Steve Albini

Steve Albini - frontman for Big Black and mega recording engineer. Short info for now...

Bio

 * Born July 22, 1962 in Pasadena California
 * Grew up mostly in Montana
 * Moved to Chicago/Evanston in June 1980 to attend Northwestern
 * Frontman for Big Black, one of the bands responsible for the formation of punk and industrial music in Chicago
 * Former member of Rapeman, Just Ducky (Montana), Flour, Small Irregular Pieces of Aluminum and Stations, and, according to wikipedia "another band that record label Touch and Go/Quarterstick Records explained "he [Albini] is paying us not to mention."
 * Played bass on Pegboy's Fore EP
 * Current Member of Shellac
 * Quit his day job in 1986 and created a studio in his house. This was the first time he started charging for recording bands and for his time.
 * In 1995, he moved his studio out of his house, creating Electrical Audio
 * Recorded, produced and engineered many early Chicago punk bands including Naked Raygun
 * Went on to national notoriety after producing bands such as Sonic Youth and Nirvana.
 * Continues to play with the reunited Big Black and Shellac
 * Records bands on a sliding scale
 * Does not turn bands away based on lack of notoriety or money, but more on passion and dedication.

Bands

 * Big Black
 * Rapeman
 * Shellac
 * Flour
 * Stations
 * Just Ducky (Montana)
 * Small Irregular Pieces of Aluminum

Interviews

 * John Bains, 1993
 * Citizine
 * Vacant.org in Great Britian
 * Podcast on Big Black where Steve is interviewed