Westbeach Recorders Explained

Westbeach Recorders
Industry:Music (recording)
Genre:Punk rock
Fate:Dissolved
Founder:Brett Gurewitz
Hq Location:6035 Hollywood Boulevard
Hq Location City:Los Angeles, California
Hq Location Country:United States

Westbeach Recorders was a recording studio in Hollywood, California famous for recording punk rock groups, such as Bad Religion, Avenged Sevenfold,[1] NOFX, Rancid, The Offspring and Pennywise.

History

It was established in 1985 by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz in Culver City, California after he attended recording school, and re-located to Hollywood, California in February 1987. They moved for the final time in 1991 to the former location of Seymour Heller's Producer's Workshop studios on Hollywood Boulevard. In a back room closet at this location, Epitaph Records had its first office.

Donnell Cameron became a partner in 1988 and was the studio owner/engineer until May 12, 2010, when Westbeach Recorders went out of business.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Avenged Sevenfold – Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (CD). Discogs.