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🏛️ Historic Recording Studio Est. 1985 📍 Hollywood, California, USA 5 Landmark Records

Westbeach Recorders

Founder: Brett Gurewitz & Donnell Cameron

Chief Engineers: Brett Gurewitz, Donnell Cameron

Active Era: 1985 – 2010

🔊 Acoustic Lore & Room Character

The birthplace of the 90s Southern California punk explosion. Bad Religion tracked their seminal holy trinity (Suffer, No Control, Against the Grain) here, and The Offspring recorded Smash here for roughly $20,000, which went on to sell over 11 million copies worldwide.

🎚️ Equipment & Tracking Philosophy

Built in a modest space on Boulevard Way and later Sunset Boulevard. Centered around a Trident Series 80 mixing console and 24-track 2-inch tape machines. Designed specifically to provide fast, punchy tracking at rates affordable for independent punk bands.

Landmark Records Tracked at Westbeach Recorders

Seminal albums recorded in this acoustic space

1988 Brett Gurewitz

Bad Religion

Suffer

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔
1994 Brett Gurewitz

The Offspring

Smash

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔
1994 Brett Gurewitz

Rancid

Let’s Go

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔
1995 Brett Gurewitz

Pennywise

About Time

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔
1992 Donnell Cameron

NOFX

White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean

Documented in Liner Notes Band Profile ➔