Big Black

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American musical group noise rock band rock band

Big Black was an influential American noise rock band of the 1980s known for its abrasive sound, drum machines, and confrontational lyrics, led by guitarist and vocalist Steve Albini.

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Label Occurrences
Big Black canonical 18
Big Black discography 5
BIG BLACK 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical group ⓘ
noise rock band ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
activeEndYear 1987 ⓘ
activeStartYear 1981 ⓘ
associatedAct Ministry ⓘ
Naked Raygun ⓘ
Rapeman ⓘ
Shellac ⓘ
basedIn Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedIn Evanston, Illinois ⓘ
genre industrial rock ⓘ
noise rock ⓘ
post-hardcore ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
influenced alternative rock bands of the late 1980s and 1990s ⓘ
noise rock bands ⓘ
post-hardcore bands ⓘ
lyricalTheme crime ⓘ
social alienation ⓘ
violence ⓘ
member Dave Riley ⓘ
Jeff Pezzati ⓘ
Pat Byrne ⓘ
Santiago Durango ⓘ
Steve Albini ⓘ
notableCharacteristic abrasive sound ⓘ
confrontational lyrics ⓘ
loud and distorted guitar tone ⓘ
use of drum machines instead of a human drummer ⓘ
notableWork Atomizer ⓘ
Bulldozer ⓘ
Lungs ⓘ
Racer-X ⓘ
Songs About Fucking ⓘ
recordLabel Homestead Records ⓘ
Touch and Go Records ⓘ
releaseTypeOfAtomizer studio album ⓘ
releaseTypeOfBulldozer EP ⓘ
releaseTypeOfLungs EP ⓘ
releaseTypeOfRacer-X EP ⓘ
releaseTypeOfSongsAboutFucking studio album ⓘ
roleOfSteveAlbini guitarist and vocalist ⓘ
usedInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drum machine ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ

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Steve Albini → founded → Big Black ⓘ
Songs About Fucking → artist → Big Black ⓘ
Songs About Fucking → performer → Big Black ⓘ
Songs About Fucking → producer → Big Black ⓘ
Songs About Fucking → finalStudioAlbumOf → Big Black ⓘ
Songs About Fucking → partOf → Big Black ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Black discography
Rapeman → associatedAct → Big Black ⓘ
Shellac → associatedAct → Big Black ⓘ
Steven → memberOf → Big Black ⓘ
subject surface form: Steve Albini
BIG3 (basketball league) → hasTeam → Big Black ⓘ
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this entity surface form: BIG BLACK
Pat Byrne → memberOf → Big Black ⓘ
Pat Byrne → associatedAct → Big Black ⓘ
Touch and Go Records → releasedMusicFor → Big Black ⓘ
Uranus (EP) → associatedAct → Big Black ⓘ
The Power of Independent Trucking → artist → Big Black ⓘ
The Power of Independent Trucking → performer → Big Black ⓘ
The Power of Independent Trucking → producer → Big Black ⓘ
The Model → artist → Big Black ⓘ
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The Model → performer → Big Black ⓘ
subject surface form: The Model (Big Black song)
The Model → includedIn → Big Black ⓘ
subject surface form: The Model (Big Black song)
this entity surface form: Big Black discography
Bombastic Intro → includedIn → Big Black ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Black discography
Passing Complexion (live) → isPartOfArtistCatalog → Big Black ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Black discography
Racer-X → partOf → Big Black ⓘ
this entity surface form: Big Black discography