{{Short description|American producer, sound engineer, archivist, and record-store owner}} {{Infobox person | name = Terry Katzman | image = | alt = | caption = Katzman at Treehouse Records in 2007 | birth_name = Terry James Katzman | birth_date = {{birth date|1955|3|8}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|11|8|1955|3|8}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Producer, sound engineer, archivist, and record-store owner | alma_mater = | years_active = 1970s-2010s | known_for = Reflex Records, work with Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, The Suburbs | awards = |relatives = | notable_works = }} '''Terry James Katzman''' (March 8, 1955 – November 8, 2019)<ref name=DignityMemorial>{{cite web |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/burbank-ca/terry-katzman-8920856 |title=Obituary: Terry James Katzman |website=Dignity Memorial |access-date=2020-12-06}}</ref> was a producer, sound engineer, archivist, and record-store owner in Minneapolis, Minnesota, known for his work with the Twin Cities music scene, particularly during the formative early years of Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, and The Suburbs.<ref name="StarTribKatzmanObit">{{cite news |first=Luke |last= Taylor |title=Obituary: Terry James Katzman |url= http://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000334267/?fullname=terry-james-katzman |work=Star Tribune|location=Minneapolis |date=10 November 2019 |access-date=10 November 2019 }}</ref>
==Early life== Katzman grew up in Excelsior, Minnesota and attended Minnetonka High School, then St. Cloud State University and the University of Minnesota.
==Career== Katzman was a mainstay of the early punk rock scene in Minneapolis beginning in the late 1970s. Hüsker Dü guitarist Bob Mould recalls Katzman working backstage when Mould attended his first concert in Minneapolis, a Suicide Commandos performance at Jay's Longhorn Bar in 1978.<ref name="Mould2011">{{cite book|last=Mould|first=Bob|author-link=Bob Mould|title=See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8P4vm6ilwjUC|date=15 June 2011|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=978-0-316-17571-5}}</ref> He was a sound engineer at legendary club First Avenue, where he became the Replacements' preferred sound mixer for their shows.<ref name="Mehr2016">{{cite book|last=Mehr|first=Bob|title=Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbvCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT392|date=1 March 2016|publisher=Hachette Books|isbn=978-0-306-82203-2|pages=392–}}</ref>
With Mould and the other members of Hüsker Dü, Katzman co-founded Reflex Records, which released Hüsker Dü's early single "Statues" and first studio album ''Everything Falls Apart''. Under Katzman's guidance, the label would also release several compilations of regional underground and alternative bands, as well as albums by local post-punk bands Rifle Sport, Man Sized Action, Otto's Chemical Lounge, and Articles of Faith, as well as the Minutemen's 1985 EP ''Tour-Spiel''.<ref name="Azerrad2012">{{cite book|last=Azerrad|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Azerrad|title=Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o7CZRPZ27TQC&pg=PT94|date=1 December 2012|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=978-0-316-24718-4|pages=94–}}</ref> Both Katzman and the Hüsker Dü members became too busy with other projects, and the label quietly folded in 1985.<ref name="Earles2010">{{cite book|last=Earles|first=Andrew|title=Husker Du: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6K6l38haOK4C&pg=PT95|date=15 November 2010|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-1-61673-979-9|pages=95–}}</ref>
Katzman frequently recorded live shows by Minneapolis bands, from the early 1980s to his death in 2019.<ref name="SWJournal2019">{{cite news |last=Walsh |first=Jim |url=https://www.southwestjournal.com/voices/my-minneapolis/2019/04/church-of-the-holy-lolos-ghost/ |title=Church of the Holy Lolo's Ghost |work=Southwest Journal |location=Minneapolis |date=2019-04-23 |access-date=2019-11-10 }}</ref> One recording of a Replacements performance at a house party in January 1982, which was shut down by the Minneapolis police amid angry shouting from the partygoers, was used as the intro audio on the band's ''Stink'' EP.<ref name="CurrentKatzmanObit">{{cite news |first=Luke |last= Taylor |title= Longtime local music mainstay Terry Katzman has died |url= https://blog.thecurrent.org/2019/11/longtime-local-music-mainstay-terry-katzman-has-died/ |work=The Current Blog |date=9 November 2019 |access-date=9 November 2019 }}</ref> Katzman's archive of more than 100 live Hüsker Dü shows was used as the main source of the 2017 rarities collection ''Savage Young Dü''.<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite journal |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=5 September 2017 |title=Inside Husker Du's Early-Years Box Set Treasure Trove |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/inside-husker-dus-early-years-box-set-treasure-trove-195657/ |journal=Rolling Stone |location=San Francisco |access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref>
Katzman played a vital part in the independent record stores that supported the Twin Cities underground music scene, working at Oar Folkjokeopus Records starting at the dawn of the punk era in 1976,<ref name="StribKatzmanObit" /> and in 1985 founding his own store, Garage D'Or Records,<ref name="Earles2010" /> which he later expanded into a record label.<ref name="CurrentKatzmanObit" /> Garage D'Or released several CDs archiving live shows by seminal punk and New Wave-era Minneapolis bands, including the Suburbs' ''High Fidelity Boys - Live 1979'' and the Suicide Commandos' ''The Legendary KQRS Concert 1976''.<ref name="discogs_katzman">{{cite web|title=Terry Katzman|publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2019-11-09|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/265531-Terry-Katzman}}</ref>
Katzman also co-produced ''Lick'', the 1989 album by Boston alternative rock band The Lemonheads.
===Reflex Records discography=== ;Compilations *''Barefoot and Pregnant'' cassette compilation (1982) *''Kitten'' cassette compilation (1982)
;Hüsker Dü *"Statues" b/w "Amusement" 7" single (1981) *''Everything Falls Apart'' 12" LP (1983) *''Live Featuring J.C.'' (2008)<ref name="Earles2010Reflexdiscog">{{cite book|last=Earles|first=Andrew |title=Husker Du: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6K6l38haOK4C&pg=PT95|date=15 November 2010|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-1-61673-979-9|chapter="Appendix VIII: Reflex Records Discography"}}</ref>
;Rifle Sport *''Voice of Reason'' 12" LP (1983)
;Man Sized Action *''Claustrophobia'' 12" LP (1983)
;Final Conflict *''Final Conflict'' 7" four-song EP (1983)
;Ground Zero *''Ground Zero'' 12" LP (1983) *''Pink'' 12" LP (1985)
;Articles of Faith *''Give Thanks'' 12" LP (1983)
;Man Sized Action *''Five-Story Garage'' 12" LP (1984)
;Minutemen *''Tour-Spiel'' 7" four-song EP (1985)
===Garage D'Or Records discography=== ;Compilations *''Barefoot and Pregnant'' (1998), CD reissue of Reflex compilation *''Kitten'' (1998), CD reissue of Reflex compilation
;Baby Grant Johnson *''A Lonesome Road'' (1997) *''All Over Your Town'' (2000)
;The Suicide Commandos *''Suicide Commandos Commit Suicide Dance Concert 1978'' (2000) *''The Legendary KQRS Concert 1976'' (2007)
;Howlin' Andy Hound *''The Electric Dreams Of…'' (2001)
;The Bloodshot *''Wake Up And Die Right'' (2002) *''Straight Up'' (2004)
;The Summer People *''The Summer People'' (2002) *''Verge of a Breakdown'' (2004) *''Stranger Things Have Happened'' (2005)
;Mezzo Fist *''Can't Find My Habit'' (2005)
;The New Vintage *''The New Vintage'' (2006)
;The Suburbs *''High Fidelity Boys Live 1979'' (2006)
;Terry Eason *''Sentimental Vanity'' (2007)
;L7-3 *''Men of Distinction'' (2009)
;Man Sized Action *''Five Story Garage'' (2014), CD reissue of Reflex LP
;Otto's Chemical Lounge *''Trip Through Time'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Garage D'Or 2006 Catalog, in liner notes to High Fidelity Boys Live 1979 |title-link=The Suburbs (band) |year=2006 |type=booklet |publisher=Garage D'Or Records |id=Garage D'Or 017 |location=Minneapolis}}</ref><ref name="discogs_garagedor">{{cite web|title=Garage D'Or|publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2019-11-09|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/175936-Garage-DOr}}</ref>
==Death== Katzman died on November 8, 2019, at age 64.<ref name="StribKatzmanObit">{{cite news |last=Riemenschneider |first=Chris |url=https://www.startribune.com/hsker-d-and-replacements-sound-man-garage-d-or-operator-terry-katzman-dies/564736152/ |title=Hüsker Dü and Replacements sound tech, Garage D'Or operator Terry Katzman dies |work=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis-St. Paul |date=2019-11-10 |access-date=2019-11-11 }}</ref> He was survived by his wife, Penny, and two children.
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==External links== *[https://www.garagedor.com/ Garage D'Or Recording Company website]
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