Engineering · Production

Jeff "Critter" Newell

real name Jeff Newell

Jeff "Critter" Newell is credited on 556 pressings across 111 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1989–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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556

Pressings

111

Albums

5

Decades active

725

In collections

Biography

Engineer, including work at Wax Trax! Records and Nettwerk with artists such as Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy and their side projects.
Jeff “Critter” Newell was born on March 26, 1966 in Chicago, IL, to William and Marilyn Newell.
A resident of Studio City, CA and former resident of West Chicago, he died at home on Dec 31, 2011, at age 45.

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Credited work

556 pressings · 111 albums · active 1989–2026

  • Engineering · 517
  • Production · 122
  • Performance · 101
  • Other credits · 27

Studios: Chicago Trax Recording Studio · South Beach Studios · Perfect Circle Studios · Pearl Sound Studios

Discography

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