Jim Ellison

Biography

James Walter Ellison (April 18, 1964–June 20, 1996) was the frontman for the band Material Issue. He tirelessly promoted his band, booked tours, and secured a major-label deal in 1990. Ellison—along with bassist Ted Ansani and drummer Mike Zelenko—would lead the renaissance of power pop in the early 1990s.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Saturday Morning (Cartoons' Greatest Hits)

  1995

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  Materialissue

  1987

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  Freak City Soundtrack

  1994

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  International Pop Overthrow

  1991

Credited work

128 releases · 29 albums · active 1987–2025

• Performance · 221
• Other credits · 18
• Production · 18
• Engineering · 3

Studios: Short Order Recorder · Ocean Way Recording · Chicago Recording Company · Andora Studios

Frequent collaborators

• Various
• Material Issue
• Choo Choo Train
• Liz Phair
• Stereo Fuse
• Slink Moss
• The Ides Of March
• Materialissue

Around the web

• Wikipedia