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Steve albini
A founding member of the bands Big Black, Shellac, and other projects alongside
his prolific career as a producer, Steve Albini was a major figure on the
American alternative rock scene. Born in Pasadena, California on July 22, 1962,
he learned to play bass and then guitar inspired by the punk movement, and moved
to Chicago, Illinois where he played in several underground bands and wrote for
fanzines. In 1982, using a 4-track tape recorder borrowed from a friend, he
recorded an EP called Lungs, released under the name Big Black. This was the
start of an adventure that continued w...
