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Live From the legendary <a href='https://www.eastweststudios.com/' target='_blank'>EastWest Studios</a> in the heart of Los Angeles - the studio where timeless albums were made by The Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, the Beach Boys, Elvis and so many more.  With his recent move to L.A., Radiator King’s Adam Silvestri has teamed up with his long time collaborator, drummer and friend Brian Viglione (Dresden Dolls, Violent Femmes, NIN) to form a new lineup out on the West Coast consisting of Alex Burke on keys and Art Santora on bass. Tune in to see the debut performance of this new Radiator King lineup!

Radiator King Live from EastWest Studios In L.A.

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Known today as EastWest Studios the building at 6000 Sunset Blvd. has just about the most colorful history in recording studio lore. From humble beginnings to becoming a mecca for classic recording artists, the sound of the rooms now owned by Doug Roger’s EastWest company can be heard on some of the most important records of all time. Let’s dive into the lively history of the studio and learn what made it the important landmark it is today.

Originally built as a small grocery store called Cash Is King, the structure dates back all the way to 1933. During the 1940s, the building was used as a casino and changed names more than once in an effort to work around gambling and liquor laws of the time. By the end of the decade, the casino had folded and the building was once again repurposed, this time as a radio broadcast studio.

Things start to get more interesting (for recording purposes) when a man by the name of Bill Putnam purchases the building. Putnam, the founder of Universal Audio, was then known as the personal engineer of Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. Upon relocating to California in the late 50s, Bill had already purchased the neighboring 6050 address (known as United Recording Corporation) and combined the two into an immersive studio complex. The new United Western Recorders was born.

With his reputation for engineering excellent recordings as well as creating brilliant equipment designs, Putnam would build rooms that would change the landscape of music history forever. By hosting the aforementioned Sinatra, Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, Ray Charles, and so many more, United Western Recorders racked up an untouchable resume.

“There was a lot of Frank Sinatra recorded in Studio 1, which is our large studio,” says EastWest Studio Manager Candace Stewart. “In Studio 2, a lot of TV themes, we did all of the music for The Monkees, The Partridge Family, I Dream of Jeanie, stuff like that. That’s where the Wrecking Crew worked a lot; Carol Kaye, Mike Melvoin, Hal Blaine, Tommy Tedesco. In Studio 3, most notably, The Mamas and The Papas and a lot of the album Pet Sounds was recorded there.”

In the early 80s, Putnam would sell the buildings to renowned engineer Allen Sides, who renamed the studio Ocean Way Recording. The studio continued its run of hosting incredible artists such as The Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Tom Petty. By this point, it was safe to say that the studio originally pioneered by Putnam was officially a mecca for artists, engineers, and producers alike. Under the direction of Sides, the same rooms that once hosted Brian Wilson, Phil Spector, and Bing Crosby were now capturing the sonic flavors of Madonna, U2, and Michael Jackson.

As Sides turned his attention to studios in Nashville, he sold Ocean Way to Rick Adams; the facilities underwent another name change to Cello Studios. Keeping the momentum of its predecessors, Adams and Cello Studios hosted an even wider range of artists, including Blink-182, AFI, Muse, Weezer, and Jimmy Eat World. Cello continued to track hit after hit in the early 2000s but ultimately ended its run in 2005 when Rick Adams chose to close it down.

“What happened in 2005 when the studio closed was that it really was in danger,” says Candace. “I went to a lot of people to try and save it, and I’m grateful to all of them who tried to help me at that time. Thankfully, Doug Rogers came forward and he saved it and bought it in 2006.”

Making his name with the wildly popular EastWest Sounds virtual instrument and sample company, Doug Rogers had both the industry knowledge and financial backing to save the historic landmark. Over the next three years, the EastWest team painstakingly renovated the facilities, including new bathrooms, upgraded electrical, and several lounges to accommodate the clientele. “Doug had such an attention to detail,” states Candace. “The important part was that he had such a reverence for the acoustic designs for each studio, and he didn’t change the studios.”

Careful to preserve the aspects of the facility that made it famous and contributed to the classic sound of albums done there, Doug ensured top-notch consoles would stay in place; many of the classic pieces of gear were kept intact. By the time the studio reopened several years later, the building had undergone quite the facelift and was ready for the next recording session.

EastWest reopened with a bang in 2009, quickly racking up credits for the Rihanna album Rated R, recorded in Studio 3, and Frank Ocean’s much-acclaimed Channel Orange. By the end of the second decade of the 2000s, EastWest had acted as a musical home to modern icons like Justin Bieber and Michael Bublé, and brought back familiar faces like AFI, Muse, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

The tale of EastWest, and Cello Music, Ocean Way, and United Western Recorders before it, is nothing short of a staggering tale of musical excellence. This one building set the foundation for the history of recording and continues to break new ground sonically, and foster a culture of smashing successes.

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Somewhere between punk and blues – a porch and an alley – lies Radiator King, the performing/recording name of Boston native and Brooklyn based, Adam Silvestri. Established in 2011, Radiator King’s music shows influences from both Dylan and Strummer with a sound described by Boston blog Allston Pudding as something akin to what “Tom Waits locked in a room for a month with nothing but a copy of Springsteen’s Nebraska” might produce. Whether alone with a guitar or backed by a band, Radiator King embodies the raw energy of punk, the grit and intricacy of delta blues, and the lyrical potency of folk in “songs that are the sonic equivalent to an old whiskey bar at the end of a dirt road.”

From the first notes of lead track “Gamefighter,” with its frenetic riff, pounding drums and urgent, sandblasted vocals, Radiator King’s third LP, Unborn Ghosts, feels like a major creative step. The brainchild of New York-via-Boston troubadour Adam Silvestri, Radiator King has shared bills with Jesse Malin, Pile and L.A. Witch, and has landed in publications such as Brooklyn Vegan, HuffPost, American Songwriter and Paste, who toasted Silvestri’s “affecting pastiche of Americana and indie rock.”

At the core of Unborn Ghosts’ evolutionary sound is a breakthrough in Silvestri’s writing process as well as a new sonic approach that seamlessly fuses the disparate styles he once compartmentalized. Following the release of Radiator King’s last full-length, 2017’s A Hollow Triumph After All, Silvestri began experimenting with new sounds and new ways of writing. Instead of working from home, starting with chords and melodies to which he’d later write lyrics, he would spend hours reading, researching and freewriting at the Brooklyn Public Library branch near his place in Bedstuy.

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