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Jerry Finn
Jerry Finn in the studio at a Blink-182 recording session
Background information
Birth name	Jerry Finn
Born	March 31, 1969(1969-03-31)
Died	August 21, 2008 (aged 39)[1]
Genres	Punk rock, alternative rock, pop punk
Occupations	Record producer
Years active	1993-2008
Associated acts	Blink-182, AFI, Sum 41, Alkaline Trio, Morrissey, MxPx, Rancid, +44, Tiger Army, Green Day, The Vandals, The Offspring, Bad Religion

Jerry Finn (March 31, 1969 - August 21, 2008) was an American record producer. He was perhaps best known for his work with Blink-182, as well as Morrissey, AFI, Bad Religion, Alkaline Trio, MxPx, Rancid, Green Day, Sum 41 and The Offspring.^[2][3]

After suffering a cerebral hemorrhage in July 2008, Finn was taken off life support on August 9, 2008 after never regaining consciousness.^[4] Finn died August 21, 2008.^[1] At the time of his hemorrhage, he had just finished producing Morrissey's new record, Years of Refusal.^[5]

On his personal blog Mark Hoppus recalls

I’m sitting here now and I don’t even know what to type. I’m at a loss for words. Nothing I can say will come close to describing what an amazing human being Jerry was. His talent, his laughter, his love of life. Every day I spent with Jerry over the past ten years I feel like he taught me something new about music, or recording, or life. I think everyone who knew Jerry would say the same thing. I feel blessed to have worked with and learned so much from him, but most of all I am honored to call him my dear friend. Jerry, I miss you already.

– Mark Hoppus^[6]

In an interview on Xfm on 13 February, 2009, Morrissey said:

His death was astonishing because it was very quick. He had a massive brain hemorrhage followed by a massive heart attack, and he was 39 years old. It was very sad because a few weeks earlier to this we were at his house, listening to the playback [of Years of Refusal] and everyone was very happy. And suddenly he had the brain hemorrhage. I was with him for the last few weeks of his life and it was terribly sad. But the lesson for all of us is that this doesn't last forever.

– Morrissey^[7]

Production History

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