Robert Lang quit his job as a Boeing hydrofoil TIG welder to pursue a career in recording, first establishing the studio in 1974 in the garage of a beach house in Shoreline, Washington, near Seattle.

He began gradually excavating the earth beneath the house over the course of the next several years to create new subterranean reinforced concrete rooms for the studio.

In October of the same year, Dave Grohl, formerly of Nirvana, booked the studio, which was close to his house, for six days, for his own musical project.

[5][6] In 2006 Peter Frampton recorded the track "Blowin' Smoke" with Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron and guitarist Mike McCready for his album Fingerprints.

[7] Artists recording at Robert Lang Studios have included Heart, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Alice In Chains, Dave Matthews, Bush,[8][3] Brandi Carlile, Queensrÿche, Train, Portugal.