Steve Albini

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audio engineer guitarist human music journalist musician record producer recording engineer singer songwriter

Steve Albini was an influential American musician, recording engineer, and producer known for his work with underground and alternative rock bands such as Nirvana, Pixies, and PJ Harvey.

Aliases (1)

Steven Frank Albini ×1

Statements (83)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	audio engineer → guitarist → human → music journalist → musician → record producer → recording engineer → singer → songwriter →
activeYearsEnd	2024 →
activeYearsStart	1980 →
basedIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1962-07-22 →
dateOfDeath	2024-05-07 →
educatedAt	Northwestern University →
employer	Electrical Audio →
ethnicGroup	Italian American →
familyName	Albini →
fieldOfWork	independent music production → underground rock →
founded	Big Black → Electrical Audio → Rapeman → Shellac →
fullName	Steven Frank Albini →
genre	alternative rock → indie rock → noise rock → post-hardcore → punk rock →
givenName	Steven →
instrument	guitar → vocals →
knownFor	advocacy for artists' rights → analog recording → criticism of major record labels → live-in-the-studio recording approach → minimalist recording techniques →
language	English →
memberOf	Big Black → Rapeman → Shellac →
notableWork	At Action Park → In Utero → Pod → Rid of Me → Songs About Fucking → Surfer Rosa →
occupation	audio engineer → music journalist → musician → record producer → recording engineer → songwriter →
opposedTo	royalty-based producer contracts →
placeOfBirth	Pasadena, California, United States →
placeOfDeath	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
preferredMedium	analog tape →
publication	The Problem with Music →
publishedIn	The Baffler →
religion	atheism →
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
spouse	Heather Whinna →
style	dry, unembellished drum sound → natural room ambience in recordings →
usedLabel	independent labels →
workedWith	Bush → Helmet → Jawbreaker → Low → Manic Street Preachers → Mogwai → Neurosis → Nirvana → PJ Harvey → Pixies → Slint → The Breeders → The Jesus Lizard → The Stooges →
wrote	The Problem with Music →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
At Action Park → Divers → In Utero → Only Skin → Pod → Songs About Fucking → Surfer Rosa → Ys →	producer
At Action Park → Pod →	engineer
At Action Park → Rapeman →	hasMember
Songs About Fucking →	bandMemberOnRecording
Joanna Newsom →	collaboratedWith
Steve Albini ("Steven Frank Albini") →	fullName
Surfer Rosa →	hasEngineeringBy
Big Black →	member