Over on the digital lo-fi I wrote up a post about Steve Albini and what he meant to me as a musician, writer, aging GenX punk rocker. This all still feels unreal to me.
@jake4480@puffer By the time I heard Shellac I was neck deep in my industrial (or noise) only phase. At Action Park did make an impression in me at the time, it just didn't fit in with what I was listening to at the time. Maybe I need to revisit them.
@kevin@puffer I didn't listen to much of them or Big Black until a little later, I mostly heard his producing (sorry, 'record engineer' 🙄 😂 ) work via Surfer Rosa, In Utero etc haha but lately watched some Shellac live stuff, it's rad. Really psyched to hear the album on the 17th.
@jake4480@kevin@puffer Naturally, I've always respected Albini for his engineering and activist work. I certainly did not agree with all of his opinions, though. I've always thought that Spot from SST was a more significant producer. As an artist, I think Steve's work is amusing at best. Nevertheless, it's sad when anyone dies, especially so young and suddenly...
@wendigo@kevin@puffer he had strong opinions, he shit on Don Fleming and Al Jourgensen as producers, neither sentiment I agree with, I mean Don produced God Save the Smithereens, just a fucking KILLER of an album. And Al I've always found to be a genius. So like, the opinions about that, I take with a grain. But he did some cool records in his own way, I mean there's a ton of producers I dig a little more maybe but I can't deny Surfer Rosa and In Utero. In Utero is a better sounding album than Nevermind in almost every way. And it didn't get a fraction of the recognition haha
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