CHICAGO (CelebrityAccess) — Steve Albini, the vocalist, guitarist and studio guru who helped to supply albums by Nirvana, Pixies, Robert Plant, and PJ Harvey, has died. He was 61.
Pitchfork reported that Albini died after struggling a coronary heart assault at his Chicago-based recording studi Electrical Audio.
Albini was an esteemed determine within the different and indie music scene and developed a repute for his DIY ethic at Electrical Audio, the recording studio he established in Chicago in 1995.
A local of California, Albini realized to play the bass whereas he was nonetheless in highschool, drawing inspiration from bands resembling The Ramones, Pere Ubu, and Devo.
After relocating to Chicago to attend journalism college, Albini turned concerned within the native music scene, writing for zines resembling Compelled Publicity, and co-managing the Effigies punk label, Ruthless Data.
Alongside along with his work behind the scenes, Albini continued to pursue a profession as a musician, founding the punk group Huge Black and signing with Homestead Data. The group disbanded in 1987 after releasing their second studio album.
He additionally shaped the group Shellac, which efficiently launched a string of albums and EPs with their newest album To All Trains slated for launch later this month on Contact and Go Data.
Alongside his work as a recording artist, Albini was greatest identified for his studio work, along with his spare, presice approach serving to to form the distinctive sounds of seminal albums such because the Pixies ‘Surfer Rosa’ and Nirvana’s genre-defining In Utero.
He launched Electrical Audio in 1995 and the studio produced hundreds of albums, together with releases by artists resembling Chevelle, The Breeders, Fleshtones, Bush, Jarvis Cocker, The Stooges, Manic Road Preachers, Joanna Newsome and PJ Harvey amongst others.