He was joined soon after by Durango and Pezzati for the Bulldozer EP in 1983. After Dave Riley took over for Pezzati, the EP Racer-X was released in 1984. In addition, they also had a close relationship with the legendary Touch and Go Records, who put out most of their material when the label was just starting out.īig Black began by Albini when he wrote and recorded their first EP, Lungs, entirely on his own. Big Black were known for their strong DIY ethic (booking their own tours, recording their own albums, etc.), essentially doing everything they could to avoid working with outside contracts. This is the short-form used to credit a Roland TR-606 drum machine on their releases. Of course, there is one more constant member who can't go unmentioned, and that is 'Roland'.

After he left, Big Black's line-up was finalized with bassist Dave Riley, who stayed with the band until their end in 1987. Their original bassist was Naked Raygun vocalist Jeff Pezzati, who only played on the band's second EP Bulldozer before leaving to focus on his other band.

To bring the focus back to Big Black their other guitarist was Santiago Durango, who was an early member of Naked Raygun, but left to focus on Big Black. In addition, he's got an extensive list of production credits, most notably The Pixies' Surfer Rosa, Nirvana's In Utero, the first few Jesus Lizard albums, and has worked with a ton of other incredible artists ranging from Joanna Newsom to Neurosis. He's obviously known for Big Black, as well as his current band Shellac. The band was spearheaded by guitarist/vocalist Steve Albini, who has been a major figure in underground rock for a long time. To say they were influential is an understatement, since they were a monumental band in the worlds of punk, post-hardcore, noise rock, post-punk, alternative rock, and even industrial. Big Black were a three-piece post-hardcore/noise rock band from Evanston, Illinois (though closely related to Chicago) that were around from 1981 to 1987.

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