Recording studio in Hollywood, California
Westbeach Recorders![]() |
| Industry | Music (recording) |
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| Genre | Punk rock |
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| Founded | 1985 in Culver City, California |
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| Founder | Brett Gurewitz |
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| Defunct | May 12, 2010 (2010-05-12) |
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| Fate | Dissolved |
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| Headquarters | 6035 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California , |
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Westbeach Recorders was a recording studio in Hollywood, California famous for recording punk rock groups, such as Bad Religion, Avenged Sevenfold,[2] 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,[3] 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.[4] In a back room closet at this location, Epitaph Records had its first office.[3][5]
Donnell Cameron became a partner in 1988 and was the studio owner/engineer until May 12, 2010, when Westbeach Recorders went out of business.
References
- ^ Recording Industry Sourcebook, Ascona Communications, 1998, ISBN 9780918371249
- ^ "Avenged Sevenfold – Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (CD)". Discogs.
- ^ a b Buhrmester, Jason (November 1, 2010), "Against the Grain: the oral history of Epitaph Records", Spin, archived from the original on March 29, 2015
- ^ "Rothrock and Schnapf find dual purpose as producers, label owners", Billboard, p. 41, May 4, 1996
- ^ Diehl, Matt (2013), My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, The Distillers, Bad Religion—How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived into the Mainstream, St. Martin's Griffin, p. 171, ISBN 9781466853065
