Three of us were out in the BatCave last night having put in some time practicing and even writting a new tune. We were chilling out and watching and listening to some random stuff on YouTube. Neal stuck on some Big Black and in the related links there was an interview with Steve Albini entitled “DIY or DIE” which you can watch now.
You may never have heard of him, but you’ve quite likely heard some of the stuff he’s worked on. Steve Albini has produced albums for The Pixies, PJ Harvey, The Breeders and Nirvana amongst others and if you know what you’re listening for, you’ll easily pick out his distinctive style in a lot of these bands and artist’s work. Unfortunately, the business people he’s told you to beware in the video above got a hold of In Utero after saying his production wasn’t radio friendly enough and it was re-mixed. To it’s detriment I feel. You can scour the tubes for his mixes of some of the In Utero tracks – for me they were more raw and rough around the edges which is precisely what they should have been cause we’re talking about Grunge here, not some generic radio guitar rock.
Not content with that, he’s also been in several bands himself including Big Black, Rapeman and currently Shellac (who’re fast becomming a favourite of mine).
So I’ll leave you with this ten minute long video all about the man himself and a recommendation to check out Shellac and Big Black. I hope you enjoy and in the man’s own words: Be Prepared!
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