Avast! Recording Company is a music
recording studio
A recording studio is a specialized facility for sound recording, mixing, and audio production of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds. They range in size from a small in-home project studio large enoug ...
in
Seattle, Washington.
["Stuart Hallerman: Avast! Studio"]
'' Tape Op, Book 2'', , 2010, pp. 154-155 It was established in 1990 by producer Stuart Hallerman, who was soundman for
Soundgarden and involved in the grunge movement coming out of Seattle at the time. The first CD released by Avast! was ''Crime Pays When Pigs Die'' by
Nate Mendel and Eric Akre's Christ on a Crutch project,
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
The Supersuckers are an American rock band, formed in 1988, whose music ranges from alternative rock to country rock to cowpunk. AllMusic describes the band as "the bastard sons of Foghat, AC/DC, and ZZ Top after being weaned on punk rock, unafra ...
.
The so-called "Avast! Classic" studio, located at 1325 N 46th St., operated through 2008, 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
*1990: ''Crime Pays When Pigs Die'' by Christ on a Crutch
*1990: "Gravity Bill" by
Supersuckers
The Supersuckers are an American rock band, formed in 1988, whose music ranges from alternative rock to country rock to cowpunk. AllMusic describes the band as "the bastard sons of Foghat, AC/DC, and ZZ Top after being weaned on punk rock, unafra ...
*1990: "
Room A Thousand Years Wide" b/w "H.I.V. Baby" by
Soundgarden
*1991: "
Rusty Cage" by Soundgarden
*1992: ''
Steel Mill
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'' by Willard
*1992: ''
Pussy Whipped'' by
Bikini Kill
*1992: ''
Frenching the Bully'' by
The Gits
*1992: ''
Chow Down'' by
7 Year Bitch
*1994: ''
New Plastic Ideas'' by
Unwound
*1994
Vulgarisb
Vulgaris*1995: "
Fell On Black Days" by
Soundgarden
*1996: ''The American Fadeout'' by Stuntman
*1997: ''
The Lonesome Crowded West '' by
Modest Mouse
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*1997: ''
Perfect from Now On'' by
Built to Spill
*1998: ''
The Hot Rock'' by
Sleater-Kinney
*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
Mudhoney is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1988, following the demise of Green River. Its members are singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison and drummer Dan Peters. Orig ...
*2012: ''
The Heist'' by
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
*2014: ''
Primitive and Deadly
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'' by
Earth
*2015: ''
Twelvefour'' by
The Paper Kites
*2020: ''
Making a Door Less Open
''Making a Door Less Open'' is the twelfth album by American indie rock band Car Seat Headrest. It was released on May 1, 2020, via Matador Records. The album serves as the band's fourth for the label and the second to consist of newly written mat ...
'' by
Car Seat Headrest
Car Seat Headrest (CSH) is an American indie rock band formed in Leesburg, Virginia, and currently located in Seattle, Washington. The band consists of Will Toledo (vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizers), Ethan Ives (guitar, bass, backing vocals) ...
See also
*
Grunge
Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture that emerged during the in the American Pacific Northwest state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns. Grunge fuses elements of p ...
References
External links
AvastRecording.com
Recording studios in Washington (state)
Companies based in Seattle
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