Jerry Finn, producer of albums for Blink-182, Green Day, Rancid, Sum 41 and dozens of albums from the last 15 years, has died at the age of 38.
Finn suffered a brain haemorrhage in July but was taken off life-support in August 12.In a posting at his website, Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus said, “Today the world became a lot less musical. One of my best friends passed away today. Jerry Finn was one of the most talented, funniest, coolest, smartest and honest people I have ever known”.
Finn worked with Hoppus on numerous Blink-182 albums including ‘Enema of the State’ and ‘Take Off Your Pants and Jacket’ as well as Hoppus’ next band +44.
“He worked on many of my favorite albums of all time, and helped shape the sound and direction of Blink-182 from ‘Enema of the State’ all the way through to the end and into +44. He was into Family Guy, South Park, and Mr. Show before anyone else had even heard of those shows. And when my son was born, while everyone else was sending us baby blankets and teddy bears, Jerry and his girlfriend gave him a tiny extra small black leather jacket covered in metal studs and Ramones pins,” Hoppus wrote.
Finn had just finished producing the next Morrissey album when he had the hemorrhage. Morrissey has moved the release date of the album back to next year following the Finn news.
