Steve Albini

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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.

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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


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