Lou Giordano

{{Short description|American record producer}}

Lou Giordano (born c. 1957){{cite book|last = Peisner|first = David|title = How a thin, sweek, keening, reedy, strained, samey, nasally, high-pitched yelp became the voice of a new generation.|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3jk52QtJvGoC&pg=PA100|access-date = 27 September 2015|date = December 2007|publisher = SPIN Media LLC|pages = 97–100}} is a record producer and recording engineer who co-founded Radiobeat Studios.{{cite book|last=Jarnow|first=Jesse|title=Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oPT5ND18iQ4C&pg=PT150|access-date=27 September 2015|date=2012-06-05|publisher=Penguin Publishing Group|isbn=9781101588680|pages=150–}} He worked at Fort Apache Studios when it was located in Boston,{{cite book|last=Earles|first=Andrew|title=Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ufUBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA375|access-date=27 September 2015|date=2014-09-15|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=9780760346488|pages=375–}} and was a partner in the production company Prodco, which had close ties with Fort Apache.{{cite book|last=Paul Verna|title=Kolderie & slade Build Production Empire from the Underground Up|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA69|access-date=27 September 2015|date=1995-03-18|publisher=Billboard Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=69–}}

Giordano received a degree in electrical engineering from MIT.{{cite book|last=Farinella|first=David John|title=Producing Hit Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JeGaAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT266|access-date=27 September 2015|date=2010-12-01|publisher=Schirmer Trade|isbn=9780857125101|pages=266–}} He was a sound man for Hüsker Dü through 1988,{{cite book|last=Earles|first=Andrew|title=Husker Du: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6K6l38haOK4C&pg=PT286|access-date=27 September 2015|date=2010-11-15|publisher=MBI Publishing Company|isbn=9781616739799|pages=286–}} and later produced Bob Mould's spin-off Sugar.{{cite book|last=Crigler|first=Pete|title=Majorlabelland And Assorted Oddities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EXf1AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA29|access-date=27 September 2015|date=September 2013|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9781491706015|pages=29–}} Giordano also built effects pedals for Mission of Burma.{{cite web|url=http://missionofburma.com/?page_id=37|title=Electronics|last=Miller|first=Roger|website=Mission of Burma official website|access-date=7 December 2018}}

He has produced a wide variety of bands, including Sunny Day Real Estate, The Connells, and the Goo Goo Dolls.

Giordano is also well known for having produced Taking Back Sunday’s second album, Where You Want To Be.