| Avast! Recording Company | |
| Founder: | Stuart Hallerman |
| Status: | Active |
| Genre: | Rock, grunge, hard rock, metal |
| Location: | Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
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, 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,[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.