World, Lose the Girl | Drive-Thru Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
2000  | Mock Orange | The Record Play | Lobster Records  | Producer, mixer, engineer
2000  | The Jealous Sound | The Jealous Sound | Better Looking Records | Mixer
2000  | Weston | Massed Alpert Sounds | Mojo Records/Jive Records | Mixer
2000  | Jebediah | Of Someday Shambles | Big Wheel Recreation  | Producer, mixer, engineer
2001  | Creeper Lagoon | Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday | DreamWorks SKG | Producer, engineer
2001  | The Moffatts | "Just Another Phase"  | EMI | Mixer, engineer
2001  | Bad Astronaut | Acrophobe | Honest Don's | Mixer
2001  | The Icarus Line | Mono | Crank! A Record Company | Engineer
2001  | Husking Bee | Four Color Problem | Doghouse | Producer, mixer, engineer
2001  | Jimmy Eat World | Bleed American | Geffen Records | Producer, mixer, engineer, programming
2001  | Boilermaker  | Leucadia | Better Looking Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
2002  | Ash | Intergalactic Sonic 7″s | Sony Music | Mixer
2002  | Finch | What It Is to Burn | Drive-Thru Records/MCA | Producer, mixer, engineer, programming
2002  | Midtown | Living Well is the Best Revenge | Drive-Thru Records/MCA | Producer, mixer, engineer, programming
2002  | Stickfigure  | Ape of the Kings | What Are Records?  | Mixer
2002  | Magna-Fi | Burn Out the Stars | Gold Circle Records  | Mixer
2002  | The Starting Line | Say It Like You Mean It | Drive-Thru Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
2003  | Gob | Foot in Mouth Disease | Arista | Producer, mixer, engineer
2003  | Something Corporate | Songs for Silent Movies | Drive-Thru Records/MCA | Producer
2003  | Diffuser | Making the Grade | Hollywood Records | Producer, mixer, engineer, drums
2003  | The Living End | Modern Artillery | Reprise Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
2003  | Val Emmich | Val Emmich | Epic Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
2003  | Sugarcult | Palm Trees and Power Lines | Fearless Records | Mixer
2003  | Rilo Kiley | More Adventurous | Barsuk Records | Producer, engineer
2004  | Denver Harbor | Scenic | Universal Records | Producer, engineer, mixer, programming
2004  | Jimmy Eat World | Believe in What You Want | Interscope Records | Mixer
2004  | Jimmy Eat World | Futures | Interscope Records | Producer, engineer
2004  | Reeve Oliver | Reeve Oliver | The Militia Group | Mixer
2005  | Motion City Soundtrack | Commit This to Memory | Epitaph Records | Mixer
2005  | Gyroscope | Are You Involved? | Festival Mushroom Records | Producer
2005  | The Bled | Found in the Flood | Vagrant Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
2005  | Jimmy Eat World | Stay on My Side Tonight | Interscope Records | Producer, engineer
2005  | Social Code | A Year at the Movies | Interscope Records | Mixer
2006  | Madina Lake | From Them, Through Us, To You | Roadrunner Records | Producer, engineer, mixer
2006  | Rock Kills Kid | Are You Nervous? | Reprise Records | Producer, engineer
2007  | I Hate Kate | Embrace the Curse | Glass Note Records  | Producer, mixer, engineer
2007  | Silverstein | Arrivals & Departures | Victory Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
2007  | Pinback | Autumn of the Seraphs | Touch & Go Records | Mixer
2007  | Moving Units | Hexes for Exes | Metropolis Records | Engineer
2007  | Steel Train | Trampoline | Drive-Thru Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
2008  | Alive in Wild Paint | Ceilings | Equal Vision Records | Producer, engineer
2008  | Socratic | Spread the Rumors | Drive-Thru Records | Mixer
2008  | Sing It Loud | Come Around | Epitaph Records | Mixer
2009  | The Audition | Self-Titled Album | Victory Records | Producer, engineer, mixer
2010  | Valencia | Dancing with a Ghost | I Surrender Records  | Producer, Mixer
2010  | Steel Train | Steel Train | Terrible Thrills  | Mixer
2010  | Jimmy Eat World | Invented | Interscope Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
2011  | All Time Low | Dirty Work | Geffen/Hopeless Records | Mixer
2012  | Tonight Alive | What Are You So Scared Of? | Fearless Records | Producer, mixer, engineer
2013  | The Wonder Years | The Greatest Generation | Hopeless Records | Mixer

## Accomplishments

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Band  | Album/single  | RIAA Certification

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Blink-182 | Dude Ranch | Platinum
Jimmy Eat World | Bleed American | Platinum

## References

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1. ^ "Allmusic.com" Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved March 17, 2012
2. ^ David Walter "Tears of Our Tracks: An Interview With Mark Trombino" Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine, The Marshalltown, June 2, 2003, retrieved March 17, 2012
3. ^ Odell, Kat (May 2, 2013). "Donut Friend, a New Gourmet Donut Shop in HP". Eater (which owns Eater.com). Retrieved February 2, 2021.
4. ^ Barnes, Symphony (January 21, 2019). "Donut Friend's New DTLA Location Opens Tuesday". Vegout.com. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
5. ^ Elliott, Farley (January 21, 2021). "Viral Tweet Claims LA's Donut Friend Fired Employees for Trying to Unionize". Eater (which owns Eater.com). Retrieved January 26, 2021.

## External links

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* RIAA.com
* Tears of our Tracks
* Eater.com

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