11 Incredible Albums Recorded at the Legendary Blasting Room

While the word "iconic" is thrown around far too much, it definitely applies to the Blasting Room, the Fort Collins recording studio founded by Descendents and ALL drummer Bill Stevenson in 1994. Numerous punk-rock heavyweights such as NOFX and Bad Religion have made the trek to the legendary music institution to record, and it has also become the home base to a large number of Colorado bands, including Reno Divorce, Flobots and Teenage Bottlerocket.

Musicians have made some of their best music throughout the history of the Blasting Room, and some might even consider the studio a breakthrough location in their recording career: Rise Against's first Blasting Room album reached the Billboard Top 10 and garnered international acclaim. Others, like Mustard Plug, have realized the Blasting Room is the only place to record: "Every time we don’t go there, we’re slightly disappointed," the band's lead singer told us. "And when we do go there, we’re happy with it.”

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