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| Studios 5150 | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Recording studio |
| Location | 3371 Coldwater Canyon Studio City, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Owner | Wolfgang Van Halen |
5150 Studios is Wolfgang Van Halen's recording studio in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles.[1] The studio was built by his father Eddie Van Halen and is located at 3371 Coldwater Canyon. It was built so Eddie Van Halen could have more control over the recording process than he had in the past. Every Van Halen album from 1984[2] onwards was recorded at 5150. They took the name for the studio (as well as the band's seventh album, 5150) from Section 5150 (almost always pronounced "fifty-one-fifty") of the California Welfare & Institutions Code, which allows a qualified officer or clinician to place a person under an involuntary psychiatric hold if the person is, "as a result of mental disorder, a danger to others, or to himself or herself, or gravely disabled."[3]
The Studio is now used by Eddie's son Wolfgang Van Halen who used it on both Mammoth WVH albums and plans to continue using it in the future.[4]
- ^ "Eddie Van Halen Reinvents the Guitar". CNN, 4 Feb 2009
- ^ Renoff, Greg (February 2024). "Donn Landee: Keeping an Open Mind, Part Two". Tape Op. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
- ^ Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5150(a).
- ^ "Wolf van Halen Video Interview: '5150 is Where I'll be Recording for the Rest of My Life'". June 10, 2021.