Rubber Factory is the third studio album by American rock band The Black Keys. It was produced by drummer Patrick Carney and was released on September 7, 2004.
The album was recorded in the group's hometown of Akron, Ohio in a dilapidated factory previously used by General Tire to manufacture rubber tires. The band rented the entire second floor of the building for $500 per month, dubbing their workspace "Sentient Sound". General Tire closed the ...
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Rubber Factory is the third studio album by American rock band The Black Keys. It was produced by drummer Patrick Carney and was released on September 7, 2004.
The album was recorded in the group's hometown of Akron, Ohio in a dilapidated factory previously used by General Tire to manufacture rubber tires. The band rented the entire second floor of the building for $500 per month, dubbing their workspace "Sentient Sound". General Tire closed the factory in 1982, though space in the building was still being leased out at the time of recording. Of the factory, Carney said it was "not really ideal in any way. It's too far away. It's on the second story. It's hot as hell. You can't open the windows. The acoustics are horrible." For recording, the group used a mixing console that Carney purchased on eBay from a former sound technician for Canadian rock band Loverboy. Frequent malfunctions with the console stretched the sessions nearly five months.
The song "When the Lights Go Out" was used...
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