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updated 6 Oct 95
BIG BLACK were born in 1982, instigated by Steve Albini, then a Sophomore
at Northwestern University, a fanzine writer and a loudmouth. A six-song
EP, LUNGS, was recorded on a borrowed 4-track for the price of one case of
beer. Five years later, at the peak of their popularity, Big Black split.
They's never had a manager, a booking agent, a lawyer, or taken advance
from their record company. They left a musical legacy dripping with power,
cynicism and a sense of humour that was blacker than black. In Seattle,
at their final gig, they smashed up all their stuff.
In 1992 Touch and Go Records, through Southern Studios re-released the
entire Big Black catalog.