Musician was better known for his huge list of credits as a producer, or – as he preferred to be referred to as – a recording engineer, of albums by independent artists
, was more widely known for his huge list of credits as a producer, or – as he preferred to be called – recording engineer, of albums by independent artists, from the mid-1980s until his death.
Among his best-known projects was Nirvana’s third album, In Utero . This was at a point when Nirvana could have veered into the commercial rock mainstream after the colossal success of Nevermind, but they opted for the Albini philosophy, which he described as “bang a record out in a couple of days, with high quality but minimal ‘production’ and no interference from the front office bulletheads”.
His first band was Big Black, formed in 1981. The EP Lungs was their first recording on Ruthless Records, the running of which Albini would later take over. The band released their first studio album, Atomizer, in 1986, but dissolved in 1987. Critics hailed Big Black for their unsparing and confrontational sound, but were sometimes uncomfortable with the subject matter, which dealt with issues such as child sexual abuse and racism.
As a musician, he found his fullest expression with Shellac, the band he formed in 1992 with the bass player Camilo Gonzalez and drummer Todd Trainer . Gonzalez was soon replaced by Bob Weston, from the Boston band Volcano Suns. While at Northwestern University, Illinois, he became a provocatively opinionated writer for local music magazines, covering the Chicago punk scene. He described the musical life of the city as “an extremely active, very fertile scene where everybody was participating on every level”.
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