Steve Albini, a punk and alt-rock icon whose knife-edged, metallic guitar style influenced players the world over, has died at the age of 61, Pitchfork reports. Staff at Albini's recording studio, Electrical Audio, said that he died of a heart attack.
As the frontman and guitarist for Big Black, and later Shellac, Steve Albini developed an abrasive lyrical and guitar style that proved tremendously influential to generations of alt-rock and metal bands.
