The go-to producers for the teen-centric pop-punk of Fall Out Boy, the Academy Is… and Cobra Starship have very simple tools of the trade. “It’s just a room with some guitars, a bong and a vocal booth,” explains Dave “Sluggo” Katz, one half of the in-demand team. Click below for more on S*A*M and Sluggo, and click above to check out the duo describing the albums that inspired them.

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