The Record Plant

Founded in 1968 in New York City. New facility opened in 1969 in Los Angeles, California. Rebuilt in 1985 in Hollywood after a 1978 fire destroyed the Los Angeles facility.

Evanescence recorded The Open Door at the Hollywood facility in March 2006.

Other recent notable artists who have recorded their albums at the facility include:
Kanye West (The College Dropout, Late Registration)
N.E.R.D. (In Search Of)
Vanessa Carlton (Be Not Nobody, Harmonium)
Black Eyed Peas (Monkey Business, Elephunk)
Jessica Simpson (In This Skin)
Kelly Clarkson (Thankful)
Usher (Confessions)
Christina Aguilera (Stripped)
John Legend (Get Lifted)
Audioslave (Out of Exile)
The Pussycat Dolls (PCD)
Mary J. Blige (The Breakthrough)
Madonna (Confessions on a Dance Floor)