Krev wrote: Fri Mar 06, 2026 11:18 am
Was Steve in that phase during The Stooges reunion record?
No but there was a zero percent chance he was gonna "produce" Iggy
I think the main issue is that Fugazi had an established "sound" on record, in no small part defined by Don/Ted/Inner Ear
And when you deviate from your known palette, it's just not going to hit you the same way
We would make Silkworm demos and marvel over how they'd be...pretty close! but not there yet
Because Steve was a defining element for us
And I bet Don/Ted were defining elements for them, which this experience would help solidify
I'm guessing, but that would make sense to me
We only recorded (1) LP with anyone but steve after '92, and we mixed that record with Steve
Compared to the Inner Ear stuff, this has:
Less vocal (which is worse--vocs v important for them)
Very "full range" guitar which sounds awesome, but is thicker than usual and is mixed loud (both obscure the vocals)
Flubbery bass, which can get in the way of the kick and the tom resonance
Joe had a pretty scooped sound, which I can say from experience is notably different in a room than it is close-miked
The recording doesn't really get the highs out of it, so you just get woof pretty much
The way Steve did stuff in '92, he probably wasn't thinking about the mids on the bass too intently
And mids are where the action is when you're recording bass, particularly clean bass
Steve could always do gnarly sounding bass, but recording a cleaner bass sound sort of eluded him for a bit.
He figured it out in '93, in my experience, and by '94 it had become a real strength of his.
Everything we did from Libertine on, the bass sounds incredible to me, lotta diff sounds too.
Anyway, all in all, sounds awesome. I'm so glad they put it out