The Blasting Room, Recording studio in Fort Collins, Colorado
The Blasting Room is a recording studio in Fort Collins, Colorado, with several recording rooms and on-site living quarters for artists. It is known for working with punk rock bands but also takes on projects in other genres.
The studio was founded in 1994 by Bill Stevenson, the drummer of Descendents and Black Flag, who wanted a dedicated space for the band ALL to record. Over the years it became a go-to studio for many bands in the punk and hardcore world.
The studio has deep roots in punk rock but works across many musical styles today. The engineers bring their passion for punk into every project, regardless of the genre being recorded.
The studio offers sleeping quarters on site, so artists can work over longer periods without commuting in and out each day. Because it is a working professional studio, visits are generally limited to those with a recording project booked.
Bill Stevenson, who co-founded the studio, still records there regularly as a drummer and producer decades after it opened. Several albums made at the studio have gone on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies, which is rare for a studio built around underground music.
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