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'''Studio X''' (formerly known as '''Bad Animals Studio''' and '''Kaye-Smith Studios''') is a music and media [[recording studio]] on 4th Avenue in [[downtown Seattle]]. It was founded as '''Steve Lawson Productions''' by Steve and Debbie Lawson in 1979.<ref name=Billboard1995>{{CitationCite magazine |author=Phalen, Tom |contribution= |date=25 November 1995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA69 |title=Seattle's history as studio Mecca predates grunge |journalmagazine=Billboard |editor= |edition= |issn=0006-2510 |volume=107 |issue=47 |page=69 |placearchive-url= |publisherhttps://web.archive.org/web/20181009110803/https://books.google.com/books?id=Pw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69 |url-status=live |accessdatearchive-date=October |authorlink=9, 2018|archiveurl=|archivedateaccess-date=October 9, 2018}}.</ref>) is a music and media [[recording studio]] on 4th Avenue in [[downtown Seattle|downtown]] [[Seattle, Washington]], United States. Originally part of the [https://www.kayesmith.com/ Kaye-Smith Enterprises] media conglomerate founded by Lester Smith and actor [[Danny Kaye]], the studio was used to record commercials and musicians. The studio was re-launched as '''Steve Lawson Productions''' by Steve and Debbie Lawson in 1979.<ref name=Billboard1995/> The sisters [[Ann Wilson|Ann]] and [[Nancy Wilson (rock musician)|Nancy Wilson]] of the band [[Heart (band)|Heart]] owned the studio from 1991 until 1997, and named it ''Bad Animals'' after their 1987 album [[Bad Animals|of the same name]]. Artists such as [[Heart (band)|Heart]], [[Alice in Chains]], [[Pearl Jam]], [[Soundgarden]], [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[Queensrÿche]], [[Mad Season (band)|Mad Season]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Audioslave]], [[Aerosmith]], [[RadioheadThe Beach Boys]], [[R.E.M.Jerry Cantrell]], [[DeftonesEddie Vedder]], [[SoulflyDuff McKagan]], [[NeilJohnny YoungCash]], [[EddieB.B. VedderKing]], [[JerryRadiohead]], Cantrell[[R.E.M.]], [[DuffDeftones]], McKagan[[Soulfly]], [[JohnnySteve CashVai]], [[B.B. KingKMFDM]], and [[SteveNeil VaiYoung]] have recorded albums at the studio.<ref name="clients">{{Cite web |url=http://www.studioxinc.com/projects/ |title=Clients - Studio X |website=studioxinc.com}}</ref>

In 1991, [[Nancy Wilson (rock musician)|Nancy]] and [[Ann Wilson]] of the band [[Heart (band)|Heart]] entered into a partnership with Steve Lawson, who owned Kaye-Smith Studios where many of their 1970s hits, as well as their 1980 album ''[[Bébé le Strange]]'', had been recorded.<ref>{{cite journal|workjournal=[[Mix (magazine)|Mix]]|issn=0164-9957|ppage=169|issue=1–6|volume=22|title=Heart|publisher=Mix Publications}}</ref> They upgraded the facility to the state-of-the-art, and renamed it Bad Animals Studio. The studio was named after Heart's 1987 album, ''[[Bad Animals]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19911007&slug=1309529 |title=Recording Studio Just A `'Heart' Beat Away |last=Updike |first=Robin |date=October 7, 1991 |website=The Seattle Times}}</ref> Ann and Nancy sold the studio back to the Lawsons in 1997, and it was renamed Studio X.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mobygames.com/company/bad-animals-inc |title=Bad Animals, Inc |website=Moby Games}}</ref>

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* ''[[Into the Wild (soundtrack)|Into the Wild]]'' (2007) – [[Eddie Vedder]]<ref name="into the wild">{{cite web|title=Into the Wild [Original Soundtrack] – Eddie Vedder|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/into-the-wild-original-soundtrack-mw0000492981|website=AllMusic}}</ref>

* ''[[Fanatic (album)|Fanatic]]'' (2012) – [[Heart (band)|Heart]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Fanatic – Heart|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fanatic-mw0002410237|website=AllMusic}}</ref>

* ''[[Satyricon (Satyricon album)|Satyricon]]'' (2013) – [[Satyricon (band)|Satyricon]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Satyricon – Satyricon|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/satyricon-mw0002562873|website=AllMusic}}</ref>

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