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In early 1983 Albini met Naked Raygun singer Jeff Pezzati through mutual friends and convinced him to play bass guitar with Big Black.

Pezzati recalled that Albini " knew a heck of a lot about, right from the start, how to release a record and get the word out that you have a record ", and that " He jumped at the chance to have a band play his stuff.

" The two practiced in Pezzati's basement, and one day Naked Raygun guitarist Santiago Durango came downstairs and asked to play along.

The trio clicked as a unit, Durango's ability to rework arrangements and tweak sounds helping to refine Albini's song ideas.

According to Albini, " He ended up being absolutely crucial to Big Black.