Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance shared tributes to Steve Albini, remembering the musician/producer/engineer as a “unique and outstanding individual,” who helped the burgeoning indie rock band sound “bigger than we were in real life.”
Albini, who died Tuesday night from a heart attack at the age of 61, produced Superchunk’s excellent 1991 sophomore effort, No Pocky for Kitty. McCaughan remembered cutting the album over three nights — working literally sundown to sun-up, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. — at Chicago Recording Company.
It was an experience that “changed our band and our lives,...
Albini, who died Tuesday night from a heart attack at the age of 61, produced Superchunk’s excellent 1991 sophomore effort, No Pocky for Kitty. McCaughan remembered cutting the album over three nights — working literally sundown to sun-up, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. — at Chicago Recording Company.
It was an experience that “changed our band and our lives,...
- 5/8/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Gary Richrath, songwriter and lead guitarist for Reo Speedwagon for decades, has died, the band announced on its Facebook page Sunday. He was 65. The cause of death has not yet been determined. “Hi friends, kc here,”Guitarist Kevin Cronin wrote. “My longtime friend and collaborator Gary Richrath passed away earlier today. I feel so sad. Gary was both a unique guitarist and songwriter, and the embodiment of the tough guy with a heart of gold. I learned most of what I know about being in a rock band from Gary Richrath. The entire Reo Family mourns his death and shares in.
- 9/14/2015
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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