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A supergroup of kinds, Rapeman came jointly as a device in 1988 in Chicago, IL, comprising Steve Albini (ex-Big Dark) on guitar, David William Sims (ex-Scratch Acid) on bass, and Rey Washam (ex-Scratch Acid, Big Young boys) on drums. The name for the music group originated from a Japanese comic …

A member from the ’80s cult music group Big Dark and later probably one of the most visible makers in the choice rock and roll underground, Steve Albini found reflect much better than other people the defining ideals of college rock and roll — a brutal sense of self-reliance and …