Steve Albini
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| "I don't give two [[splat]]s of an old n**** [[junkie]]'s [[vomit]] for your politico-philosophical treatises, kiddies. I like noise. I like big-ass vicious [[noise music|noise]] that makes my head spin. I wanna feel it whipping through me like a fucking jolt. We're so dilapidated and crushed by our pathetic existence we need it like a fix."--[[Steve Albini]] in ''[[Forced Exposure]]'', 1986 | "I don't give two [[splat]]s of an old n**** [[junkie]]'s [[vomit]] for your politico-philosophical treatises, kiddies. I like noise. I like big-ass vicious [[noise music|noise]] that makes my head spin. I wanna feel it whipping through me like a fucking jolt. We're so dilapidated and crushed by our pathetic existence we need it like a fix."--[[Steve Albini]] in ''[[Forced Exposure]]'', 1986 | ||
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| '''Steve Albini''' (1962 – 2024) was an [[American musician]] and [[audio engineer]] best known as the frontman for the influential [[post-hardcore]] and [[noise rock]] bands [[Big Black]] (1981–1987), [[Rapeman]] (1987-1989) and [[Shellac (band)|Shellac]] (1992–2024). | '''Steve Albini''' (1962 – 2024) was an [[American musician]] and [[audio engineer]] best known as the frontman for the influential [[post-hardcore]] and [[noise rock]] bands [[Big Black]] (1981–1987), [[Rapeman]] (1987-1989) and [[Shellac (band)|Shellac]] (1992–2024). | ||
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Kill him already, kill him. "Prayer to God" (2000) by Shellac "Whenever I talk to a band who are about to sign with a major label, I always end up thinking of them in a particular context. I imagine a trench, about four feet wide and five feet deep, maybe sixty yards long, filled with runny, decaying shit. I imagine these people, some of them good friends, some of them barely acquaintances, at one end of this trench. I also imagine a faceless industry lackey at the other end, holding a fountain pen and a contract waiting to be signed."--"The problem with music" (1993) by Steve Albini "I don't give two splats of an old n**** junkie's vomit for your politico-philosophical treatises, kiddies. I like noise. I like big-ass vicious noise that makes my head spin. I wanna feel it whipping through me like a fucking jolt. We're so dilapidated and crushed by our pathetic existence we need it like a fix."--Steve Albini in Forced Exposure, 1986 "Is this in fact The Beatles doing their "Helter Skelter"? For The Beatles, I would have to say that this is OK. [...] I don't own any Beatles records, they never meant a thing to me. I really have almost no appreciation for hippy music, except for certain bits of Neil Young. If The Beatles over the course of, what, seven or eight albums, managed to produce that one good song, I really don't know that the rest of the trouble was worth it. But that kicks ass more than the Black Sabbath you played earlier."--Steve Albini for Wire's Invisible Jukebox |
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Steve Albini (1962 – 2024) was an American musician and audio engineer best known as the frontman for the influential post-hardcore and noise rock bands Big Black (1981–1987), Rapeman (1987-1989) and Shellac (1992–2024).
He was the founder, owner, and principal engineer at Electrical Audio, a recording studio complex in Chicago, Illinois. There he oversaw the recording for several thousand singles, EPs and albums for numerous bands; notably Nirvana, Pixies, the Breeders, PJ Harvey, the Jesus Lizard and Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.
Albini was born in Pasadena, California, and raised in Missoula, Montana. After discovering the Ramones as a teenager, he played in a number of punk bands. He earned a degree in journalism at Northwestern University, Illinois, and he wrote for local zines before moving to Chicago where he immersed himself in the city's vibrant punk scene. He formed Big Black in 1981, and released two full-length albums: Atomizer (1986) and Songs About Fucking (1987), the former of which contains perhaps his best known song "Kerosene." During this period he continued to write for zines, where he was often critical of both nearby punk scenes and the industry as a whole. Following the band's dissolution, he changed focus from leading bands to sound engineering, opening Electrical Audio studios. He returned to playing music in 1992 with the critically acclaimed noise rock band Shellac, along with bassist Bob Weston and drummer Todd Trainer, with whom he released six albums.
Noted for his outspoken and blunt opinions, Albini was hugely critical of the way the music industry is constructed, which he viewed as exploitative of artists. As a matter of principle he would not take royalties on albums he had worked on, operating on a fee-only basis.
See also
- The problem with music
- "Most People Don't Know His Name" in Steve Albini: Don't Call Me Producer (c. 2007) at YouTube [1]
