Big Black, Shellac, Rapeman, Joanna Newsom, In Utero, I could go on and on. Rip a legend.
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Oh yeah Rapeman. That was the best of them all. Had that on Blast First. Wow.
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I am glad I could see them live during the dude incredible tour in Paris. It was a fun show
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Crap news.
This is probably my favourite Shellac track, still remember Bob and him pouring bottles of water over Todd during it at a gig in Camden
RIP Mr Albini
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What a loss. RIP. And just before Shellac’s new album is to be released next week.
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What a sad loss! He was one of my favorites artists.
I love Big Black and Shellac, I love his guitar playing, his voice, his sound, his taste.
No words, I’m going to cry… one of the best is gone.
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Shocking and heartbreaking.
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Best song name ever. Amzing track. Kim Gordon’s Panties
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obviously In Utero, but also the intro to this was life-changing for me from a recording/drumming perspective. can’t believe he’s gone
also +1 to the people talking about his advocacy work and general maturation 
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RIP.
He’ll be missed.
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damn, what a loss. Bloke was an inspiration!
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^ one of the best episodes of show us your junk ever.
What a loss. I was lucky enough to see Shellac twice, 2015 and 2022, and both times they absolutely melted my brain. What a sick band.
His commitment to capturing a band “as if they were playing the greatest set you’ve ever seen at your local dive bar” and forgoing nearly all “production shine-up” techniques and keeping it raw was fucking punk and inspired myself and so many other producer/engineers to experiment along those same paths.
rest in power to an absolute legend.
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Amazing album. Maybe he and Jason are playing poker somewhere in the ether.
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Out of all the stuff he’s done I have a huge soft spot for this record:
I liked their first two albums well enough - good songs, but fairly standard shiny Britpop production - slightly fey “literate” guitar pop. Brought in Albini for the third one and reemerged as snarling rock monsters. It came out at the height of Blur/Oasis mania and pretty much spat in the face of the zeitgeist - perfect marriage of contrarianism between band and engineer - taking out the garbage at the Columbia Hotel.
RIP, gone far too soon.
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Man I don’t get it. Steve looks healthy, youthful, and sharp-minded in that interview. And yet, Kieth Richards looks like Faces of Meth had a love child with the Crypt Keeper and nods off during interviews and he’s still getting high and doing the Weekend at Bernie’s touring gig.
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I’m gutted. He was an absolute legend.
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fucking shattered-glass guitar, raw, tight-ass drums, intense, dark, but wickedly funny lyrics and truly original artistic recording and vision. albini is the man. rip
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Didn’t this guy write some horrible child abuse shit in his Big Black tour diary? And he was buds with that Sotos pedo, too?
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