Released on September 10, 1987, "Songs About Fucking" is the second LP by the post-hardcore/noise rock band Big Black. It placed 54th on Pitchfork Media's 'Top 100 Albums of the 1980s'. Included was covers of Kraftwerk's "The Model" and Cheap Trick's "He's a Whore". The band had already decided to split up before the album was recorded, prompted by guitarist Santiago Durango's decision to enroll in Law School, and the band's desire to quit while at their peak. References / tributes include Jason Lescalleet's… read more
Released on September 10, 1987, "Songs About Fucking" is the second LP by the post-hardcore/noise rock band Big Black. It placed 54th on Pi… read more
Released on September 10, 1987, "Songs About Fucking" is the second LP by the post-hardcore/noise rock band Big Black. It placed 54th on Pitchfork Media's 'Top 100 Al… read more
Big Black was an independent noise 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 pil… read more
Big Black was an independent noise rock band founded in Evanston, Illinois, United States, that was active between 1982 and 1987. They were headed by singer, lyricist, guitarist, and co-son… read more
Big Black was an independent noise 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 classifie… read more