What was Kurt Cobain like? Bruce Pavitt (Sub Pop) Discusses

Bruce Pavitt of Sub Pop discusses what Kurt Cobain was like as a person. In particular, he discusses his experience with Kurt Cobain in Europe, and how later on he first started to take note of Nirvana's rising popularity after the success of their first single Love Buzz. Sub Pop was Nirvana's first label. They released much of Nirvana's material, most notably their debut album Bleach. Sub Pop also has connections to Nevermind & In Utero.
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[@DanielSarkissian]

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[@anemaldemomusic8182]

Rock is dead bro no doubt about it

[@kurtjordan2800]

@@anemaldemomusic8182 Bruh

[@blastofo]

Have you ever tried to get an interview with Tobi Vail? That would be pretty cool. But I think she denies most interview requests. But then again, you got Dale Crover to talk about Nirvana.

[@joshuayettou3552]

"Quiet people have the loudest minds" - Kurt Cobain. Man, is that ever the truth.

[@jackson.d1500]

Lol that was Stephen Hawking bro

[@drfuck]

meh debatable

[@ernestoj.infante2433]

Good quote regardless.Thanks.

[@GagasAlGhazali]

- Gandhi

[@MrThedonhead]

Not always. Some quiet people are just miserable and fat

[@freebee8221]

im 40years old,iv neen a huge nirvana fan my entire life.every now and then i forget about them and then i dive back in 100%. kurt cobain was an artist in every meaning of the word.

[@queingon]

DITTO! Except I'm 41. Cheers!

[@frankie4fingers552]

Im 50 saw them in 91 Same......Every few years i just get back into them.....Kurt was a true Rennaisance man.

[@watos5473]

I’m 41 and exactly the same !

[@richardwellend3806]

Nirvana wasn't even a band 41 years ago!!!!

[@australianemergencyvehicles505]

@@richardwellend3806 nobody said it was!!!

[@denant2582]

What an awesome excerpt and glimpse into this publicly scrutinized icon's lesser known moments . Wonderful channel and great entertainment.

[@MajeticLuka]

Great conversation! Keep a great job! During war in Croatia, back in 90s...Nirvana's music had such a great impact on my generation. Even we didn't understand half of the words it was still powerfull and moving. Love×❤

[@FenderRealm]

glazba je jezik!

[@pho3nix-]

Great picture at 1:54. Imagine being a kid from Seattle who probably never thought he would visit Europe, and now he's sitting there having a cup of coffee in Rome.

[@cremetangerine82]

Going from Olympia, WA to Europe must have been both exhilarating and inspiring homesickness.

[@rsohlich1]

Aberdeen. Much different than Seattle.

[@pho3nix-]

@@rsohlich1 You are correct, Aberdeen yeah.

[@dimebagdave77]

I had similar thoughts when I saw that pic

[@OGGOAT23]

@@rsohlich1 by 1989 kurt was living in olympia

[@vinyldiary6664]

Bruce is crazyyyy! Bleach is a fucking classic, every song is a treat...I don't agree with what he says about Cobain composition being immature...I think is pretty advanced for the age he was. I think he just didn't understand the band art or Cobain vision... that's why he was so undecided about releasing an album with them. Ironically Nirvana made them rich.

[@Swankybroad]

100%! Has he ever sat down and written a song before? So easy to sit there critiquing other peoples art, not so easy to write an album as good as Bleach. Yuck.

[@vinyldiary6664]

@@Swankybroad Not to mention that more than half of the songs that ended up on Bleach were written on the spot.

[@vinyldiary6664]

@@rudyjaxton3519 I understand what you say on the Fecal Matter tape...but for me that tape is the best Lo-Fi album ever...the lyrics are very immature but Cobain had what? 18 years old... I mean most of those sounds kickass... and in 87-88 he had already composed more sounds with Dale, who ended up staying out of Bleach for some reason...some of them are much better( if you must, pen cap chew,blandest) A few sounds written on bleach were written on the spot,maybe 2 or 3 and others were already started but were finished.

[@williamthomas4125]

@@rudyjaxton3519 except for Spank Thru, that song is pure magic. The sparkle that showed what he was capable of.

[@rychcorporhate]

Like Kurt said he wanted to add a 45 second snippet from the Montage of Heck sound-collage as an Intro for "Love Buzz" but for the single version which was released in November 1988, the Sound-collage was cut down to 10 sec as orders of Sub Pop, and Kurt wanted to add that quirky 4track demo Song "Beans" on to Bleach but Sub Pop refuse it and thought Kurt was retarded for wanting to add that to the Album... I feel like if Kurt was given more Artistic Control "Bleach" would of been more of an experimental Scratch Acid type of Album (songs like Beeswax/Hairspray Queen) etc... But the way Bleach turned out its more in the 70s vain, like it's more like Black Sabbath.

[@VendPrekmurec]

just wow! My teenage years and whole 20s were all about Nirvana. I was obsessed with that band

[@stahu_mishima]

I've just entered this period hahah

[@donkimble]

Daniel has gotten a ton of interviews it’s really grown into something great. Thank man, good work.

[@johnwu4358]

Hey man, just wanted to say thank you for doing these interviews to help us further understand Kurt & Nirvana. Cheers.

[@DanielSarkissian]

You're welcome John! Thank you

[@ven11235]

I've heard a few stories living around the puget sound. One guy who worked with a friend of mine went to school with Kurt and said he was very quiet and smelled and was a strange kid. Everybody picked on him. When I lived in Olympia I used to frequent this music shop in Lacey called Music 6000 (amazing shop!) And one day I noticed his picture on the wall, with receipts all around it, in a frame. I asked the shop owner if those were really his signatures and the owner told me yes, he was friends with the band when they lived there. He said they would hangout after closing and sit around drinking and smoking, Kurt was very quiet and would sit on an amp quiet in thought. Very nice, but Kris was the vocal one. Then the last story I've heard was from a guy I worked with on a painting job. He used to work at a gas station in Seattle (I want to say around capital hill, but can't remember for sure) anyways Kurt always used to frequent this gas station. He would act very strange, tripping on acid, saying strange things. He always drove this beat up piece of shit car and would come by late at night when my coworker was working. My coworker didn't know he was famous until a bit later, but used to crack up at the site of "that beat up piece of shit car." Kurt would buy junk food snacks and cigarettes and split.

[@TestMeatDollSteak]

There’s video here on KZbin of the show that Bruce talks about. Concert occurred on November 27, 1989 at the Piper Club in Rome, Italy. Video is crappy VHS, but the sound is decent and the audience can be heard reacting to Kurt climbing onto the guitar amps during “Spank Thru”, near the end of the video. This incident was also briefly discussed in Michael Azerrad’s 1993 Nirvana bio, “ Come As You Are”. According to Kurt, Bruce’s first reaction after he told him he was quitting Nirvana was to ask him if he’d like to be a solo artist for Sub Pop.

[@billybatchelor2863]

Sounds about right

[@67gto56]

So great for new and old school nirvana fans (like me), to here these reflections.

[@foofkanon]

Mark lanegans book goes into detail about how subpop had no clue about how talented nirvana were.

[@pandemic7]

Bruce Pavitt definitely has a poor reputation amongst his contemporaries, so I take anything he says with a grain of salt. Especially when it comes to Kurt. Nevertheless, Daniel once again comes through with great, fresh content.

[@joshuakeelsmusic]

Exactly. He sounds a bit jaded at some points. Bleach is a fantastic album and "Kurt" is the genius behind each of the songs.

[@williamthomas4125]

True, he acts like he asserted some control. Jack said Nirvana agreed to change the song order replacing the first track Floyd the Barber with Blew. Then Nirvana never listened to Sub Pop again. Blew is a good song, but About A Girl, Floyd The Barber, Negative Creep and School are the real gems on that album.

[@bradsully6620]

@@williamthomas4125 i wish people would give paper cuts the respect it deserves.

[@pandemic7]

@@ravenswood118 It has nothing to do with that. You’re just projecting because Kurt does get the god treatment from some fans and you’re obviously tired of that or think he’s “overrated” or whatever. He was a creative genius, not a god. That said, do your research about Pavitt. Read interviews with people that interacted with him in the early sub pop days. You’ll learn more about his relationship with Kurt and others in the Seattle scene. To put it diplomatically, he has a less than stellar reputation with honesty and integrity as a business man and a friend. I’m not saying he’s a bad person, I certainly don’t think that, especially since I don’t know him. However, those that knew/know him have plenty to say.

[@rychcorporhate]

On November 27, 1989 Nirvana played at Piper Club, Rome, Italy. Which Kurt had a Nervous Breakdown and During "Spank Thru," Kurt Cobain smashed his Hagström II beyond repair, climbed up onto a tall speaker stack, and threatened to jump to his death. The following day November 28, 1989 Nirvana had a day off so Bruce Pavitt took Kurt Cobain around Rome, Italy and visits the Coliseum and St. Peter's Basilica. And Since Kurt had smashed his (white Univox Hi-Flier Phase 3 on 11/11/89 at Ecstasy, Berlin, West Germany and then his Red Hagström II on 11/27/89 Piper Club, Rome, Italy) Kurt didn't have a guitar for the rest of the tour, so Bruce Pavitt bought Kurt a 1980s Washburn Force 31 guitar. This guitar was used for five gigs total, before it was destroyed on December 3, 1989 at Astoria Theatre, London, UK - which was the last show of Nirvana's European Tour. The 5 shows Kurt used the Washburn Force 31 guitar at were these last 5 shows of the European Tour.... 11/29/89 - L'usine, Geneva, Switzerland. 11/30/89 - Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland. 12/01/89 - Fahrenheit, MJC Espace Icare, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. 12/02/89 - Democrazy, Ghent, Belgium. 12/03/89 - Astoria Theatre (Lame Fest UK '89), London, UK.

[@cleopatraoatcake7364]

Kurt was an introvert (and a sensitive, idealistic Pisces, astrologically speaking : .) And then a junkie, of course. It seems like he never got the right treatment for depression either. Krist is much more of an extrovert.

[@rsohlich1]

Yep. Kurt had a cancer moon and Virgo ascendant. Very feminine but EXTREMELY watery chart. Interesting

[@andreathesexy1]

@@rsohlich1 he had Aquarius ruling mercury

[@andreathesexy1]

I am Cancer sun Pisces moon

[@stevechalmers9572]

@@andreathesexy1 I am the walrus

[@andreathesexy1]

@@stevechalmers9572 goo goo ga choo

[@DiegoMartinPintos]

I love your videos Man!!! You are doing an amazing job I hope you can get to interview British Journalist True Everett he did some great books about Kurt and Nirvana

[@damienfaure8739]

Very, very interesting! We discover some aspects of the real personality of Kurt. In the same time, we measure how time is necessary to develop talent. Thank you for that video.

[@Moy2005]

Kurt was a INFP, just like me. Our brains never STFU. Some days are better than others....

[@ibelieveinsomething3895]

I see Kurt Cobain. I click. That simple

[@felipecavalera8729]

Hahahhaah me too brotha

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

In life I heard the guy was a royal pain in the ass. Now that he’s dead he’s a saint though.

[@felipecavalera8729]

@@TheRealCaptainFreedom nobody knows. Only the people that knew him well. Everybody claims to know you when you are famous.

[@larrydavid6852]

Rome and Kurt ☹️

[@jeremyjamesdewitt]

Keep these up, man. Loving it!

[@omarguerrero951]

Love this show good job man

[@xx7secondsxx]

An absolute masterpiece Danny boy! My gawd! If they make any Nirvaner or Kurdt film/docu.... YOU MUST BE THE DIRECTOR!!! For my fave artist/human to read n discover info about.... you have by far done the BEST!! Across the world! I'd can't wait to see more! Only artist I love as much, I'd love to see the in depth awesome like this would be shannon hoon an blind melon. Tim Armstrong and OP IVY/Rancid would be amazing as well! All ur pieces are so well done!🤘🎸🤘🎸🤘🎸🤘🖤💚🖤💚🤩🤩🤩🤘🤘📽🎥🎞🎬🤘🤘

[@takenoprisoners837]

This is such an amazing video!! Learning what he was like is not really spoken of, it's usually about what he's done or accomplished, and Courtney Love, and How did his life really end? This is awesome, it has depth, it let's you have an honest understanding of what kind of person he was. Great Video Brother!!

[@sarcasmo57]

They were a really great band

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

All the best bands are led by a temperamental genius who breaks the band up after a rough show.

[@kevinsavo718]

Killing it sir! Thank you!

[@PanteRan]

Hope to see chad ...that deserve more now knowing his big part on nevermind!

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

Channing?

[@PanteRan]

@@TheRealCaptainFreedom yes

[@VanillaMacaron551]

Bruce is really interesting - thanks for these videos Daniel. I always wondered if NIrvana got to enjoy the cities they visited, so it's nice to hear Kurt, Bruce and co had that day seeing Rome's sights.

[@hom0s4cer]

Normally you don't see much when touring. Venue, Hotel that's it. Except you have a day off.

[@grungegods]

Love all the new never heard info!!!!!!

[@fefejones81]

This broke my heart

[@anotherrule7212]

Kurt hated those guys, they put no money or effort into promoting them. That’s why they signed to a major

[@vinyldiary6664]

I don't think Nirvana hated them, but if they treated Nirvana with respect, they would never have left. But they only started to treat Nirvana with respect, when they started to see the money sign. Nirvana was Sub Pop black sheep, they didn't even want to pay the album. Ironically Nirvana saved Sub Pop, and this guy continue to win fortunes through Nirvana. Very Punk Bruce Fuck You!

[@blakepotter7937]

2 bands in a van. Thats life right there.

[@enslaved1s]

Introverts are thinking alot. Just because we dont have to have the attention in conversation doesnt mean nothing is going on in our brains

[@jayson3900]

Yes, Jack Endino really is the unsung hero behind Bleach! 💯👏👏👏

[@dustinstrong5713]

Bruce’s opinion that Jack Endino is the star of Bleach is pure nonsense. Jack Endino says himself that he only recorded the band and didn’t do much. The band had it together and didn’t need a lot of studio time. Not taking his opinions very seriously. This coming from a guy who says Kurts songs were immature? And Mudhoneys were better? I don’t see how. There was a short time in my life I could listen to Mudhoney. But Bleach and Kurts songs are still timeless to me after 30 years. Also regarding Bruce, remember his company sub pop wouldn’t have survived without Nirvana.

[@ikigai47]

Yeah that was kind of a weird comment. Nice guy, but he doesn't strike me as a man with great musical instinct like you'd hope for in a label head. Even a small label head. Studios charge by the hour. The fact they did it for 600 dollars wasn't Jack's magic, it was Kurt's. Kurt got a world class album done, quickly. But rest assured he knows Nirvana saved his ass in the end. Daniel uploaded another video with him talking about it.

[@hunterdavis3003]

Great video (again!)

[@sofhamz4342]

Amazing content ! Keep it up !

[@Sadlander2]

I guess that music is really subjective, isn't it? The guy is saying that at that time, in 1989, most of his focus was on Mudhoney (3:42) and that Nirvana was an OK band, that Kurt had a great voice but that their songwriting was a liitle immature (6:57). I'm not familiar with Mudhoney's songs, so I looked them up to see what they were doing at that time, if they were really so much better than Nirvana in '89. I found out that around that time, they had a single titled "Touch Me I'm Sick". I can't say that it's bad (apparently Kurt Cobain loved the whole album) but comparing with what Nirvana was doing at that time, maybe I'm biased but I don't agree with this guy. If you don't know any of these bands and you listen to what he's saying here, you might think that Nirvana only started to write good or "mature" songs as he describes it, only when Nevermind was recorded and that Mudhoney had great songs already when Bleach came out. What about you, what do you think? Do you agree with him, that Nirvana's songwriting before Nevermind was "immature" and that Mudhoney were better at that time?

[@Sadlander2]

@@chapmcchap2919 Thank you so much for your long reply! I've been told a few times that my comments or replies were annoying because I always write so much. To me, when I get a reply like yours, it tells me that the person who wrote it actually cares and took a moment to think about it instead of just replying with "Sure". So yeah, I appreciate!! And yeah, I wish I was there or that I knew someone who was there at that time. I've always played in bands and I guess that it's the same everywhere: you have the "cool kids", the cool bands and then you have everybody else. I won't say that my songs are so much better but when I see what gets played on our local radio stations, when I see what posts on Facebook get shared and reposted by the people who work for the radio stations, it's always the same bands, always the "cool kids", even though most of their songs suck. It makes me feel a little better, though, to know that Nirvana, too, was not part of the "cool kids" at some point.

[@Aniki82]

Hellow sumido :) Yes mudhoney is a great band and as every "alternative" music it will not work on the spot. Now that we know the futur it would be crazy to compare nirvana and mudhoney... How ever he's talking about the VERY beginning of nirvana in sub pop. At that time mudhoney were much more established. He never said "before nevermind" Bleach had a really good success and as he says at the end "it was nice to see them grow" Ps : I'm not sure where you are going with that radio and cool kid stuff ahaha You think mudhoney was commercial and not nirvana? 😂 Please come on ahah

[@Sadlander2]

@@Aniki82 I wasn't there, so I don't know but from what I understood (from what "Ramble Lucien Sanchez" said), Mudhoney was part of the "cool kids" and Nirvana was just an "OK" band from Aberdeen, so that's why I compared it with what I see around here: the "cool kids" get played on the radio while the bands that don't know the right people or bands that are not among the "cool kids" never get played on the radio. It has nothing to do with being commercial or radio friendly.

[@larrydavid6852]

Superfuzzbigmuff is awesome. Not better than Bleach but I've always held the view that Mudhoney and Nirvana were musical siblings of sorts.

[@Mraquanetchris]

@@larrydavid6852 It's like apples and oranges I think.

[@justinericksin4607]

Naw, Kurt was just one of those people you'd be afraid to meet because of how much you would miss him afterwards.

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

Great interview as always

[@shufflingutube]

Kurt was so contradictory. In another interview he said he was happy with the audience. He said they were nice kids.

[@lottofever3061]

He often lied in interviews

[@zoeevans6410]

@theobserver, I’m more inclined to believe Kurt’s own words on this one. I’ve always thought this story was apocryphal b.s.

[@kawima4413]

he was talking about the in utero tour in the other interview

[@matthewmartn6815]

F****** awesome interview brother! Thank you🤙

[@frankie4fingers552]

Kurt was a Rennaisance man 2.0

[@pureone26]

Daniel, perhaps you will consider doing a video on what happened to Kurt's ashes etc, no one has done. A tibetan friend of mine was one of the monks who was involved in the 2 weeks prayers, done a bit late though. Not sure what happened to the stupa though that was made. thx

[@luciobiazotto]

Good idea 👍🏻

[@connoranderson7432]

iirc Courtney spread some during a Buddhist ceremony in 94 and then Frances spread them in the Wishkah River some years later

[@rozzer666]

Spent a day with kurt and got to know him? Sounds like he didn't know him at all.

[@felipecavalera8729]

Bro I came to write the same shit. You cant possibly know a person in 1 day.

[@rozzer666]

@@felipecavalera8729 the strange thing to me was that he didn't know him. How does a small label like that not know there artists

[@mabeylane7163]

@@rozzer666 like he says in the video, he really didn't know him. Kurt was clearly very quiet around him and never opened up. I would assume he probably knew Krist a lot better since he was the one doing most of the talking with the label.

[@rozzer666]

@@mabeylane7163 assume my balls your missing my point

[@benddawson]

Nah he probably got a jist of his character though

[@franksinbeans1755]

That Love Buzz cover is unfucking believably good.

[@janecarolbaldivia1430]

Exceptionally intelligent.

[@pureone26]

I worked for high himalayan masters for years. They would often talk about how awful (and brave and dangerous) it would be to be a true rare sensitive living in the materialistic west, so few will understand you yet everyone has an opinion.

[@chriswise7978]

I'm curious how Kurt was able to score at each city that they traveled to. If he was an addict on heroin he would have had to have help scoring at each stop

[@MrBooYa-yd5er]

ah the early punk scene, it's crazy what was possible. All it took was the right genius to bring it all mainstream. John and Bruce should've just sent the money they used on their tickets directly to Kurt and the band so that he could chill out and regroup by himself rather than hang out with his record exec.

[@SalandFindles]

What's the "Dale" demo you asked him about? Dale Crover?

[@qwertypolis]

At 1:45, Kodak Porta? A film stock first introduced in 1998?

[@Xxmeca421xX]

Big cheese

[@alanwalker359]

Kurt changed the world in so many ways... 2000k yrs ago they turned a dude like him into a Jesus type dude...

[@condor7810]

@Alan Walker: I hope you are only kidding. Making a deceased musical artist into a deity is just silly nonsense. Cobain would agree. I've got nothing against Nirvana. Kurt was a very gifted songwriter. But Nirvana and the entire Pacific NW scene was incredibly derivative and majorly over-hyped. That isn't to take away from the authenticity of Nirvana and their songs. But come on...Cheap Trick with a fuzz box and less production isn't the most original music. Not even in 1990.

[@VampiraVonGhoulscout]

We didn't deserve Kurt.

[@jakeedwards3298]

As a musician this guy fucking bugs me man. If my management even thought about trying to tell me what goes on the record I would sack them. Preproduction in a studio with a third party (who is also a musical creative) can be really useful. However, having some corporate guys forcing my music into ‘radio friendly shifter units’ That I’m legally obliged to release as my own complete vision would drive insane.

[@makaylasnyder6323]

Courtney AND teen spirit killed him

[@rodolfoschmidt]

is this the "breakdown" show? if so it looks just like another of his jumps kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHyskql7nM93lbs

[@zoeevans6410]

Exactly - I never believe these sort of stories about Kurt - especially when they come from corporate arseholes.

[@reboxetinmesilat]

He forgot to mention SCHOOL and NEGATIVE CREEP. Or maybe he finds them immature..?

[@AnimusZen]

"1989" - credibility lost.

[@krisfrederick5001]

1 Part Kurtish 1 Part Donald-esque 1 Part Cobainian

[@JosephHenryLuckinbill]

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[@rolotomassi4917]

Just your ordinary run of the mill CIA agent.

[@tiffanyroseangeles7517]

I heard he was bipolar as well. True??

[@dominicstemp5690]

Yes

[@dominicstemp5690]

In Nirvanas song Radio Friendly Unit Shifter he has a line: “Bi Polar opposites attract, all of a sudden my water broke”. Bipolar disorder is often associated with creativity and many creative geniuses in the past ( e.g. Beethoven) suffered from it. So this line is believed to be referring to how the opposite states of his depression and happiness combined with his creativity led to an explosion of creative music/thoughts that can be likened to the female process of water suddenly breaking before birth.

[@tiffanyroseangeles7517]

Day In The Life Of yesss! Ok I mean not in a good way for Kurt,of course. But that connection feeling....I know know is verified😘⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🥀🥀🥀🥀RIP Kurt!!! Musical ICON & FELLOW SUFFER OF BOTH BIPOLAR/ ADDICTION BOTH USUALLY GO HAND IN HAND UNTIL BIPOLAR GETS TREATED. LOVE BUZZ WAS MY FAVE SONG❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@rickshaw3645]

Super fried 😳

[@felipecavalera8729]

;)

[@shirleebostrom7230]

I don't believe he wanted to kill himself! Sorry I don't believe it. I do think he didn't want any more to do with the hangers on! I think Courtney hurt him cause she was cheating on him with Billy Corgan!

[@lottofever3061]

In this very video you heard the man say Kurt threatened to jump off of speakers and hurt himself back in 89' 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ the tale tell signs are there

[@Marie-by4yr]

@@lottofever3061 but it was proven that the “suicide note” wasent fully written by him

[@mikeadams8708]

Cancel Disney.

[@matthewjames206]

I've also heard that Kurt was a spontaneous lover.

[@exitostropicales101]

I have always been curious about that $600. Nowadays, 1 hour studio time is roughly between $100 and $300 if you are booking a cheap studio. Back in the 90's, it was a hell lot more expensive. So, what kind of deal is that? $600? Really? for a whole album and mastered and shit?...C'mon! a) They got that deal thru Sub-pop. b) They were superfriends with Endino c) It's a fable. Yes, like the Wishkah river one. I go with this one.

[@wvu05]

They booked ten hours. Jack Endino never charged a lot of money for recording.

[@grimgolf79]

@@wvu05 10 hours? it takes at least 3 hours to set the microphones for the drums and to make some test-recordings to check the drum sound. and that´s not for prog-rock bands (they take 3 days for that...) and even then when you record the band live (like endino did with nirvana) you have to take some takes of the songs to have a little choice. then you record some additional guitars (even nirvana has additional guitar tracks) and last but not least the voice recordings. kurt was really quick with that. but you also have background vocals... all in all 10 hours seems a bit short for the whole recording. with mastering... forget it! XD i have no doubt that they recorded this album really really quick and very cheap, because they knew endino but not in 10 hours. no way. every producer or musician who made some recordings knows that. it is true that once that the settings are set you can record all songs in a row but even for that.. i don´t believe that :) but nevermind, the result was great!

[@grimgolf79]

@@wvu05 ok maybe he meant that the band recorded it in 10 hours so he calculated only the time the band needed to record the basic songs. that would be quick but makeable. but who cares.. there are lots of rumours and more about kurt even more about his death... i would´t take it too seriously. fact is that they were quick recorders and that they new their songs really good so that they wouldn´t need much takes for the recordings. so who needs to speculate about some hours more or less...

[@wvu05]

@@grimgolf79 The exact credit says "recorded by Jack Endino at Reciprocal Studios for $606.17." I can't remember if it was two days or three, but I'm guessing the mixing is not included in the time.

[@canuck81]

Endino wasn't working at a state of the art recording studio. In fact I'm pretty sure they recorded on 4 track. Just enough tracks for each instrument and Kurt's voice. Also they recorded quickly and I think they may pretty well have done 1 take for each song and moved on. They ran out of tape and actually have a fade out on one song because of this. Also there are a couple tracks Blew being one of them where the band was already in drop d tuning and not realizing they dropped down again which is why that song sounds so deep and heavy. They left it as is when they realized their mistake because funds were low. As a guy who knows about recording I can tell you that recording the tracks they recorded in 10 hours for that kind of money at what endino charged wouldn't have been inpossible. They also used some tracks from an earlier session that had dale cover on drums. $600 would've been a fortune for 3 broke guys from Aberdeen in 1989

[@stevewyffels6137]

You kinda have to be smart to write the music he did..

[@timeli6021]

Nirvana is only Nirvana because Kurt sacrificed himself and had the balls to pull the trigger. Kurt knew that was the only way to immortality. It had to be done in his prime.

[@DrunkenSlob]

Lol do u honestly believe he cared that much about the bands legacy to where he’d kill himself for it? It makes more sense that the industry did it not him. They were the ones that knew how much money could be made forever if they sacrificed him. He wanted to quit and be low profile while raising his kid, he wanted to do his own thing at his own pace one of those things being making music with Michael Stipe. He also wanted a divorce. Courtney Love was a propaganda agent she wasn’t just some random person who hit it big. Her and the music industry both had something to gain by doing this, they weren’t about to let Kurt turn all of this into a short lived fad with no legacy

[@timeli6021]

@@DrunkenSlob Yes that's what I believe. And so do alot of people.

[@DrunkenSlob]

@@timeli6021 you didn’t read my whole comment then. My theory makes way more sense

[@timeli6021]

@@DrunkenSlob I did read your whole comment...you have failed to persuade me.

[@DrunkenSlob]

@@timeli6021 lol it’s way more logical than yours

[@chriswatson9130]

Bleach not a classic? No wonder the do balls ended up losing Nevermind. As Mark Lanegan says in his biography they had no idea how good Nirvana were and spent all their money in the likes of Blood Circus and Tad.

[@michellem7715]

*He didn't have many thoughts* Are You Real Mate- were you in his head lol 😆😂🤣nooooooo

[@patrickprice3230]

Kurt's dead

[@DirtySanchez943]

Kurt wqs a Jesus. There is no way around it!!!

[@vizionblind]

dude.. stop feeding off kurt so much. geeze

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

Leave him alone. Most of us deeply appreciate it. Go away

[@vizionblind]

@@TheRubberStudiosASMR You're news hound scrubs. bottom of the barrel. none of your business

[@Marie-by4yr]

@@vizionblind I like to play watch slot of different ones of these that people make and I research to see how he actually was like and like imagining it knowing it might’ve not been true

[@cejv5j91]

1:47 fabelhaft

[@vincetrujillojr510]

I can't stand bruce or jon

[@chrisnichols9187]

He was a drug addict addicted to heroin and whatever else could get his hands on why don't people just say like it is

[@hom0s4cer]

Not yet in '89.

[@hom0s4cer]

and besides, does it make you a bad nothing if you take drugs?

[@felipecavalera8729]

Maybe for a period of time. He was much more than that....He was a LEGEND

[@VampiraVonGhoulscout]

People are more than their addictions, dude. The media has dehumanised addicts for decades, but they are still people.

[@RansomGangsterBox245]

So he was a weirdo lmao

[@luis-nu2dk]

There’s a comment around here from someone who used to live in Aberdeen around kurts time and tells how weird he really was lol

[@RansomGangsterBox245]

@@luis-nu2dk ah man lmfaoo I mean nothing wrong with that but I can relate to his behavior