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Steve Albini’s Legacy to Be Honored With Viral #ThankYouSteveAlbini Campaign

Steve Albini's legacy will be honored on July 22 with the viral #ThankYouSteveAlbini campaign, in which fans and friends will upload stories and pics.

Let’s turn his birthday, July 22nd, into a worldwide celebration to honor his life and legacy,” the label said in a statement announcing their request that fans and friends flood Instagram on Monday with “stories and photos that capture the essence of Steve’s impact. Posters are asked to tag their memories with #ThankYouSteveAlbini to create a digital archive of “our collective gratitude, ensuring Steve’s influence remains vibrantly visible.” Indie rock icon Albini died on May 7 of a heart attack, leaving behind a legacy of lacerating noise punk as the leader of his bands Shellac, Rapeman and Big Black, as well as a long list of credits engineering (he preferred that title rather than “producer”) such landmark albums as PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me, Nirvana’s In Utero, the Pixies’ Surfer Rosa, as well as thousands of others.

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