The space was previously occupied by Intermedia Sound, where Aerosmith and Jonathan Edwards both recorded their first albums.
[1] In 1982, the Washington Post described the refurbished brick row house, along with the fresh technology and décor inside -- "everywhere is the smell of newness.
"[2] A 2017 retrospective in the Boston Globe recounted how Cars frontman Ric Ocasek viewed the studio (whose door was unmarked) as a "clubhouse for creativity," in the vein of Andy Warhol's Factory.
For a couple of years, it was quite an arty scene, with the likes of Bad Brains, Iggy Pop, and John Belushi hanging out.
Ocasek produced Rock for Light for Bad Brains, whose penchant for smoking spliffs kept the local firehouse busy responding to alarms.