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."Stuart Hallerman: Avast! Studio"
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and involved in the grunge movement coming out of Seattle at the time. 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

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, Built to Spill, Steve Fisk,

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, and

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. The so-called "Avast! Classic" studio, located at 1325 N 46th St., operated through 2008, 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.

Recording history

*1990: ''Crime Pays When Pigs Die'' by Christ on a Crutch *1990: "Gravity Bill" by

*1990: " Room A Thousand Years Wide" b/w "H.I.V. Baby" by

*1991: "

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" by Soundgarden *1992: ''

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'' by Willard *1992: '' Pussy Whipped'' by

*1992: ''

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*1992: '' Chow Down'' by

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*1994: ''

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" by

*1996: ''The American Fadeout'' by Stuntman *1997: ''

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'' by

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*1997: ''

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'' by Built to Spill *1998: '' The Hot Rock'' by

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*2001: ''Space Country'' by Neo *2003: ''

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'' by

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*2005: ''

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'' by Death Cab For Cutie *2006: '' Everything All the Time'' by

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*2007: '' Cease To Begin'' by

*2007: ''

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'' by

*2008: '' We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed'' by Los Campesinos! *2008: ''The Lucky Ones'' by

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*2012: '' The Heist'' by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis *2014: ''

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*2015: ''

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*2020: ''

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'' by

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Recording history

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