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Track: Cables (Live)
Artist: Big Black
Album: Atomizer (Remastered)

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Name: Big Black
Spotify Genres: noise rock, industrial rock, post-hardcore, post-punk, industrial
Followers: 85,228
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Biography

American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band's initial lineup also included guitarist Santiago Durango and bassist Jeff Pezzati, both of Naked Raygun. In 1985, Pezzati was replaced by Dave Riley. Big Black's aggressive and abrasive music was characterized by distinctively clanky guitars and the use of a drum machine rather than a drum kit. The band's lyrics flouted commonly held taboos and dealt frankly—and often explicitly—with politically and culturally loaded topics including murder, rape, child sexual abuse, arson, racism, and misogyny. Though the band's lyrics contained controversial material, the lyrics were meant to serve as a commentary or a display of distaste for the subject matter. They were staunchly critical of the commercial nature of rock, shunning the mainstream music industry and insisting on complete control over all aspects of their career. They booked their own tours, paid for their own recordings, refused to sign contracts, and eschewed many of the traditional corporate trappings of rock bands.

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Release: Big Black - Live
Year: 1986
Genres: Rock
Styles: Post-Punk, Noise Rock

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LYRICS

Well, I don't know why we come here
Guess I just needed the bang
We walk in the beef, and then we pull on the rope
And then the, then the hammer comes down
Cables

So I guess they know
I'm not no company man
But I can pull on a rope, I can kill a cow
Fast as any other fucker can

Cables