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Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded first as a solo project by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band became a trio with an initial
Big Black at Chicago's Union Station in 1986; left to right: Riley, Albini, and Durango
A Roland TR-606 drum machine, the model Albini used to create Big Black's early drum sound
Steve Albini performing with Shellac in 2007
Steve Albini
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Steven Frank Albini was an American musician and audio engineer. He founded and fronted the influential post-hardcore and noise rock bands Big Black, Rapeman, and Shellac, and engineered acclaimed alb
Big Black
…Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded first as a solo project by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band became a trio with an initial lineup that included guitarist Santiago Durango and bassist Jeff Pezzati, both of Naked Raygun. In 1985, Pezzati…
Albini, age 16, c. 1978–79, at Hellgate High School in Missoula, Montana
A flyer designed by Albini for a show with Big Black, Urge Overkill, and Squirrel Bait at the Jockey Club in Newport, Kentucky, on May 26, 1985
Shellac in Shibuya, Tokyo, c. November 1993. Front to back: Weston, Albini, and Trainer.