Brian McTernan

Brian McTernan is an American musician and record producer from Baltimore. As a musician, McTernan was the lead vocalist for the hardcore punk band Battery, guitar player for Ashes, and is currently the singer for Be Well.

Brian McTernan
McTernan performing with Battery in 1998
Background information
OriginBaltimore
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, producer
Instrumentsguitar
Years active1990–present
Associated acts

McTernan operates a studio called Salad Days in Baltimore, named after the Minor Threat song of the same name, and has produced albums for a number of notable artists, including Thrice, Circa Survive, Turnstile, and Hot Water Music. He was voted one of the 50 most influential people in Maryland by The Daily Record.[1]

Early life

McTernan was born in Bethesda, Maryland. Brian had a troubled youth, which he addressed on Battery's 2017 song "My Last Breath".[2] He dropped out of high-school at the age on 17 to tour with Battery.[3]

He comes from a family with many hardcore punk music ties. His brother, Mike McTernan, is the singer for Damnation A.D. and When Tigers Fight. His brother Peter played drums for Good Clean Fun for a short period of time.. Brian started attending punk and hardcore shows in the DC area when he was ten years old.

Musician

McTernan joined Ken Olden, Matt Squire, Toshi Yano and Zac Eller to form Battery in 1990. Originally called "Fury", the band released its first record in 1991 on Deadlock Records. The band broke up in 1998 but reunited briefly in 2012. In 2017, the band reunited for good, releasing a new compilation, For The Rejected By The Rejected, and embarked on a tour of Europe.[2]

McTernan was also a songwriter and guitar player for the rock band Miltown, which was signed to Warner Brothers. Miltown broke up in the studio before the first album was completed.


Producer

In 1994, McTernan moved to Boston to be near his future wife who studied at Harvard University. He started his recording studio "Salad Days", when he was 18 years old, naming it after a song by Minor Threat from their 1985 Salad Days EP, in the basement of the house he shared with six roommates.[3] The first recording produced by McTernan was the eponymous 1995 EP by the New York City based post-hardcore band Texas Is the Reason for Revelation Records.

McTernan went on to build Salad Days to be a legendary studio. He attracted artists from around the world, who traveled to Baltimore to work with him. Brian is also widely known as a mentor, who helped producers such as Matt Squire and Paul Leavitt launch their production careers.

Recordings
Year Artist Album Title Notes References
1994 Cast Iron Hike The Salmon Drive Big Wheel Recreation EP
1995 Texas is the Reason Texas is the Reason Revelation Records EP
1995 108 Threefold Misery Lost And Found Records
1995 Frodus F-letter Double Deuce Records
1995 Walleye Familiar Forgotten Jade Tree Records [4]
1996 Piebald Sometimes Friends Fight Point The Blame Records
1996 Battery Until the End Conversion Records
1996 Ten Yard Fight Hardcore Pride Big Wheel Recreation EP
1996 The Promise Ring E. Texas Ave Jade Tree
1996 Texas Is The Reason Blue Boy Jade Tree
1996 108 Curse Of Instinct Lost And Found Records
1997 The Trouble Crime And Punishment GMM
1997 The Ducky Boys No Gettin Out GMM Records
1997 30 Seconds Over Tokyo All Ages Pie Eating Contest Beer City Records EP
1997 Cast Iron Hike Watch It Burn Victory Records
1997 Six Going On Seven Self Made Mess Some Records
1997 Time Flies On Our Way Teamwork Records
1998 In My Eyes The Difference Between Revelation Records
1998 Reach The Sky Open Roads And Broken Dreams East Coast Empire Records
1998 Battery Whatever It Takes Revelation Records
1998 Cave In Beyond Hypothermia Hydra Head
1998 The Trouble Nobody Laughs Anymore GMM Records
1998 Time Flies On Our Way Indecision Records
1998 Converge Petitioning the Empty Sky Equal Vision Records
1999 Reach The Sky So Far From Home Victory Records
1999 Six Going On Seven Heartbreak's Got Backbeat Some Records
1999 Snapcase Snapcase vs. Boysetsfire Equal Vision Records Boysetsfire tracks produced by Morgan Walker
1999 Count Me Out Few and Far Between Ambassador Records
1999 Reach The Sky So Far From Home Victory Records
1999 The Judas Factor Ballads In Blue China Revelation Records
1999 Drowningman How They Light Cigarettes In Prison Revelation Records
1999 Piebald When Life Hands You Lemons Hydra Head
1999 Frodus And We Washed Our Weapons In The Sea Fueled By Ramen
1999 The Explosion Flash Flash Flash Jade Tree
2000 Cave In Jupiter Hydra Head
2000 Drowningman Rock and Roll Killing Machine Revelation Records
2000 Darkest Hour The Mark of the Judas MIA Records
2000 Milemarker Frigid Forms Sell Lovitt Records
2000 The Explosion Steal This Jade Tree
2000 The Movielife This Time Next Year Revelation Records
2000 Strike Anywhere Antidote Fat Wreck_Chords
2000 Count Me Out 110 Indecision Records
2001 Fairweather If They Move... Kill Them Equal Vision
2001 Brother's Keeper Fantasy Killer KINGfisher
2001 Strike Anywhere Change is a Sound Jade Tree
2001 Striking Distance March To Your Grave Thorp Records
2001 Jersey Definition Fueled By Ramen
2001 Hot Water Music A Flight and a Crash Epitaph Records [5]
2001 The Movielife Has a Gambling Problem Drive-Thru Records EP
2001 Darkest Hour So Sedated, So Secure Victory Records
2001 New End Original Thriller Jade Tree
2001 Bane Give Blood Equal Vision Records
2001 Majority Rule Interviews With David Frost Magic Bullet Records
2001 Reach The Sky Friends, Lies, And The End Of The World Victory Records
2001 Milemarker Anaesthetic Jade Tree Records
2002 The Minor Times Chris Chambers Never Misses Hex Records EP
2002 Thrice The Illusion of Safety Sub City [3]
2002 Snapcase End Transmission Victory Records
2002 Count Me Out Permanent Indecision Records
2002 Trial By Fire Ringing In The Dawn Jade Tree Records
2002 Hot Water Music Caution No Idea
2002 The Liar's Academy Trading My Life Equal Vision Records
2002 Engine Down Demure Lovitt Records [6]
2002 Recover Ceci n'est pas recover Fiddler Records EP
2002 Hot Rod Circuit Sorry About Tomorrow Vagrant Records
2003 Snapcase Bright Flashes Victory Records
2003 Strike Anywhere Exit English Jade Tree Co-produced by Strike Anywhere
2003 The Movielife Forty Hour Train Back to Penn Drive-Thru Records, MCA
2003 Thrice The Artist in the Ambulance Island Records [3]
2004 Hot Water Music The New What Next Epitaph Records
2004 Moments in Grace Moonlight Survived Atlantic Records/Salad Days Records [7]
2005 Thrice If We Could Only See Us Now Island Records EP of b-sides and live performances, includes DVD
2005 Bane The Note Equal Vision Records [8]
2005 June If You Speak Any Faster Victory Records
2005 Biology Making Moves Vagrant
2005 Scary Kids Scaring Kids The City Sleeps In Flames Immortal Records
2005 Circa Survive Juturna Equal Vision Records [9]
2005 The Loved Ones The Loved Ones Jade Tree EP
2005 With Honor This Is Our Revenge [10]
2006 Strike Anywhere Dead FM Fat Wreck Chords
2006 The Draft In a Million Pieces Epitaph Records
2006 The Loved Ones Keep Your Heart Fat Wreck Chords
2006 YouInSeries Outside We Are Fine Equal Vision Records
2006 Moneen The Red Tree Vagrant Records
2006 Roses Are Red What Became of Me Trustkill Records
2006 Senses Fail Still Searching Vagrant Records
2007 The Graduate Anhedonia Icon Records [11]
2007 From Autumn to Ashes Holding a Wolf by the Ears Vagrant Records
2007 Circa Survive On Letting Go Equal Vision Records [9]
2007 Hidden in Plain View Resolution Drive-Thru Records
2007 The Bled Silent Treatment Vagrant Records
2007 Thee Armada EP Singles Foundation Recordings EP
2008 Destroy the Runner I, Lucifer Solid State Records
2008 Everlea Everlea Glassnote Records
2008 Sky Eats Airplane Sky Eats Airplane Equal Vision Records
2008 Senses Fail Life Is Not a Waiting Room Vagrant Records
2008 Irrelevant New Guilt Resist Records
2008 Insite Esperando A Que Amanezca Movic Records
2008 The Mostly Dead Slightly/Alive Mighty Science Records
2009 Flood of Red Leaving Everything Behind Dark City Records [12]
2009 The Loved Ones Distractions Fat Wreck Chords EP
2009 Darkest Hour The Eternal Return Victory Records
2009 The Sleeping What It Takes Victory Records
2009 Port Amoral Villains Roadrunner Records
2009 This Time Next Year Road Maps & Heart Attacks Equal Vision Records
2009 Harvard The Inevitable and I Enjoy The Ride Records
2009 Emarosa Emarosa Rise Records
2009 Life On Repeat As I Grew Equal Vision Records
2009 Strike Anywhere Iron Front Bridge Nine Records
2010 We Are the Ocean Cutting Our Teeth Hassle Records
2010 House vs. Hurricane Perspectives Shock Records
2010 The Graduate Only Every Time Razor and Tie [11]
2010 In Fear and Faith Imperial Rise Records
2010 Emarosa Emarosa Rise Records
2010 Senses Fail The Fire Vagrant Records
2011 Dave Hause Resolutions Paper + Plastick
2011 Set Your Goals Burning at Both Ends Epitaph Records
2011 Balance and Composure Separation No Sleep Records
2011 Fireworks Gospel Triple Crown Records
2011 Insite Ahora Soy Yo Contra El Mundo Movic Records
2011 Polar Bear Club Clash Battle Guilt Pride Bridge 9 Records
2012 I Am Empire Anchors Tooth and Nail Records
2012 Sharks No Gods Rise Records
2012 División Minúscula División Universal Records
2012 Pinsky Weekends Sinking Ship Records
2012 ADALIE Actions Notlit/Vessel Recordings
2013 Senses Fail Renacer [13]
2013 Diamond Youth Orange Topshelf Records
2013 HRVRD From The Birds Cage Equal Vision Records
2014 FURY Demo Moshers Delight Records
2014 Diamond Youth Shake Topshelf Records
2014 Angel Du$t A.D. REACT! Records
2014 Emarosa Versus Rise Records
2014 Boardroom Heroes New Wage Sinking Ship Records
2014 Diamond Youth Shake Topshelf Records EP[14]
2015 Turnstile Non-Stop Feeling Reaper Records
2017 Have Mercy Make The Best of It Hopeless Records
2019 Be Well Strength For Breath Equal Vision Records
2019 Light Beams Self Help Don Giovani
2019 Sunstroke Bloom At Night New Morality
2019 Nova Charisma Exposition 1 Equal Vision Records
2020 Don't Sleep Turn The Tide Mission Two
2020 Free The Birds Free The Birds
2020 Strike Anywhere Nightmare's Of The West Pure Noise Records
2020 Good Tiger Raised In A Doomsday Cult
2020 Sharptooth Transitional Forms Pure Noise Records
2020 Be Well The Weight And The Cost Equal Vision Records
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References
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  2. Gotrich, Lars (April 6, 2017). "Hear D.C. Hardcore Band Battery's First Song In 20 Years, 'My Last Breath'". NPR. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  3. Simon, Richard (June 5, 2009). "Two recording studios in Baltimore take different paths to success". The Daily Record. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2017 – via HighBeam.
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  10. Iwasaki, Scott (November 25, 2005). "With Honor stays true to its hard-core roots". Deseret News – via HighBeam.
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  13. Gomez, Adrian (April 12, 2013). "Senses Fail takes "heavier", new route / Band keeps chart-topping". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved December 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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