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Bob Weston's name and fingerprints are all over the American underground rock of the post-punk era, producing and engineering dates for a seemingly endless number of bands in addition to full-time collaborations with
Shellac and the reconstituted
Mission of Burma. Born and raised in Waltham, Massachusetts,
Weston went on to earn his electrical engineering degree from the University of Lowell; he began his recording career at the campus radio station, documenting appearances by fledgling Boston area bands including
the Pixies and
the Blake Babies, and later expanding into paid session dates for
Sebadoh and other local indie acts. In 1987,
Weston signed on to play bass in former
Mission of Burma drummer
Peter Prescott's new project,
the Volcano Suns, beginning a sporadic affiliation with the legendary group that also included a collaboration with
Burma bassist
Clint Conley's
Consonant. In 1991, after a brief stint playing bass behind
Juliana Hatfield,
Weston relocated to Chicago, later joining
Steve Albini's post-
Big Black project
Shellac and apprenticing at
Albini's home studio; in the years to follow, he would go on to produce albums for a procession of artists including
Rodan,
Chavez,
June of 44,
Archers of Loaf,
Rachel's, and
Ken Vandermark. In 2002,
Weston was asked to substitute for live sound engineer and tape manipulator Martin Swope in the revived
Mission of Burma, signing on for their "Inexplicable" reunion tour and later recording their 2004 comeback LP
Onoffon. ~ Jason Ankeny