In addition to his own work with Big Black and Shellac, Albini also brought his abrasive sound to alt-rock classics like Pixies' Pink Surfer and PJ Harvey's Rid of Me
Steve Albini, the noise rock pioneer with Big Black and Shellac who also helped engineer some of the greatest alternative rock albums of all time — Nirvana's In the Uterus and Pixies' Pink Surfer among them — has died at the age of 61.
Staff at Albini's Electrical Audio Recording confirmed to Rolling Stone that Albini died Tuesday night, though no other details were provided.
Albini's death comes just a week after his acclaimed noise rock project Shellac was set to release To All Trainstheir first new album in over a decade.
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