Among the songs that reference her are “Drain You,” “Lounge Act” and “Lithium.”Ģ1.

Many of the lyrics to Nevermind are reportedly about Kurt’s dysfunctional relationship with riot grrrl and Bikini Kill member Tobi Vail. Vig once said of Kurt’s somewhat incoherent way of singing, “Even though you couldn’t quite tell what he was singing about, you knew it was intense as hell.”Ģ0. Cobain once described his goal for Nevermind as sounding like “ The Knack and Bay City Rollers getting molested by Black Flag and Black Sabbath.”ġ9. Nirvana originally loved what he did on Nevermind, but in retrospect, Cobain said he was embarrassed by the production stating, “It’s closer to a Motley Crue record than it is a punk rock record.”ġ8. The last name on the list was Andy Wallace, who co-produced Slayer’s 1990 album Seasons in the Abyss. The band wasn’t happy with how the album’s mixes were sounding with Vig so they asked their label for a list of mixers. Vig has said that Kurt would get moody and difficult at times, explaining, “He’d be great for an hour, and then he’d sit in a corner and say nothing for an hour.”ġ7. When the group laid the tracks, it only took a few takes because of how much they had rehearsed them.ġ6. Butch also knew Kurt was a John Lennon fan so he told the rocker “John Lennon did it” and Kurt agreed to do it.ġ5. Kurt didn’t want to double track his vocals, but Butch knew it would give the songs a fuller sound that he wanted. The only recording from Wisconsin that carried over to the official album production was “Polly,” which features original drummer Chad Channing’s cymbal crashes.ġ4.

The guys recorded the album in May and June of 1991 at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California.ġ3. The band arranged eight songs in Wisconsin and planned to do more but Kurt strained his voice on “Lithium,” putting an end to the sessions.ġ2. Nirvana began work on Nevermind at Butch’s Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin in April of 1990.ġ1.

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