The music world has been shaken to its core by the sudden loss of legendary producer and musician Steve Albini from a heart attack today. The Shellac and Big Black frontman, who perhaps most famously produced Nirvana's In Utero among his innumerable credits, was 61.
Dozens of artists — including Pixies, Laura Jane Grace, KEN Mode, Jack White, Fucked Up, Cloud Nothings, St. Vincent, Liturgy, Speedy Ortiz, Lamb of God, BADBADNOTGOOD, HEALTH, Dan Boecker, Jarvis Cocker, the Breeders, Superchunk and more — have taken to social media to pay homage to Albini, a noted Steely Dan hater, occasional edgelord and all-around music industry savant who dedicated decades to helping musicians fulfill their artistic visions.
See a handful of the tributes below.
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Don’t know if I can put into words what Steve Albini meant to us, as an artist, producer, & person. I’ve never had a “famous” musician die that also slept for 2weeks at my parents house. This one has a special sting to it - was a dream come true getting to make a record with you
rip steve you hated our band and made fun of us while we were recording at your studio but you stood for something honest and fair in music and tried to make it a better place in everything you did and there will never be another one like you
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Extremely saddened to hear of Steve Albini’s death 💔
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In 2018, Burn The Priest covered Big Black’s Kerosene. RIP to a legend, Steve Albini. youtube.com/watch?v=4wTfZZ…
RIP to the legend Steve Albini. Hero to all of us. youtu.be/U4VQPo_gQF4?si…
r.i.p. Steve Albini
Don’t even know what to say about Albini. Wrote some of the most grueling stuff ever recorded (Jordan, Minnesota), disorienting cinema verite recordings that pulled focus from small/dry to huge/cavernous, volleyball hitting a chain link fence guitar burned in my brain since youth
The Breeders are mourning the sudden passing of Steve Albini. He built worlds. Britt, Tanya, Josephine, Kim, Kelley, Jim, Mando, Jose and Richard.
rest in peace steve albini, a huge influence on me as a musician and also as a hater
