Avast! Recording Company is a music recording studio 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 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 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 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 2015: Twelvefour by The Paper Kites 2020: Making a Door Less Open by Car Seat Headrest 2023: Routine for Now by The Whags 2024: Rose Peak by Rose Peak
See also Grunge
References
External links AvastRecording.com