Simply months after his surprising demise at 61, legendary producer/engineer/band chief Steve Albini can be honored with a worldwide celebration of his noisy legacy. Contact and Go Data introduced on Thursday (July 18) that it’s turning what would have been Albini’s 62nd birthday on Monday (July 22) into an opportunity to share reminiscences in regards to the late rock rabblerouser identified for creating righteously riotous music in addition to for his vicious wit.
“Although we tragically misplaced Steve Albini on Might 7, 2024, his indelible affect on music stays. Let’s flip his birthday, July twenty second, right into a worldwide celebration to honor his life and legacy,” the label stated in a press release saying their request that followers and associates flood Instagram on Monday with “tales and pictures that seize the essence of Steve’s influence. Share photos of his albums that formed you, live performance reminiscences, and even handwritten notes that resonated deeply. Should you had been fortunate sufficient to fulfill him, let’s see these pictures!”
Posters are requested to tag their reminiscences with #ThankYouSteveAlbini to create a digital archive of “our collective gratitude, making certain Steve’s affect stays vibrantly seen.”
Indie rock icon Albini died on Might 7 of a coronary heart assault, abandoning a legacy of lacerating noise punk because the chief of his bands Shellac, Rapeman and Huge Black, in addition to a protracted checklist of credit engineering (he most well-liked that title reasonably than “producer”) such landmark albums as PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me, Nirvana’s In Utero, the Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, in addition to hundreds of others.
