TAG: Steve Albini

Aug11

Steve Albini Slams Odd Future, Tyler the Creator Lashes Back

When it comes to curmudgeons in the music industry, few can equal Steve Albini, the legendary producer (Nirvana, Pixies, Slint, PJ Harvey) and frontman for Big Black, Schellac and Rapeman let loose on the highly-hyped hip-hop crew Odd Future after sharing a shuttle to the airport with them after a festival.

“They piled in, niggering everything in sight, motherfucking the driver, boasting into the air unbidden about getting their dicks sucked and calling everyone in the area a faggot,” Albini wrote on his Electrical Audio website. He then goes on to acknowledge the fine line between art and reality, and admits that hip-hop—Odd Future or otherwise—is not is his wheelhouse, before finally concluding that, “they go out of their way to make it clear that this is not a case of regular people making …

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Feb08

Fred Armisen’s Punk Rock Past (Video)

Lots of folks are excited about this weekend’s SNL skit that featured cast member Fred Armisen leading a fictional  ’80s hardcore band Crisis of Conformity, now middle-aged performing at Armisen’s daughter’s wedding. More than just a funny gag, the group—which also featured Dave Grohl in an awful greying ponytail wig—hit all the right cues when it comes to this semi-forgotten punk rock sub-genre. From the Reagan fascism references to Armisen’s Darby Crash-meets-Herny Rollins stage postures, and the song, “Fist Fight In A Parking Lot” that could have easily come off your old Black Flag cassette tapes.

Off course, Armisen has genuine punk rock credentials, starting his entertainment career in the Chicago math-rock band Trenchmouth. And Armisen got into a serious discussion of punk rock in an URB feature last spring. Here’s some of our favorite clips of Armisen waving his punk flag high.

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