From 1990 onwards he co-produced most releases by
Mercury Rev and
The Flaming Lips. Other bands he has worked with include
Weezer,
Saxon Shore,
Neon Indian,
Wolf Gang,
Ammonia,
Ed Harcourt,
Sparklehorse,
Creeper Lagoon,
Café Tacuba,
Creaming Jesus,
Elf Power,
Mogwai,
Thursday,
Longwave,
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs,
The Delgados,
Low,
OK Go,
Phantom Planet,
Gemma Hayes,
Ava Luna,
Tame Impala,
Goldrush,
Tapes 'n Tapes,
Baroness,
MGMT and
Magdalena Bay. As a musician, Fridmann was the bassist and a founding member of
Mercury Rev. He gave up his role as a touring member of the band in 1993 to concentrate on producing other artists. In 2001, Fridmann was included on
MOJO's 100 Sonic Visionaries list and was described as "the Phil Spector of the Alt-Rock era". In 2007, he received a Grammy for The Flaming Lips'
At War With The Mystics at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards (Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical). In 2010, three Fridmann-produced albums were listed on the
Rolling Stone 100 Best Albums of The Decade: MGMT's
Oracular Spectacular, The Flaming Lips'
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, and Sleater-Kinney's
The Woods. Fridmann is an occasional faculty member of
SUNY Fredonia, teaching sound recording techniques in the Fredonia School of Music. In 2017, Fridmann became the director for the Western New York Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps, where he plays the bass drum. The group disbanded in 2022. ==Discography==