Rapeman

Musical Group

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The Profile

Rapeman was an American noise-rock/post-hardcore band formed by Steve Albini after Big Black, with Rey (Ray) Washam and David Sims. The band released the Budd EP (1988) and the album Two Nuns and a Pack Mule (1989) and was active in the late 1980s.

The band's name generated controversy. Steve Albini later formed Shellac.

Rapeman was Steve Albini's late-1980s project with Rey (Ray) Washam and David Sims. They released the Budd EP (1988) and the album Two Nuns And A Pack Mule (1989). The album is praised in the provided review as a post-hardcore/noise-rock masterpiece that bridged late-80s hardcore and 90s alternative scenes. The review highlights Albini's stripped-down guitar and the dynamism of the rhythm section.

Notable Quotes

❝ After dissolving Big Black in 1987, singer/guitarist Steve Albini recruits the formidable rhythm section of the Texas band Scratch Acid (drummer Ray Washam and bassist David Sims) and gives life to the Rapeman project, one of the greatest expressions of American underground rock of all time.