Avast! Recording Company is a music recording studio in Seattle, Washington.[1][2] It was established in 1990 by producer Stuart Hallerman,[3] who was soundman for Soundgarden and involved in the grunge movement coming out of Seattle at the time.[4] The first CD released by Avast! was Crime Pays When Pigs Die by Nate Mendel and Eric Akre's Christ on a Crutch project,[2] and the company has since worked with a number of other artists, including Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, Built to Spill, Steve Fisk, Bikini Kill, and Supersuckers.
| Avast! Recording Company | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | Stuart Hallerman |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Rock, grunge, hard rock, metal |
| Location | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
The so-called "Avast! Classic" studio, located at 1325 N 46th St., operated through 2008,[5] and 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, and some rooms are still as they originally were, while others have been modernized.
Recording history
edit- 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
- 1990: "Rest In Pieces" by R.I.P.
- 1991: "Rusty Cage" by Soundgarden
- 1992: Steel Mill by Willard
- 1992: Pussy Whipped by Bikini Kill
- 1992: Frenching the Bully by The Gits
- 1992: Chow Down by 7 Year Bitch
- 1993: Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version by Earth
- 1994: New Plastic Ideas by Unwound
- 1994: Vulgaris by Vulgaris
- 1995: "Fell On Black Days" by Soundgarden
- 1996: The American Fadeout by Stuntman
- 1997: The Lonesome Crowded West by Modest Mouse
- 1997: Perfect from Now On by Built to Spill
- 1998: The Hot Rock by Sleater-Kinney[6]
- 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
- 2007: Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
- 2008: We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed by Los Campesinos!
- 2008: The Lucky Ones by Mudhoney
- 2012: The Heist by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
- 2014: Primitive and Deadly by Earth[7]
- 2015: Twelvefour by The Paper Kites
- 2020: Making a Door Less Open by Car Seat Headrest
- 2023: Routine For Now by The Whags
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Home". Avast! Recording Co.
- ^ a b "Stuart Hallerman: Avast! Studio", Tape Op, Book 2, ISBN 0977990303, 2010, pp. 154-155
- ^ "Stuart Hallerman | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ^ Yarm, Mark (September 8, 2011). Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge. Faber & Faber. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-571-27650-9.
- ^ Pecknold, Aja (July 31, 2007). "Best Escape From A&R Reps: Stuart Hallerman". Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on January 30, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ^ Sleater-Kinney (1999). The Hot Rock (CD booklet). Olympia, Washington: Kill Rock Stars. KRS #321.
- ^ "Earth recruit Mark Lanegan for tenth album Primitive and Deadly, two reissues also on the way". Fact. May 30, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
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