Steve Albini Dies: Nirvana Producer Was 61
deadline.comSteve Albini, a singer and guitarist best known for producing some of the most groundbreaking and influential albums of the alt-rock genre, died of a heart attack at his Chicago recording studio Electrical Audio.
He was 61. Albini’s death and cause of death was confirmed by Taylor Hales of Electrical Audio. Born July 22, 1962, in Pasadena, Albini moved to the Chicago area after high school to study journalism at Northwestern University.
While there, he began writing for local punk rock ‘zines and beginning to record and engineer albums for local bands. Stubbornly opposed to the larger music industry and its exploitation of artists, Albini formed the Chicago-based band Big Black in 1981, recording the first of several albums, an EP for the Chicago label Ruthless Records, a label he co-managed.
That band last until 1987. From 1987 to 1988, Albini sang and played guitar for Rapeman, named after a Japanese comic book. The short-lived band broke up after one album, two singles and an EP.
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