Jim Diamond (music producer)

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Jim Diamond
Background information
Genre(s)	Indie rock
Occupation(s)	Audio engineer, Record producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, bass guitar
Years active	1995 – present
Label(s)	Ghetto Recorders
Associated acts	The Dirtbombs, The Fleshtones, The Go, The Ponys, The White Stripes Paik

Jim Diamond is a veteran music producer, studio engineer, and bass player based in Detroit, Michigan.

1 Background
- 1.1 Collaborations
- 1.2 Legal dispute
2 External links

[edit] Background

Diamond was a longtime member of perennial Detroit favorite band The Dirtbombs garnering one of the few non-Mick Collins lead vocals on the track "I'm Through With White Girls," which is to this day a live favorite (though now sung by Ben Blackwell), as well as appearing in different versions on Dangerous Magical Noise and Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit.

[edit] Collaborations

On the Motorcity Brewing Works' live compilation "GhettoBlaster," Diamond appeared as the front man for "Jim Diamond's Pop Monsoon." As proprietor and chief engineer at Ghetto Recorders, Diamond has worked with, and helped launch the careers of, several well-known indie rock performers, including The Dirtbombs, The Fleshtones, Electric Six, The Witches, Bantam Rooster, The Come Ons, The Volebeats, The Gore Gore Girls, The Mooney Suzuki, The Compulsive Gamblers, The Dirtys, The Ponys, The Volebeats, The Go, Outrageous Cherry, Paik, The Clone Defects, They Come In Threes, The Sights, The White Stripes, and The Hentchmen.

[edit] Legal dispute

In 2005 and 2006, Diamond was involved in a heated legal battle with Jack White and The White Stripes over song authoring credits and royalty payments, with Diamond claiming to have instilled a major influence on "the sound" of the White Stripes. In 2006, Jack White cited the legal battle with Diamond as one of his reasons for moving to Nashville.^{[citation needed]}