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Steve Albini’s Big Black Bandmate Santiago Durango Honors His ‘Loyal and Lifelong Friend’


Big Black guitarist Santiago Durango paid tribute to his late bandmate Steve Albini, telling Rolling Stone, 'He was simply a decent man.'

Big Black guitarist Santiago Durango remembered his bandmate Steve Albini as a “caring and giving person” whose sudden death earlier this week “has left a huge hole in my life.” In just a few short years, Big Black released a handful of EPs and singles, along with two studio albums — 1986’s Atomizer and 1987’s Songs About Fucking — before breaking up. Along with Durango, tributes to Albini have poured in from the myriad artists he worked with over the years as a musician, engineer, and producer, such as PJ Harvey, Urge Overkill, Superchunk, and Code Orange.

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