Kevin Killen

Biography

Kevin Killen (born October 22, 1959) is a Grammy Award-winning Irish music producer, engineer, and mixer known for his work with recording artists including U2, Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello, Tori Amos, Kate Bush, Jewel, Bon Jovi, Shawn Colvin, Shakira, and David Bowie.

Killen was studying sciences at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland in 1979 when a friend told him that Lombard Sound Studios was seeking a trainee. The studio hired him, and was engineering within six months. Two years later, Killen left Lombard Sound to work at Windmill Lane Studios, where he worked for the next four years. He first worked with U2 in 1982, assisting Steve Lillywhite on the band's 1983 album War. His work wi...