Steve Albini stood for a sound. But he also stood for an ethos. Famous among rock fans for his work in the recording studio with the likes of Nirvana and the Pixies — and for his own bands Shellac and Big Black — Albini was known for harsh guitars and booming drums presented with none of the sweetening that can make a rock record sound like a candyland. As a producer (though he preferred to be called an engineer), he took a "documentary approach to recording music," he told The Times in 1993,... Read this story
