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...Steve's next band was equally impolitic; he named it Rapeman. Rapeman was quieter than Big Black, but this is relative. It had a human drummer, for one thing. Rapeman had only one album; it was named Two Nuns and a Pack Mule. The best song builds slowly from a single guitar and frequent silences; then it adds a bass line, then some white noise and then Steve's voice. The song is hypnotic, even lovely, but in typical Albini fashion, this song is called "Kim Gordon's Panties" and features classy lyrics like "If I had that to come...
...Rapeman fell apart in 1989, and Steve started to concentrate on producing other bands. But don't tell Steve that; he'll answer that he's a "recording engineer." Steve prefers this because he says his job could be done by anyone with the proper knowledge of equipment; he's a professional and not an artist in this capacity. Steve engineered albums for many bands, some of which were quite successful. And then, in 1993, Steve engineered In Utero for Nirvana. (This despite calling Nirvana a "wannabe Led Zeppelin" in 1991.) Steve became very popular and went on to engineer...
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