
Steve Albini’s Hard-Earned Nirvana Gold Record Is Now for Sale
Steve Albini's gold-record award for Nirvana's 'In Utero' is up for sale

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Steve Albini's gold-record award for Nirvana's 'In Utero' is up for sale

The legendary musician, producer, and writer lived by his own fiercely stubborn code of punk DIY ethics, reigning as one of rock's most brilliant provocateurs even as he became a model for how to outgrow your own bullshit

In addition to his own work with Big Black and Shellac, Albini also brought his abrasive sound to alt-rock classics like Pixies' Surfer 'Rosa' and PJ Harvey's 'Rid of Me'

RS tackles the complete catalog of the band that defined the Nineties and made the world a lot noisier.

Limited-edition coffee table book celebrating internet-famous cat will also feature quotes from Whoopi Goldberg, Jack Black, El-P, and more

Steve Albini and Santiago Durango look back on their middle-finger industrial-punk swan song.