Steve Albini, the noise rock pioneer with Big Black and Shellac who also engineered alternative rock classics, has died at the age of 61.
American musician and producer Steve Albini in the 'A' control room of his studio, Electrical Audio, in Chicago, Illinois, on June 24, 2005.that Albini died Tuesday night, though no other details were provided.The California-born, Montana-raised Albini played in Missoula punk bands as a teenager before moving to Chicago in the late Seventies to attend Northwestern University, where he majored in journalism and wrote for local music zines.
After the two highly influential albums, Big Black broke up in 1987, with Albini briefly forming the noise rock outfit Rapeman — which released one LP in 1988 and split soon after — before focusing his efforts on the recording studio and bringing his noisy approach to production to other artists’ music.
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