Kevin Churko

Kevin Churko
Kevin Churko
Background information
Birth name	Kevin Gregory Churko
Born	19 January 1968 (age 56); Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Genres	Rock; heavy metal; country; pop;
Occupations	Producer; audio engineer; musician;
Instruments	Bass; drums;
Years active	1980s–present
Website	kevinchurko.com

Kevin Gregory Churko (born 19 January 1968) is a Canadian record producer, sound engineer and musician best known for his work with artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Papa Roach, Modern Science, Five Finger Death Punch, Disturbed, In This Moment, Shania Twain, Hellyeah and Skillet. He currently resides in Las Vegas, where he works out of his private studio, "The Hideout".^[1] He is the father of Kane Churko.

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Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2008	"I Don't Wanna Stop" / "God Bless the Almighty Dollar" – Ozzy Osbourne	Juno Award Recording Engineer of the Year^[2]	Won
2008	"I Don't Wanna Stop" / "God Bless the Almighty Dollar" – Ozzy Osbourne	Juno Award Jack Richardson Producer of the Year^[2]	Nominated
2008	"I Don't Wanna Stop" – Ozzy Osbourne	Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance^[3]	Nominated
2009	"Disappearing" / "The Big Bang" – Simon Collins	Juno Award Recording Engineer of the Year^[2]	Won
2010	"Look Where You're Walking" – Modern Science / "The Dream" – In This Moment	Juno Award Jack Richardson Producer of the Year^[2]	Nominated
2010	"Scream" – Ozzy Osbourne	Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance^[3]	Nominated
2011	"Let It Die" / "Life Won't Wait" – Ozzy Osbourne	Juno Award Recording Engineer of the Year^[2]	Won
2012	"American Capitalist" – Five Finger Death Punch	Revolver Golden Gods Awards Album of the Year^[4]	Nominated
2012	"American Capitalist" – Five Finger Death Punch	Radio Contraband Rock Radio Awards Album of the Year^[5]	Won
2012	"Coming Down" – Five Finger Death Punch	Radio Contraband Rock Radio Awards Song of the Year^[5]	Won
2013	"The Wrong Side of Heaven Vol. 1" – Five Finger Death Punch	Loudwire Music Awards Rock Album of the Year^[6]	Nominated
2013	"Life Me Up" – Five Finger Death Punch	Loudwire Music Awards Rock Song of the Year^[6]	Nominated
2013	"Blood" – In This Moment / "Coming Down" – Five Finger Death Punch	Juno Award Recording Engineer of the Year^[2]	Won
2013	"Blood / Adrenalize" – In This Moment	Juno Award Jack Richardson Producer of the Year^[2]	Nominated
2014	"The Wrong Side of Heaven" – Five Finger Death Punch / "Stardust" – Gemini Syndrome	Juno Award Recording Engineer of the Year^[2]	Nominated
2014	"The Wrong Side of Heaven Vol. 1" – Five Finger Death Punch	Revolver Golden Gods Album of the Year^[7]	Nominated
2014	"Lift Me Up" – Five Finger Death Punch	Revolver Golden Gods Song of the Year^[7]	Won
2014	"The Wrong Side of Heaven Vol. 1" – Five Finger Death Punch	Bandit Rock Awards Best International Album^[8]	Won
2015	"Got Your Six" – Five Finger Death Punch	Loundwire Music Awards Best Rock Album^[9]	Nominated
2015	"Wash It All Away" – Five Finger Death Punch	Loudwire Music Awards Best Rock Song^[9]	Nominated
2015	"Immortalized" – Disturbed	SiriusXM Octane Music Awards Album of the Year^[10]	Won
2017	"The Sound of Silence" – Disturbed	Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance^[11]	Nominated
2017	"The Sound of Silence" – Disturbed	iHeartRadio Music Awards Rock Song of the Year^[10]	Nominated
2017	"The Sound of Silence" – Disturbed	iHeartRadio Music Awards Best Cover Song of the Year^[10]	Nominated
2017	"The Sound of Silence" – Disturbed	Loudwire Music Awards Best Rock Song^[9]	Nominated
2017	"Unleashed" – Skillet	Dove's Rock/Contemporary Album^[12]	Nominated
2018	"Unleashed Beyond" – Skillet	Dove's Rock/Contemporary Album^[13]	Won
2019	"And Justice for None..." – Five Finger Death Punch	Bandit rock Awards Best International Album^[14]	Won
2020	"Victorious" – Skillet	Dove's Rock/Contemporary Album^[15]	Won
2021	"The In-Between" – In This Moment	Grammy's Best Metal Performance^[16]	Nominated

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2000 – Britney Spears – Oops!... I Did It Again^[17]
2000 – The Corrs – In Blue^[17]
2002 – Shania Twain – Up^[17]
2002 – Michael Bolton – Only a Woman Like You^[17]
2002 – Celine Dion – A New Day Has Come^[18]
2004 – Robert Downey Jr. – The Futurist^[17]
2005 – Ozzy Osbourne – Under Cover^[17]
2005 – Ringo Starr – Choose Love^[19]
2007 – Ozzy Osbourne – Black Rain
2008 – Simon Collins – U-Catastrophe
2008 – In This Moment – The Dream
2009 – Modern Science – Modern Science
2009 – Five Finger Death Punch – War Is the Answer
2010 – Ozzy Osbourne – Scream
2010 – In This Moment – A Star-Crossed Wasteland
2010 – Slash – Slash
2010 – Hinder – All American Nightmare^[20]
2011 – Emerson Drive – Decade of Drive^[17]
2011 – Five Finger Death Punch – American Capitalist
2012 – Kobra and the Lotus – Kobra and the Lotus^[17]
2012 – In This Moment – Blood^[21]
2013 – Rob Zombie – Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor^[17]
2013 – Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 1
2013 – Asking Alexandria – From Death to Destiny
2013 – Five Finger Death Punch – The Wrong Side of Heaven and the Righteous Side of Hell, Volume 2
2013 – Gemini Syndrome – Lux
2014 – Ozzy Osbourne – Memoirs of a Madman^[17]
2014 – Hellyeah – Blood for Blood
2014 – In This Moment – Black Widow^[22]
2015 – Papa Roach – F.E.A.R
2015 – Apocalyptica – Shadowmaker
2015 – Disturbed –Immortalized^[23]^[21]
2015 – Five Finger Death Punch – Got Your Six
2015 – Escape the Fate – Hate Me
2016 – Hellyeah – Undeniable
2016 – Skillet – Unleashed
2016 – Gemini Syndrome – Memento Mori
2017 – In This Moment – Ritual
2018 – Five Finger Death Punch – And Justice for None
2018 – Halestorm – Vicious
2018 – Disturbed – Evolution
2019 – Hellyeah – Welcome Home^[24]
2019 – Skillet – Victorious
2020 – Five Finger Death Punch – F8
2020 – In This Moment – Mother^[25]
2020 – Cory Marks – Who I Am
2021 – Ded – School of Thought
2022 – Skillet – Dominion
2022 – Five Finger Death Punch – AfterLife
TBA – Five Finger Death Punch – The Way of the Fist: 15th Anniversary Re-recording
2025 - Five Finger Death Punch - TBA

[1]
"Kevin Churko". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
[2]
"Winners + Nominees".
[3]
"Ozzy Osbourne". 23 November 2020.
[4]
"And the Nominees for the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Are… | Metal Insider". 15 February 2012.
[5]
"METALLICA, SLIPKNOT, LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON Among KERRANG! AWARDS Nominees". July 2009.
[6]
"Best Rock Album of 2013 – 3rd Annual Loudwire Music Awards". Loudwire. 6 January 2014.
[7]
Shaw, Zach (24 April 2014). "And the winners of the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Awards are…". Metal Insider.
[8]
"FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Honored at Sweden's BANDIT ROCK AWARDS". 10 March 2014.
[9]
"5th Annual Loudwire Music Awards: Complete Winners List". Loudwire. December 2015.
[10]
2017 iheartradio music awards nominees
[11]
"Disturbed". 23 November 2020.
[12]
"2017 Winners | the 50th Annual GMA Dove Awards". Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
[13]
"2018 Winners | The 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards". doveawards.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018.
[14]
"Vinnarna I Bandit Rock Awards 2019!". 16 February 2019.
[15]
"2020 Nominees | the 52nd Annual GMA Dove Awards". Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
[16]
"2021 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners List". 24 November 2020.
[17]
"Kevin Churko". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
[18]
^{[dead link]}
[19]
Choose Love (Booklet). Ringo Starr. Koch, Koch Entertainment LP. 2005. KOC-CD-9919, KOC-CD-9950.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
[20]
"Hinder's Austin Winkler talks "The All-American Nightmare"". SoundSpike. 7 September 2010. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
[21]
Kevin Churko. "Kevin Churko | Compositions". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
[22]
Jeff Cornell (9 September 2014). "In This Moment Unveil New Album Details, New Single + Tour". Loudwire. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
[23]
"Disturbed Return With New Song, Announce New Album". Loudwire. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
[24]
"Hellyeah To Release 'Welcome Home' Album In September". Blabbermouth.net. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
[25]
"In This Moment Announces Spring 2020 Tour With Black Veil Brides, Ded And Raven Black". Blabbermouth.net. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.

Media related to Kevin Churko at Wikimedia Commons

[1] [1]
"Kevin Churko". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[Juno-2] [2]
"Winners + Nominees".

[Grammy-3] [3]
"Ozzy Osbourne". 23 November 2020.

[4] [4]
"And the Nominees for the 2012 Revolver Golden Gods Are… | Metal Insider". 15 February 2012.

[Blabbermouth-5] [5]
"METALLICA, SLIPKNOT, LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON Among KERRANG! AWARDS Nominees". July 2009.

[Loudwire-6] [6]
"Best Rock Album of 2013 – 3rd Annual Loudwire Music Awards". Loudwire. 6 January 2014.

[MetalInsider2014-7] [7]
Shaw, Zach (24 April 2014). "And the winners of the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Awards are…". Metal Insider.

[8] [8]
"FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Honored at Sweden's BANDIT ROCK AWARDS". 10 March 2014.

[Loudwire5th-9] [9]
"5th Annual Loudwire Music Awards: Complete Winners List". Loudwire. December 2015.

[iheartradio2017-10] [10]
2017 iheartradio music awards nominees

[11] [11]
"Disturbed". 23 November 2020.

[12] [12]
"2017 Winners | the 50th Annual GMA Dove Awards". Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

[13] [13]
"2018 Winners | The 49th Annual GMA Dove Awards". doveawards.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018.

[14] [14]
"Vinnarna I Bandit Rock Awards 2019!". 16 February 2019.

[15] [15]
"2020 Nominees | the 52nd Annual GMA Dove Awards". Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2020.

[16] [16]
"2021 GRAMMYs Awards Show: Complete Winners List". 24 November 2020.

[allmusic1-17] [17]
"Kevin Churko". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[18] [18]
^{[dead link]}

[19] [19]
Choose Love (Booklet). Ringo Starr. Koch, Koch Entertainment LP. 2005. KOC-CD-9919, KOC-CD-9950.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[20] [20]
"Hinder's Austin Winkler talks "The All-American Nightmare"". SoundSpike. 7 September 2010. Archived from the original on 9 September 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[autogenerated1-21] [21]
Kevin Churko. "Kevin Churko | Compositions". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[22] [22]
Jeff Cornell (9 September 2014). "In This Moment Unveil New Album Details, New Single + Tour". Loudwire. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[23] [23]
"Disturbed Return With New Song, Announce New Album". Loudwire. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.

[24] [24]
"Hellyeah To Release 'Welcome Home' Album In September". Blabbermouth.net. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.

[25] [25]
"In This Moment Announces Spring 2020 Tour With Black Veil Brides, Ded And Raven Black". Blabbermouth.net. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.

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