Warren Defever is an American musician and producer who was born in Livonia, Michigan, in 1969. He is famous for his chameleonic project His Name Is Alive and for his extensive production and engineering work for artists including Iggy and the Stooges, Yoko Ono, and Thurston Moore. Defever achieved early professional recognition as the bassist for the psychobilly ensemble Elvis Hitler. He founded the home record label timeSTEREO and established the recording studios Brown Rice and The UFO Factory in Detroit. Since 2018, he has worked as a mastering engineer at Third Man Records, where his credits include mastering recordings for artists such as Jack White, Bob Dylan, and Prince. His discography with His Name Is Alive includes the studio recordings Livonia (1990), Home Is in Your Head (1991), Mouth by Mouth (1993), and Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth (2001).
