Steve Albini death
Dude lived a heck of a life. 2 Bracelets, good online mixed game grinder and just so happened to produce some absolutely iconic albums.
Met him a few times. Interesting guy. RIP
Damn. RIP.
Love Shellac and he engineered some of my favorite records of all time. Have really enjoyed following his poker career as well.
His screen name here was "electrical" btw.
Damn. Seemed like a super cool guy. Produced some of the best Nirvana tracks.
Ooof came here to post that. He was active in the 7 Card Stud forum. RIP
Oh man...legendary produce and a two time bracelet winner. RIP
thought that docuseries with oscillator showed he was a great guy, loved poker, was loved by many, and lived life. RIP
Heart attack at 61? Yikes.
One of the greats, RIP
This was his last post. Very Albini.
RIP, damn this is awful, just saw the news on socials and rushed here.
Damn legend, if you ask me. RIP Steve
RIP to the legend
Steve was one of the first people to ever hit me up on twoplustwo to invite me to a friendly game in Chicago. Some of the first people I ever met from starting to play poker. He will be very missed.
So shocking. I was literally just listening to 'At Action Park' by Shellac, went to get some food and came back to this news.
RIP.
So many damn great to elite records. It's astounding. He also famously did not take royalties from the albums he produced. He believed it was his job to do what the band wanted and not to "mold" the band into what he thought was best.
I read the news just a few minutes ago on the train back home from the airport, it was posted on my local football (English soccer) team's unofficial forum (4 threads started actually) such was the reach of his music influence.
As previously mentioned, he was active in the stud / other poker forums here. We played in the same WSOP tourney in 2012.
He was a great poker mind who will be missed in both music and poker circles.
Very sad to read this. Steve helped to make so many amazing albums, was a great follow on twitter and came across as a very decent human.
Some of my favourite tracks he worked on:
Spoiler
RIP.
Rid Of Me was such a a punch in the gut when it came out
I know Oscillator on here was a close friend. Hope he's doing ok.
super sad news! this man was such a legend in the studio and seemingly had an insatiable passion for the game of poker.
here's his 2+2 AMA from ages ago.
rest in peace!
it's rare that I know someone as a poker player secondary to their main career, but Albini worked on so many albums that I love. Always seemed like a stand up guy. He's lived a great life, though.
Came here to comment on this awful news. RIP electrical. TY.
Man, I'm absolutely gutted.
I collaborated with Steve (and by this I mean: He helped me create something being incredibly generous with his time) on a couple of projects, most notably the docuseries linked in post #7. We spent a few days filming at his studio, then went to a home game with Steve and his buddies. So many great stories. He was one of a kind, and I don't say that lightly.
A few months later, we flew to Chicago again to film something for a charity Steve helped run. When we were there, they did a 24-hour charity stream where Steve stayed up the whole time, played a live gig at like 5 in the morning, hosted the whole thing, and when he wasn't needed in front of a microphone, he went home and cooked for everybody. I, then 35, passed out before the sun even came up, and when I woke up a few hours later, a 59-year-old Steve was serving everyone breakfast, probably not having even considered taking a nap. When Steve believed in a cause or thought he could help someone, he was tireless. Seemingly everyone we interviewed in Chicago had a story about Steve where he had practically saved someone off the street, accommodated strangers in his house, or whatever it took to help. People know how Steve refused to take royalties, and he charged everyone he worked with the same minimal fee so that everyone could afford him (bands from my town in Finland I had never even heard have recorded albums with Steve!), but most of his charitable contributions aren't even known to the public.
[B]This[/B] is their charity. I know the home page isn't flashy - this is a very home-grown organization - but I know for a fact this meant the world to Steve (his wife is the president of the organization). To my knowledge, the Albinis spent every Christmas for 20 years delivering presents to kids in shady neighborhoods from morning until night after spending a good part of the year fundraising. Why would you spend your Christmas at home when you can spend the day saving someone else's Christmas? That was Steve.
I spoke with someone from the charity today, and they are obviously devastated. Let's show them some love, 2+2.
Really wish I was able to write a proper eulogy and do Steve justice, but I'm too gutted right now -- and I barely knew him. Some people just have that aura where you instantly know the world would be a much worse place without them.
For everyone on 2+2 who knew Steve: I'm so sorry for your loss :(
PS. Legendary life advice:
I talked a lot of strategy with him in the Stud sub-forum, and he helped me to improve my game a lot regarding Razz, also at Stud hi, and we only disagreed once considering stud8, where the only other guy agreeing with my take was chainsaw...
Never really knew he was into producing such dope music...
RIP
