This is some dumb-fucking meathead perverted shit here. The amazing and opinionated Steve Albini (RIP) produced more than anyone's share of music. I appreciated some of the records he oversaw but I never got into any of his own bands. Except maybe Shellac. Listening to Atomizer all the way thru for the first time was difficult. The second time it was easier, and the third time it was fine. I'm no Albini sympathizer but I believe that as you grow older, you develop self-awareness, understanding and take responsibility for your past. I also believe that if everyone was an angel, there would be no forward momentum in the world. And, with nothing to provoke thought or action, we would stagnate. The world simultaneously needs a hero and an enemy. Somehow Steve Albini was both of that. I lifted the following passage from NPR: "...in The Guardian, he reflected on the ugliness of past sins: "I can't defend any of it," he said. "It was all coming from a privileged position of someone who would never have to suffer any of the hatred that's embodied in any of that language." Albini didn't want to be excused from any role he played; he wanted to own up to his faults, and to tell anyone who respected him — or used to — why he was wrong." As far as Big Black and Atomizer go, it was just the right amount of abrasive filth to keep me from wanting more.