Steve Albini RIP

I’m actually saddened to report the loss of life of Steve Albini. Shellac had been getting ready to tour their first album in a decade To All Trains, which is scheduled for launch subsequent week. Steve Albini was 61 years previous.

Steve had been a superb buddy for many years because the mid eighties after I first heard from him after which met him on the primary Large Black tour of the UK. Shortly after I took my band to Chicago and recorded our third album in his cellar. Steve was an incredible host and hilariously acidic however a real sweetheart. Lately he mellowed however was by no means a pushover and stayed true to his beliefs as this interview I performed with him just lately underlines.

Large Black had been the identical – they excavated the darkish coronary heart of America musically and lyrically reflecting it again with a collection of brutal and good albums earlier than imploding.

Steve grew to become the world’s biggest sound recordist working with numerous bands invading famously Nirvana, Web page and Plant and plenty of others. His trademark ability made bands explode dwell in your head and he captured the sonic imperfections making for the best sound recordings ever particularly on his personal band Shellac whose collection of albums is probably rock music at its peak.

Shellac captured each nuance and each mixture of rock at its rhythmic finest and the sound of these file is the very best of any band ever sonically and intellectually exploring each risk of rock.

Other than his large contribution musically Steve was a really nice individual, a superb host and somebody who stayed true to his punk rock rules. He was deeply clever and a loyal buddy and I’ll miss his presence and his deep knowledge and compassion. He was a fellow traveller in a fucked up world and a superb spirit.