Avast! Recording Company
| Avast! Recording Company | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | Stuart Hallerman |
| Status | active recording studio |
| Genre | Rock, grunge, hard rock, metal |
| Location | Seattle, Washington |
Avast! Recording Company is a music recording studio in Seattle, Washington,[1][2] established in 1990 by the producer Stuart Hallerman.[3] He was soundman for Soundgarden and involved in the grunge movement coming out of the city.[4] since then recorded a number of artists, including Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Built to Spill, Steve Fisk, Bikini Kill, and Supersuckers. The first CD release was Crime Pays When Pigs Die of the "Christ on a Crutch" project by Nate Mendel and Eric Akre.[2]
Initially located at 1325 N 46th St. and active as of 1990, the so-called "Avast! Classic" studio ran through 2008.[5] The present studio was set up in 2005 at 601 NW 80th St. and features two separate units: Studios A & B. The use of this building as a studio dates back to 1978. Some rooms are still as original, others have been modernized.
Recording history
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- 1990: Crime Pays When Pigs Die by Christ on a Crutch
- 1990: "Gravity Bill" by Supersuckers
- 1990: "Room A Thousand Years Wide b/w H.I.V. Baby" by Soundgarden
- 1991: Rusty Cage by Soundgarden
- 1992: Pussy Whipped by Bikini Kill
- 1992: Frenching the Bully by The Gits
- 1992: Chow Down by 7 Year Bitch
- 1995: Fell On Black Days by Soundgarden
- 1997: The Lonesome Crowded West by Modest Mouse
- 2001: Space Country by Neo
- 2003: Transatlanticism by Death Cab For Cutie
- 2005: Plans by Death Cab For Cutie
- 2006: Everything All the Time by Band Of Horses
- 2007: Cease To Begin by Band Of Horses
- 2008: We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed by Los Campesinos!
- 2008: The Lucky Ones by Mudhoney
- 2014: Primitive and Deadly by Earth[6]
- 2015: Twelvefour by The Paper Kites
See also
References
- ↑ Avast! home page
- 1 2 "Stuart Hallerman: Avast! Studio", Tape Op, Book 2, ISBN 0977990303, 2010, pp. 154-155
- ↑ "Stuart Hallerman | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ↑ Yarm, Mark (2011-09-08). Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge. Faber & Faber. p. 56. ISBN 9780571276509.
- ↑ Pecknold, Aja (July 31, 2007). "Best Escape From A&R Reps: Stuart Hallerman". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ↑ "Earth recruit Mark Lanegan for tenth album Primitive and Deadly, two reissues also on the way". Fact. May 30, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.