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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Anthony Lawrence Cohen was born on 4 June 1957 in Melbourne.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|1}} His father, Philip Cohen, was an Australian son of [[Jewish]] migrants from [[Manchester]], Philip had converted to [[Roman Catholic]]ism before marrying Margaret, who was an Australian of [[Irish descent]].<ref name="Blair">{{cite web |last=Blair |first=Dale |date=August 2017 |title=Life in a Padded Cell: A Biography of Tony Cohen, Australian Sound Engineer |publisher=Dale Blair |url=http://www.daleblair.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tony-cohen-life-in-a-padded-cell-free-ebook-dale-blair.pdf |access-date=17 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202064557/http://www.daleblair.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tony-cohen-life-in-a-padded-cell-free-ebook-dale-blair.pdf |archive-date=2 December 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|1–2}} He grew up in suburban [[East Ringwood]] where he attended St Francis de Sales Primary School.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|1}} The family moved to [[Mentone, Victoria|Mentone]], along with younger brother Martin, where Cohen was enrolled at [[St Bede's College (Mentone)|St Bede's College]] for his secondary education.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|4}} While at Bede's he started taking drugs including [[marijuana]]/[[Hashish|hash]], [[Amobarbital|amytal]] and [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]], which adversely affected his academic progress.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|3–5}} Cohen started to play the drums when the family had moved to the neighbouring suburb of [[Cheltenham]] and formed a friendship with fellow aspiring drummer, Chris Thompson.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|7}} He later recalled, "Neither of us were very good drummers I might admit but we shared a mutual love of music and playing."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|7}}


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Cohen, aged 15, joined a rock, [[glam rock]] band Epitaph on drums for a year.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|9–12}} He bought a four-track recorder to tape their work and then recorded other local groups.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|12}} During school holidays in mid-1973 he spent two&nbsp;weeks doing [[work experience]] at [[Armstrong Studios]]. His friend Thompson went along for a day and both decided on a career in the recording studio. After work experience he refused to return to school but continued at the studios, "No one said anything, so I stayed."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|13}} For two&nbsp;years he was a "shit-kicker", and started by, "cleaning the toilets and getting the lunches and stuff, and then got promoted to mono dubbing boy."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|15}} By 1975 Cohen began working as a [[audio engineer|sound engineer]] under the guidance of [[Roger Savage]].<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|15}} In April of the following year he was working as an assistant [[record producer]], alongside [[Molly Meldrum]], on Perth's glam rock group, [[Supernaut (Australian band)|Supernaut]]'s lead single, "[[I Like It Both Ways]]" (May 1976).<ref name="Alchin">{{cite journal | title = Supernaut: Too hot to be touched | last = Alchin | first = Mark | journal = [[Rock Australia Magazine]] | editor = Nimmervoll, Ed | editor-link = Ed Nimmervoll | issue = 48 | page = 7 | date = November 1976 }}</ref> Cohen produced the group's associated [[Supernaut (album)|self-titled album]], which appeared in November of that year, and its follow-up single, "[[Too Hot to Touch]]" (September).<ref name="Holmgren"/>
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Anthony Lawrence Cohen was born on 4 June 1957 in Melbourne.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|1}} His father, Philip Cohen, was an Australian son of [[Jewish]] migrants from [[Manchester]], Philip had converted to [[Roman Catholic]]ism before marrying Margaret, who was an Australian of [[Irish descent]].<ref name="Blair">{{cite web |last=Blair |first=Dale |date=August 2017 |title=Life in a Padded Cell: A Biography of Tony Cohen, Australian Sound Engineer |publisher=Dale Blair |url=http://www.daleblair.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tony-cohen-life-in-a-padded-cell-free-ebook-dale-blair.pdf |access-date=17 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202064557/http://www.daleblair.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/tony-cohen-life-in-a-padded-cell-free-ebook-dale-blair.pdf |archive-date=2 December 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp|1–2}} He grew up in suburban [[East Ringwood]] where he attended St Francis de Sales Primary School.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|1}} The family moved to [[Mentone, Victoria|Mentone]] with a younger sibling, where Cohen was enrolled at [[St Bede's College (Mentone)|St Bede's College]] for his secondary education.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|4}} While at Bede's he started taking drugs including [[marijuana]]/[[Hashish|hash]], [[Amobarbital|amytal]] and [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]], which adversely affected his academic progress.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|3–5}} Cohen started to play the drums when the family had moved to the neighbouring suburb of [[Cheltenham]] and formed a friendship with fellow aspiring drummer, Chris Thompson.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|7}} He later recalled, "Neither of us were very good drummers I might admit but we shared a mutual love of music and playing."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|7}}

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Cohen, aged 15, joined a rock, [[glam rock]] band Epitaph on drums for a year.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|9–12}} He bought a four-track recorder to tape their work and then recorded other local groups.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|12}} During school holidays in mid-1973 he spent two&nbsp;weeks doing [[work experience]] at [[Armstrong Studios]]. His friend Thompson went along for a day and both decided on a career in the recording studio. After work experience he refused to return to school but continued at the studios, "No one said anything, so I stayed."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|13}} For two&nbsp;years he was a "shit-kicker", and started by, "cleaning the toilets and getting the lunches and stuff, and then got promoted to mono dubbing boy."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|15}} By 1975 Cohen began working as a [[audio engineer|sound engineer]] under the guidance of [[Roger Savage]].<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|15}} In April of the following year he was working as an assistant [[record producer]], alongside [[Molly Meldrum]], on Perth's glam rock group, [[Supernaut (Australian band)|Supernaut]]'s lead single, "[[I Like It Both Ways]]" (May 1976).<ref name="Alchin">{{cite news | title = Supernaut: Too hot to be touched | last = Alchin | first = Mark | work = [[Rock Australia Magazine]] | editor = Nimmervoll, Ed | editor-link = Ed Nimmervoll | issue = 48 | page = 7 | date = November 1976 }}</ref> Cohen produced the group's associated [[Supernaut (album)|self-titled album]], which appeared in November of that year, and its follow-up single, "[[Too Hot to Touch]]" (September).<ref name="Holmgren"/>


In July 1976 Cohen and fellow engineer, Ian MacKenzie, met with Meldrum to organise the production of pop group, [[The Ferrets (band)|the Ferrets]]' debut album, ''[[Dreams of a Love]]'': "It was all a bit of Elton John, a bit of the 'Real Thing', [Meldrum] called us in for a production meeting 9:00 in the morning at his place and he was still in bed [...] and putting the music on [...] very, very loud and then proceeds to shout at you over the top of it, and we were all sitting there sort of terrified thinking, what on earth is he saying?"<ref name="Fidler">{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2006/09/06/1734423.htm | title = Tony Cohen and Andrew West | author = Fidler, Richard | author-link = Richard Fidler | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) | work = Conversations with Richard Fidler | date = 6 September 2006 | access-date = 6 June 2015 }}</ref> After a year production was still incomplete so the Ferrets took over, together with Cohen and MacKenzie assisting.<ref name="SMH Ferrets">{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200731120353/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/the-quirks-that-made-it-work-20060805-gdo456.html | title = The Quirks That Made It Work | archive-date = 31 July 2020 | date = 5 August 2006 | newspaper = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | url =http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/the-quirks-that-made-it-work/2006/08/04/1154198331689.html
In July 1976 Cohen and fellow engineer, Ian MacKenzie, met with Meldrum to organise the production of pop group, [[The Ferrets (band)|the Ferrets]]' debut album, ''[[Dreams of a Love]]'': "It was all a bit of Elton John, a bit of the 'Real Thing', [Meldrum] called us in for a production meeting 9:00 in the morning at his place and he was still in bed [...] and putting the music on [...] very, very loud and then proceeds to shout at you over the top of it, and we were all sitting there sort of terrified thinking, what on earth is he saying?"<ref name="Fidler">{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2006/09/06/1734423.htm | title = Tony Cohen and Andrew West | author = Fidler, Richard | author-link = Richard Fidler | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC) | work = Conversations with Richard Fidler | date = 6 September 2006 | access-date = 6 June 2015 }}</ref> After a year production was still incomplete so the Ferrets took over, together with Cohen and MacKenzie assisting.<ref name="SMH Ferrets">{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200731120353/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/the-quirks-that-made-it-work-20060805-gdo456.html | title = The Quirks That Made It Work | archive-date = 31 July 2020 | date = 5 August 2006 | newspaper = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | url =http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/the-quirks-that-made-it-work/2006/08/04/1154198331689.html
| access-date = 20 November 2020 | url-access = subscription | url-status = live }}</ref> It was finalised in August 1977 and released in October with Meldrum credited as Willie Everfinish.<ref name="SMH Ferrets"/><ref name="McFarlane TF">McFarlane [https://web.archive.org/web/20040809222113/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=591 'The Ferrets'] entry. Archived from [http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=591 the original] on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2015.</ref>
| access-date = 20 November 2020 | url-access = subscription | url-status = live }}</ref> It was finalised in August 1977 and released in October with Meldrum credited as Willie Everfinish.<ref name="SMH Ferrets"/><ref name="McFarlane TF">McFarlane [https://web.archive.org/web/20040809222113/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=591 'The Ferrets'] entry. Archived from [http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=591 the original] on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2015.</ref>


In June 1978 Cohen started working with the Boys Next Door (later renamed [[The Birthday Party (band)|the Birthday Party]]), as engineer at Richmond Recorders on their debut album, ''[[Door, Door]]'' (1979). He then engineered the Birthday Party's early [[extended play]], ''[[Hee Haw (EP)|Hee Haw]]'' (December 1979). Next he was the engineer and producer, on their second album, ''[[The Birthday Party (The Birthday Party album)|The Birthday Party]]'' (November 1980).<ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="NLA 1"/><ref name="McFarlane TBP">McFarlane [https://web.archive.org/web/20040809220532/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=99 'The Birthday Party'] entry. Archived from [http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=99 the original] on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2015.</ref> He was engineer and producer for their third album, ''[[Junkyard (album)|Junkyard]]'' (May 1982), which was listed in the book, ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]'' at number&nbsp;17.<ref name="ODonnell"/>{{rp|72–3}} Cohen told the authors that he was directed, "Forget all the bottom end and the rich, lush sounds. Make it sound like trash."<ref name="ODonnell"/>{{rp|72–3}} He continued as engineer and/or producer for the group's leader, [[Nick Cave]], in the related group, [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]]. From ''[[From Her to Eternity]]'' (18 June 1984) to ''[[No More Shall We Part]]'' (2 April 2001).<ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/> Cohen followed the group to London in mid-1986 and then on to Berlin in January 1987 to continue to work with Cave.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|113, 120}}<ref name="Coelli">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118141243 | title = Blue Ruin Rising Quietly | last = Coelli | first = Andree | newspaper = [[The Canberra Times]] | date = 2 July 1987 | access-date = 4 June 2015 | page = 15 | publisher = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> He returned to Melbourne in January 1988 with his drug habit "spiraling out of control."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|137}}
In June 1978 Cohen started working with the Boys Next Door (later renamed [[The Birthday Party (band)|the Birthday Party]]), as engineer at Richmond Recorders on their debut album, ''[[Door, Door]]'' (1979). He then engineered the Birthday Party's early [[extended play]], ''[[Hee Haw (EP)|Hee Haw]]'' (December 1979). Next he was the engineer and producer, on their second album, ''[[The Birthday Party (The Birthday Party album)|The Birthday Party]]'' (November 1980).<ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="NLA 1"/><ref name="McFarlane TBP">McFarlane [https://web.archive.org/web/20040809220532/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=99 'The Birthday Party'] entry. Archived from [http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=99 the original] on 9 August 2004. Retrieved 6 June 2015.</ref> He was engineer and producer for their third album, ''[[Junkyard (album)|Junkyard]]'' (May 1982), which was listed in the book, ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]'' at number&nbsp;17.<ref name="ODonnell"/>{{rp|72–3}} Cohen told the authors that he was directed, "Forget all the bottom end and the rich, lush sounds. Make it sound like trash."<ref name="ODonnell"/>{{rp|72–3}} He continued as engineer and/or producer for the group's leader, [[Nick Cave]], in the related group, [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]]. From ''[[From Her to Eternity]]'' (18 June 1984) to ''[[No More Shall We Part]]'' (2 April 2001).<ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/> Cohen followed the group to London in mid-1986 and then on to Berlin in January 1987 to continue to work with Cave.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|113, 120}}<ref name="Coelli">{{cite news | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118141243 | title = Blue Ruin Rising Quietly | last = Coelli | first = Andree | newspaper = [[The Canberra Times]] | date = 2 July 1987 | access-date = 4 June 2015 | page = 15 | via = [[National Library of Australia]] }}</ref> He returned to Melbourne in January 1988 with his drug habit "spiraling out of control."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|137}}


Cohen reflected on his early work with Cave, in an interview with [[Richard Fidler]] in September 2006, "[it] was all very experimental then, because we were all learning – I fell in love with this new way of recording... because there were no rules. We were looking for sounds that made your fillings drop out rather than pleasant pop tunes, so we got to do crazy things like find concrete stairwells and abuse equipment, so it was all very attractive for me. Some of it didn't work, but as history has shown Nick really honed his craft, he's done some brilliant records... some of the early stuff was a bit rough but it was a learning curve then."<ref name="Fidler"/> [[Ed Nimmervoll]], an Australian music journalist and editor of ''[[Rock Australia Magazine]]'', recalled "Nick Cave's Birthday Party were allowed to take up some of the studio time slack. Rather than [go] home, their producer Tony Cohen slept in the air conditioning duct."<ref name="Nimmervoll Armstrong">{{cite web | url = http://www.music-industrapedia.com/businesses:armstrong-studios | title = Armstrong Studios | author = Nimmervoll, Ed | publisher = Facebook. Ed Nimmervoll | work = Music Industrapedia | date = February 2013 | access-date = 7 June 2015 }}</ref>
Cohen reflected on his early work with Cave, in an interview with [[Richard Fidler]] in September 2006, "[it] was all very experimental then, because we were all learning – I fell in love with this new way of recording... because there were no rules. We were looking for sounds that made your fillings drop out rather than pleasant pop tunes, so we got to do crazy things like find concrete stairwells and abuse equipment, so it was all very attractive for me. Some of it didn't work, but as history has shown Nick really honed his craft, he's done some brilliant records... some of the early stuff was a bit rough but it was a learning curve then."<ref name="Fidler"/> [[Ed Nimmervoll]], an Australian music journalist and editor of ''[[Rock Australia Magazine]]'', recalled "Nick Cave's Birthday Party were allowed to take up some of the studio time slack. Rather than [go] home, their producer Tony Cohen slept in the air conditioning duct."<ref name="Nimmervoll Armstrong">{{cite web | url = http://www.music-industrapedia.com/businesses:armstrong-studios | title = Armstrong Studios | author = Nimmervoll, Ed | publisher = Facebook. Ed Nimmervoll | work = Music Industrapedia | date = February 2013 | access-date = 7 June 2015 }}</ref>
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In [[ARIA Music Awards of 1995|1995]] he won both Engineer of the Year and Producer of the Year.<ref name="ARIA Awards Pandora"/><!-- This source does not specify for which works he won these two awards. --> Over the previous 18&nbsp;months – the eligibility period – Cohen had produced ''[[Let Love In (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album)|Let Love In]]'' (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 18 April 1994),<ref name="Harris">{{cite web | url = https://www.musicworldmedia.com.au/post/tash-sultana-michael-gudinski-and-late-tony-cohen-welcomed-into-the-australian-music-vault | title = Tash Sultana, Michael Gudinski and Late Tony Cohen welcomed into the Australian Music Vault | author = Harris, David | publisher = Australian Music Vault | date = 23 February 2019 | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20200311052756/https://www.musicworldmedia.com.au/post/tash-sultana-michael-gudinski-and-late-tony-cohen-welcomed-into-the-australian-music-vault | archive-date = 11 March 2020 | access-date = 20 November 2020 | url-status = live }} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}Note: this source states that Cohen's 1995 ARIA Artisan Awards were both for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' album, ''Let Love In''.</ref> ''[[You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel]]'' ([[Dave Graney|Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes]], June 1994), ''[[Parables for Wooden Ears]]'' ([[Powderfinger]], 18 July 1994), ''Livin' Lazy'' ([[Maurice Frawley|Maurice Frawley and Working Class Ringos]], 1994), ''[[Three Legged Dog]]'' (the Cruel Sea, April 1995),<ref name="Blair 2">{{cite web |last=Blair |first=Dale |date=August 2017 |title=Life in a Padded Cell: A Biography of Tony Cohen, Australian Sound Engineer |publisher=Dale Blair |url=http://www.daleblair.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tony-cohen-life-in-a-padded-cell-free-ebook-dale-blair.pdf |access-date=17 November 2020 | page = 167}} Note: this source states that Cohen's 1995 ARIA Artisan Awards were both for the Cruel Sea's album, ''Three Legged Dog''. He shared Engineer of the Year with Paul McKercher.</ref> ''Kim Salmon and the Surrealists'' ([[Kim Salmon and the Surrealists]], April 1995) and ''[[Mouth to Mouth (The Blackeyed Susans album)|Mouth to Mouth]]'' ([[the Blackeyed Susans]], July 1995).<ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/><ref name="Boulton">{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170805021910/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/tony-cohen-australian-record-producer-and-sound-of-melbourne-dies-aged-60-20170803-gxodxf.html | url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/tony-cohen-australian-record-producer-and-sound-of-melbourne-dies-aged-60-20170803-gxodxf.html | title = Tony Cohen, Australian Record Producer and 'Sound of Melbourne', Dies, Aged 60 | first = Martin | last = Boulton | archive-date = 5 August 2017 | date = 3 August 2017 | access-date = 20 November 2020 | newspaper = The Sydney Morning Herald | url-status = live | url-access = subscription }}</ref>
In [[ARIA Music Awards of 1995|1995]] he won both Engineer of the Year and Producer of the Year.<ref name="ARIA Awards Pandora"/><!-- This source does not specify for which works he won these two awards. --> Over the previous 18&nbsp;months – the eligibility period – Cohen had produced ''[[Let Love In (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds album)|Let Love In]]'' (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 18 April 1994),<ref name="Harris">{{cite web | url = https://www.musicworldmedia.com.au/post/tash-sultana-michael-gudinski-and-late-tony-cohen-welcomed-into-the-australian-music-vault | title = Tash Sultana, Michael Gudinski and Late Tony Cohen welcomed into the Australian Music Vault | author = Harris, David | publisher = Australian Music Vault | date = 23 February 2019 | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20200311052756/https://www.musicworldmedia.com.au/post/tash-sultana-michael-gudinski-and-late-tony-cohen-welcomed-into-the-australian-music-vault | archive-date = 11 March 2020 | access-date = 20 November 2020 | url-status = live }} {{cbignore|bot=medic}}Note: this source states that Cohen's 1995 ARIA Artisan Awards were both for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' album, ''Let Love In''.</ref> ''[[You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel]]'' ([[Dave Graney|Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes]], June 1994), ''[[Parables for Wooden Ears]]'' ([[Powderfinger]], 18 July 1994), ''Livin' Lazy'' ([[Maurice Frawley|Maurice Frawley and Working Class Ringos]], 1994), ''[[Three Legged Dog]]'' (the Cruel Sea, April 1995),<ref name="Blair 2">{{cite web |last=Blair |first=Dale |date=August 2017 |title=Life in a Padded Cell: A Biography of Tony Cohen, Australian Sound Engineer |publisher=Dale Blair |url=http://www.daleblair.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tony-cohen-life-in-a-padded-cell-free-ebook-dale-blair.pdf |access-date=17 November 2020 | page = 167}} Note: this source states that Cohen's 1995 ARIA Artisan Awards were both for the Cruel Sea's album, ''Three Legged Dog''. He shared Engineer of the Year with Paul McKercher.</ref> ''Kim Salmon and the Surrealists'' ([[Kim Salmon and the Surrealists]], April 1995) and ''[[Mouth to Mouth (The Blackeyed Susans album)|Mouth to Mouth]]'' ([[the Blackeyed Susans]], July 1995).<ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/><ref name="Boulton">{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170805021910/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/tony-cohen-australian-record-producer-and-sound-of-melbourne-dies-aged-60-20170803-gxodxf.html | url = http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/tony-cohen-australian-record-producer-and-sound-of-melbourne-dies-aged-60-20170803-gxodxf.html | title = Tony Cohen, Australian Record Producer and 'Sound of Melbourne', Dies, Aged 60 | first = Martin | last = Boulton | archive-date = 5 August 2017 | date = 3 August 2017 | access-date = 20 November 2020 | newspaper = The Sydney Morning Herald | url-status = live | url-access = subscription }}</ref>


In the 2000s Cohen's name started appearing less regularly on album credits. During 2003 he worked as a [[remix]] engineer on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' old master tapes for [[Stephen Petronio]]'s contemporary dance work, ''Underland''.<ref name="NLA Underland"/> Cave was unable to provide new tracks for the project due to time conflicts but allowed his material to be used.<ref name="NLA Underland"/> Cohen had effectively retired in 2004–2005. He emerged in 2017 to produce [[Augie March]]'s album ''Bootikins'', as he had always wanted to work with the group. He died unexpectedly before the album's sessions concluded, and Augie March leader Glenn Richards stated "It still amazes me that we got a chance to work with the man. The moments are ours and we will cherish them ... He got us feeling like and playing like a real band again after a long interim, and we made some very good music together."<ref name="Collins">{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180806050127/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/27/augie-march-bootikins-review-an-exceptional-rumination-on-time-passing | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/27/augie-march-bootikins-review-an-exceptional-rumination-on-time-passing | title = Augie March: ''Bootikins review'' – an exceptional rumination on time passing | last = Collins | first = Pádraig | work = The Guardian | archive-date = 6 August 2018 | date = 26 February 2018 | access-date = 21 November 2020 | url-status = live }}</ref> In November 2017 Cohen was posthumously inducted into the [[Music Victoria Awards|Music Victoria Hall of Fame]].<ref name="MusVic HoF">{{cite web|url= https://musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-winners|title=Previous Winners| website=Music Victoria|access-date=13 August 2020}}</ref>
In the 2000s Cohen's name started appearing less regularly on album credits. During 2003 he worked as a [[remix]] engineer on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' old master tapes for [[Stephen Petronio]]'s contemporary dance work, ''Underland''.<ref name="NLA Underland"/> Cave was unable to provide new tracks for the project due to time conflicts but allowed his material to be used.<ref name="NLA Underland"/> Cohen had effectively retired in 2004–2005. He emerged in 2017 to produce [[Augie March]]'s album ''Bootikins'', as he had always wanted to work with the group. He died unexpectedly before the album's sessions concluded, and Augie March leader Glenn Richards stated "It still amazes me that we got a chance to work with the man. The moments are ours and we will cherish them ... He got us feeling like and playing like a real band again after a long interim, and we made some very good music together."<ref name="Collins">{{cite news | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180806050127/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/27/augie-march-bootikins-review-an-exceptional-rumination-on-time-passing | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/27/augie-march-bootikins-review-an-exceptional-rumination-on-time-passing | title = Augie March: ''Bootikins review'' – an exceptional rumination on time passing | last = Collins | first = Pádraig | newspaper = The Guardian | archive-date = 6 August 2018 | date = 26 February 2018 | access-date = 21 November 2020 | url-status = live }}</ref> In November 2017 Cohen was posthumously inducted into the [[Music Victoria Awards|Music Victoria Hall of Fame]].<ref name="MusVic HoF">{{cite web|url= https://musicvictoria.com.au/musicvictoriaawards/previous-winners|title=Previous Winners| website=Music Victoria|access-date=13 August 2020}}</ref> A memoir of his life, ''Half Deaf, Completely Mad'', was published by John Olson in November 2023.<ref name="Condon">{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/music-reads/features/tony-cohen-book-nick-cave-jimmy-barnes-half-deaf-completely-mad/103075632 |title=This man made some of Australia's finest rock records — before he died, he shared his stories |first=Dan |last=Condon |publisher=[[Double J (radio station)|Double J]] (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)) |date=10 November 2023 |access-date=21 November 2023 }}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
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Tony Cohen had an on-again off-again relationship with Joanne<!-- last name not in source --> from mid-1981, she had been Chris Thompson's girlfriend when they met. They lived together initially in [[Elsternwick, Victoria|Elsternwick]], then Sydney and back, again.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|59–61, 100}} His drug habit now included [[amphetamine]] and [[heroin]].<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|59–61}} By early 1983 Cohen was also dating a different woman, Josephine<!-- last name not in source -->, whom he married on 28 May 1983, in Melbourne.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|100}} According to his brother, "I don't think Tony ever had a distinct line between dumping one girl and getting on with another."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|100}} The couple moved to Sydney in late 1983 and then back to Melbourne in July of the following year.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|109}} Cohen and Josephine relocated to London in mid-1986 before they separated (and later divorced). He then moved to Berlin in January 1987,<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|113–4, 120}} and returned to Australian early in the next year.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|137}}

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Tony Cohen had an on-again off-again relationship with Joanne<!-- last name not in source --> from mid-1981, she had been Chris Thompson's girlfriend when they met. They lived together initially in [[Elsternwick, Victoria|Elsternwick]], then Sydney and back, again.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|59–61, 100}} His drug habit now included [[amphetamine]] and [[heroin]].<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|59–61}} By early 1983 Cohen was also dating a different woman, Josephine<!-- last name not in source -->, whom he married on 28 May 1983, in Melbourne.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|100}} According to his sibling, "I don't think Tony ever had a distinct line between dumping one girl and getting on with another."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|100}} The couple moved to Sydney in late 1983 and then back to Melbourne in July of the following year.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|109}} Cohen and Josephine relocated to London in mid-1986 before they separated (and later divorced). He then moved to Berlin in January 1987,<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|113–4, 120}} and returned to Australian early in the next year.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|137}}


Early in 1991 Cohen began a relationship with Astrid Munday, a vocalist for country music groups Killer Sheep and then Desert Boot.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|138, 146}} After living together in Sydney they moved in with Cohen's parents at their rural property at [[Kongwak]], Victoria in November 1991.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|147}} At different times he attempted to curb his alcohol and drug dependencies.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|149}} The couple returned to Melbourne in February 1992.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|151–2}} Cohen had earlier been diagnosed with [[hepatitis C]], then [[pancreatitis]] (September 1992) and [[diabetes]] (October).<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|157}} At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1995]] he had a [[Hypoglycemia|hypoglycaemic]] event, "just as they announced my name so I was in the suit and everything and sweat was just dripping off me so I had to go and hide up the back and [[Molly Meldrum|Molly]] was standing on the seat going 'Where are you? Tony, where are you?' So it wasn't a great memory for me... I couldn't get up on stage and make a speech... you know, my blood sugar had dropped and I was a mess; such a shame."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|167}}
Early in 1991 Cohen began a relationship with Astrid Munday, a vocalist for country music groups Killer Sheep and then Desert Boot.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|138, 146}} After living together in Sydney they moved in with Cohen's parents at their rural property at [[Kongwak]], Victoria in November 1991.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|147}} At different times he attempted to curb his alcohol and drug dependencies.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|149}} The couple returned to Melbourne in February 1992.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|151–2}} Cohen had earlier been diagnosed with [[hepatitis C]], then [[pancreatitis]] (September 1992) and [[diabetes]] (October).<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|157}} At the [[ARIA Music Awards of 1995]] he had a [[Hypoglycemia|hypoglycaemic]] event, "just as they announced my name so I was in the suit and everything and sweat was just dripping off me so I had to go and hide up the back and [[Molly Meldrum|Molly]] was standing on the seat going 'Where are you? Tony, where are you?' So it wasn't a great memory for me... I couldn't get up on stage and make a speech... you know, my blood sugar had dropped and I was a mess; such a shame."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|167}}
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In late 2000 Cohen and Munday moved to London, where he worked on ''No More Shall We Part'' (April 2001) for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, while Munday worked as a temporary teacher.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|171–2}} By that stage Cohen's diabetes was worsening and his studio attendances became erratic. After the recording sessions ended he struggled to get further work in London and so returned to Melbourne.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|171–4}} By 2004 or 2005 he was in semi-retirement, "In a bid to rid himself of a renewed taste for drugs and to revive his ailing health."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|178}}
In late 2000 Cohen and Munday moved to London, where he worked on ''No More Shall We Part'' (April 2001) for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, while Munday worked as a temporary teacher.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|171–2}} By that stage Cohen's diabetes was worsening and his studio attendances became erratic. After the recording sessions ended he struggled to get further work in London and so returned to Melbourne.<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|171–4}} By 2004 or 2005 he was in semi-retirement, "In a bid to rid himself of a renewed taste for drugs and to revive his ailing health."<ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|178}}


His health continued to deteriorate into the 2010s. Tony Cohen died on 2 August 2017 at Dandenong Hospital, aged 60.<ref name="Boulton"/><ref name="The Music">{{cite web | url = https://themusic.com.au/news/legendary-aussie-producer-and-sound-engineer-tony-cohen-dies-aged-60/vxbQ09LV1Nc/03-08-17/ | title = Legendary Aussie Producer & Sound Engineer Tony Cohen Dies Aged 60 | last = staff writer | work = theMusic.com.au | date = 3 August 2017 | access-date = 21 November 2020 }}</ref> Although no cause of death was reported, his sibling recalled, "Tony lived a hard life with drugs and alcohol playing a big part of his professional career. He did give them up many years ago but always knew that he would eventually pay for his 'sins'."<ref name="Boulton"/><ref name="Collins 2">{{cite news | url = https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/music/oz-rock-producer-tony-cohen-dies-aged-60-ng-b88556893z | title = Oz rock producer Tony Cohen dies, aged 60 | last = Collins | first = 3 August 2017 | work = The West Australian | date = 3 August 2017 | access-date = 23 November 2020 }}</ref> Conversely, "we were like chalk and cheese. But, I loved him and fully respect what he achieved in his career. He was technically brilliant, but also a caring, big-hearted man."<ref name="Boulton"/> Upon the inclusion of Cohen's work in the Australian Music Vault, his mother Margaret stated, "it wasn't until his untimely death, that I was made aware of the esteem that he was held in by so many people. I am proud of his contribution to the rock and roll music industry here and all that he achieved through his life."<ref name="Harris"/> A suitcase of cassette tapes he used as back-ups of recordings was donated to the vault.<ref name="Harris"/> Munday released an album with material dedicated to her husband, ''Beauty in the Ordinary'', in August 2020.<ref name="Mordue">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200911234834/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/beauty-in-the-ordinary-a-musical-love-letter-to-the-late-tony-cohen-20200806-p55j9g.html | url = https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/beauty-in-the-ordinary-a-musical-love-letter-to-the-late-tony-cohen-20200806-p55j9g.html | title = Listen: Astrid Munday's album ''Beauty in the Ordinary'' | last = Mordue | first = Mark | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | archive-date = 11 September 2020 | date = 11 September 2020 | access-date = 21 November 2020 | url-status = live | url-access = subscription }}</ref>
His health continued to deteriorate into the 2010s. Tony Cohen died on 2 August 2017 at Dandenong Hospital, aged 60.<ref name="Boulton"/><ref name="The Music">{{cite web | url = https://themusic.com.au/news/legendary-aussie-producer-and-sound-engineer-tony-cohen-dies-aged-60/vxbQ09LV1Nc/03-08-17/ | title = Legendary Aussie Producer & Sound Engineer Tony Cohen Dies Aged 60 | last = staff writer | work = theMusic.com.au | date = 3 August 2017 | access-date = 21 November 2020 }}</ref> Although no cause of death was reported, his sibling recalled, "Tony lived a hard life with drugs and alcohol playing a big part of his professional career. He did give them up many years ago but always knew that he would eventually pay for his 'sins'."<ref name="Boulton"/><ref name="Collins 2">{{cite news | url = https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/music/oz-rock-producer-tony-cohen-dies-aged-60-ng-b88556893z | title = Oz rock producer Tony Cohen dies, aged 60 | last = Collins | first = 3 August 2017 | newspaper = The West Australian | date = 3 August 2017 | access-date = 23 November 2020 }}</ref> Conversely, "we were like chalk and cheese. But, I loved him and fully respect what he achieved in his career. He was technically brilliant, but also a caring, big-hearted man."<ref name="Boulton"/> Upon the inclusion of Cohen's work in the Australian Music Vault, his mother Margaret stated, "it wasn't until his untimely death, that I was made aware of the esteem that he was held in by so many people. I am proud of his contribution to the rock and roll music industry here and all that he achieved through his life."<ref name="Harris"/> A suitcase of cassette tapes he used as back-ups of recordings was donated to the vault.<ref name="Harris"/> Munday released an album with material dedicated to her husband, ''Beauty in the Ordinary'', in August 2020.<ref name="Mordue">{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200911234834/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/beauty-in-the-ordinary-a-musical-love-letter-to-the-late-tony-cohen-20200806-p55j9g.html | url = https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/beauty-in-the-ordinary-a-musical-love-letter-to-the-late-tony-cohen-20200806-p55j9g.html | title = Listen: Astrid Munday's album ''Beauty in the Ordinary'' | last = Mordue | first = Mark | work = The Sydney Morning Herald | archive-date = 11 September 2020 | date = 11 September 2020 | access-date = 21 November 2020 | url-status = live | url-access = subscription }}</ref>


== Technical works ==
== Technical works ==

List of technical works by Tony Cohen including audio engineer, record producer or mixer.
List of technical works by Tony Cohen including audio engineer, record producer or mixer.


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! {{abbr|Ref.|reference(s)}}
! {{abbr|Ref.|reference(s)}}
|-
|-
| 1976 || [[Supernaut (Australian band)|Supernaut]] || ''[[Supernaut (album)|Supernaut]]'' || [[audio engineer|Engineer]], [[record producer|producer]] || <ref name="Holmgren">{{ cite web | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | last2 = Cohen | first2 = Tony | last3 = Regner | first3 = Volker | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040314082005/http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/c/cohentony.html | title = Tony Cohen | publisher = [[Australian Rock Database]] | url = http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/c/cohentony.html | archive-date = 14 May 2004 | access-date = 18 November 2020 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
| 1976 || [[Supernaut (Australian band)|Supernaut]] || ''[[Supernaut (album)|Supernaut]]'' || [[audio engineer|Engineer]], [[record producer|producer]] || <ref name="Holmgren">{{ cite web | last1 = Holmgren | first1 = Magnus | last2 = Cohen | first2 = Tony | last3 = Regner | first3 = Volker | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040314082005/http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/c/cohentony.html | title = Tony Cohen | publisher = [[Australian Rock Database]] | url = http://hem2.passagen.se/honga/database/c/cohentony.html | archive-date = 14 March 2004 | access-date = 18 November 2020 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1977 || [[The Ferrets (band)|The Ferrets]] || ''[[Dreams of a Love]]'' || Engineer, assistant producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
| 1977 || [[The Ferrets (band)|The Ferrets]] || ''[[Dreams of a Love]]'' || Engineer, assistant producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
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| rowspan="2"| 1979 || [[The Birthday Party (band)#Early years and The Boys Next Door (1973–1978)|The Boys Next Door]] || ''[[Door, Door]]'' || Engineer || <ref name="AMG Credits">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tony-cohen-mn0000008285 | title = Tony Cohen &#124; Credits | publisher = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = 18 November 2020 }}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| 1979 || [[The Birthday Party (band)#Early years and The Boys Next Door (1973–1978)|The Boys Next Door]] || ''[[Door, Door]]'' || Engineer || <ref name="AMG Credits">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tony-cohen-mn0000008285 | title = Tony Cohen &#124; Credits | publisher = [[AllMusic]] | access-date = 18 November 2020 }}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[The Birthday Party (band)|The Birthday Party]] || ''[[Hee Haw (EP)|Hee Haw]]'' ([[extended play|EP]]) || Engineer || <ref name="NLA 1">{{Citation | author1 = Boys Next Door | author-link1 = The Birthday Party (band) | author2 = Cave, Nick | author-link2 = Nick Cave | author3 = Howard, Rowland S | author-link3 = Rowland S. Howard | author4 = Pew, Tracy | author-link4 = Tracy Pew | author5 = Harvey, Mick | author-link5 = Mick Harvey | author6 = Calvert, Phil | author-link6 = Phill Calvert | title=Hee Haw | date = April 1979 | publisher = [[Missing Link Records]]. National Library of Australia | url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36757047 | access-date = 4 June 2015 }}</ref>
| [[The Birthday Party (band)|The Birthday Party]] || ''[[Hee Haw (EP)|Hee Haw]]'' ([[extended play|EP]]) || Engineer || <ref name="NLA 1">{{Citation | author1 = Boys Next Door | author-link1 = The Birthday Party (band) | author2 = Cave, Nick | author-link2 = Nick Cave | author3 = Howard, Rowland S | author-link3 = Rowland S. Howard | author4 = Pew, Tracy | author-link4 = Tracy Pew | author5 = Harvey, Mick | author-link5 = Mick Harvey | author6 = Calvert, Phil | author-link6 = Phill Calvert | title=Hee Haw | date = April 1979 | publisher = [[Missing Link Records]]. National Library of Australia | url = http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36757047 | access-date = 4 June 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1980 || The Birthday Party || ''[[The Birthday Party (The Birthday Party album)|The Birthday Party]]'' || Engineer, producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="McFarlane TBP"/>
|rowspan="3"| 1980 || The Birthday Party || ''[[The Birthday Party (The Birthday Party album)|The Birthday Party]]'' || Engineer, producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="McFarlane TBP"/>
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| [[Cold Chisel]] || ''[[Twentieth Century (Cold Chisel album)|Twentieth Century]]'' || Engineer || <ref name="AMG Credits"/>
| [[Cold Chisel]] || ''[[Twentieth Century (Cold Chisel album)|Twentieth Century]]'' || Engineer || <ref name="AMG Credits"/>
|-
|-
| [[Maurice Frawley|The Olympic Sideburns]] || "13th Floor" (single) || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
| [[Olympic Sideburns|The Olympic Sideburns]] || "13th Floor" (single) || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
|-
|-
| [[Spaniards (band)|The Spaniards]] || "God Is a Shield" (single) || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
| [[Spaniards (band)|The Spaniards]] || "God Is a Shield" (single) || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
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| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds || ''[[Your Funeral... My Trial]]'' || Engineer, producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/>
| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds || ''[[Your Funeral... My Trial]]'' || Engineer, producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/>
|-
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|rowspan="2"| 1987 || Jeremy Gluck
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| 1987 || Jeremy Gluck || ''I Knew Buffalo Bill'' || Producer || <ref name="AMG Credits"/><ref name="Sprite">{{cite web | url = http://spiritechuk.tripod.com/buffalobill.html | title = ''I Knew Buffalo Bill'' Featuring Jeremy Gluck & Nikki Sudden | work = spritechuk.tripod.com | access-date = 23 November 2020 }}</ref>
| ''I Knew Buffalo Bill''
| Producer
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| <ref name="AMG Credits"/><ref name="Sprite">{{cite web | url = http://spiritechuk.tripod.com/buffalobill.html | title = ''I Knew Buffalo Bill'' Featuring Jeremy Gluck & Nikki Sudden | work = spritechuk.tripod.com | access-date = 23 November 2020 }}</ref>
|-
|Lolitas
| ''Series Américaines''
| Engineer, producer
| <ref name="Blair"/>{{rp|98}}
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1988 || Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds || ''[[Tender Prey]]'' || Engineer, [[Mixing engineer|mixer]], producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/>
|rowspan="4"| 1988 || Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds || ''[[Tender Prey]]'' || Engineer, [[Mixing engineer|mixer]], producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/>
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| [[Mixed Relations]] || ''T.I.O.L.I.'' (EP)<br>"Take It or Leave It" (single) || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
| [[Mixed Relations]] || ''T.I.O.L.I.'' (EP)<br>"Take It or Leave It" (single) || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
|-
|-
| [[Straitjacket Fits]] || ''Done'' || Producer || <ref name="Straitjacket">{{cite web | url = https://musicbrainz.org/release/ec242ce5-f7b8-4f66-b2b7-d69ad8acebfc | title = Release ''Done'' by Straitjacket Fits | publisher = [[MusicBrainz]] | access-date = 8 June 2015 }}</ref>
| [[Straitjacket Fits]] || ''Done'' || Producer || <ref name="Straitjacket">{{cite web | url = https://musicbrainz.org/release/ec242ce5-f7b8-4f66-b2b7-d69ad8acebfc | title = Release ''Done'' by Straitjacket Fits | publisher = [[MusicBrainz]] | access-date = 8 June 2015 }}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[These Immortal Souls]] || ''I'm Never Gonna Die Again'' || Producer || <ref name="AMG Credits"/>
| [[These Immortal Souls]] || ''I'm Never Gonna Die Again'' || Producer || <ref name="AMG Credits"/>
|-
|-
|rowspan="8"| 1993 || Wild Pumpkins at Midnight || ''Sick'' || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
|rowspan="8"| 1993 || Wild Pumpkins at Midnight || ''Sick'' || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
|-
|-
| Mixed Relations || "Love" (single) || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
| Mixed Relations || "Love" (single) || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
|-
|-
| [[Dave Graney|Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes]] || ''[[Night of the Wolverine]]'' || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
| [[Dave Graney|Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes]] || ''[[Night of the Wolverine]]'' || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
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| [[Maurice Frawley|Maurice Frawley and Working Class Ringos]] || ''Livin' Lazy'' || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
| [[Maurice Frawley|Maurice Frawley and Working Class Ringos]] || ''Livin' Lazy'' || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/>
|-
|-
|rowspan="6"| 1995 || The Cruel Sea || ''[[Three Legged Dog]]'' || Engineer, producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/>
|rowspan="6"| 1995 || The Cruel Sea || ''[[Three Legged Dog]]'' || Engineer, producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/>
|-
|-
| Kim Salmon and the Surrealists || ''Kim Salmon and the Surrealists'' || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/>
| Kim Salmon and the Surrealists || ''Kim Salmon and the Surrealists'' || Producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/>
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| 2001 || Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds || ''[[No More Shall We Part]]'' || Engineer, mixer, producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/>
| 2001 || Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds || ''[[No More Shall We Part]]'' || Engineer, mixer, producer || <ref name="Holmgren"/><ref name="AMG Credits"/>
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2002 || The Chucky Monroes || ''Fallen Angel'' || Producer || <ref name="Pants">{{cite web | url=http://www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviewsaef2.html | title=The Chucky Monroes – ''Fallen Angel'' – Laughing Outlaw | author=Pants | website=Oz Music Project | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060809030605/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36937/20060807-0000/www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviewsaef2.html | archive-date=9 August 2006
|rowspan="2"| 2002 || The Chucky Monroes || ''Fallen Angel'' || Producer || <ref name="Pants">{{cite web | url=http://www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviewsaef2.html | title=The Chucky Monroes – ''Fallen Angel'' – Laughing Outlaw | author=Pants | website=Oz Music Project | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060809030605/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36937/20060807-0000/www.ozmusicproject.net/magazine/cdreviewsaef2.html | archive-date=9 August 2006
| access-date=3 July 2021 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| access-date=3 July 2021 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|-
|-
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| 2003 || [[Nick Cave]] || ''[[Stephen Petronio|Underland]]'' || [[Remix]] engineer || <ref name="NLA Underland">{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/stories/s899155.htm | title = Sunday Morning - 13/07/2003: The Maker: Tony Cohen | author = Nicolson, Mairi | publisher = [[Radio National]] ([[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)) | date = 13 July 2003 | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20031024155921/http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/stories/s899155.htm | archive-date = 24 October 2003 | access-date = 23 November 2020 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| 2003 || [[Nick Cave]] || ''[[Stephen Petronio|Underland]]'' || [[Remix]] engineer || <ref name="NLA Underland">{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/stories/s899155.htm | title = Sunday Morning - 13/07/2003: The Maker: Tony Cohen | author = Nicolson, Mairi | publisher = [[Radio National]] ([[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)) | date = 13 July 2003 | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20031024155921/http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/stories/s899155.htm | archive-date = 24 October 2003 | access-date = 23 November 2020 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2006 || Astrid Munday || ''Sunshine and Promises'' || Mixer, producer || <ref name="AMG Credits"/>
|rowspan="3"| 2006 || Astrid Munday || ''Sunshine and Promises'' || Mixer, producer || <ref name="AMG Credits"/>
|-
|-
| Souls on Board || ''Souls on Board'' (EP) || Mixer, producer || <ref name="NLA Souls">{{cite web | url=http://www.jageruprising.com/ifShowHeadline.asp?ID=2473 | title = Souls on Board License to Low Transit Industries | website = Jager Uprising | date = May 2005 | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050711062444/http://www.jageruprising.com/ifShowHeadline.asp?ID=2473 | archive-date = 11 July 2005 | access-date = 23 November 2020 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| Souls on Board || ''Souls on Board'' (EP) || Mixer, producer || <ref name="NLA Souls">{{cite web | url=http://www.jageruprising.com/ifShowHeadline.asp?ID=2473 | title = Souls on Board License to Low Transit Industries | website = Jager Uprising | date = May 2005 | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050711062444/http://www.jageruprising.com/ifShowHeadline.asp?ID=2473 | archive-date = 11 July 2005 | access-date = 23 November 2020 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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== Awards and nominations ==
== Awards and nominations ==

Four albums which Cohen worked on are listed in the book, ''100 Best Australian Albums'' (2010): the Birthday Party's ''Junkyard'' (May 1982) at No.&nbsp;17,<ref name="ODonnell"/>{{rp|72–3}} the Cruel Sea's ''The Honeymoon Is Over'' (May 1993) at No.&nbsp;63,<ref name="ODonnell"/>{{rp|174–5}} Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' ''Tender Prey'' (September 1988) at No.&nbsp;83,<ref name="ODonnell"/>{{rp|216–7}} and Tex, Don and Charlie's ''Sad But True'' (November 1993) at No.&nbsp;84.<ref name="ODonnell"/>{{rp|218–9}}
Four albums which Cohen worked on are listed in the book, ''100 Best Australian Albums'' (2010): the Birthday Party's ''Junkyard'' (May 1982) at No.&nbsp;17,<ref name="ODonnell"/>{{rp|72–3}} the Cruel Sea's ''The Honeymoon Is Over'' (May 1993) at No.&nbsp;63,<ref name="ODonnell"/>{{rp|174–5}} Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' ''Tender Prey'' (September 1988) at No.&nbsp;83,<ref name="ODonnell"/>{{rp|216–7}} and Tex, Don and Charlie's ''Sad But True'' (November 1993) at No.&nbsp;84.<ref name="ODonnell"/>{{rp|218–9}}


=== ARIA Music Awards ===
=== ARIA Music Awards ===

{{awards table}}
{{awards table}}
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| [[Music Victoria Awards of 2017]]
| [[Music Victoria Awards of 2017|2017]]
| Tony Cohen
| Tony Cohen
| Hall of Fame
| Hall of Fame
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==References==
==References==

{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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[[Category:People from Ringwood, Victoria]]
[[Category:People from Ringwood, Victoria]]
[[Category:People from Cheltenham, Victoria]]
[[Category:People from Cheltenham, Victoria]]
[[Category:People educated at St Bede's College (Mentone)]]

Latest revision as of 13:57, 3 June 2024

Tony Cohen
Cloae-up photo of smiling man
Tony Cohen in 1993, interviewed for Nomad, SBS-TV
Background information
Birth nameAnthony Lawrence Cohen
Born(1957-06-04)4 June 1957
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died2 August 2017(2017-08-02) (aged 60)
Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active1975–2017
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Anthony Lawrence Cohen (4 June 1957 – 2 August 2017) was an Australian music record producer and sound engineer. He worked with Nick Cave's groups the Birthday Party, and then the Bad Seeds from 1979 to 2001. In mid-1986 he had followed Cave to London and then onto Berlin, in January 1987, to continue to work on their material. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1994 Cohen won Producer of the Year for The Cruel Sea's second album, The Honeymoon Is Over (May 1993). At the 1995 ceremony he won Producer of the Year and Engineer of the Year for the Cruel Sea's Three Legged Dog. Cohen had been a long-term alcohol and drug user, his health deteriorated in the 2010s and he died in 2017 at Dandenong Hospital, aged 60. In November 2017 he was posthumously inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame.

Biography

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Anthony Lawrence Cohen was born on 4 June 1957 in Melbourne.[1]: 1  His father, Philip Cohen, was an Australian son of Jewish migrants from Manchester, Philip had converted to Roman Catholicism before marrying Margaret, who was an Australian of Irish descent.[1]: 1–2  He grew up in suburban East Ringwood where he attended St Francis de Sales Primary School.[1]: 1  The family moved to Mentone, along with younger brother Martin, where Cohen was enrolled at St Bede's College for his secondary education.[1]: 4  While at Bede's he started taking drugs including marijuana/hash, amytal and LSD, which adversely affected his academic progress.[1]: 3–5  Cohen started to play the drums when the family had moved to the neighbouring suburb of Cheltenham and formed a friendship with fellow aspiring drummer, Chris Thompson.[1]: 7  He later recalled, "Neither of us were very good drummers I might admit but we shared a mutual love of music and playing."[1]: 7 

Cohen, aged 15, joined a rock, glam rock band Epitaph on drums for a year.[1]: 9–12  He bought a four-track recorder to tape their work and then recorded other local groups.[1]: 12  During school holidays in mid-1973 he spent two weeks doing work experience at Armstrong Studios. His friend Thompson went along for a day and both decided on a career in the recording studio. After work experience he refused to return to school but continued at the studios, "No one said anything, so I stayed."[1]: 13  For two years he was a "shit-kicker", and started by, "cleaning the toilets and getting the lunches and stuff, and then got promoted to mono dubbing boy."[1]: 15  By 1975 Cohen began working as a sound engineer under the guidance of Roger Savage.[1]: 15  In April of the following year he was working as an assistant record producer, alongside Molly Meldrum, on Perth's glam rock group, Supernaut's lead single, "I Like It Both Ways" (May 1976).[2] Cohen produced the group's associated self-titled album, which appeared in November of that year, and its follow-up single, "Too Hot to Touch" (September).[3]

In July 1976 Cohen and fellow engineer, Ian MacKenzie, met with Meldrum to organise the production of pop group, the Ferrets' debut album, Dreams of a Love: "It was all a bit of Elton John, a bit of the 'Real Thing', [Meldrum] called us in for a production meeting 9:00 in the morning at his place and he was still in bed [...] and putting the music on [...] very, very loud and then proceeds to shout at you over the top of it, and we were all sitting there sort of terrified thinking, what on earth is he saying?"[4] After a year production was still incomplete so the Ferrets took over, together with Cohen and MacKenzie assisting.[5] It was finalised in August 1977 and released in October with Meldrum credited as Willie Everfinish.[5][6]

In June 1978 Cohen started working with the Boys Next Door (later renamed the Birthday Party), as engineer at Richmond Recorders on their debut album, Door, Door (1979). He then engineered the Birthday Party's early extended play, Hee Haw (December 1979). Next he was the engineer and producer, on their second album, The Birthday Party (November 1980).[3][7][8] He was engineer and producer for their third album, Junkyard (May 1982), which was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums at number 17.[9]: 72–3  Cohen told the authors that he was directed, "Forget all the bottom end and the rich, lush sounds. Make it sound like trash."[9]: 72–3  He continued as engineer and/or producer for the group's leader, Nick Cave, in the related group, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. From From Her to Eternity (18 June 1984) to No More Shall We Part (2 April 2001).[3][10] Cohen followed the group to London in mid-1986 and then on to Berlin in January 1987 to continue to work with Cave.[1]: 113, 120 [11] He returned to Melbourne in January 1988 with his drug habit "spiraling out of control."[1]: 137 

Cohen reflected on his early work with Cave, in an interview with Richard Fidler in September 2006, "[it] was all very experimental then, because we were all learning – I fell in love with this new way of recording... because there were no rules. We were looking for sounds that made your fillings drop out rather than pleasant pop tunes, so we got to do crazy things like find concrete stairwells and abuse equipment, so it was all very attractive for me. Some of it didn't work, but as history has shown Nick really honed his craft, he's done some brilliant records... some of the early stuff was a bit rough but it was a learning curve then."[4] Ed Nimmervoll, an Australian music journalist and editor of Rock Australia Magazine, recalled "Nick Cave's Birthday Party were allowed to take up some of the studio time slack. Rather than [go] home, their producer Tony Cohen slept in the air conditioning duct."[12]

A long-term working relationship had also been established with Tex Perkins, starting with the singer's alternative rock group, Beasts of Bourbon's 1984 album, The Axeman's Jazz.[13] Cohen had engineered and produced it during a single eight-hour session at Paradise Studios in Sydney, in October of the previous year, with label boss Roger Grierson as executive producer.[3][13] According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, "Legend has it that the session was fuelled by 72 cans of beer and one bottle of Scotch, and that it only ended when the band members began passing out!"[13] He produced their next studio album, The Low Road, (December 1991). In the following year he was their engineer, producer and mixer for a five-track EP, Just Right, which had been recorded live at the Prince of Wales Hotel in May 1991 by Cohen's childhood friend, Chris Thompson.[14]

Cohen's services were used for Perkins' next band the Cruel Sea on their second studio album, This Is Not the Way Home (October 1991). He was nominated at the ARIA Music Awards of 1993 for Producer of the Year for that album and for "Get Thee to a Nunnery", a track on TISM's EP, The Beasts of Suburban (20 July 1992).[15] He worked for an ad hoc country blues trio of Perkins, Don Walker and Charlie Owen, as Tex, Don and Charlie on their debut album, Sad But True (November 1993).[9]: 218–9  While recording that album he was interviewed in the studio by Kerry Negara, the director of SBS-TV's Nomad. At the following year's ARIA Awards ceremony he won Producer of the Year for the Cruel Sea's third album, The Honeymoon Is Over (May 1993).[15][9]: 174–5 

In 1995 he won both Engineer of the Year and Producer of the Year.[15] Over the previous 18 months – the eligibility period – Cohen had produced Let Love In (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 18 April 1994),[16] You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel (Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes, June 1994), Parables for Wooden Ears (Powderfinger, 18 July 1994), Livin' Lazy (Maurice Frawley and Working Class Ringos, 1994), Three Legged Dog (the Cruel Sea, April 1995),[17] Kim Salmon and the Surrealists (Kim Salmon and the Surrealists, April 1995) and Mouth to Mouth (the Blackeyed Susans, July 1995).[3][10][18]

In the 2000s Cohen's name started appearing less regularly on album credits. During 2003 he worked as a remix engineer on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' old master tapes for Stephen Petronio's contemporary dance work, Underland.[19] Cave was unable to provide new tracks for the project due to time conflicts but allowed his material to be used.[19] Cohen had effectively retired in 2004–2005. He emerged in 2017 to produce Augie March's album Bootikins, as he had always wanted to work with the group. He died unexpectedly before the album's sessions concluded, and Augie March leader Glenn Richards stated "It still amazes me that we got a chance to work with the man. The moments are ours and we will cherish them ... He got us feeling like and playing like a real band again after a long interim, and we made some very good music together."[20] In November 2017 Cohen was posthumously inducted into the Music Victoria Hall of Fame.[21] A memoir of his life, Half Deaf, Completely Mad, was published by John Olson in November 2023.[22]

Personal life

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Tony Cohen had an on-again off-again relationship with Joanne from mid-1981, she had been Chris Thompson's girlfriend when they met. They lived together initially in Elsternwick, then Sydney and back, again.[1]: 59–61, 100  His drug habit now included amphetamine and heroin.[1]: 59–61  By early 1983 Cohen was also dating a different woman, Josephine, whom he married on 28 May 1983, in Melbourne.[1]: 100  According to his brother, "I don't think Tony ever had a distinct line between dumping one girl and getting on with another."[1]: 100  The couple moved to Sydney in late 1983 and then back to Melbourne in July of the following year.[1]: 109  Cohen and Josephine relocated to London in mid-1986 before they separated (and later divorced). He then moved to Berlin in January 1987,[1]: 113–4, 120  and returned to Australian early in the next year.[1]: 137 

Early in 1991 Cohen began a relationship with Astrid Munday, a vocalist for country music groups Killer Sheep and then Desert Boot.[1]: 138, 146  After living together in Sydney they moved in with Cohen's parents at their rural property at Kongwak, Victoria in November 1991.[1]: 147  At different times he attempted to curb his alcohol and drug dependencies.[1]: 149  The couple returned to Melbourne in February 1992.[1]: 151–2  Cohen had earlier been diagnosed with hepatitis C, then pancreatitis (September 1992) and diabetes (October).[1]: 157  At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995 he had a hypoglycaemic event, "just as they announced my name so I was in the suit and everything and sweat was just dripping off me so I had to go and hide up the back and Molly was standing on the seat going 'Where are you? Tony, where are you?' So it wasn't a great memory for me... I couldn't get up on stage and make a speech... you know, my blood sugar had dropped and I was a mess; such a shame."[1]: 167 

In late 2000 Cohen and Munday moved to London, where he worked on No More Shall We Part (April 2001) for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, while Munday worked as a temporary teacher.[1]: 171–2  By that stage Cohen's diabetes was worsening and his studio attendances became erratic. After the recording sessions ended he struggled to get further work in London and so returned to Melbourne.[1]: 171–4  By 2004 or 2005 he was in semi-retirement, "In a bid to rid himself of a renewed taste for drugs and to revive his ailing health."[1]: 178 

His health continued to deteriorate into the 2010s. Tony Cohen died on 2 August 2017 at Dandenong Hospital, aged 60.[18][23] Although no cause of death was reported, his sibling recalled, "Tony lived a hard life with drugs and alcohol playing a big part of his professional career. He did give them up many years ago but always knew that he would eventually pay for his 'sins'."[18][24] Conversely, "we were like chalk and cheese. But, I loved him and fully respect what he achieved in his career. He was technically brilliant, but also a caring, big-hearted man."[18] Upon the inclusion of Cohen's work in the Australian Music Vault, his mother Margaret stated, "it wasn't until his untimely death, that I was made aware of the esteem that he was held in by so many people. I am proud of his contribution to the rock and roll music industry here and all that he achieved through his life."[16] A suitcase of cassette tapes he used as back-ups of recordings was donated to the vault.[16] Munday released an album with material dedicated to her husband, Beauty in the Ordinary, in August 2020.[25]

Technical works

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List of technical works by Tony Cohen including audio engineer, record producer or mixer.

Year Artist(s) Work Role(s) Ref.
1976 Supernaut Supernaut Engineer, producer [3]
1977 The Ferrets Dreams of a Love Engineer, assistant producer [3]
1978 The Ferrets Fame at any Price Engineer, producer [3]
Various Artists Wildlife (soundtrack) Engineer, producer [3]
1979 The Boys Next Door Door, Door Engineer [10]
The Birthday Party Hee Haw (EP) Engineer [7]
1980 The Birthday Party The Birthday Party Engineer, producer [3][8]
James Freud Breaking Silence Producer [3]
Models Alphabravocharliedeltaechofoxtrotgolf Engineer, producer [26]
1981 The Birthday Party Prayers on Fire Engineer, producer [3][10]
The Zorros "Too Young", "Let Me Love You" (single) Producer [3]
Models Cut Lunch Producer [3]
The Go-Betweens Send Me a Lullaby Engineer, producer [10][27]
Serious Young Insects "Trouble Understanding Words" (single) Producer [3]
1982 Hunters & Collectors World of Stone (EP)
"Hammer the Hammer" (single)		 Engineer, producer [3]
The Birthday Party Junkyard Engineer, producer [9]: 72–3 [28]
Hunters & Collectors Hunters & Collectors Engineer [29]
Tuff Monks "After the Fireworks" (single) Producer [3]
Pel Mel Out of Reason Engineer, producer [30][31]
1983 The Moodists Engine Shudder (EP) Producer [3]
The Birthday Party The Bad Seed (EP) Producer [3]
The Reels Pitt Street Farmers (EP) Producer [3]
Pel Mel Persuasion Producer [3]
The Birthday Party Mutiny! (EP) Producer [3]
1984 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds From Her to Eternity Engineer [10]
Sacred Cowboys Sacred Cowboys (EP) Producer [3]
Pel Mel O.D.R. Producer [3]
The Beasts of Bourbon The Axeman's Jazz Producer [3]
Cold Chisel Twentieth Century Engineer [10]
The Olympic Sideburns "13th Floor" (single) Producer [3]
The Spaniards "God Is a Shield" (single) Producer [3]
1985 Sacred Cowboys We Love You... Of Course We Do Producer [3]
X At Home with You Engineer [32]
1986 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Kicking Against the Pricks Engineer, producer [3][10]
Crime & the City Solution Room of Lights Producer [3]
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Your Funeral... My Trial Engineer, producer [3][10]
1987 Jeremy Gluck I Knew Buffalo Bill Producer [10][33]
Lolitas Series Américaines Engineer, producer [1]: 98 
1988 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Tender Prey Engineer, mixer, producer [3][10]
Sacred Cowboys Trouble from Providence Producer [3]
Crime & the City Solution Shine Producer [3]
Wild Pumpkins at Midnight Wild Pumpkins at Midnight Producer [3]
1989 Phil Shöenfelt Charlotte's Room (EP) Producer [10]
1991 The Beasts of Bourbon The Low Road Producer [3]
The Cruel Sea This Is Not the Way Home Producer, engineer [3][10]
1992 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Henry's Dream Engineer, mixer [10]
Falling Joys Psychohum Producer [3]
TISM "Get Thee to a Nunnery" Producer [15]
Mixed Relations T.I.O.L.I. (EP)
"Take It or Leave It" (single)		 Producer [3]
Straitjacket Fits Done Producer [34]
These Immortal Souls I'm Never Gonna Die Again Producer [10]
1993 Wild Pumpkins at Midnight Sick Producer [3]
Mixed Relations "Love" (single) Producer [3]
Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes Night of the Wolverine Producer [3]
Things of Stone and Wood The Yearning Mixing [10]
Kim Salmon and the Surrealists Sin Factory Producer [3]
Tiddas Sing About Life Producer [3]
Tex, Don and Charlie Sad but True Producer [9]: 218–9 
Anita Lane Dirty Pearl Engineer, mixer [10]
1994 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Let Love In Engineer, mixer, producer [10]
Dave Graney 'n' the Coral Snakes You Wanna Be There But You Don't Wanna Travel Producer [3]
Powderfinger Parables for Wooden Ears Producer [3]
Paul Kelly Wanted Man Engineer [10]
Maurice Frawley and Working Class Ringos Livin' Lazy Producer [3]
1995 The Cruel Sea Three Legged Dog Engineer, producer [3][10]
Kim Salmon and the Surrealists Kim Salmon and the Surrealists Producer [3][10]
The Blackeyed Susans Mouth to Mouth Engineer, mixer, producer [3][10]
Mick Harvey Intoxicated Man Engineer, producer [3][10]
Louis Tillett and Charlie Owen Midnight Rain Producer [35]
Hugo Race & The True Spirit Valley of Light Mixer, producer [3][10]
1996 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Murder Ballads Mixer, producer [3][10]
The Bhagavad Guitars Introversion/Extroversion Engineer, producer [36]
Wild Pumpkins at Midnight Sad Trees Producer [3][10]
Frenzal Rhomb Not So Tough Now Producer [3][10]
Various Artists Scream: Music from the Dimension Motion Picture (soundtrack) Producer [10][37]
Delicatessen Hustle into Bed Producer [38]
1997 Wild Pumpkins at Midnight The Secret of the Sad Tree Producer [3]
Mick Harvey Pink Elephants Engineer, mixer, producer [3][10]
1998 Astrid Munday Astrid Munday Producer [3][10]
Working Class Ringoes Working Class Ringoes Producer [3]
2000 Astrid Munday Apparition Mixer, producer [3][10]
Tex Perkins Dark Horses Producer [3]
2001 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds No More Shall We Part Engineer, mixer, producer [3][10]
2002 The Chucky Monroes Fallen Angel Producer [39]
Rosie Westbrook Wave Producer [3]
2003 Nick Cave Underland Remix engineer [19]
2006 Astrid Munday Sunshine and Promises Mixer, producer [10]
Souls on Board Souls on Board (EP) Mixer, producer [40]
Muzza Monroe and the Lushous Strings In Your Hand Producer
2008 Fur Patrol Local Kid Producer [41]
2018 Augie March Bootikins Producer [20]

Awards and nominations

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Four albums which Cohen worked on are listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums (2010): the Birthday Party's Junkyard (May 1982) at No. 17,[9]: 72–3  the Cruel Sea's The Honeymoon Is Over (May 1993) at No. 63,[9]: 174–5  Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' Tender Prey (September 1988) at No. 83,[9]: 216–7  and Tex, Don and Charlie's Sad But True (November 1993) at No. 84.[9]: 218–9 

ARIA Music Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
1993 The Cruel Sea – This Is Not the Way Home
TISM – "Get Thee to a Nunnery		 Producer of the Year Nominated [15]
1994 The Cruel Sea – The Honeymoon Is Over Producer of the Year Won [15][42]
1995 himself, Paul McKercher – The Cruel Sea – Three Legged Dog Engineer of the Year Won [15][43][17]
himself – The Cruel Sea – Three Legged Dog Producer of the Year Won [15][17]

Music Victoria Awards

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The Music Victoria Awards are an annual awards night celebrating Victorian music. They commenced in 2006.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2017 Tony Cohen Hall of Fame inducted [44][45]

References

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