Gutted. I was wondering about him recently as he'd went silent on Twitter and you automatically fear the worst, but it seemed he was just taking a break. Then this.

As already mentioned, he was a great poker player too with two WSOP bracelets to his name.

Quote Originally Posted by jonasy View Post
Noooo, true legend :(

His letter to Nirvana is a must read https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/nirvana
If, instead, you might find yourselves in the position of being temporarily indulged by the record company, only to have them yank the chain at some point (hassling you to rework songs/sequences/production, calling-in hired guns to “sweeten” your record, turning the whole thing over to some remix jockey, whatever...) then you're in for a bummer and I want no part of it.

And then after recording Nirvana/Geffen went and brought in another producer to remix Heart Shaped Box and All Apologies because the label wanted it to be more radio friendly, which went down as well as expected with Albini refusing to hand over the master tapes. He relented in the end but it wasn't a great look for the band at the time.