Now known as Studio X, but previously known as both Bad Animals Studio and Kaye-Smith Studios.
From 1991 until 1997, sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart owned the studio along with Steve Lawson, the owner of Kaye-Smith and named it Bad Animals
after Heart’s 1987 album of the same name. In 1997 the sisters sold their part of the ownership back to Steve who renamed it Studio X.
Notable Recordings Made At Studio X/Bad Animals/Kaye-Smith Include:
Little Queen by Heart
Bébé le Strange by Heart
Private Audition by Heart
Desire Walks On by Heart
Fanatic by Heart
Superunknown by Soundgarden
King Animal by Soundgarden
Down on the Upside by Soundgarden
Vitalogy by Pearl Jam
Lightning Bolt by Pearl Jam
Yield by Pearl Jam
Riot Act by Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam by Pearl Jam
Mirror Ball by Neil Young
Into the Wild by Eddie Vedder
Ukulele Songs by Eddie Vedder
Alice in Chains by Alice in Chains
Rainier Fog by Alice in Chains
New Adventures in Hi-Fi by R.E.M.
Audioslave by Audioslave
Deftones by Deftones
Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie
The Heist by Macklemore & Ryan
M.I.U. by The Beach Boys
Bette Midler by Bette Midler
Bad Animals Studios
2214 4th Ave
Seattle WA 98121
Had the pleasure of standing in a place of musical magic in 2000 with a nice man who let me stand in the recording side alone while flyingbling negotiated a mix deal that sadly never came to be … if we only knew that it really is about choices in life .
Thank you again for the memories of that moment as I can still smell the room while looking at Kurt’s carver and thinking I’m in a really special place.. boy was I right.
Flyingblind was the artists I was with …rh