Watchmen Recording Studios
The front entrance to Watchmen Studios
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| Industry | Music production |
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| Genre | Various (rock, shoegaze, dream pop, metal, goth, etc.) |
| Founded | Lockport, New York (1995) |
| Founder | Doug White |
| Services | Recording studio, music production |
| Website | Official website |
Watchmen Recording Studios is a music recording facility owned and operated by Doug White, located in Lockport, New York, USA. The studio opened to the public in 1995, and as of 2013 over 4000 bands and artists have recorded at the location. These include regional and national acts such as Gym Class Heroes, Psyopus, The Bunny The Bear, and Brutal Truth, as well as labels such as Relapse Records, Victory Records, Metal Blade Records, Willowtip Records and Century Media Records.
Watchmen Studios was founded by musician and producer Doug White in 1989, after he returned home to Western New York from The Art Institute of Atlanta with an associate degree in Audio Engineering and Music Management.
The studio originated in White's parent's basement, where he and his band mates at the time built a small facility to do their own recording. White's band's name was the Watchmen. Because only his band was recording at the time, the studio itself inherited the name. A few years later the business went commercial as Watchmen Studios and the name stuck.
The Watchmen disbanded with some members going on to form Snapcase, while White stayed on with recording, building up a base of clients. In 1995 he moved the studio permanently into a commercial building in Lockport, creating a small eight room studio.
The band Lemuria recorded all their albums as of 2008 in the studio, including 2007's Get Better.
Doug White was given two awards from the RIAA for 1,000,000 copies sold for the single "Cupid's Chokehold" by the band Gym Class Heroes. The other award presented to White was for 500,000 copies sold of the Gym Class Hero's album As Cruel as School Children (2006). White also produced the debut album ...For the Kids for the Gym Class Heroes.
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