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Big Black is tagged as: noise rock, post-punk, punk, noise, hardcore

Big Black was an Independent punk-rock band founded in Evanston, Illinois, United States, that was active between 1982 and 1987. They were headed by singer, lyricist, guitarist, and co-songwriter Steve Albini. They have been classified as post-hardcore/noise rock, and were a formative influence on industrial rock, but the band members have always described the band as solidly punk rock; in the notes for Pigpile, a live recording of their final London performance, Albini explicitly describes Big Black as punk.
They sought and found little mainstream success, but the group’s piledriver drum machines and brutal, slashing electric guitars were widely influential, especially for industrial rock. Albini’s snide, malevolent singing and provocative lyrics garnered much attention.
Albini made a name for himself for his controversial “Tired of Ugly Fat?” column in the Chicago zine Matter, as well as irregular contributions to Forced Exposure. At the time, the band consisted of Albini and his drum machine, a Roland TR-606. (All of Big Black’s recordings credit “Roland” as if “he” were a member of the band.)
The Lungs EP, the first effort to appear under the Big Black name, was recorded by Albini in his dorm room at Northwestern ...
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Top 10 Big Black Songs
Bad Penny
The Model
L Dopa
The Power of Independent Trucking
Precious Thing
Colombian Necktie
Kitty Empire
Fish Fry
Ergot
Pavement Saw
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Top 10 Big Black Albums
Songs About Fucking
Atomizer
The Hammer Party
The Rich Man's Eight Track Tape
Pig Pile
Pigpile
Racer X
Lungs
Bulldozer
Headache
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