He found what he was looking for in Troy, home of hard-core mainstay Brick by Brick and other bands he’d worked with in the past, and Don Fury Studios opened its doors locally in 2008. And after being forced out of past studios due to escalating rent and shady commercial interests, Fury wanted to be able to control his own destiny. In looking for a new location, he needed something near people and, having broken into working with international acts, accessible from major transportation hubs. Along the way, he recorded legendary hard-hitting New York acts like Agnostic Front, Gorilla Biscuits and Helmet direct to-tape and developed a reputation for capturing a band at its most elemental.īut living in the city grew pricey and by 2007 he was facing a 25-percent increase in rent. It’s the type of session he specializes in, first at his Manhattan spaces in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s and later in his Cyclone Sound studio in Coney Island. These live, analog, two-track recording sessions will be available through the rest of 2021. Bands can get one or two songs, maybe three if they’re really well-rehearsed.”

“It’s a two-hour deal we’re going to hit it and quit it. Sound check is about an hour, then about an hour for recording takes and burning CDs,” Fury explained. So, how does the Pandemic Buster session work and what can bands expect?

Third is the session itself it’s two hours, you got to bust in and bust out like lightning.” Two: the entire scene, venues, bands, bars, studios have all been locked up in COVID jail and now we’re starting to bust out of jail. “One: we hate the pandemic, we want to give it a beat down, bust it in the nose.

“There’s three reasons I chose the name ‘Pandemic Buster,’” he explained. And Fury has just the name for these two-hour recording sessions: Pandemic Busters. He’s opening his Sixth Avenue studio in Troy to produce local rock bands for free.

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