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🏛️ Historic Recording Studio Est. 1994 📍 Fort Collins, Colorado, USA 7 Landmark Records

The Blasting Room

Founder: Bill Stevenson & Jason Livermore

Chief Engineers: Bill Stevenson, Jason Livermore, Andrew Berlin, Chris Beeble

Active Era: 1994 – Present

🔊 Acoustic Lore & Room Character

Known worldwide for its custom-tuned drum room with vaulted ceilings and diffused wood paneling. The studio’s signature kick-drum punch and razor-sharp snare transient response became the platinum standard for punk rock, melodic hardcore, and metalcore.

🎚️ Equipment & Tracking Philosophy

Equipped with an SSL 4000 series console, Studer A827 24-track tape machines, and state-of-the-art digital converters. Stevenson and Livermore pioneered a hybrid workflow marrying the warmth of analog tracking with the surgical precision of modern digital editing.

Landmark Records Tracked at The Blasting Room

Seminal albums recorded in this acoustic space

1996 Bill Stevenson

Descendents

Everything Sucks

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔
2003 Bill Stevenson

Rise Against

Revolutions Per Minute

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔
2006 Bill Stevenson

Rise Against

The Sufferer & the Witness

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔
2009 Bill Stevenson

Propagandhi

Supporting Caste

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔
2000 Bill Stevenson

Alkaline Trio

Maybe I'll Catch Fire

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔
2002 Bill Stevenson

Hot Water Music

Caution

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔
2007 Bill Stevenson

A Wilhelm Scream

Career Suicide

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔