Bob Clearmountain (born Chiaramonte, January 15, 1953)[1] is an American mixing engineer and record producer,[2] best known for his work with major acts, including Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Pretenders, and Bryan Adams.

He loved music, and played bass guitar in various bar bands, but felt he didn't want his career to depend on other musicians.

He also played bass on the Dead Boys' first album, Young, Loud and Snotty (1977), before Jeff Magnum rejoined the group.

[6] Artists he had worked with brought him back, and he mixed Roxy Music's Flesh and Blood (1980) and Avalon (1982),[10] and the Rolling Stones' Tattoo You (1981) (including engineering vocals and overdubs for "Start Me Up"),[11][6] as well as their live album, Still Life (1982).

[9] In late 1982, when David Bowie chose Nile Rodgers to produce his next album, Clearmountain was chosen to engineer the sessions at the Power Station.

[4] He continued to mix new albums for Springsteen and Bowie, and worked with Jimmy Iovine, co-producing Simple Minds' Once Upon a Time (1985) and The Pretenders' Get Close (1986).

[16] Clearmountain continued to work with Adams, Springsteen, Rolling Stones, and INXS, and mixed albums for Bryan Ferry, The Who, Dire Straits, Aimee Mann, The Corrs, Jonatha Brooke, Melissa Etheridge, Counting Crows and others.

[6] In 1994, Clearmountain built Mix This!,[1][17] a private recording studio located in the basement of his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Clearmountain later upgraded the studio to for Dolby Atmos, and used it for immersive album mixes of Roxy Music's Avalon and Simple Minds' Sparkle in the Rain.

[24][25] Artists for these KCRW sessions have included David Gray, Ryan Adams, Chrissie Hynde, Patti Smith, Vampire Weekend, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Regina Spektor, Glen Hansard, the Shins, k.d.