“Band Culture.” I Kinda Like That. Also: Grills = Amps? Hot Dogs = XLR Cables?

“Daily Swarm: You’ve been making your own music while simultaneously helping other people with their records. What motivated you to want to help people with their careers while yours was in progress?

Steve Albini:  Nobody ever thought of it as a career when I first got into a band. Nobody had any commercial aspirations. I was participating in ‘band culture.’ It was a social thing like being on a bowling team. The same way that if a friend was having a cookout and needed to borrow your grill, of course you’d let him borrow your grill and of course you’d go to the cookout and of course he’d offer you a hot dog.”

The 2,372,991st interview with Steve Albini about what Steve Albini does and how he does it is just as good as the other 2,372,990.

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