History & Tone of Kurt Cobain's First Band | Fecal Matter Illiteracy Will Prevail | Pre-Nirvana

[@aspensilber39]

You my friend, are one of the reasons why kurt's legacy still continues. Superb video.

[@NirvanaGuitars]

I can't express to you how tremendous of a compliment that is to me, thank you 🥹

[@fabiominuti4643]

Wat a beautifll comments

[@layditms2]

more like the ACTUAL grunge generation 😂

[@LudogCaezar]

Also You've gave a new life to the songs, more clean To me sounds exactly like if they played at live and loud

[@Spike-vx8iu]

​@@NirvanaGuitarsYou are Good OMG 😮😮😮😮

[@abraxis20]

Aunt Mari was one cool aunt!

[@NirvanaGuitars]

I know right?? Go Aunt Mari!

[@Grunge4Life-f9m]

​@@NirvanaGuitarssince your awesome at these early, fuzzy, heavy pre nirvana/bleach tones, do rhino records next!

[@firstnamelastname6717]

In other words this is about Kurt’s past and new beginnings as a vocalist, song writer and guitarist which is pretty cool to know about.

[@3DMachineControl]

Really appreciate your commitment to Nirvana. I saw them Dec 3, 1993 in New Orleans. Haphazard trip that I extended just to see Nirvana. I was hooked in early 92. (Breeders opened). Honestly, your contribution to Nirvana's legacy cannot be understated. Ive bought Fender Cobain Jag and pedals from your videos. Thanks so much for keeping the legacy alive!!

[@iamshaggy3587]

Okay, I’m being so honest here… this is your best video ever. This is genuinely a new peak… again! The editing, info, tones, is all just phenomenal!! The editing and style of the video is so amazing, I love this!!! Hope to see more like this!!

[@NirvanaGuitars]

🥹Your comment seriously made my day. This one took a lot of time and research, I went a little overboard with trying to do history and tone all in one lol 😅 It really means a lot that you enjoyed it, can't thank you enough for the kind words!!

[@robertlawrence7321]

If such a box set existed, my vote for a title would be: "I think he could have some kind of future in music if he keeps at it." That's priceless! Really great video, excellent work!

[@kristopherguilbault5428]

Trade in the guitars for shovels

[@antlerbraum2881]

Highly prophetic

[@Jakubjakee]

I wish they would just release it. For one, they would make racks. For two, it would make so many people happy, for third, we would finally have real titles. And finally, If it was in that box set, everyone and there mother would buy that!

[@numburger]

"Courtney Love has threatened legal action, so I removed the song." Is the most Courtney Love quote of all time

[@diagonaltripod3713]

She has never been the same after Kurt died, as when you see the old interviews she seems quite nice although misunderstood. Now it seems she's only in the news for threatening someone with a lawsuit over something of Kurt Cobain. Oh well, hopefully she'll figure herself out someday.

[@Hand_Painted_Tie]

@@diagonaltripod3713 Search 'Courtney Love phone recordings' and dig in. He did not abandon his daughter. You can learn the truth in a matter of 20 minutes if you understand that the term 'conspiracy theorist' is a tool used to stop you from questioning law enforcement, government, and media.

[@samrudolph9596]

😂😂😂

[@tbiles7326]

true

[@SkywalkerSamadhi]

Bambi Slaughter is no bullshit one of my favorite Cobain songs, ever. That riff is dirty and raw and I’m absolutely here for it.

[@themoonisdusty]

I like sound of dentage, laminated effect and blathers log

[@Never267]

Spank thru, class of 86, control, and punk rocker are good too.

[@themoonisdusty]

@@Never267 I forgot about spank thru and downer

[@Never267]

@@themoonisdusty They're all good.

[@themoonisdusty]

@@Never267 yeah

[@tomphil5216]

This is amazing! A beautiful tribute to the music of Kurdt

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Thank you so much!

[@layne05]

This video is so awesome. KZbin is severely lacking in videos about Fecal Matter, so you've filled that void nicely.

[@Braineaters8]

Funny to find you here

[@layne05]

@@Braineaters8 I should say the same

[@Braineaters8]

@@layne05 Should be expected tbh, hella based of you

[@layne05]

@@Braineaters8 :)

[@Boomslang14]

I have always been interested in the fecal matter demo, this is definitely one of your best videos!

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Thank you so much!! I've always been interested in the pre-Nirvana stuff too, I wish we had more info about Organized Confusion 😔

[@firegalaxy1370]

New has broke out that Greg has sadly passed away RIP. Thank you for your contribution to Fecal Matter

[@MattTee1975]

Thanks for the "secret" setting on the Behringer!

[@ryanwebster7873]

Absolutely outstanding , I’m literally blown away

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Thank you as always my friend 😃

[@Diledanteeevisa]

Bro, I swear I'm not kidding, today I had a dream that you released this exact video and now suddenly a notification appears on your phone and you really saw it

[@NirvanaGuitars]

That’s crazy!! It was destiny ✨

[@Overlorddz]

4:42 ...between punk and metal. Dude that is a daring but very accurate description of the real Kurt Cobain sound!! (I mean his songs up until 'Bleach' - which is about where he started more and more to focus and specific structures and ultimately create Nevermind). This is why I recommend 'Incesticide' to anyone not really familiar with his music. To me that is just the full spectrum. Kurt is the main ingredient though, the songs rarely work for someone else.

[@signoguns8501]

Pop, too. Kurts melodies were VERY pop. Not so much in the very early stuff, but definitely later... Very tuneful and melodic. His distorted scream voice gave it that raw edge. If he didnt have that, he would have sounded exactly like Michael Stipe. Nirvana were like a punk rock grunge noise pop band. They were totally their own thing

[@millennialanimal]

Great video, I’ve always thought it was crazy that he wrote spank thru that early, one of his best songs in my opinion.

[@LSD123.]

The same goes for Downer.

[@PalmettoStateSirens]

I absolutely love these tone recreation videos you do, this one in particular felt more like I was watching a documentary about Kurt rather than a KZbin video. Now I can’t help but wonder what Bleach would sound like if it was recorded this way.

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Wow I can't tell you how much that means to me, thank you!! That would be a great "what if" tone video I like that idea 😉

[@nickbatex4397]

According to Kurt, He wanted to re-record everything on fecal matter with Jack Edino. But ultimately felt pressured by the 70s rock trend going on in Washington, so he ended up writing all the songs on bleach to fit in with the new Seattle sound.

[@Black_Parade_4_Life]

I love this video! i love how its a guitar tone video but also a video on the history of fecal matter.

[@apollo_gen]

This is probably one of the best videos I've seen about Kurt and Fecal Matter, I've actually learned a bunch of stuff I'd never known before.

[@kannonstucky-uo9pf]

i love your content and even got myself a jaguar after hearing how well it sounded it sounds amazing with your tone recreation settings

[@NirvanaGuitars]

YES congrats on the Jaguar! You made a great choice, my KC Jaguar is my best guitar 🙌

[@zerx..-]

​@Ben Miller does she have ownership over fecal matter shit?

[@harrisontownsend910]

​@Dexter Morgan same as how she "doesn't know what happened" to Kurt's "missing" $38 million.

[@harrisontownsend910]

@Dexter Morgan can you explain who Dan Schneider is? I've never heard of him.

[@Camtcan]

I've waited almost 2 years for this. Thanks for everything you've done!

[@seanmckelvey6618]

This was a great video. I have to agree with you about being surprised they've never released a sort of "early recordings" boxset with the Fecal Matter tape in full, it seems like a no brainer considering they're basically released everything else Kurt ever recorded. It would probably be one of the few of those Cobain demo recording sets that I would actually be interested in buying. As for the songs on the tape itself, I've dug it ever since I listened to it on KZbin years back. You got really darn close with the guitar tones in this video, makes me want to consider grabbing another Behringher fuzz again.

[@tylenoljunkie3231]

I have immense respect for your dedication.

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Thank you 🙂

[@nimhard]

This video was a delight to view and listen throughout. Amazing work.

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Thanks for the kind words and for watching!

[@elmostachorizo9440]

Pure History we need this for a big set release

[@loserhaha3743]

i was blown away when i say this video, i never watched one as great as yours. i love it so much and i recommend it to my sister. great work!!

[@RageWire-d4p]

This might be my fav video because i have watches this video a million times and i still find out new things you are like my Wikipedia for Nirvana and Fecal Matter!!

[@jhonpatrick2965]

ERIC!! Fantastic video again as always! Excellent work!! I’m so thankful you let me help you with Nirvana information in anyway I can! Your tone was so good on this!

[@NirvanaGuitars]

JOHN my dude I should be thanking YOU!! Your guidance and insight has been invaluable, especially for pedals! Can't thank you enough for all the info!

[@jhonpatrick2965]

@@NirvanaGuitars absolutely no problem at all!! Always glad to help

[@mruss3178]

Great video! Your tones are absolutely amazing!

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Thanks so much!

[@jonaswhite5842]

Im lucky to have seen Melvins in the Ozma days a bunch of times in Nashville. The reason Kurt never joined Melvins was that Buzzo introduced Kurt to a drummer named Dave, Kurt heard Dave play, and the rest is history. Im proud to have witnessed small slivers of its beginnings. Those were good days

[@TheAutisticlove]

You've got your timelines really mixed up. Buzz introduced Dave and Kurt in 1990. Nirvana was already a band for 3 years, had recorded one album officially, a second unofficially, and had been through like 76000 drummers by that point. Kurt wanted to be in the Melvins, or a band like the Melvins, when he was in his late teens because there was nobody else doing that and he thought it was rad.

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

This poser is making sht up lol

[@levy1102.]

Good job Eric! They should certainly make the recordings available on audio platforms. It would be a nice tribute

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Thank you! I hope so, it’d be a great release to pay tribute to the 30th anniversary of Kurt’s passing 🤞🏻

[@moonstruckskywalker9276]

yes please; let us hear Kurt coughing haha

[@bamocomics8344]

This is so awesome. Thanks for making all these videos, they're swell!

[@cian9479]

your videos keep getting better, discovered them last july or smth looking for bleach tones and immediately subbed

[@AlexCitroen-zt8xv]

Had lots of fun listening and watching this video. Thank you for what you do to preserve Kurt's legacy. ✌🏻

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Thank you for the kind words and for watching! 🙏🏻

[@sthenx0r]

This is amazing research, thank you so much.

[@CameronDufour2010]

Great to someone do this! I’m so happy to see your tone vid on this demo tape! My favourite song on hear is by far DOWNER I just love it

[@Krpamojtedrpa]

This is just amazing, been waiting for someone to recognize this tape and how influential it is

[@gregh1492]

Yes, dude!! I had no idea Kurt used a Superfuzz. The Behringer fuzz is awesome. I thought I was the only one who knew about mode 1.5 (discovered it by accident messing around with the pedal,) but then years later saw a bunch of youtube vids talking about it. I have the ultra rare first edition blue led version, lol. Used to gig w/ it, never had any issues, & it even survived a flood in my basement!

[@NirvanaGuitars]

That's crazy! The pedal and casing itself does feel pretty cheap so that's good to know it can survive all that!

[@-jank-willson]

@@NirvanaGuitars there are 3rd party metal casing you can get for it, if you are willing to do a little bit of tinkering

[@Eeeeeerik]

​@@-jank-willsonwhere can I buy it?

[@MachineGunAustin]

Can you make a full play through of each fecal matter songs? Would love it!!!

[@robotpizza]

Finally, someone did research and documentated this. You know, if you have questions...just ask Dale. He was there for the recordings...what I've heard Dale say in interviews is he plugged directly into the recorder.

[@Syddyparrot]

You didn't learn me anything because I'm like you a big fan of nirvana and I searched everything I could find on pre-bleach Kurt Cobain era and. I just wanna thank you for being so kind and share all these stories to the world. Thank you for your work man.

[@the4thway51]

Good detective work , and very helpfull for recreating those magic tones.

[@gryffindork567]

Oh cool I was actually really hoping you’d make a vid about this era! :D

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Yay! Hope you liked it 😊

[@gryffindork567]

It’s really accurate to what I know. The guitar is definitely direct, or at least I think so, because I’ve recorded with a direct guitar and it sounds really similar. I didn’t know that they played any live shows though, so thats news to me

[@cancel1913]

Yes this video is fantastic with great info and of course I would instantly buy that box set too!

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Come on Nirvana LLC PLEASE release an early Kurt album or boxset 🤞

[@ikigai47]

HOly shit I thought i was a giant Nirvana fan. You show there are levels. I bow to your devotion, well done

[@графдуку-у2д]

This is first video from you for 2 months (apart from lithium) that really impessed me. Keep it on!

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Happy to hear you enjoyed this one and Lithium 😃

[@графдуку-у2д]

@@NirvanaGuitars Pine street and dive vere cool too. I see your progress with every video. Thank you for your work

[@Zaxh01]

Sound of dentage is one of my favorite kurt cobain songs. Seriously a pretty dang good album. Most people wouldn’t like it. But I love the hare raw tone.

[@blikfiets2052]

This is such a good video i watched it now 3 times, please keep going with this type of content!

[@yellowchespo]

I was waiting for this video.

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Hope it was worth the wait!

[@falloutontherun2191]

Amazing video dude love it

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Thank you!

[@righty-o3585]

In those short audio clips I could hear Flyd the Barber , and the tone for Dive on the Bleach album, and also, I think the song Swap Meet from Incesticide. Very nice 🤘

[@hromao6182]

I love this guitar tone,nice job man!

[@murlmutant7448]

Spank you for making this! Love watching yr videos, el Duder.

[@mar_katje]

Thank you for this video! I have always loved this band and the songs so I would to try and cover a song or two in the future

[@lizardking2767]

i was JUST going to comment that you should do a fecal matter tone video. great job yet again!!

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Read your mind 😉 Thanks!

[@YettiManChannel84]

This is awesome! Thanks for doing this!

[@Giitzerland]

From what I've learned about Kurt, he was someone that knew exactly what it felt like to struggle just to have an instrument that worked, I feel like he'd relate with the person borrowing a second hand off brand guitar, using a $50 garage sale amp, with a $25 pawn shop pedal, far more than someone spending $15k to sound exactly like he did(I'm glad you show alternatives ^^). I can't imagine him being happy to know that the things available to him, borrowed or cheap, were now out of reach in price to most people, simply because he created an iconic sound using them.

[@BrytonBand]

i've been waiting for this video for a long time

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Hope you enjoyed it and that it was worth the wait 😀

[@Runawaysoul]

Dude this was such a cool video thank you so much

[@Fendervana]

Burien was my old stomping grounds from the mid 80s to early 90s. In 1992 I remember rumors about Kurt recording there but nobody believed it.

[@NirvanaGuitars]

People were talking about Fecal Matter being recorded there back in 92? That's crazy! I was born way too late to know what was known when Nirvana was active

[@ducky-iu2pu]

i hope that we get an album like you suggested one day

[@NirvanaGuitars]

🤞🏻

[@Brannington]

your version of Made not Born is so damn good, so tight but still raw

[@Asce0fSpades]

I watched this video like 10 times I can’t get enough of it

[@magraretsbane6274]

I’d kill to have a video like your Ivy League video where you break down the way Kurt played all these songs on the demo.

[@kengreen6901]

This really struck me, thank you. I found Nirvana (in Whitehorse Yukon) when Nevermind came out, quickly grabbed Bleach…but have never gone back this far. Good timing as well! I’m working on my guitar sound:) Thank you !

[@ryancoke2519]

Love the video. Really well crafted! More please! Green River next? I would LOVE to help with any ideas and info I can add

[@6lu5ky86]

Great educational and historical video, thanks!

[@jayswindle9860]

Keep these videos coming great content!

[@jonvia]

Great band name. btw, "Kurt and Courtney" is such a great doc. Nick Broomfield also has an amazing doc on Biggie and Tupac.

[@ryanm4689]

Awesome video, great analysis.

[@kirai25]

Illiteracy will prevail is apparently on Spotify now

[@gerardosolo]

Just came across your channel & I gotta say this is a great video! As a beginner guitarist, I look forward to buying my first pedal through your Amazon storefront so I can recreate my favorite nirvana songs. Thanks a lot & rock on🤘🏽

[@Kikilouise]

Awesome! I learned so much from this video.

[@whatw9604]

Amazing work, I only knew a bit about the Fecal Matter demo but this brought the full picture, would love to see a full tone cover of Illiteracy Will Prevail if it’s possible

[@ph0nix121]

Enjoyed every second of this video and I’ve learned a lot,.. thanks!

[@NirvanaGuitars]

This one took a lot of time and research so I really appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed it smile 😃

[@Frezfoo]

Shout out from France, amazing job. interesting and useful, thank you Guy !!!

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Thank you for the shoutout and for watching 😃

[@yummy-fecalz]

это потрясающе! спасибо за видео. надеюсь мы когда нибудь услышим ту запись Курта "organised confusion". не знал, что она существует. я думал она просто утерена!

[@MrDanroche]

What a wonderful music historian! Great video ❤

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Thank you so much!

[@Youngmanmike]

This video is amazing! 🤘

[@Nirvana91xGrunge89]

0:55 that tone recreation is awesome btw I have a request you should do the skid row nirvana demo tone

[@joeyarnold9372]

This recording is so primal and has so much potiental thank goodness for aunt mary man

[@OZKÄRSTALIN]

Very nice video!! I really enjoyed since the beginning.

[@NirvanaGuitars]

That truly means a lot coming from you man, I have always LOVED your channel and collection!!

[@noko4247]

I remember in early 00's I was in middle school and two songs from this demo leaked on MySpace although they were just little clips it was a HUGE deal on the NFC message board. So many fakes had surfaced throughout the 90s and 00s to actually hear the real deal was unbelievable. The sound quality of the clips were horrible(they were recorded by a computer mic), but the songs were clearly Cobain originals. Soon after this three full songs in decent quality were leaked. It all happened so fast. I look back on that part of my life and remember nothing but excitement. I would look at the J Card from the demo and think to myself "I wonder what Sound of Dentage sounds like?" and to actually HEAR it thinking you never would, in decent quality? It was AMAZING.

[@themcnabinator]

Great man, very enlightening. never knew any of this sh*t and been a Nirvana fan since they first broke thro. Good stuff, well presented too thumb 👍

[@barretv7583]

Thank you for this great video

[@Joemcncheese]

Would you ever do a video on Jason Evermans tone and or Pat Smears tone? I love Pats especially!

[@NirvanaGuitars]

That would be fun! A red Hagstrom modded to Pat specs is on my wishlist

[@paressehylton]

@@NirvanaGuitars and a strat

[@k.t.5405]

min 8:50 "Just imagine if Kurt had joined The Melvins" yeah, he'd STILL be around today. Guaranteed. Awesome vid NG!

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Thank you so much!

[@808_midnightdream]

babe wake up new nirvanaguitars tone video just came out

[@NirvanaGuitars]

hands down one of the best comments I've ever gotten thank you 😂

[@smathfury]

Love the video.. How many people just ordered that Behringer Super Fuzz pedal?! I just did lol. That thing sounds amazing!!

[@mfiles_official]

1986 he was 19, I was born. I still remember my older sister crying the day he was pronounce dead.

[@JohnnyCashavetes]

So many monster riffs on the Fecal Matter tape. Kurt was already ahead of most of his peers.

[@nalmananmell303]

This is the music to cleanse the gut. Kurt Cobain was brilliant. Certain sounds and vibrations aid in reaching a nirvana state of mind

[@maturockea]

What a great video!!! love it

[@NirvanaGuitars]

Thank you!

[@rickyricky950]

I love your videos man

[@douglasvaughn9349]

How amazing is this ! ❤❤❤

[@NirvanaGuitars]

🙏 Thank you!

[@tacosocks2576]

Its 94 got my first guitar, a fender bullet. My brother had no drum set so we used a fan for a high hat and a box for a snare.

[@cian9479]

also love this new format

[@benjamink7105]

If you weren't around like mid-late 90s this was the freaking HOLY GRAIL of Nirvana sh*t, maybe only "The Laundry Room Sessions" (rumored to be the band's last session, ended up being the session where You Know You're right was recorded aka "On a Mountain" but that's a whole other pile of lore next to Token Eastern Song). Man, we had a whole damn website and everything called "The Fecal Matter Quest" trying to dig up this old demo. Some guy tricked the questers with a fake demo, so much drama in the little community back then. Anyway, love the channel thanks!

[@darrenryan1161]

Excellent video and great description of all that went before superstardom but vitally important if not more so than nirvana itself and must for any bleach incesticide chaotic lovers.