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** Subverted with ''Didn't We Deserve a Look at You the Way You Really Are'', a 12 minutes long, heavily repetitive track.
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** Subverted with ''Didn't "Didn't We Deserve a Look at You the Way You Really Are'', Are", a 12 minutes long, heavily repetitive track.
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* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Todd Trainer's dog Uffizi.
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* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Todd Trainer's dog Uffizi.Uffizi, during his lifetime. They even made him the cover model for an album, and conducted an interview about him for ''Dogs 101.''
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* BreakupSong: The album ''1000 Hurts'' is an album with hate-filled breakup songs with romantic lines such as:
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--> He'll fertilize the rice in UsefulNotes/{{China}}
--> With the cinders of his remains
--> [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Blow him up into space]]
--> He'll fertilize the rice in UsefulNotes/{{China}}
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* BreakupSong: The album ''1000 Hurts'' is an album with hate-filled breakup songs with romantic lines such as:
--> [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Blow him up into space]]
--> He'll fertilize the rice in UsefulNotes/{{China}}
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* {{Expy}}:
** ''The Shoe Song'' from ''1000 Hurts'' is a {{homage}} to Music/{{Slint}}'s ''Good Morning, Captain''.
** Including the distinctive ''I MISS YOUUUU'' scream.
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** Including the distinctive ''I MISS YOUUUU'' scream.
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* {{Expy}}:
**{{Expy}}: ''The Shoe Song'' from ''1000 Hurts'' is a {{homage}} to Music/{{Slint}}'s ''Good Morning, Captain''.
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** : Steve Albini. His sidekick Bob Weston has his moments too.
** Especially in concert. Hammed UpToEleven in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kys0i4Krlbs this one]], but [[TheUnintelligible no idea]] [[WordSaladLyrics what they are singing]].
** : Steve Albini. His sidekick Bob Weston has his moments too.
** Especially in concert. Hammed UpToEleven in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kys0i4Krlbs this one]], but [[TheUnintelligible no idea]] [[WordSaladLyrics what they are singing]].
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* LargeHam
** :LargeHam: Steve Albini. His sidekick Albini, of course, but Bob Weston has his moments too.
** Especially in concert. Hammed UpToEleven intoo. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kys0i4Krlbs this one]], but [[TheUnintelligible no idea]] [[WordSaladLyrics what they Live shows]] are singing]].an even bigger source of this
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* PerishingAltRockVoice
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* PerspectiveFlip: "Canaveral" (quoted up above) is a song from the perspective of the husband of one of the many women UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy slept with. The tone is quitevenomousvenomous.
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* SeriousBusiness: This band is serious about everything, whether they sing about [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking killing someone, self-harming teenagers or radio broadcasts]].
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* TheSomethingSong: "The Shoe Song" and "Billiard Player Song".
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* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Not as cruel as Albini's lyrics for Music/BigBlack, so a solid 8.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: At least a 9. Yes, they are serious.
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* PrayerOfMalice: "Prayer to God" is about a man praying for the death of his ex-girlfriend and her new lover.
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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Played straight and taken UpToEleven by Todd Trainer.
** His vampire-like looks and slender figure even qualify him as NightmareFuel.
** [[https://i.imgur.com/RZbjPaL.jpg Impressively captured by this shot.]]
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** [[https://i.imgur.com/RZbjPaL.jpg Impressively captured by this shot.]]
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* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Played straight and taken UpToEleven by Todd Trainer.
**Trainer. His vampire-like looks and slender figure even qualify him as NightmareFuel.
**NightmareFuel. [[note]] [[https://i.imgur.com/RZbjPaL.jpg Impressively captured by this shot.]]]] [[/note]]
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWrVQTlonc Oh, how he loves his dog.]]
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* {{Expy}}: ''The Shoe Song'' from ''1000 Hurts'' is a {{homage}} to Music/{{Slint}}'s ''Good Morning, Captain''.
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* {{Expy}}: {{Expy}}:
** ''The Shoe Song'' from ''1000 Hurts'' is a {{homage}} to Music/{{Slint}}'s ''Good Morning, Captain''.
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* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: "Il Porno Star".
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* LargeHam: Steve Albini. His sidekick Bob Weston has his moments too.
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**: Steve Albini. His sidekick Bob Weston has his moments too.
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* MurderBallad: {{Deconstructed}} in "Prayer to God," which applies the same expression of frustration and entitlement towards women to the average man who's too cowardly to actually go through with killing them.
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* MurderBallad: {{Deconstructed}} in "Prayer to God," which applies the same expression of expresses similar feelings frustration and entitlement towards women to the but coming from an average man who's too cowardly to actually go through with killing them.
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* PerspectiveFlip: "Canaveral" (quoted up above) is a song from the perspective of the husband of one of the many women UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy slept with. The tone is quite [[CaptainObvious venomous]]
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* PerspectiveFlip: "Canaveral" (quoted up above) is a song from the perspective of the husband of one of the many women UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy slept with. The tone is quite [[CaptainObvious venomous]]venomous
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** [[http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/6460385/Shellac.jpg Impressively captured by this shot.]]
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** [[http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/6460385/Shellac.[[https://i.imgur.com/RZbjPaL.jpg Impressively captured by this shot.]]
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* PerspectiveFlip: "Canaveral" is a song from the perspective of the husband of one of the many women UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy slept with. The tone is quite [[CaptainObvious venomous]]
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* PerspectiveFlip: "Canaveral" (quoted up above) is a song from the perspective of the husband of one of the many women UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy slept with. The tone is quite [[CaptainObvious venomous]]
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* PerspectiveFlip: "Canaveral" is a song from the perspective of the husband of one of the many women UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy slept with. The tone is quite [[Understatement venomous]]
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* PerspectiveFlip: "Canaveral" is a song from the perspective of the husband of one of the many women UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy slept with. The tone is quite [[Understatement [[CaptainObvious venomous]]
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Shellac are a Post-Hardcore and MathRock band from Chicago, Illinois. They were founded in 1992 by recording engineer Music/SteveAlbini and drummer Todd Trainer and were later completed by bassist and fellow recording engineer Bob Weston.
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Shellac are a Post-Hardcore and MathRock band from Chicago, UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, Illinois. They were founded in 1992 by recording engineer Music/SteveAlbini and drummer Todd Trainer and were later completed by bassist and fellow recording engineer Bob Weston.
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* TheCameo: None other than voice-over [[BadassBaritone legend]] Ken Nordine in ''Genuine Lulabelle'', [[CoolOldGuy then 87 years old]]. The same song also features Matt Chapman of WebAnimation/HomestarRunner fame.
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* TheCameo: None other than voice-over [[BadassBaritone legend]] Ken Nordine in ''Genuine Lulabelle'', "Genuine Lulabelle", [[CoolOldGuy then 87 years old]]. The same song also features Matt Chapman of WebAnimation/HomestarRunner fame.
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* EndOfAnEra: ''The End of Radio'' from ''Excellent Italian Greyhound''.
* EpicRocking: ''Il Porno Star'' shifts gear a few times just to end in a noise melt-down.
* EpicRocking: ''Il Porno Star'' shifts gear a few times just to end in a noise melt-down.
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* EndOfAnEra: ''The "The End of Radio'' Radio" from ''Excellent Italian Greyhound''.
* EpicRocking:''Il "Il Porno Star'' Star" shifts gear a few times just to end in a noise melt-down.
* EpicRocking:
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* {{Expy}}: ''The Shoe Song'' from ''1000 Hurts'' is an hommage to Music/{{Slint}}'s ''Good Morning, Captain''.
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* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: ''Il "Il Porno Star''.Star".
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* InTheStyleOf: ''Shoe Song'', in the style of Music/{{Slint}}.
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* InTheStyleOf: ''Shoe Song'', "The Shoe Song", in the style of Music/{{Slint}}.
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* LighterAndSofter: The b-side ''Billard Player Song'' is far more melodic and introspective than the rest of their output.
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* LighterAndSofter: The b-side ''Billard "Billiard Player Song'' Song" is far more melodic and introspective than the rest of their output.
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* MindScrew: "I'm a plane" from ''Wingwalker''.
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* MindScrew: "I'm a plane" from ''Wingwalker''."Wingwalker".
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* PrecisionFStrike: ''Prayer to God'', suddenly interrupting the tone of the "prayer". Later evolves into a ClusterFBomb.
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* PrecisionFStrike: ''Prayer "Prayer to God'', God", suddenly interrupting the tone of the "prayer". Later evolves into a ClusterFBomb.
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* WorldOfHam: ''At Action Park'' is all shouting or passive-aggressive hissing.
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* TheSomethingSong: "The Shoe Song" and "Billiard Player Song".
* WorldOfHam: ''At Action Park'' is all shouting or passive-aggressivehissing.hissing.
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* InTheStyleOf: ''Shoe Song'', in the style of Music/{{Slint}}.
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* [[HeroesLoveDogs Drummers Love Dogs]]: Todd and his dog Uffizi.
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* [[HeroesLoveDogs Drummers Love Dogs]]: Todd Trainer and his dog Uffizi.
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* [[HeAlsoDid They Also Did]]: Todd and the band [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWrVQTlonc were interviewed]] on an episode of ''Dogs 101'' about, what else? Italian Greyhounds.
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* [[HeAlsoDid They Also Did]]: Todd and the SomethingCompletelyDifferent: A band like this would be the last to be featured on mainstream television, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWrVQTlonc they were interviewed]] on an episode of ''Dogs 101'' about, what else? about Italian Greyhounds.Greyhounds with most of the focus being on Trainer and Uffizi.
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* [[HeroesLoveDogs Drummers Love Dogs]]: Todd and his dog Uffizi.
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* WorldOfHam: Their first album is all shouting or passive-aggressive hissing.
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* [[HeAlsoDid They Also Did]]: Todd and the band [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWrVQTlonc were interviewed]] on an episode of ''Dogs 101'' about, what else? Italian Greyhounds.
* WorldOfHam:Their first album ''At Action Park'' is all shouting or passive-aggressive hissing.
* WorldOfHam:
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Shellac are a Post-Hardcore and MathRock band from Chicago, Illinois. They were founded in 1992 by recording engineer Music/{{Steve Albini}} and drummer Todd Trainer and were later completed by bassist and fellow recording engineer Bob Weston.
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Shellac are a Post-Hardcore and MathRock band from Chicago, Illinois. They were founded in 1992 by recording engineer Music/{{Steve Albini}} Music/SteveAlbini and drummer Todd Trainer and were later completed by bassist and fellow recording engineer Bob Weston.
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* {{Main/Cloudcuckoolander}}: Todd Trainer. Imagine [[Main/{{Seinfeld}} Kramer]] was a drummer.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWrVQTlonc Oh, how he loves his dog.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWrVQTlonc Oh, how he loves his dog.]]
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* TheCameo: None other than voice-over [[BadassBaritone legend]] Ken Nordine in ''Genuine Lulabelle'', [[CoolOldGuy then 87 years old]]. The same song also features Matt Chapman of WebAnimation/{{Homestar Runner}} fame.
** It's pretty much the CrowningMomentOfFunny of their discography.
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* TheCameo: None other than voice-over [[BadassBaritone legend]] Ken Nordine in ''Genuine Lulabelle'', [[CoolOldGuy then 87 years old]]. The same song also features Matt Chapman of WebAnimation/{{Homestar Runner}} WebAnimation/HomestarRunner fame.
** It's pretty much theCrowningMomentOfFunny SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} of their discography.discography.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Todd Trainer. Imagine [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Kramer]] was a drummer.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWrVQTlonc Oh, how he loves his dog.]]
** It's pretty much the
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Todd Trainer. Imagine [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Kramer]] was a drummer.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWrVQTlonc Oh, how he loves his dog.]]
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** Subverted with ''Didn't We Deserve a Look at You the Way You Really Are'', a 12 minutes long, heavily repititive track.
* Main/{{Expy}}: ''The Shoe Song'' from ''1000 Hurts'' is an hommage to Music/{{Slint}}'s ''Good Morning, Captain''.
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** Subverted with ''Didn't We Deserve a Look at You the Way You Really Are'', a 12 minutes long, heavily repititive repetitive track.
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* SignatureStyle: Noisey guitars, brutal yet precise drumming, distorted basslines and absurdly well-recorded albums, [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as Albini and Weston are skilled recording engineers. Shouted vocals low in the mix are a given.
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* SignatureStyle: Noisey Noisy guitars, brutal yet precise drumming, distorted basslines and absurdly well-recorded albums, [[JustifiedTrope justified]] {{justified|Trope}} as Albini and Weston are skilled recording engineers. Shouted vocals low in the mix are a given.
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* BlasphemousPraise: Their signature song ''Prayer to God''.
--> To the one true God above, here is my prayer.
--> Not the first you've heard, but the first I wrote.
--> [[EscalatingPunchline There are two people here, and I want you to kill them.]]
--> To the one true God above, here is my prayer.
--> Not the first you've heard, but the first I wrote.
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* {{Precision F-Strike}}: ''Prayer to God'', suddenly interrupting the tone of the "prayer". Later evolves into a ClusterFBomb.
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* {{Precision F-Strike}}: PrecisionFStrike: ''Prayer to God'', suddenly interrupting the tone of the "prayer". Later evolves into a ClusterFBomb.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Steve Albini and Bob Weston had been famous musicians and recording engineers even before the band was founded. Todd Trainer's intense drumming and his stage antics turned him into a MathRock cult favorite.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[InSeriesNickname Velocity, mass, time.]]]]
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* [[FaceOfTheBand Steve Albini]] - Vocals, guitar, recording (credited as "velocity")
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* TheCameo: None other than voice-over legend Ken Nordine in ''Genuine Lulabelle''. The same song also features Matt Chapman of WebAnimation/{{Homestar Runner}} fame.
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* BreakupSong: The album ''1000 Hurts'' is an album with hate-filled breakup songs with romantic lines such as:
--> [[NoKillLikeOverkill Blow him up into space]]
--> He'll fertilize the rice in China
--> With the cinders of his remains
* TheCameo: None other than voice-overlegend [[BadassBaritone legend]] Ken Nordine in ''Genuine Lulabelle''.Lulabelle'', [[CoolOldGuy then 87 years old]]. The same song also features Matt Chapman of WebAnimation/{{Homestar Runner}} fame.
--> [[NoKillLikeOverkill Blow him up into space]]
--> He'll fertilize the rice in China
--> With the cinders of his remains
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* {{Precision F-Strike}}: ''Prayer to God'', suddenly interrupting the tone of the "prayer". Later evolves into a ClusterFBomb.
--> Fucking kill him.
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* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Todd Trainer's dog Uffizi.
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* EndOfAnEra: ''The End of Radio'' from ''Excellent Italian Greyhound''.
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* AcceptableTargets: Steve Albini doesn't care for political correctness.
** Common topics: Misogyny, child abuse, self-harm.
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Shellac are a Post-Hardcore and MathRock band from Chicago, Illinois. They were founded in 1992 by recording engineer Music/{{Steve Albini}} and drummer Todd Trainer and were later completed by bassist and fellow recording engineer Bob Weston.
They are by far the longest-running and most stable band of Steve Albini and are notorious for their abrasive sound, dark and edgy lyrics and their antagonistic stage presence. They are noted for their minimalist sound and absurdly well-recorded albums. They cover the middle ground between the previous two Albini-led bands, the aggressive Music/BigBlack and the more technical Rapeman.
'''Members:'''
* [[FaceOfTheBand Steve Albini]] - Vocals, guitar, recording (credited as "velocity")
* [[TheLancer Bob Weston]] - Bass, vocals, recording (credited as "mass)
* [[AllDrummersAreAnimals Todd Trainer]] - Drums (credited as "time")
'''Discography:'''
* ''At Action Park'' (1994)
* ''The Futurist'' (1997)
* ''Terraform'' (1998)
* ''1000 Hurts'' (2000)
* ''Excellent Italian Greyhound'' (2007)
!This band provides examples of:
* AcceptableTargets: Steve Albini doesn't care for political correctness.
** Common topics: Misogyny, child abuse, self-harm.
* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Played straight and taken UpToEleven by Todd Trainer.
** His vampire-like looks and slender figure even qualify him as NightmareFuel.
** [[http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/6460385/Shellac.jpg Impressively captured by this shot.]]
* {{Main/Cloudcuckoolander}}: Todd Trainer. Imagine [[Main/{{Seinfeld}} Kramer]] was a drummer.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWrVQTlonc Oh, how he loves his dog.]]
* BlasphemousPraise: Their signature song ''Prayer to God''.
--> To the one true God above, here is my prayer.
--> Not the first you've heard, but the first I wrote.
--> [[EscalatingPunchline There are two people here, and I want you to kill them.]]
* TheCameo: None other than voice-over legend Ken Nordine in ''Genuine Lulabelle''. The same song also features Matt Chapman of WebAnimation/{{Homestar Runner}} fame.
** It's pretty much the CrowningMomentOfFunny of their discography.
* DenserAndWackier: ''Excellent Italian Greyhound''. A cameo by a cartoon character, a dog on the cover and a goofy self-parody as a closer.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Steve Albini and Bob Weston had been famous musicians and recording engineers even before the band was founded. Todd Trainer's intense drumming and his stage antics turned him into a MathRock cult favorite.
* EpicRocking: ''Il Porno Star'' shifts gear a few times just to end in a noise melt-down.
** Subverted with ''Didn't We Deserve a Look at You the Way You Really Are'', a 12 minutes long, heavily repititive track.
* Main/{{Expy}}: ''The Shoe Song'' from ''1000 Hurts'' is an hommage to Music/{{Slint}}'s ''Good Morning, Captain''.
** Including the distinctive ''I MISS YOUUUU'' scream.
* IndecipherableLyrics: Almost every song, given the nature of Albini's vocals.
* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: ''Il Porno Star''.
** ''Excellent Italian Greyhound'' just seems [[DenserAndWackier odd in context]].
* LargeHam: Steve Albini. His sidekick Bob Weston has his moments too.
** Especially in concert. Hammed UpToEleven in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kys0i4Krlbs this one]], but [[TheUnintelligible no idea]] [[WordSaladLyrics what they are singing]].
* MindScrew: "I'm a plane" from ''Wingwalker''.
* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Not as cruel as Albini's lyrics for Music/BigBlack, so a solid 8.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: At least a 9. Yes, they are serious.
* NewTechnologyIsEvil: All albums and singles are recorded with analogue equipment.
* NiceHat: Albini's [[FedoraOfAsskicking fedora]].
* NoiseRock
* PerishingAltRockVoice
* RockTrio
* SeriousBusiness: This band is serious about everything, whether they sing about [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking killing someone, self-harming teenagers or radio broadcasts]].
* SignatureStyle: Noisey guitars, brutal yet precise drumming, distorted basslines and absurdly well-recorded albums, [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as Albini and Weston are skilled recording engineers. Shouted vocals low in the mix are a given.
* TheSociopath: Steve Albini's persona in Shellac songs.
--> [[SelfHarm Cut yourself up and down your arms - both arms.]]
--> And it makes you feel better
--> They're your arms
--> It's none of my business.
* WorldOfHam: Their first album is all shouting or passive-aggressive hissing.
They are by far the longest-running and most stable band of Steve Albini and are notorious for their abrasive sound, dark and edgy lyrics and their antagonistic stage presence. They are noted for their minimalist sound and absurdly well-recorded albums. They cover the middle ground between the previous two Albini-led bands, the aggressive Music/BigBlack and the more technical Rapeman.
'''Members:'''
* [[FaceOfTheBand Steve Albini]] - Vocals, guitar, recording (credited as "velocity")
* [[TheLancer Bob Weston]] - Bass, vocals, recording (credited as "mass)
* [[AllDrummersAreAnimals Todd Trainer]] - Drums (credited as "time")
'''Discography:'''
* ''At Action Park'' (1994)
* ''The Futurist'' (1997)
* ''Terraform'' (1998)
* ''1000 Hurts'' (2000)
* ''Excellent Italian Greyhound'' (2007)
!This band provides examples of:
* AcceptableTargets: Steve Albini doesn't care for political correctness.
** Common topics: Misogyny, child abuse, self-harm.
* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Played straight and taken UpToEleven by Todd Trainer.
** His vampire-like looks and slender figure even qualify him as NightmareFuel.
** [[http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/6460385/Shellac.jpg Impressively captured by this shot.]]
* {{Main/Cloudcuckoolander}}: Todd Trainer. Imagine [[Main/{{Seinfeld}} Kramer]] was a drummer.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZWrVQTlonc Oh, how he loves his dog.]]
* BlasphemousPraise: Their signature song ''Prayer to God''.
--> To the one true God above, here is my prayer.
--> Not the first you've heard, but the first I wrote.
--> [[EscalatingPunchline There are two people here, and I want you to kill them.]]
* TheCameo: None other than voice-over legend Ken Nordine in ''Genuine Lulabelle''. The same song also features Matt Chapman of WebAnimation/{{Homestar Runner}} fame.
** It's pretty much the CrowningMomentOfFunny of their discography.
* DenserAndWackier: ''Excellent Italian Greyhound''. A cameo by a cartoon character, a dog on the cover and a goofy self-parody as a closer.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Steve Albini and Bob Weston had been famous musicians and recording engineers even before the band was founded. Todd Trainer's intense drumming and his stage antics turned him into a MathRock cult favorite.
* EpicRocking: ''Il Porno Star'' shifts gear a few times just to end in a noise melt-down.
** Subverted with ''Didn't We Deserve a Look at You the Way You Really Are'', a 12 minutes long, heavily repititive track.
* Main/{{Expy}}: ''The Shoe Song'' from ''1000 Hurts'' is an hommage to Music/{{Slint}}'s ''Good Morning, Captain''.
** Including the distinctive ''I MISS YOUUUU'' scream.
* IndecipherableLyrics: Almost every song, given the nature of Albini's vocals.
* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: ''Il Porno Star''.
** ''Excellent Italian Greyhound'' just seems [[DenserAndWackier odd in context]].
* LargeHam: Steve Albini. His sidekick Bob Weston has his moments too.
** Especially in concert. Hammed UpToEleven in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kys0i4Krlbs this one]], but [[TheUnintelligible no idea]] [[WordSaladLyrics what they are singing]].
* MindScrew: "I'm a plane" from ''Wingwalker''.
* MohsScaleOfLyricalHardness: Not as cruel as Albini's lyrics for Music/BigBlack, so a solid 8.
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: At least a 9. Yes, they are serious.
* NewTechnologyIsEvil: All albums and singles are recorded with analogue equipment.
* NiceHat: Albini's [[FedoraOfAsskicking fedora]].
* NoiseRock
* PerishingAltRockVoice
* RockTrio
* SeriousBusiness: This band is serious about everything, whether they sing about [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking killing someone, self-harming teenagers or radio broadcasts]].
* SignatureStyle: Noisey guitars, brutal yet precise drumming, distorted basslines and absurdly well-recorded albums, [[JustifiedTrope justified]] as Albini and Weston are skilled recording engineers. Shouted vocals low in the mix are a given.
* TheSociopath: Steve Albini's persona in Shellac songs.
--> [[SelfHarm Cut yourself up and down your arms - both arms.]]
--> And it makes you feel better
--> They're your arms
--> It's none of my business.
* WorldOfHam: Their first album is all shouting or passive-aggressive hissing.
