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In 1983 Jeff Pezzati and Santiago Durango , both of Naked Raygun, joined the band on bass and guitar, respectively. They recorded two EPs together, switching to Homestead Records, and soon after Pezzati left the band. He was replaced by Dave Riley .
The band made a name for themselves nationally with their Gang of Four influenced music and controversial lyrics. Some didn't understand that their songs were either social commentary or sarcastic jokes (often both), and assumed that the band was sexist and racist. Albini responded to these accusations by making his lyrics even more offensive than before.
The band had been unhappy with their share of the profits from the successful Atomizer release, and switched label again in 1987, this time to the cult Chicago-based indie label Touch and Go RecordsTouch and Go Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, USA, which began life in 1979 in East Lansing, Michigan as a magazine put out by Tesco Vee. Tesco was bored with the punk sounds of the day, and captivated by the emerging har, and released the generally regarded as not-so-successful Headache EP, a letr release of which had the label on it "Not as good as Atomizer". Shortly after, Durango announced that he was leaving the band to attend law school. The band realized this would be a good time to stop, not wanting to turn into the Rolling Stones. They released one final album, Songs About Fucking, and broke up. Steve Albini went on to become a successful producer for bands like NirvanaThis article is about the 1980s- 1990s grunge band Nirvana. See Nirvana (1960s band) for the British psychedelic rock band of the 1960s of the same name, or Nirvana (disambiguation) for other meanings. Nirvana was a band founded in 1987 in Aberdeen, Washi, Jesus LizardJesus Lizard can refer to two things: Jesus Lizard is a common name for the basilisk lizard genus, known for being able to run across water. The Jesus Lizard was a band, formed in 1987 in Chicago, Illinois, United States, that disbanded in 1999., SlintSlint was Brian McMahan, David Pajo, Britt Walford, Todd Brashear (Spiderland) and Ethan Buckler (Tweez). They formed in Louisville, Kentucky in the late eighties from the remains of Squirrel Bait. Slint's first album ‘Tweez’, produced by Steve Albini and, P.J. Harvey and the PixiesThis article is about the band named Pixies. For pixies of folklore, see pixie. Pixies are a band which toured and recorded in the late 1980s and early 1990s, then reunited in 2004 and began touring again. The band's lineup consists of Black Francis a., as well as playing in RapemanRapeman was a legendary, albeit short-lived ( 1987 1990), noise band, featuring: Steve Albini (formerly of Big Black) on guitar David Wm. Sims (formerly of Scratch Acid) on bass Rey Washam (formerly of Scratch Acid and Big Boys) on drums Their name, taken and Shellac. Dave Riley had a stroke and fell in (and out of) a coma in 1993. Santiago Durango is still a lawyer. Touch and Go Records acquired the rights to the Big Black back cataologue, and released these by this time hard to acquire classics.
Big Black's career is chronicled in Our Band Could Be Your Life, a study of several important american underground rock groups.