Bad Animals Studio is a music and media
recording studio on 4th Avenue in
downtown Seattle. It was originally founded as Steve Lawson Productions by founders Steve and Debbie Lawson in 1979. In 1991,
Ann Wilson and
Nancy Wilson (of
Heart) joined forces with Lawson to create Studio X. In 1992, the studio borrowed the name from
Heart's 1987 studio album
Bad Animals. It has a highly acclaimed large studio, Studio X, for large band setups, and orchestras etc.