Name: Songs About Fucking
Brand: Big Black

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375 Media

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Release date

2007-01-05

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39488

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36172072422

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2018-10-19

39489

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Big Black

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Indie Pop / Shoegaze

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Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band's initial lineup also included guitarist Santiago Durango and bassist Jeff Pezzati, both of Naked Raygun. In 1985, Pezzati was replaced by Dave Riley.

Their aggressive and abrasive music was characterized by distinctively clanky guitars and the use of a drum machine rather than a drum kit. The band's lyrics dealt frankly with politically and culturally loaded topics including murder, rape, child sexual abuse, arson, racism, and misogyny. However, these controversial lyrics were meant to serve as a commentary or a display of distaste for the subject matter.

Big Black shunned the mainstream music industry and insisted on complete control over all aspects of their career. They booked their own tours, paid for their own recordings, refused to sign contracts, and eschewed many of the traditional corporate trappings of rock bands. Their staunch criticism of the commercial nature of rock set them apart in the industry.

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The final studio album from Albini and gang. Blistering and burning till the end, this is utterly essential. Features their cover of Kraftwerk's The Model. It's the sound of a band hurtling towards its own destruction and relishing every second. A breathless tumult of programmed drums, shredding guitars and bad attitude...reaching a brutal apotheosis.LP - Remastered by Steve Albini and Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering, housed in a single-pocket LP jacket with 11" x 11" insert and Download.

Songs About Fucking

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