Steve Albini has died
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Steve Albini has died
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#2He was a guy who had absolutely mastered the art of the post. Will be missed on and probably in multiple dimensions.
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#3Hard 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 the beat of his own drum, and didn't give a FF about what other people thought. Loved this quote from Tape Op:
"It seemed like most of the music I liked was coming from San Francisco. I don't remember one fucking thing coming out of L.A. that I cared about. And skateboarding. What did that have to do with punk music? What's next, yo-yo tricks?"
https://tapeop.com/interviews/87/steve-albini-Nirvana-Pixies...
His essays and observations have been discussed here from time to time. Here are a few:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30892081
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#5Oh 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 hundreds more)
He could be a bit of a dick but he was an insanely talented musician and engineer/producer. I don’t think any single person has had as much of effect on the music I listen to as Steve did.
RIP Steve Albini, your impact on indie music will not be forgotten, and neither will your belt guitar strap. You will be dearly missed, there’s very few people cut from the same cloth you were.
A collection of Steve Albini band LPs
Big Black - Atomizer: https://youtu.be/03cDvRl3edo
Big Black - Songs About Fucking: https://youtu.be/s0xCAZLE7c8
Rapeman - Two Nuns and a Pack Mule: https://youtu.be/JI4keToT1jM
Shellac - At Action Park: https://youtu.be/AC7Pkwmllow
Shellac - Terraform: https://youtu.be/MueqsKUUlcE
Shellac - 1000 Hurts: https://youtu.be/7fXwbFxenC0
Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound: https://youtu.be/jQ_Logfsfuw
Shellac - Dude, Incredible: https://youtu.be/Gh-SBGIx-2I
Shellac - To All Trains: (not on YouTube, this is set for released next week, posthumously)
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#6very sad... he had his hands on so much good noise that i absolutely cherished. We'll be lucky if I don't bust out crying
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#7very sad... he had his hands on so much good noise that i absolutely cherished. We'll be lucky if I don't bust out crying
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#8This 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.
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#9I randomly bumped into him in a bar last year and the guy had an aura that distinguished him from everyone else in the place. Sad.
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#10Echoing the same sentiments in the thread, hard to overstate his influence on the music I've enjoyed. Rest in peace.