Production · Performance
Mike Varney
Novato, United States
Mike Varney is credited on 218 albums across 581 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1980–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
218
Albums
581
Pressings
5
Decades active
133
In collections
Biography
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US rock and jazz fusion guitarist and producer. Founder of Shrapnel Records, Tone Center and Blues Bureau International record labels. His brother is Mark Varney.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
218 albums · 581 pressings · active 1980–2024
- Production · 566
- Performance · 110
- Other credits · 21
- Engineering · 3
Studios: Prairie Sun Recording Studios · Sound Temple Studio · Cairo West Studios · Studio Sasquatch
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

W.A.S.P.
1984

Speed Metal Symphony
1987

Street Lethal
1986

Steeler
1983

Second Heat
1987

Maximum Security
1987

Mind's Eye
1986

Animal (F**k Like A Beast)
1984

Perpetual Burn
1988

Go Off!
1988

Edge Of Insanity
1985

Night Of The Crime
1985

Dragon's Kiss
1988

Ruler Of The Wasteland
1986

Icon
1984

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (Music From The Motion Picture)
1991

Michael Lee Firkins
1990

High Gear
1989

Greg Howe
1988

Live Extreme Volume
1988

Mystery Of Illusion
1985

Convergence
1996

Another Destination
1995

Introduction
1994
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- W.A.S.P.
- Pat Travers
- Eric Gales
- Artension
- Tony MacAlpine
- Icon (20)
- Racer X
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