RIP Steve Albini

[Bricksnbeatles]

I’m not *too* familiar with his music, but I know he’s responsible for many of y’all’s love of the Harmonic Percolator and IVP. Produced some truly iconic stuff too.
I’ll be putting on some Shellac in the studio today in his honor.

 

[PedalBuilder]

Shocked and very sorry to hear this. I've had a harmonic percolator on the breadboard for the last few weeks. I'll be thinking of Steve when I put it together next week.

 

[vigilante398]

This is a huge deal, he's a studio legend, especially in the Chicago area. My band always talked about scraping up some money and laying down tracks in his studio. He will be missed.

EDIT: I just texted the guys in my band, apparently they hadn't heard, and now everyone is having a bad day.

 

[jcpst]

My band always talked about scraping up some money and laying down tracks in his studio.

Same- it's "the dream". I grew up loving albums he engineered/produced. Enjoyed reading interviews with him too.

 

[DeadAirMD]

Dude.............what?!?!?!

Man unreal, what a bummer. He's been in so many interviews lately and I feel like Shellac was working on new material. Man.......

 

[Giorfida]

Never realized he was the singer in Big Black. Their “Songs About Fucking” was regularly in my rotation throughout college

 

[KR Sound]

Here’s 80 hours worth of his productions:

 

[KR Sound]

We Sat Down With Steve Albini and He Spent the Whole Interview Criticizing Our Microphone Placement

When the opportunity arose to speak with producer, engineer, and musician Steve Albini, we spared no expense making sure our questions were up to par…

thehardtimes.net

“We Sat Down With Steve Albini and He Spent the Whole Interview Criticizing Our Microphone Placement”​

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Dude.............what?!?!?!

Man unreal, what a bummer. He's been in so many interviews lately and I feel like Shellac was working on new material. Man.......

The first article I saw said that their first new album in a decade comes out this month I think, and that they were gonna hit the road soon

 

[Coda]

I am crushed. My copy of the new Shellac EP should be here any day now…

 

[Nostradoomus]

wow, that’s a huge bummer. Was not expecting that at all. I had just started getting into shellac recently.

 

[andare]

YouTube has been recommending me videos from his channel lately. Very creepy.

He was only 61. Very unfair. He created so much good in his life.

 

[giovanni]

 

[derevaun]

Man, that's terrible news. Rest in punk.

 

[RetiredUnit1]

I always find it disturbing when people younger than I am die. God Bless, he's in the Great Gig in the Sky now.

 

[andare]

Steve is probably making fun of Steely Dan with Jimi right now.

 

[KT88]

Very sad to see this. A truly unique individual. Did not know until recently that he won two World Series of Poker gold bracelets (2018 and 2022).

 

[almondcity]

This sucks. The dude never compromised on his morals and seemed like a real good guy. He could have been rich at any moment but he kept his rates low as hell just because he loved what he did

 

[andare]

Steve's letter to Nirvana outlining his views on production https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/nirvana?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

 

[Mcknib]

Gutted he was an all round excellent dude always on the side of the artist money being his last consideration