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Steve Albini has died

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Re: Steve Albini has died

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Post by ompogUe »

darby_eight wrote: post #12
ilamont wrote: post #3

Hard to overstate Albini's influence, both as a musician and producer. Big Black? No one was doing stuff like that in the mid-80s. His production on PJ Harvey's Rid of Me took her compositions to a new level. He also produced a lot of very fine albums in the 80s and 90s by the Pixies (Surfer Rosa), Nirvana (In Utero) and various albums by The Jesus Lizard, Superchunk, and others. Yes, he was cantankerous. Marched to…

Yo-yo tricks could be pretty punk I imagine

Had a yo-yo buff a couple of years ago showing me youtube videos, and he literally said "the yo-yo scene takes it's fashion cues from skateboard culture", so full circle?

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Post by gmarx »

I'll second what everyone else said and add that the guy was absolutely amazing at capturing drums. Everything I ever read about the guy sounded positive to me even though the authors might not have agreed

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Post by arp242 »

quickthrowman wrote: post #5

Oh man, that’s terrible! I was waiting to hear when the next Shellac tour was going to be taking place, as they’ve got an album coming out next week. I’m a huge, huge fan of Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac, and Steve Albini’s production (Nirvana’s In Utero, Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, Jesus Lizard’s discography, PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me, Brainiac’s Hissing Prigs in Static Couture, Songs:Ohia’s Magnolia Electric Company, plus hundr…

Didn't know Shellac had a new album coming out; they release stuff so infrequently I don't really keep up. Going to have some mixed feelings listening to that one...

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Post by mistrial9 »

thought_alarm wrote: post #8

This news hits like a ton of bricks. I can't think of another single person more influential and important to my own musical journey than Steve Albini. Guys like him are supposed to live to a ripe old age telling stories. It's just a horrible loss.

that is a ripe old age for rockers.. many souls did not make it past 35

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Post by agumonkey »

zzzbra wrote: post #20

This is hugely surprising. 61 is not old man. Is it me or does seem like the Gen Xers in the so-called counter culture are less long lived than their Boomer counterparts?

yeah, unlike rock stars with wild lives, I did expect a guy like him to live long

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Post by sodapopcan »

Oh wow, shit.

My one story: A band I was in at the time recorded drums at Electrical Audio in 2010 (I think) and I was the drummer. Albini was not involved in the project and though he was around, we didn't see him much. I would wear this really bad t-shirt with the sleeves cut off to keep cool while playing. As Albini passed by me one time, he looked at me and _very_ sarcastically said, "Don't worry, you look great" and kept walking. That was our only interaction.

Re: Steve Albini has died

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Post by arp242 »

zzzbra wrote: post #20

This is hugely surprising. 61 is not old man. Is it me or does seem like the Gen Xers in the so-called counter culture are less long lived than their Boomer counterparts?

That some boomers like Ozzy Osbourne are still alive is just a freak accident. There have been plenty of baby boomer people who died comparatively young.

Longevity is part genetics, part lifestyle, and part just dumb luck. Unfortunately Steve just got a bit unlucky, or bad genetics, or both. Or maybe in spite of his alcohol- and drug-free lifestyle he just had a really bad diet.

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