Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
61. Woah.
Holy Crap, Steve Albini Died
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jrockbridge
Stealing Your Riffs
Wow. Talented. Gone. RIP.
PunkKitty
The fates already f'ked me sideways
Steve Albini, Storied Producer and Icon of the Rock Underground, Dies at 61
The Shellac and Big Black frontman, who recorded classic albums by Nirvana, Pixies, PJ Harvey, and more, has died of a heart attack
Bones McHorror
bones
He moved over to Bluesky. So this was final post yesterday lol
Dexter Inferno
Serious error
Bummer.
Fantastic engineer and producer. And always very much himself.
Loved that he always did whatever the hell he wanted and never got sucked into the big money corporate assembly line muzak bullshit (CLA anyone?)
Fantastic engineer and producer. And always very much himself.
Loved that he always did whatever the hell he wanted and never got sucked into the big money corporate assembly line muzak bullshit (CLA anyone?)
Frank Prince
Slowhand
Just saw that. He was legendary. RIP.
DinoMikeSr
I have the box
Think it was from coc?
PunkKitty
The fates already f'ked me sideways
Doubtful. Sudden heart attack. It's kind of disgusting that your mind immediately went to drugs. Stereotype much???
DinoMikeSr
I have the box
That was the crowd he ran with and he was a king asshole when discussing Steelydan in Feb so there’s that. In fact the interview reads like a cocaine rant.
Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
Um. No. I mean, I met him in passing once and he was a nice dude. I know folks who recorded with him and worked with him and were generally in his orbit and he—despite being an irascible loudmouth which is kind of a Chicago scene thing—was regarded as a good guy who was pretty unpretentious when it came down to brass tacks. Helped a lot of people make music in an uncompromising way and was pretty generous with his time and talent.
He liked playing poker and cooking fussy recipes and saying mean things about the bloated and silly music biz.
Three Pandering Sluts and Their Music-Press Stooge - Chicago Reader
Bill Wyman: The opening paragraph of your Year-in-rock recap [Hitsville, January 7] is one of the most brilliant bits of ass-forward thought I’ve seen in years. If I read your heavily parenthetical English correctly, you are making the case that Liz Phair, Urge Overkill and the Smashing Pumpkins...
chicagoreader.com
The Problem with Music | Steve Albini
How record labels use A&R flaks and impenetrable contracts to screw artists while raking in millions
thebaffler.com
Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
Dude went all the way back. The real goddamn deal.
Bones McHorror
bones
Conan O'Brien interviewed him w/ Dave Grohl and Krist Novacelic about In Utero last year.
DdBob
Dogue in teh desert
Um. No. I mean, I met him in passing once and he was a nice dude. I know folks who recorded with him and worked with him and were generally in his orbit and he—despite being an irascible loudmouth which is kind of a Chicago scene thing—was regarded as a good guy who was pretty unpretentious when it came down to brass tacks. Helped a lot of people make music in an uncompromising way and was pretty generous with his time and talent.
He liked playing poker and cooking fussy recipes and saying mean things about the bloated and silly music biz.
Three Pandering Sluts and Their Music-Press Stooge - Chicago Reader
Bill Wyman: The opening paragraph of your Year-in-rock recap [Hitsville, January 7] is one of the most brilliant bits of ass-forward thought I’ve seen in years. If I read your heavily parenthetical English correctly, you are making the case that Liz Phair, Urge Overkill and the Smashing Pumpkins...
The Problem with Music | Steve Albini
How record labels use A&R flaks and impenetrable contracts to screw artists while raking in millionsthebaffler.com
I’m a nice dude too but I can be a total dick if you rub me wrong….. or you are a salesman…..gol damn I hate the salesman
PunkKitty
The fates already f'ked me sideways
Actually, I was there. And I knew several people and bands in this film.
Peen Simmons
Let’s Get Obtuse!
I’m a nice dude too but I can be a total dick if you rub me wrong….. or you are a salesman…..gol damn I hate the salesman
Did you die from coke?!?!