Steve Albini

Steve Albini

Born: July 22, 1962
Died: May 7, 2024
in Pasadena, California.
Steve Albini was an alt rock music producer and vocalist for the band Shellac.

Movies for Steve Albini...

The Butthole Surfers Movie
Title: The Butthole Surfers Movie
Character: Self
Released: May 1, 2023
Type: Movie
Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary.
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Records
Title: Records
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 2021
Type: Movie
Twenty-one years after Alan Zweig’s groundbreaking first feature documentary Vinyl, Zweig returns to the topic of compulsive record collecting with newfound introspection and a sunnier disposition. Punctuated by his signature mirror-confessionals, Records compiles colourful interviews with vinyl enthusiasts, swirling around the proverbial maxim that music has the power to connect us all.
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The Pedal Movie
Title: The Pedal Movie
Released: April 30, 2021
Type: Movie
For the first time ever, the story of guitar pedals and effects will be told by the people who make them and the artists that use them. Coming in 2021, The Pedal Movie, Reverb's first-ever feature-length film, will dive into the culture of pedals and tell the story of how a small industry grew from a handful of companies into the galaxy of different makers building pedals today.
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Why Am I Doing This? (A Film About Touring)
Title: Why Am I Doing This? (A Film About Touring)
Character: Self
Released: April 18, 2021
Type: Movie
This is a film about touring musicians who don't care about making it in the music business and all of the hardships they face without the fame.
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Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero
Title: Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero
Character: Himself
Released: March 12, 2019
Type: Movie
In May 1997, Tim Taylor, creative force behind the beloved Dayton, Ohio rock weirdos BRAINIAC, was on the verge of his band signing to a major record label when his life was cut tragically short by a freak accident. He was 28 years old. Devastated, his family, friends and fans were forced to pick up the pieces. This film explores the history and legacy of Taylor and one of the 90s most original bands.
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Rock vs. Cancer
Title: Rock vs. Cancer
Character: Self
Released: October 25, 2018
Type: Movie
A musician with terminal cancer spends his last days recording a rock album with legendary music producer Steve Albini.
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Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
Title: Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records
Character: Himself
Released: August 16, 2018
Type: Movie
The true story of punks, queers, & criminals on a ride with two men who accidentally changed music along the way.
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You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
Title: You Can Color Outside the Lines... The Big Boys
Released: April 13, 2018
Type: Movie
YOU CAN COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES, THE BIG BOYS tells the true story of the beloved funk/punk band from Austin, Texas. Go beyond Austin's city limits and hear from some of music & skateboarding's greats about how the original "skate punk" band's message of DIY positivity still resonates today. Hear from such legends as Tim Kerr (Big Boys), Fred Armisen (SNL), Tony Alva (Dogtown & Z-Boys), Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam), Exene Cervenka (X) & many more as this VHS-inspired trip takes you back to those hot summers of Texas in the 80s. And then go make your own art!
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Les Établissements Phonographiques de l’Est
Title: Les Établissements Phonographiques de l’Est
Character: Lui-même
Released: September 7, 2017
Type: Movie
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Don't Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker
Title: Don't Break Down: A Film About Jawbreaker
Released: August 11, 2017
Type: Movie
In 2007, 11 years after one of the most influential American punk bands, Jawbreaker, called it quits, the three members, Blake Schwarzenbach, Chris Bauermeister, and Adam Pfahler reconnect in a San Francisco recording studio to listen back to their albums, reminisce and even perform together one last time. Follow the band as they retell their "rags to riches to rags" story writhe with inner band turmoil, health issues, and the aftermath of signing to a major label. Featuring interviews with Billy Joe Armstrong, Steve Albini, Jessica Hopper, Graham Elliot, Chris Shifflet, Josh Caterer and more.
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Hot Doug’s: The Movie
Title: Hot Doug’s: The Movie
Character: Himself
Released: June 21, 2017
Type: Movie
Hot Doug’s: the Movie is a portrait of the restaurant, its owner, and its fans. It’s a window into the closing of a cult-favorite hot-dog stand in Chicago, and a peek into what created the phenomenon, the nature of fandom, the rise of restaurateurs as celebrities, and why someone would wait in line for 5 hours to get a hot dog.
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Document: A Film About Malojian
Title: Document: A Film About Malojian
Character: Himself
Released: October 15, 2016
Type: Movie
Featuring legendary recording engineer Steve Albini, 'Document: A film about Malojian' captures the energy of a band at the top of their game, as they rush to complete their third album, "This is Nowhere", in just four days.
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Breadcrumb Trail
Title: Breadcrumb Trail
Character: Himself
Released: April 15, 2014
Type: Movie
Breadcrumb Trail focuses on Slint's seminal album, Spiderland, and the Louisville music scene from which the band originated.
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Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust
Title: Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust
Character: Himself
Released: August 8, 2013
Type: Movie
Form small beginnings on a Victorian farm to globetrotting punk rock icons, the Cosmic Psychos became one of Australia's most influential bands. Now after thirty years of music making, 'Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust' documents the highs and lows of the group's musical career as told by members from the Melvins, L7, Mud Honey, Pearl Jam, and The Hard-Ons with other international music producers and from the Cosmic Psycho band members themselves.
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Couldn't You Wait?
Title: Couldn't You Wait?
Character: Himself
Released: February 21, 2013
Type: Movie
A fixture of the "indie rock" scene in the mid-90's, Silkworm left behind a unique catalog that is continually being re-discovered by critics and fans. Using extensive interviews with the surviving members, Couldn't You Wait? chronicles their unlikely 17 year long career on the fringe of alternative music.
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Reel Old School
Title: Reel Old School
Character: Himself
Released: August 13, 2012
Type: Movie
Reel Old School is a documentary made by college students John Cotton and Brady Effler. It investigates the transition in the music recording world from analog to digital. Interviewing well known musicians and engineers such as Steve Albini (The Pixies, Nirvana, Shellac, Bush) Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie) Bil VornDick (Bob Dylan, Alison Krauss, Marty Robins, Bela Fleck) Claire Lynch (IBMA Vocalist of the year) Derek Webb (Independent Christian artist) among many less known independent artists and engineers. Showing correlation between the democratization of recording technology and the fall of the music industry. As well as highlight two conflicting paradigms. The analog paradigm of devotion and dedication to craft and the digital paradigm with the dividing of life into app sized proportions.
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Recording Josephine: Magnolia Electric Company at Electrical Audio
Title: Recording Josephine: Magnolia Electric Company at Electrical Audio
Character: Steve Albini
Released: September 18, 2009
Type: Movie
"Recording Josephine" showcases the personalities and recording process involved in the making of the album, "Josephine" by Magnolia Electric Company. The album was recorded at engineer Steve Albini's Electical Audio in Chicago.
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Title: Delocated
Character: Music Producer
Released: February 12, 2009
Type: TV
Delocated is an American television series that premiered February 12, 2009 on Adult Swim. The original pilot for the show was aired on April 1, 2008. Jon Glaser plays a man in the Witness Protection Program who moves his family to New York City so they exploit the situation by starring in a reality TV show about them being in the Witness Protection Program. Paul Rudd guest-stars in the pilot as himself. Eugene Mirman co-stars as a Russian hitman/aspiring stand-up comic hired to kill "Jon." This series is produced by Wonder Showzen and Xavier: Renegade Angel creators PFFR. It leans decidedly more towards deadpan humor, and does not use the black humor of their other shows. It is similar in format to The Office, in that it mocks a reality show setup, as if it were a non-fiction, documentary or reality show, not a fictional comedy. In the first seven episodes, Delocated had an eleven-minute runtime; as of season two, each episode had a twenty-two-minute runtime. The off-season series finale aired on March 7, 2013.
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Guyville Redux
Title: Guyville Redux
Released: January 28, 2008
Type: Movie
Fans and luminaries of the Chicago music scene explain their reactions to Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE album and the mark it made on indie rock in the early 1990s.
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The Dirty Three
Title: The Dirty Three
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 2007
Type: Movie
The Dirty Three are the rough and ready jewels in the crown of Australian rock and roll history. Born from the need to put food on the table and spawned from the intensely collaborative local Australian music scene in the 80's and early 90's, the Dirty Three pioneered the instrumental rock and roll music scene in Australia with their cathartic, sometimes violent and always spellbinding brand of music. Within a few short years, they achieved local and international success and left Australian shores to take their Music to the world. To this day the band continues to tour the world and serve the music that they see as a real, living and breathing thing that chooses the Dirty Three's custodianship.
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You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977–1984
Title: You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977–1984
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
You Weren't There: a History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984 is a documentary that looks back on the impact that the Punk movement had on the Windy City. Though overlooked in the annals of Rock history (compared to media centric LA, NYC and London), Chicago served as an important early supporter of the Punk movement in America. "You Weren't There" talks to the DJ's, musicians, promoters, artists and fans who were pivotal in creating the Chicago Punk scene. It also showcases classic archival footage of great Chicago bands such as, Effigies, Naked Raygun, Strike Under, Articles of Faith, as well as lesser known greats like Silver Abuse, DA, The Subverts, Savage Beliefs, Negative Element, Rights of the Accused and many, many more.
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Danielson: A Family Movie (or, Make a Joyful Noise Here)
Title: Danielson: A Family Movie (or, Make a Joyful Noise Here)
Character: Self
Released: December 15, 2006
Type: Movie
"Danielson: a Family movie" is a documentary about unbridled creativity vs. accessibility, Christian faith vs. popular culture, underground music vs. survival, and family vs. individuality. The film follows Daniel Smith, an eccentric musician and visual artist, as he leads his four siblings and best friend to indie rock stardom, eventually facing the struggle to become viable as a solo act. Along the way he mentors an unknown singer-songwriter named Sufjan Stevens whose own subsequent success stands in stark contrast to the music world's uneasy reception of Danielson just a few years prior. Makes use of collage, direct cinema and animation. Written by Creative Arson
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Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
Title: Looking for a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Looking For a Thrill: An Anthology of Inspiration is a collection of personal stories about defining moments of musical inspiration (a record, a show, a musician, etc.) for 112 musicians who themselves have inspired so many. The interviews on the DVD include recollections by Mike Watt, Thurston Moore, Hamid Drake, Bjork, Yo La Tengo, Tortoise, the Butchies, Jon Spencer, Vic Chesnutt, Kurt Wagner, Fred Anderson and Giant Sand - as well as members of the Urinals, Califone, Jesus Lizard, the Boredoms, Mekons, Slint, the Sea and Cake, and Calexico (to name just a few).
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Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll
Title: Wesley Willis: The Daddy of Rock 'n' Roll
Character: Himself
Released: April 22, 2003
Type: Movie
Documentary about the late Chicago artist and musician Wesley Willis. Filmmaker Daniel Bitton follows Willis throughout the Chicago area, riding the bus, talking to friends and strangers alike, selling his CDs to record shops, and going about his day. Willis was memorable to many for being schizophrenic as well as 6'6" and over 300 pounds but was loved by his fans and friends for his quirky, oddball music, artistic talent, and for being a real gentle giant. He was a testament to the human drive to survive and create, as he himself was a survivor of extreme poverty, mental illness, child abuse, racism, and obesity. The fact that he lived to see 40 was incredible, but his having a successful music career and being able to function was even more so.
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Beautiful Frenzy
Title: Beautiful Frenzy
Released: January 30, 2001
Type: Movie
The Dutch band The Ex has been around for more than twenty years. All this time, nothing much has changed. Only their music is constantly developing. From straightforward punk to improvised music - again and again, new ground is broken. The music, the mutual concord and the interaction with the audience reflect an attitude to life based on obstinacy and curiosity, and certainly not on conformity or pleasing large audiences. The Ex organise their own concerts, have their own record label and play with just as much fervour in a hall with three thousand people as in a tiny squat. With this rather un-American style, the band has managed to survive for many years in a music industry that is mainly concerned with sales figures.
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Out of the Loop
Title: Out of the Loop
Character: Himself
Released: August 1, 1997
Type: Movie
A feature-length documentary on the 1990s Chicago rock scene.
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Big Black - Pig Pile
Title: Big Black - Pig Pile
Released: November 11, 1992
Type: Movie
Big Black recorded live at the Hammersmith Clarendon, London - UK, in the summer of 1987.
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Big Black - The Last Blast
Title: Big Black - The Last Blast
Released: December 30, 1987
Type: Movie
Big Black's final show, at the Georgetown Steamplant in Seattle, August 9, 1987.