Before working in music production and engineering, Brockbank was a member of the 1970s
folk rock band Wooden Horse then later the
new wave band
the Hitmen. As well as working alongside
Nick Lowe, Brockbank also played instruments and produced albums for many other notable bands and artists including
Mary Coughlan,
Alison Moyet,
Tanita Tikaram,
Bryan Ferry,
Martin Belmont,
Geoffrey Williams,
the Bolshoi,
Ocean Colour Scene,
Sterling Roswell,
Geraint Watkins,
My Darling Clementine, Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip,
Norman Bergen,
Jim Lauderdale and
PictureHouse. In 2004, Brockbank founded the Goldtop Studio, set up at
Jungle Records' old vinyl warehouse (in which Goldtop Recordings is a label imprint of Jungle) in
Chalk Farm Road,
Camden which he ran along with Paul Laventhol and
Bobby Irwin. After the Chalk Farm premises were vacated, the studio reopened as Goldtop at Gravity Shack,
Tooting Bec in 2011. Brockbank died on 30 May 2017, after a short battle with cancer. ==References==