Chung King Studios
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Chung King Recording Studios, formerly known as The Chung King House Of Metal, is a New York City recording studio founded by John King with financial backing of the Etches brothers and engineer expertise of Steve Ett became a site of many classic punk and hip hop recordings. King started Secret Society Records in 1979 before building a studio in an old restaurant in Chinatown – Chung King, and during early work with Def Jam, Rick Rubin dubbed the studio the “Chung King House of Metal” – and therefore changed the name of the company in 1986.
The studio gained its reputation in the international recording industry by the early commercial success of artists such as Run-D.M.C., The Beastie Boys, Nas, and LL Cool J back when rap and hip-hop were still a "rumble in the bronx". As a result of the affiliation of such hip hop artists and those who subsequently came to embrace Chung King, both established and upcoming, Chung King Studios came to be known as “The Abbey Road of Rap”. The studio is well established as the recording environment of choice for a number of top-tier artists and producers.
Today, Chung King Studios is a multi-million dollar facility located on Varick St. in SoHo and is recognized as one of the most successful and respected audio recording and production facilities in the world. The studio has several times been nominated by Mix magazine Tech Awards for Outstanding Acoustic Design and founder & owner John King has received RIAA Industry Awards and a SPARS award for recording excellence.
Chung King Studios has produced records that have sold more than 400 million copies worldwide, generating over $5 billion in sales.
[edit] Trivia
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- Punk band Judge recorded their 1989 EP at Chung King, but after an unsatisfactory recording session with a cocaine-addicted engineer, titled the effort Chung King Can Suck It. The album's credits stated it was as "not produced" and "engineered by some cokehead loser." This limited release is one of hardcore's rarest and most sought-after pressings.
- The studio served as a temporary home to The Lady of Rage before she joined Death Row Records.
- Chubb Rock recorded the song "Three Men At Chung King" with Red Hot Lover Tone and Grand Puba for his 1992 album, I Gotta Get Mine Yo!.
