Steve Albini, a musician and an audio engineer for bands like Nirvana and Pixies who helped define the sound of '90s alternative rock, has died at 61.
Christian Holub is a writer covering comics and other geeky pop culture. He's still mad about 'Firefly' getting canceled.Steve Albini, the iconoclastic rock musician and audio engineer who helped define the sound of iconic bands like Nirvana and Pixies in the 1990s, has died of a heart attack, staff at his Electrical Audio studio confirmed toBorn on July 22, 1962, in Pasadena, Calif., Albini first started playing bass guitar while recovering from a broken leg as a teenager.
His personal philosophy about engineering was not to impose his own aesthetic on bands but, rather, bring out their unique sound as much as possible. Some of the most notable acts Albini worked with include Nirvana, Pixies, the Breeders, PJ Harvey, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, and Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, among many others.However, the backlash was mostly fine by him, as Albini was an outspoken critic of the corporate music industry. Inhe laid out the many obstacles facing young bands, from slimy agents to hack producers who repeat the same old pablum.
"Steve touched countless lives and changed mine and many others for the better. A genuine, singular, principled person," wrote Dylan Baldi of Cloud Nothings, whose 2012 album,Albini engineered. "Spent the last 40 years helping people make art. There's no reason for him to be gone, and the world is less interesting without him. Just a really sad day.
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