Catamount Recording Studio is a professional music recording studio in Cedar Falls, Iowa.[1] [2] [3] Tom Tatman, Rick Bisbey and Bill Barker established the studio as a rehearsal and recording space for their band, Headstone.[4] In 1980 the studio opened to the public and has since worked with many national bands including American rock band Stone Sour. Tatman serves as the studio's producer and chief engineer.[5] Catamount Recording Studio exclusively records musicians and albums.[2]
Tom Tatman, Rick Bisbey and Bill Barker founded Catamount Recording Studio as a rehearsal and recording space for their band, Headstone.[3] In 1980, the band broke up and the studio was opened to the public.[5] In 1994, Kansas City's New Times publication named Tom Tatman and Catamount Recording Studio the "best area producer and studio."[6]
Catamount Recording Studio relocated to a larger facility designed by Carl Yanchar in Cedar Falls, Iowa in February 2002.[2] [4] Yanchar has designed recording studios including The Plant, Mad Hatter, Lion Share, CBS Studios and Capitol Recording Studios.[7] Stone Sour was one of Catamount Recording Studio's first clients to record an album at the new studio. That album yielded three hit singles, two Grammy Award nominations and a gold record.[1] [5]
Thirty-six nationally distributed albums have been recorded and mixed at the recording studio.[6] In 2015, Catamount Recording Studio was inducted into the Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.[8]