Nirvana Producer: Making BLEACH (About A Girl, etc) INCESTICIDE, IN UTERO DEMOS & More (Jack Endino)

[@DanielSarkissian]

Rock is Dead? Full Film: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p37PfZmoipqZoNU What is Classic Rock? - Canada & USA: - KZbin bit.ly/2Kbji5C - iTunes apple.co/2KNOCD2 - Vimeo bit.ly/2Iv1ywd - XBOX bit.ly/2K8AF6Z - Google Play bit.ly/3cwDybU What is Classic Rock? - Worldwide: - Vimeo vimeo.com/ondemand/whatisclassicrock2 Cheers, Daniel

[@purorockyaguita]

Please Daniel can you put on the video the automatic subtitles? GRACIAS

[@groovefretboard]

Daniel Sarkissian I think kurts spirit animal is a lion king 👑🦁 the mane of hair the powerful growl the ferocity in his attack. It’s all there. That’s what made him such a awesome stage presence

[@DanielSarkissian]

Hey man, the auto-translation option is on I believe

[@purorockyaguita]

@@DanielSarkissian No its not, in the other videos yes...can you fix it please? SALUDOS DESDE CHILE

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

The shirt Jack is wearing is for a classic Seattle 24-hour restaurant called The Dog House that closed after 60 years in business in January, 1994, in-between the release of In Utero and Cobain's suicide. The restaurant that replaced it in the same space, Hurricane Cafe, opened the same month Kurt killed himself and I remember sitting in there eating and listening to "All Apologies" on the jukebox after it happened.

[@itzyaboi_chUnc]

@@noneofyourbusiness4616 Cruz Records had a solid lineup, some of the best “pop-punk” ~ All, Chemical People, Big Drill Car, etc. Greg Ginn’s solo albums were epic. Endino’s Earthworm and Skinyard was alright, but damn Gruntruck forming out of the ashes of Skinyard and The Accüsed produced one of the top 10 Grunge records of all-time, “Push”. RIP Ben, you were a great frontman. #kurtandkanyeandtravisscottandchrisbrownandben Killed himself btw. Try holding up that shotgun after a few beers or when you wake up in the morning. It’s an impossible feat to defeat one’s self. He would’ve had to use a toe or push the trigger by pencil/wooden spoon with his feet to have any control.

[@larrydavid6852]

It is fantastic that you are documenting this man's reflections. Time moves so quickly but because of you this will always be preserved somewhere for fans to seek out. Thank you.

[@uverpro3598]

Well said.

[@jedwright3743]

Dude, Nirvana worked with complete, and utter legends….clearly, the people they chose to work with, had a huge impact, on where the band went. Jack is a badass.

[@deaddynasty9144]

Recently Jack mixed and mastered my song.. He’s such a nice person to work with! Thanks Dan for this interview!

[@Havasu1976]

Let's hear your song

[@MrBooYa-yd5er]

Link the track

[@deaddynasty9144]

open.spotify.com/track/7lNJBm0DVvsuUjC9Yn9Iub?si=ELFVBC0zRfqnWhJCFuxLsw

[@deaddynasty9144]

@Tiyler Winters really chill, he gave good feedback and advice. Not pushy or arrogant in any way. Super nice guy.

[@TheCleandent]

@@deaddynasty9144 how much did he charged

[@brendanlea7883]

Jack is super intelligent, And a great memory

[@gmod8033]

This is such a wicked interview!!

[@lloydzarathoustra]

He is an authentic sound engineer. With personality, experience and wisdow. I do like and respect this man so much. The way his mouth widens, he is like a taler with his low voice. Deep Honor, Jack Endino.

[@dynjarren8355]

I’m glad you documented his views on Nirvana and their early history. He has so much extensive knowledge and details to share that it’s fascinating! This is one of the best interviews Endino’s ever done. Thanks for getting this recorded before it’s all lost to history!

[@phineas117]

I watched each interview, and sometimes commented. but THIS interview is just awesome. Jack is very honest, and funny....Daniel, you did a great job. just to spend that amount of time with Jack.......so jealous.

[@davidfitzgerald5206]

Jacks reflections are thorough & really interesting! Ty 4 posting this. Also too..i appreciate that you are a good listener & are a chill interviewer who attentively LISTENS and lets the person being interviewed fully finish their thoughts. Not every1 does that! So thanks. Great channel.

[@Cosmotype]

Awesome, thanks. Edit: 1:17:00 That version of Spank Thru appears on the bootleg "Bleach Sessions" under the title "Spanks Thru", it's worth seeking out.

[@griffinsalerno]

I never knew jack did in utero sessions at all, really cool.

[@franka2743]

Thank you for this work, I don't understand how you have such a low view count, the algorithm must not be working in your favor.

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thanks Frank & ya I know I’ll be honest I’m surprised this particular interview doesn’t have more traction lol. If you haven’t already could you subscribe & share this vid?

[@franka2743]

@@DanielSarkissian I definitely will, and I already hit the like button and left a comment, as you know that stuff helps too. You definitely deserve it as this channel looks professional and has some of the most awesome exclusive interviews, etc., honestly one of the most interesting channels pertaining to this kind of stuff that I've ever seen! And yet I see other stuff that's straight garbage with way more views, it really doesn't make sense to me! Have you shared this stuff over on the Nirvana Reddit? Or on Reddit in general? Have you tried to share it everywhere you possibly can? With the right exposure I think that this would likely gain traction. Thanks for the interesting content, look forward to seeing more 👍

[@SiLvErUnIt911]

Finallyyyy!! Thank you for this!

[@twosnaps4124]

I've always wanted to know about the unreleased track called Talk To Me, supposedly there is a studio recording of it somewhere I heard

[@furythruster4794]

love that song

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Yeah, idk if it's a totally unreleased track or if it's a known recording that's been released under another name.

[@artemanan4540]

Thank you, Daniel, for this amazing interview. And of course respect to you for managing this interview, because as we see, Jack proved himself to be a tremendous storyteller!

[@DanielSarkissian]

You’re welcome Artem - Just so you know I actually just did a new interview with Jack (no else knows yet haha) - could you subscribe if you already havent? I’m going to starting posting clips from that interview in the coming week

[@chili_phil]

Man alive, I would love to work with Jack, you can imagine what a great guy he would be! Great interview Daniel!

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

This is a PHENOMENAL interview!! Thank you for this!! Jack is such an important part of rock history!!

[@DanielSarkissian]

You're welcome Brooklyn! Cheers

[@joshuamiller8948]

Nirvana actually played their legendary in-store at beehive records (now a petco) almost directly across the street from the condo Layne died in.

[@krmitchell]

Did Kurt Kill Him??? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🧐🧐

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

Didn’t Kurt & Layne both die on the same day?

[@batman40528]

​@@Herewearenowentertainus 8 years apart, yeah, april 5th

[@itzyaboi_chUnc]

Kurt n’ Layne walked by each other at a Metallica concert, and acted like they didn’t know each other.

[@excelsiorcomics9860]

@@itzyaboi_chUncwho’s your source

[@MrAdamJoel]

Awesome clips and now the full video. Thanks

[@fearvo]

This was fantastic. Good questions.

[@georgwalt7978]

Dear Jack Endino, it is time to release your diaries as a book before that info is lost to time.

[@_caustics_]

This was such a big part of my life. Amazing that you put this together. Made all this happen. Great job.

[@keithbell7551]

What a great interview, thank you. Jack has integrity. An hour into it, waiting for some personal opinion of how Kurt was lost . . . he probably won't go there.

[@tomu7212]

probably because he knows Kurt did it to himself, he met the guy.

[@andrielseth]

Best work in interview all these people so far the best without any shit in middle etc just amazing work. Tanks from Portugal Nirvana fan

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thank you Emanuel! Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? A lot more videos coming

[@andrielseth]

@@DanielSarkissian i am and thanks

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thank you Emanuel :)

[@SwornInvictus]

Jack is a great dude and know his stuff

[@arpegio88]

Only 58 comments?? This is an amazing interview with good questions and even better in depth answers from Jack. Why are there not more comments and views??

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

THIS! 🎯💯💯

[@JB-hq7vp]

Great interview. Jack Endino seems like a really cool guy to hang and talk with.

[@micahpaulsen3940]

30:25 Unfortunately, the master tapes for nevermind were destroyed in the 2008 Universal studios fire, so unless there are backups saved, it’s unlikely this could happen

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

That's pretty heartbreaking. I mean, I'm sure Butch Vig has all that stuff archived.

[@peterhopqk]

Great interview. Jack has a very calm voice.

[@VendPrekmurec]

People kept attacking me under my comment when i have pointed out the fact that Chad created notes for drums for the Nevermind album... Now Endino confirms my thoughts... Real Dave's innovative drumming finally came to a light in the In Utero album

[@itzyaboi_chUnc]

He played cymbals on Nevermind.

[@itzyaboi_chUnc]

@@VendPrekmurec They did a video for “In Bloom” the Dylan Dog song with Chad. IDK if it was recorded with Endino or Vig, yet it was abominable. Quality production counts for soo much💯 Nevermind rocked your ass like Beatles on speed. I never listened to the last album, cuz I knew I could never feel that way again.

[@GregGallagher]

What a fantastic interview! I’d love to talk to him about the recording of Mark Lanegan’s first record The Winding Sheet. He’s been involved with so many incredible records. Thank you for this.

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

This! 🎯💯

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

Sing backwards and weep is one of the best books I’ve ever read. I had to listen to it again - with mark narrating it, it was even better the second time. Mark talks about recording the winding sheet ♥️♥️

[@jondubb35]

Hi Daniel. Great interview, as always. It’s incredible that you’ve been able to get access to all of these people from the Seattle Music scene of the late 80s and early 90s.

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

🎯💯

[@jejealin]

Gracias Jack por hacer tan buenos discos y por compartir toda esta interesantísima información con nosotros!!!!Gracias Daniel!!!Este canal es el paraiso para un los que amamos a NIrvana!!!

[@adrianj78]

I have seen another interview with Jack and in both he has an incredible memory for the details and how things happened. It is particularly striking that he can remember all the Nirvana song titles that he recorded, especially as in many of them the name and lyrics have nothing to do with each other, eg Lithium or Aneurysm.

[@lops6179]

Drum samples were indeed used on Nevermind. The same kick and snare samples the Andy Wallace used on almost all of the alternative music he mixed in the nineties including RATM

[@DockingFreidmanRecords]

Yep that's his method.

[@dankintx]

Great stuff! Thank you!!

[@dannorth3138]

Lovely stuff Gary, you are such a decent, honest guy, great you can spend some quality time with your son, I lost my dad when I was 15, my time with him was too short but the times I did have I will always remember . I had to care for my mum as well so having all this going on and still doing a KZbin channel, you are a absolute legend 👏👍

[@RyanHeinz]

Great listen

[@preciousmousse]

This adds to the culture amazingly! Thank you for doing this work!

[@nicomarzuk]

Love your channel man,great stuff!

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thanks Nico! I appreciate it man, cheers

[@Παθεια_Γνωστικα]

Great interview! It was really interesting to watch. Thank you!

[@1megawhite]

You know when a guy has a friendly face and then a voice to match. Thats Jack Endino.

[@HanSolosRevenge]

Great interview! What fascinating, inciteful guy.

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

🎯♥️

[@bootyshortsband]

finally watched the full version. so cool to see two nirv nerds swapping dates and stories. might be time to find my old bootleg stash...

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thanks man & haha, it’s also a good time to bring out the old bootleg stash

[@RedeyeSambob]

I always have to watch out and turn my subwoofer down before I watch Jack Endino interview 😄 his voice is pretty impressive..

[@richardunger3396]

Keep it up amazing content, if anyone was to make a Kurt Cobain movie I would hope it would be you . Integrity, respect, and truthful. Much appreciated!

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thanks Richard really appreciate that!

[@magicstriker8819]

38:06 I read in a book about the Bleach sessions, where Krist said Kurt used to bang his chest, and scream at the top of his lungs to get that "grungier", Raspier voice. Even in an interview, Kurt said so himself that he was losing his voice, it was just giving out. It was in one of the last interviews he gave. Fun fact.

[@paulkretzmusic]

Thank you so much for this piece of history! ❤

[@DanielSarkissian]

You're welcome Paul! I appreciate it.

[@nclsrfn]

Amazing job.

[@djefferson5669]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Butch Vig admitted there were drum samples used by Andy Wallace in his mix. I think I recall him saying the overhead drum mics were used to trigger a snare sample that Andy Wallace had brought with him into the studio.

[@vinkybong]

Yes , this is totally true ... in fact Andy Wallace does this on basically everything he works on. There is a rick beato video that describes this in great detail.

[@greenleaf4127]

great interview!

[@electricmagazine1]

Jack Endino is the best producer they've ever had. Butch Vig was great for Nevermind but what we hear on that album is Andy Wallace's mix. And Steve Albini basically "engineered" the recording. Endino is excellent, he is extremely underrated. Great videos by the way!

[@stevedemon1981]

Albini had nothing to do with Nevermind.

[@Autonomy764]

love this channel! awesome content

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thanks man! Appreciate it.

[@sword-and-shield]

I think Kurt's approach to lyrics was instrumentally focused, more than a certain coherency across them. Meaning that the vocals worked with the music was more important than painting a story.

[@franka2743]

I remember in an interview Kurt was saying that his songs were nothing more than bits of poetry and garbage, they meant nothing lol. When asked to give advice to up and coming musicians, his advice was something along the lines of " make sure that you sound good, that's what's important, it doesn't matter what you're saying".

[@sword-and-shield]

@@franka2743 Yeah Kurt using his vocals and or lyrics to just sound good for the music was a big influence in why I liked them. The song could be interpreted to mean different things by each person consuming the art. It is why its stupid for any artist to explain what a song is about, if asked.

[@eljefescientist5726]

thank you Daniel. What Lewisohn's writings are to the Beatles, your videos are to Nirvana.

[@ottebya]

In Utero tour live boxset would be amazing!! hell Nevermind tour boxset would be epic too

[@jdrobinson3468]

Damn I wanna record with him so bad.

[@GnomeChomsky9999]

Wow, Jack was a member of nirvana!

[@bigbassjonz]

Wallace definitely used drum samples on nevermind. At least on the snare, not sure if anything else was replaced.

[@OTOss8]

Jack has a fantastic speaking voice. He should be narrating audio books.

[@GregGallagher]

I literally came here to comment that. Very deep voice, but I’d definitely listen to him reading an audiobook. I just got Lanegan’s Sing Backwards and Weep audiobook. I highly recommend it.

[@OTOss8]

@@GregGallagher It's interesting, you're the second person I've heard recommend that book in the past two weeks or so and I'd never heard of it until just recently. Maybe the fates are trying to turn me onto something I'll really enjoy. Cheers.

[@GregGallagher]

@@OTOss8 if you’re even a casual Mark Lanegan/Screaming Trees fan, or just a fan of the late 80s/early 90s Seattle music scene, then you will definitely enjoy that book. Mark gives a unique perspective on what it was like at that time. At times it’s very funny, very sad, but always very interesting.

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

@@OTOss8 I just want to chime in out of solidarity for Sing backwards & weep. Outstanding book, even more so hearing mark narrate!!

[@planetx1595]

Isn't his real name Michael M. Giacondino?

[@grahamjarman]

nice job w this interview if u listen to butch vig and andy wallace mix, both on utube, wallace makes the band sound otherworldly good (flawless/smooth)

[@raphaelcorrea1034]

FINALLY

[@GummyGrandma69]

I feel the same way lol

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

💯🎯💯

[@donniewynn3277]

Jack is such a great guy. Very knowledgeable

[@Songwritersbehindthecurtain]

Great interview I’m new to your channel.

[@ministerofdarkness]

Finally!!!🤘🏼

[@matthewlenzmeier9859]

Krist needs to tell the Nirvana history or documentary. I want to hear the story from the only person who witnessed the whole thing.

[@NXSProductions]

Bingo. I don't think he will, though. I think he holds those days fondly, but to get the full, unadulterated truth, I doubt he would give it... just outta respect to Kurt (and to keep the turmoil with Courtney as minimal as possible).

[@mikesgarage18]

The book by Michael Azzerad is pretty good. Covers a lot.

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

Krist did a recent interview ( with thayil & Endino) & it was very insightful. We have hardly heard from Krist all these years so it really made it even more impactful. If Daniel could get Krist to do an interview that would be so amazing 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@scottistrad]

How come he mixed the Very Ape demo from Rio without vocals? It surfaced years before from a band tape with fully recorded vocals

[@donniewynn3277]

Jack is the man

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

🎯🎯💯

[@drumblasts9007]

One mistake I noticed around the 17 minute mark...Beeswax isn’t on both incesticide, and bleach. Downer is.

[@sackorobert]

Great, thanks!

[@metaphoria3]

That digitally reconstructed song would b dope Jack!

[@scottistrad]

King For a Day is a killer album

[@mattnuttall2832]

I was made up to hear him praise Faith No More's "King For a Day" album. It's a very underrated album.

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

King for a day deserved more shine! 🎯💯

[@Jeremy-th5pt]

Made up?

[@metaphoria3]

They should repackage the early demo sessions together as their own respective EP’s

[@anirv2011]

qué bacán,!!! gracias por las curiosidades

[@krisfrederick5001]

I could listen to Jack read a phone book. I guess he can talk about Nirvana too...

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

🎯💯

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Seems like a missed opportunity to not have Endino take a stab at remastering and remixing In Utero in its entirety, they let Albini do his "what if" mix for the 2013 edition, I thought it came out really well - why not give Endino a chance to do a similar thing for Nevermind and In Utero? Imagine all of Nevermind sounding like that early version of In Bloom with Chad Channing. Obviously it can't sound exactly like that because of the nature of the recordings but we're pretty much all out of deepcuts at this point. I don't see the harm in it.

[@SeveredLegs]

Rock Beato seems convinced Nevermind has drum samples. On his "What Makes This Song Great" series.

[@RedeyeSambob]

Jack Endino seems really cool dude

[@SouthPhilaMilla]

This guys a legend

[@NXSProductions]

Jack's gotten nicer in his olden age lol. I remember when he'd rather spit on someone than explain his thought process lol.

[@vicvega3614]

He looks like he might have human female heads in his basement and maybe some feet

[@BigHead2615]

I don't remember which video it was mentioned in, but it's probably included somewhere in this one; at one point Jack mentions something along the lines of "well what's left to be released, other than live recordings", which, is probably more true than anything but... I finally got (and I mean FINALLY, been wanting it since I first got into Nirvana either in 1999 or 2000) the Singles box, and upon listening to each disc and got to the track "Marigold" on the Heart-Shaped Box single, I decided to look up the song on wikipedia. From it's wikipedia page: "There were, however, versions of the song that Cobain did play on - these remain unreleased." So, yeah, stuff like that, and possibly the recordings Dave and Krist made in the 2 or 3 days in 1994 before Kurt showed up on the final day, when they recorded "You Know You're Right" at Robert Lang's studio. I don't know, those are the stuff I wish to someday hear, that's all. I know there's probably more home demo recordings Kurt had made, especially the 1982 Organized Confusion demo at his aunt Mari Earl's home, but I don't NEED to hear stuff like that. If stuff like that ever were to get a release, cool, but otherwise, I just wish to eventually hear the stuff the band did record in studios.

[@rafaelcabralwilliams]

Actually, the cover of Sliver: best of the box, shows a lot of cassette tapes and there's a particular one that it's marked "Funny Noises" I'd love to hear that thing, I've always wondered if maybe there were noises played with delay or the echoflanger, I don't know.

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

Cool Dog House shirt.

[@Chaz4543]

Jack worked on so many records and they keep asking him about Nirvana. I get it but it must suck he never gets asked about his other records. I would ask him about Skunkworks by Bruce Dickinson because thats an album people didnt like back then and metal wasnt cool at the time and Bruce wanted to do something a bit different. Its still way different from the grunge and punk stuff Jack normally worked on.

[@robwalsh9843]

It also frustrates me that barely anyone asks Jack about Skin Yard. He was a damn good guitar player in his own right and Skin Yard helped establish the grunge sound. I would love it if someone interviewed him about the band's early days without interjecting discussions of Kurt or Nirvana.

[@Herewearenowentertainus]

@@robwalsh9843 he did an interview with Krist Novoselic & Kim Thayil and no one asked him about skinyard at all 🥴

[@areamusicale]

In the 1995 Nirvana's double CD bootleg "I Hate Myself And I Want To Die" there are both songs: Sappy and Verse Chorus Verse. The audio is terrible, beware if if you find it.

[@birchmahogany2718]

These interviews are fantastic but I'd love to see an interview where Jack is talking about his own history with Skin Yard and his history with playing guitar, recording, etc. Questions always seem to focus on other bands, understandably so but considering how sharp his memories are and his pure talent, would be super fascinating to hear how he learned guitar and how he refined his style, some insight into Skin Yard and their approach to songwriting, they really encompass the sound that Soundgarden would perfect, as well as elements of what TAD would do and other early Sub Pop bands. Jack certainly isn't underappreciated but very overlooked I feel. So much info in his head that needs to be transcribed for the sake of history!

[@robwalsh9843]

I completely agree with you. Every interview with Jack is "So what was recording Bleach like?" and "What was Kurt like?". It's frustrating because Skin Yard were one of the original grunge bands. I'm hoping Daniel will eventually interview Jack about his story as a musician.

[@WalkeeTalkeeMan]

Nice

[@samsoltani3]

Legendary stuff. His voice sounds like Jesse Ventura. Super random lol

[@briankennedy1192]

Interesting how Nirvana road tested nearly all album cuts for 2,3, years before they recorded for the masses...

[@billdauphine951]

BLEACH , was a slow burn and gave those guys their 1st taste of success...(40,000 is exciting).

[@Shalanaya]

Everyone hoped that Mudhoney would be the ones who made it to the top the most, but I think their surviving and integrity all these years was actually the real top that truly mattered when you think about it. The top in terms of cultural popularity and zeitgeist is fleeting, thanks to Mudhoney I reconsidered the idea of success altogether and what actually matters. I mean I think Kurt wanted the same kind of lowkey underground popularity and longevity perhaps, but obviously he was fighting some inner demons for a long time, which some of us guess have had roots in gender dysphoria and depression, he seemed to be at war with the whole world as a reflection of his inner war with himself that he tried to escape from with drugs while at the same time loving everyone dearly, it was this love that I believe kept him going through music.

[@Zerkzeez]

All these guys never want to give Butch Vig the credit he deserves. It's weird. IMO Nevermind sounded exactly how it should have, they already made a lofi record in Bleach.

[@misner1989]

History

[@fastsavannah7684]

Dave’s a groovy metromanome.

[@mapwezt]

❤❤❤

[@_ROBERT.]

Stupid ads 😒

[@delanoarts3703]

This guy obviously been in the business a long time and obviously has a lot of knowledge but I disagree with some of the things he says at the I was 15 1990 just came out of the 80s at the time the 90s never new what it was chains had man in the box huge song but thrash metal was at its peak slayer megadeth anthrax all put out the biggest albums of there careers a lot of people thought thrash metal was going mainstream it was huge my point is they were playing thrash bands on the radio so teen spirit wasn't to ruff are heavy for that time what nevermind did more then anything was give 90s mainstream rock a direction let's face it thrash metal was still to heavy to be a dominant force in mainstream but people were searching for an escape from the 80s nevermind gave the mainstream its escape

[@briankennedy1192]

No Recess! No Recess!❤....wouldn't you believe it it's just my luck,...