Big Black - Cables

[Abortive]

hwo i learned guitar in one intro!

[bacarolle]

gotta love that boiling water sound.

[asenath7766]

Steve Albini is HOT.

[Agos1425]

Amazing!

[nyakarush]

shi-bi-re-ru!!!!!!

[samuraiinCfede]

the hand waving "nononono" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



[cymreiges]

this song should be the only thing under the definition for PUNK

[PrincePurple]

Are those Telecasters those two boys are playing? My Telecaster doesn't sound like that. Bruce Springsteen's or Brad Paisley's Telecasters don't sound like that.

[Putyourknifinme]

@PrincePurple I do believe those are Travis Bean guitars they are playing : )

[PrincePurple]

@Putyourknifinme

Thanks. Never heard of Travis Bean guitars. To get that sound they must be made of plutonium.

[raindog951]

@PrincePurple Solid Aluminium bodies, steel strings and steel plectrums = Bliss :-))

[SquareHeadSlacker]

@Putyourknifinme

No, Albini has only used the Travis Bean with shellac.

Here he's using what looks to be a double cutaway tele.

[kevpark21]

I hope downtown Louisville, KY likes this song, I blast it every morning from my car on the way to work!

[todhostetler]

@kevpark21, HA, just like I hoped Sacramento, CA liked this song back in '89. I is so happy Big Black is still reaching ears.

[SwitchRich]

Holy shit balls! Geeks on fire.

[verodemode]

ahhh increíble, hay alguna banda así actualmente?

sensaciones extremass

[firedryer]

It sounds like he's murdering that guitar with a piece of sheet metal.

[smurf88]

That man is Buster from Arrested Development.

[KJB2010]

@smurf88 Heyy brother

[theartofnotbeingseen]

there's no word to justify how intense these guys are... inelevense? (sorry.)

[lulzforthewin]

fuuuck this is so awesome on every level

[FALOOFAfilms]

holy crap how is he making that noise?!

[choochiewoochie1]

never hung a darky not even a big one  FUCK YA

[alyssahaynie]

crushin'

[olfi500]

i can pull on a rope

[StupidChicagoPunk]

that's the craziest tone ever!

[ofwolves]

Guess they know Im not no company man

[anarchopaperclip]

That guitar tone is due to Albini using notched metal picks.

[Punk93Metal]

@anarchopaperclip

And the fact he uses Travis Bean guitars which are made with aluminum necks instead of wood.

[orangie1]

@Punk93Metal Not during the "Big Black" days he wasn't.

[Punk93Metal]

@orangie1

Honest mistake.

[zodiacloveteam]

I love the Albini guitar sound. It's the "Anti-tone" in the best possible way.

[Elgrandeshit]

Music to have sex with Camels to....

[perverseimp]

Sounds like the guitar is torturing some small robot like R2- intro

[arbinka77]

the rustiest guitar ever

[FilthyMcNasty757]

My favorite Big Black song

[fiddelerselbow]

I FUCKING LOVE BIG BLACK

[mystro810]

0:00-1:20= top 10 I dont give a flying fuck guitar solos in history

[111tench]

Why is everybody interested in the guitar sound when it's the filthiest ( By that I mean the best!) bass sound ever produced!!!

[tummimmut]

Guitar/sound sucks

[codeinestation]

Disagree, Albini's guitar sound was one of the most distinctive aspects of Big Black's music. Love them or loathe them, Big Black were highly original and innovative.

[turdohop12]

they're so fuckin tight

[simpsons2170]

you have to be to play with a drum machine, it's something i'm learning with my little drum machine project

[bjw7171]

One of these best CD's (remember those?) to screw by.

[rocktron2000]

Yes no one remembers CDs. You must be old!!!

[hahahahaha23]

this shit got suggested to me by youtube, and thank god for it

[TheFuturegood]

nasty

[HappyTimeCycles]

can anyone tell me (knowledgeable answers only plz) what gives albini and durango that 'buzzsaw' guitar sound?

[FemBot667]

Pretty much just a shitload of treble, no mids or bass, and driving their amps really hard. IIRC, Albini uses a rare solid state preamp and power amp with an old Fender Bassman, but no effects pedals other than a tuner.

[HappyTimeCycles]

good call, fembot....nobody else has brought up the Bassman.....

[llanbo]

I *think* he might also have a very VERY tight delay (so tight it's almost flanging) as well. You can sort of hear it on  "Steak and Black Onions" (Rapeman).

It's one HELL of a sound though.

[cartoonist2000]

he used a metal guitar clip that he carved ridges into with a pair of needlenose pliers.

[HappyTimeCycles]

yeah, thats something i've heard

[smashglasshouses]

He also makes a pedal that was discontinued now. You can find him talking about it on youtube somewhere. Runs for about $300 I think. He also plays with metal picks. Steve Albini also eat uranium. That's really the secret behind his sound.

[HappyTimeCycles]

nutty, crunchy, chocolatey uranium

[wilson2810]

@HappyTimeCycles im pretty sure he uses a pedal called an interfax harmonic percolater now being remade to original spec in america by theremaniacs

[HappyTimeCycles]

to: wilson2810 a "interfax harmonic percolater"? sweet zombie jeebus, that sounds dangerous, haha.

[twoboots4you]

2:35. Damn Albini, you got a trem. Use it. haha, good stuff anyway.

[codeinestation]

I have always been intrigued by Big Black since I first heard them when I was 16... to me it was never about great song writing... Albini was innovative, he produced music that just didn't sound like anything else, but was dark, kinetic and unusual.

[fantasykiss08]

Nothin like drinking a fifth of lord calvert and listening to this.

[blockyboy2]

teh bass is so beastin

[SimplyShadow]

kick ass

[stillwaiting4godot]

happy days ... ya'll yanks? well this and the Minute Men made early eighties US music worthy of a cause, oh that and Black Flag )

[chaaleste]

Two nerdy guys team up with Santiago Durango, do horrible things to guitars and make hardcore goodness.

[Icantunderstandyou]

I would say less hardcore & more Noise rock, but that's just me.

[raindog951]

Been listening to non stop Big Black and Rapeman for the last few weeks. Brutal as fuck and blows away nearly everyone.

[Lobonsky]

Shit...after the early warm up they get their shit done....Steve....one of a kind......Shelac ......great memory!

[caseyforever]

amazing these guys can still hear anything in the upper register.

[thedividedheir]

Oddly the other day I was listening to big black and my friend was watching a movie trailer called "SOULPOWER" It is about the concerts and musicians who played a show right before Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman, and there was a band named "Big Black." haha! Just two things were different with these guys, they were black and they were funky music. I am not saying they were bad, but it did make me jump up and think "really!!!! Big Black!"

[wordupassholes]

Who would make souch a pointless film?

[fantasykiss08]

They should have called themselves Big Black Dick.

[nerviosa1173]

Isn't their name obviously a cropped phrase with male genitalia missing?

[fantasykiss08]

Dammit mom, I thought i told you not to touch my Big Black records

[stopthrm]

Isn't that what its coming to anymore. The older gen is loosening up.

[brandoncipelle]

big black what can i say there were big black what can i say they were big black badassed song

[Samoriah]

Best rock band ever.

[NebulaRasa]

I love the way Dave takes his bass off and towels himself down when he realises Albini's doing a Steve Howe. Get well soon, Dave.

[topless1975scout]

big black f'n rocks, listen to this once and you will replay

[scumgod13]

@topless1975scout  Yes, I listened once in about 1991 and still replaying!

[jp28hc]

The guitar tone from hell! Damaging to say the least!

[rukon1234]

@jp28hc I just wish I knew how to get it.

[maynardspeaks53]

dont fuck around! haha

[wolfmega321]

they should be credited more.

[CRAWBURGER]

I guess they know I ain'nt no company man...but I tug on a rope-kill-a-cow...best as any other fucker can

poetry

[chaaleste]

I've always thot it woz: I guess they know, I ain't no company man...but I c'n tug on a rope 'n' kill-a-cow...fast as any motherfucker can

I get the idea I know who slaughtered the cows that made the beef that made the burger that made the "Hamburger Martyr"...

[packman42006]

My favorite album in college....got ripped a few hundred times with this song!

[blairomatic]

Atomizer!

[SOMERRRR]

steve albini is god

[bitingenza]

It's pointless to say anything clever about Steve Albini or Big Black, so I won't bother. It rocks like your house is actually on fire

[skylabdown]

I miss my friend Grey.

[ramsey54321]

HAHA at 0:35, did anyone hear the "Don't Fuck Around" from the audience

[Thewonkandfriends]

Does anyone think that Santiago Durango(dude on right) looks exactly like the dad from Calvin And Hobbes?

[baldocarrie]

Yes and he ruled!

[thesuspectdevice]

Hahaha that is the most amazing call I have ever heard. He sure does.

[jonesmh123]

how does it sound like living in minnesota? maybe Jordan, Minnesota is what you mean...

[Thewonkandfriends]

Steve Albinis from minnesota,this song is about him and his friends going to the local slaughterhouse because they were so bored living in rural America.

[johnnyrook68]

Jordan Minnesota is a song about a small town where everybody fucks each others' kids

[Iseeyousleeping]

Hug from Jesus!

[Thewonkandfriends]

Hi Alan.

[fionamacginty]

Love this song,sounds like living in Minnesota.They all look so threatening,Riley looks like a disgruntled office worker on a shooting spree,Durango looks like a really,REALLY angry Kevin Spacey and Albini just looks like an average American,a really dangerous and mentally unstable. nerd

[TallFastLoud]

it looks like he's rewiring the pickups at the start which is impossible...but still, it's kind of weird. but fucking awesome.

[Sweett00thhiwatt]

The Men of all men.

[wulfloki616]

one of the best songs EVER

[lowend]

fuck yeah!!!!

big black were the shit!!

[daemon12xu]

I was hooked on Big Black after [earth] Atomizer [go]. F'in great.

[Pickett]

Whoever put this stuff back up deserves an award!

[BillSwansea]

HAHA! FUCK YEAH! Good To See This Back

[adelmanjaro]

Get the fuck outta here! Its back on. TAKE THAT, YOUTUBE! YOU SON OF A BITCH!