Steve Albini RIP

[cloggypop]

Fuck.

 

https://pitchfork.com/news/steve-albini-storied-producer-and-icon-of-the-rock-underground-dies-at-61/

[manwiththestick]

Sad news, he was an integral part of a lot of my favourite music growing up.

[TheHowieLama]

Ouch - legend for his take on Nirvana.

[SasaS]

Love it how they dropped Rapeman.

 

He was also a great interview for podcasts and such. And never saw himself as too important when he produced.

 

 

 

 

[cloggypop]

John Robb

 

https://louderthanwar.com/steve-albini-rip/

[Pidge]

Damn

[Elite]

44 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Ouch - legend for his take on Nirvana.

Which was?

[TheHowieLama]

8 minutes ago, Elite said:

Which was?

 

If R.E.M. were from Seattle.

[SasaS]

3 minutes ago, Elite said:

Which was?

 

When Butch Vig made them sound good and accessible on Nevermind, they got scared of that type of success and hired Albini to produce In Utero, because he was this cult alternative producer and they wanted to make the album sound much less polished and commercial. 

[Red Phoenix]

Sad to find this out too and the timing is totally fucked up when he had a new album due out next week. A big part of so much great music from other bands and also really like some of the music he made himself.

[TheHowieLama]

32 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

 

If R.E.M. were from Seattle.

and I have fucked up the quote

 

edit - If R.E.M. had a fuzzbox.

[cloggypop]

 

[Mudface]

Damn. Surfer Rosa is one of my favourite albums, definitely my favourite Pixies album. Amazing producer.

[cloggypop]

Letter to Nirvana. Amazing. Particularly about payment. 

 

https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/nirvana?s=r

[cloggypop]

Also great. 

 

The Problem With Music

 

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-problem-with-music

[Mook]

I can only think of one LP I have which he engineered, Walking Into Claksdale by Page & Plant & I think the production ruins it a bit (not sure how much of that was up to him) but he seemed a decent enough sort.

[RedHeadedRed]

Fucks sake that's awful news, an absolute legendary producer.

[Gnasher]

 

 

 

[SasaS]

He also famously didn't think much of the Pixies.

[TheHowieLama]

Good thing he was a plumber.

[an tha]

Produced my favourite album of all time.

 

Rid of Me - PJ Harvey.

 

R.I.P.

[SasaS]

10 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Good thing he was a plumber.

 

He was important as a producer, but equally as a "badge of quality" for indie and alter types (like me), meaning you were contractually obliged to like what Albini has produced.

 

I remember when I started drifting towards country one of my transitional acts I liked was Robbie Fulks and some of my "obscurist" friends were quick to ridicule my new-fangled choices when I played them his Country Love Songs album, to which I simply pointed my finger at the name of the "engineer" and they had to shut the fuck up.

[Special K]

This is shite. RIP

 

I was amazed when I saw an interview with him (I think it was on the Foo Fighters' Sonic Highways documentary) where he said he never takes a percentage of the albums he produced. He just took the amount he got for producing. He made his money playing poker.

[an tha]

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-problem-with-music

[Skidfingers McGonical]

A genuine gent in the music world. 
 

Sad day. 
 

In Utero was my first intro to his work. And is still one of my favourite albums of all time. 
 

RIP.