Sean Beavan is a record producer who has worked with Nine Inch Nails on several albums, such as Broken, Fixed and The Downward Spiral. He has worked on several NIN remixes, including "Closer to God" and "Screaming Slave" (although Trent Reznor misspelled his name as "Sean Beaven" at remix.nin.com).
Career
Beavan began his career as a musician and engineer in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, playing bass and singing in various local bands. While working as an engineer at The Right Track Studio in downtown Cleveland, Beavan met Trent Reznor who worked as house programmer. Reznor played keyboards in several local bands that Beavan mixed and the the two played together in the band Cool Down Daddy, which Beavan sang in, and which also featured future NIN live member Nick Rushe.[1] Beavan was also asked to mix the demos of what was to become Pretty Hate Machine.
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After doing some studio work for Humble Pie, Beavan joined them as the bassist in summer 1989 and continued touring with them through 1990. During that period, Beavan also began mixing NIN's live sound during their concert tours, and became an unofficial member of the live band (even singing live backup vocals from the front of house mixing console).
Reznor invited Beavan to work on The Downward Spiral as well as mix several songs on Nothing Records artist Marilyn Manson's debut record Portrait of an American Family. After contributing to several NIN remix releases, Beavan mixed and co-produced Marilyn Manson's Antichrist Superstar with Reznor. In 1996, after 7 years, Beavan left the NIN camp to mix front of house for the "Antichrist Superstar" world tour, and work with various other bands.