Q: There was a time when your name was synonymous with alternative rock. Did you find it liberating when you stopped being so à la mode?
A: I always found it weird to be associated with most of the groups from that time, so I never took it very seriously. Which meant it also didn’t affect me very much when it went away. It’s like flies: they can be annoying, but soon they get bored and go off some other place.
Steve Albini, lead singer and producer of Shellac
interview by Pablo Gil