Chris Tsangarides in a 2013 photo on his Facebook page
Shortly after reports that the British producer Chris Tsangarides had died from pneumonia and heart failure on Jan. 6, many of the musicians he worked with went to social media to mourn his loss. Tsangarides, just 61 years old, was known for his work with classic rock stars Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore (solo), Anvil and Black Sabbath, as well as dozens of others across a broad cross-section of genres, including Tom Jones, Joan Armatrading, the Tragically Hip and Concrete Blonde.
Along with the bands, Tsangarides produced Thin Lizzy’s final studio album, 1983’s Thunder and Lightning, and Judas Priest’s 1990 album, Painkiller.
Tsangarides, who grew up in North London, studied trumpet at the Royal Academy of Music and then economics in college. He began his professional career as an engineer.
Watch Tsangarides discuss his career
Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler called him a “thoroughly lovely bloke” in a tweet…
Sad to hear of Chris Tsangarides passing away. He worked on the Sabotage album, a thoroughly lovely bloke. R.I.P. Chris.
— Geezer Butler (@GZRMusic) January 7, 2018
Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi echoed the sentiment…
I’m so saddened to hear of the passing of the Producer Chris Tsangarides – he has been a part of my life since the 70s when he worked as tape operator on the Sabbath album Sabotage and he’s worked with me on lots of other albums and stuff. He’ll be sadly missed. RIP my friend. pic.twitter.com/GPWTEilPSe
— Tony Iommi (@tonyiommi) January 7, 2018
A post on Thin Lizzy’s Facebook page read: “It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of Producer Chris Tsangarides who worked with the band on Renegade and Thunder and Lightning.
“Our thoughts go out to Chris’s wife Jane and family at this time.”
Overkill are saddened to hear about the death of Chris Tsangarides.
We were fortunate to have worked with him. A great guy with amazing talent, and humor and smile to match. Thoughts go out to his family and friends. RIP Chris— OVERKILL (@OverkillBand) January 7, 2018
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