Big Black - Pigpile [Live] (1992 Touch And Go)

#40 Big Black - Pigpile Live (1992 Touch And Go) noise rock \ post-hardcore \ industrial rock \ post-punk "Like other inherently flawed formats (compilations of non-album material, remix albums, and so on), great live albums are hard to come by. But what about an incredible live record by a rock band with a lineup that includes . . . a drum machine? Big Black pulls off that rare feat with Pigpile, which documents one complete show at London’s Hammersmith Clarendon during the band’s final tour. Big Black’s breakup was actually announced before the release of 1987’s Songs about Fucking and the shows—including the one captured here—that followed. The band called it a day based on two factors: Guitarist Santiago Durango was to soon begin law school and the bandwide assessment that Big Black had reached the height of its powers. Therefore, on this album, the latter is just what the listener gets, from the first “One, Two, One, Two . . . fuck you!” count-off until Steve Albini and Santiago Durango stab through the last couple of scratchy riffs on “Jordan, Minnesota.” Many of these twelve live tracks are better than their studio counterparts, namely “Passing Complexion,” “Pavement Saw,” and pre-LP era (1986) material such as “Steelworker,” which suffered from a poor recording when originally released." - Gimme Indie Rock > Atomizer (1986) https://vk.cc/bZePxd > Songs About Fucking (1987) https://vk.cc/bZePwT #fckem_500indie #fckem_noiserock #fckem_posthardcore