Word: steve
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...Steve was having credibilityproblems. If Steve was so quick to call bandssell-outs (and even quicker to call themuntalented hacks), what the hell was he doingproducing albums for a bunch of major labelmonstrosities? Steve's answer--that sinceengineering's not an art, he's not prostitutinghimself, but rather extorting major labels withoutgiving a damn about the quality of the music hehappens to be recording--is relatively reasonable,but he's still intuitively branded a sell-out bymany. His position is somewhat undercut by hisdistinctive "engineering" style, which is perhapsthe most influential Albini legacy. Steve tries tomake it sound like...
...Some have speculated that Steve's arroganceis a product of growing up in culturally deficientMinnesota, that he still feels as though he has toprove he's not from the sticks, that really he'squite insecure deep-down, if only you'd get toknow him. Others just peg him as an asshole. Thisseems to be supported by his statement that "Whatwe sing about is none of your business anyway."Why bother recording or performing it, then? Or,from the Big Black tour diary available on the Web(which is remarkably funny and depressing):"Audience hatred reached a new plateau...
...Steve's latest band is Shellac. He playsguitar and sings, Bob Weston plays bass, and ToddTrainer drums. Their sound is sparser, funkier,still aggressive and loud, but significantly morerepetitive, less interesting and lessground-breaking than Big Black. My roommate heard"My Black Ass," the first song on their '94 LPAt Action Park, and asked, "Is this RageAgainst the Machine?" (It only took me a week orso to speak to him again.) Steve has announcedthat all Shellac songs are about either Canada orbaseball. Steve is now 36, and his indiecredibility is fading fast...
...PUBLIC DISCLOSURE: My Personal Beef with Mr.Steve Albini: Steve called Surfer Rosa, thefirst album by the Pixies and an album notincidentally produced by Steve-o himself, "apatchwork pinch loaf from a band who at their topdollar best are blandly entertaining collegerock." This really angers up the blood. SurferRosa is one of the best rock albums ever. ThePixies are one of the best rock bands ever. On theother hand, Steve recorded a song called "nuttyabout lemurs." This counts for a lot, in my book...
...first thing that struck me aboutShellac is that Steve Albini is the spitting imageof George Stephanopolous. There's no two waysabout it. Steve announced that the venue waschosen "to keep money out of the hands of JohnLaw." Steve spouted other pretension, deadserious. Post-representational art is lazy, hesaid. He insulted the crowd. He insisted onconfiscating all recording devices in the audienceto prevent bootlegging. He bragged about the $800drum mics. He noted that he was old enough to bethe father of all the crowd's members, which isbiologically true, but pretty unlikely...