Recording Nirvana: Drain You (Butch Vig Breaks It Down In The Studio)

[@wonderwall1994]

I could literally spend hours, days, months with these master-tapes and not get bored

[@JesusChrist-be9uz]

so true, i wish i had copies of those 😔

[@shoegazer93]

+Marc Davis Yeah it's cool, but this album is a bit over-produced in my opinion. Also Garbage were shit.

[@SuperMiley1994]

Yea same

[@JesusChrist-be9uz]

Shoegazer 93 i think it sounded amazing, far from being my favourite of their albums, but amazing.

[@hernanquirozfrusciante]

RIDE

[@Tomnedreb]

Five guitars overdub, no wonder I have problems getting the sound right with my amp..haha

[@EvAn-tm3yb]

Yea lol

[@Tomnedreb]

@Yağız Kara hey

[@joseandresnavaperez]

Men, saludos. Que buenos covers haces

[@doxxylamineaye8665]

hey) didn't expect to see you here hello fom раша

[@revax2409]

@@Tomnedreb ❤️ from DC

[@mtbdork213]

"That's pretty grungy" As he mixes Nirvana

[@lvlultiplication9751]

Ikr. He clearly doesn't know much about grunge. How could you called a punk rock band grungy. He was manipulating kurt the whole time to make it sound less and less punky, while he polished all of his music. To me that's like changing the colors in an artists painting.

[@MARS-fz7jy]

lvlultiplication grunge is not a fucking term given to nirvana by the media. No they didn’t like it. We don’t call nirvana punk because they AREN’T listen to sex pistols and say that they are the same genre as nirvana.

[@Mess316]

The Burning Candles TBCX To quote german punk band Wizo: If one tries to tell me what punk is and what's not, i'll shit him in the face because i don't need new rules. On a side note, i personally like both Pistols and Nirvana, but surely you know as well as i do that the Sex Pistols where sort of a casting band, right? Sid made the band only because of his looks, not really being able to play his instrument. He was in the band because he sort of was a personification of punk attitude, transported a certain image. So there's that. Punk attitude and mentality is something i see very much in Nirvana, complete with the whole no future yadda yadda on Cobains part. Lastly, if you want to boil it down to pure music, then compare Tourettes by nirvana with Pretty vacant. Anyways, why someone would feel the need to restrict the use of the term punk and unisono claiming to have the authority to decide what goes and what doesn't is beyond me. Sounds kind of Punk conservative to me, pal.

[@Melvin7727]

ShitForBrains Doe You restrict the use of the term punk because words require restrictions in order to have a definition in order to have any coherent meaning at all. We both know punk isn’t defined as “hotdogs with ketchup and a girl in a dress playing Hank Williams country and having a nice time in a monogamous relationship,” right? Well, I hate to break it to you, but you just restricted the definition of punk a little bit.

[@denver-gi7ot]

Probably took out some of the punk elements to make more money, but I do think that the engineer is an artist in their own right. If you don't want the engineer to have any creative input then just don't hire one.

[@ryn5907]

for everyone that says Butch mANiPuLated Kurt into recording more tracks, he knows what he's doing and the end product sounds amazing. Sometimes the musicians need to see from a different point of view but Kurt would never have recorded more tracks if he didn't have to and we would never have had the drain you that we have, it's really good and Butch did a great job on it. Also, Kurt obviously liked the sound otherwise he would have made Butch rerecord everything, so it's not like Butch did it against his will.

[@THERedstoneRocket189]

id kill for him to produce a single one of my songs

[@Churroboyyy]

The part with the single guitar sounded kinda dry. The album wouldnt be what it is now if it wasnt for Butch’s white lies

[@ryn5907]

@@Churroboyyy I'd call it 'creative revisions' hehe

[@aitortilla5128]

There's not a great band without a great producer behind.

[@niniomigrania_]

Who the fuck are u?

[@stevemuzak8526]

Butch is the reason why this album sounds amazing.

[@louismullens2783]

Him and Andy Wallace!

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

@@louismullens2783 Exactly. Listen to the deluxe edition. Vig captured a good signal but his mix is static and murky. (nothing wrong). But Wallace elevated it to an iconic sculpture inside the punchy SSL G series desk.

[@sebg2086]

i dont know....kurt dave and krist ?

[@DJ.LakeSea]

Yeah Butch and Andy made it sound amazing, very full poppy-grunge sound. But I reckon In Utero sounded better.

[@Tyrell_Corp2019]

@@Cobain_5150 The topic here is the engineering. The musicianship obviously speaks for itself. It all works together.

[@LeFredge]

3:08 "here's the super grunge ...it's pretty grungy" (smiles) made my day

[@lvlultiplication9751]

The best grunge band is pearl jam, but the best punk band is, of course, black flag. Without them nirvana wouldn't be the same.

[@auroraborealis675]

lvlultiplication what would you classify alice in chains as? Back when Layne was the lead singer.

[@somedaysometime]

Mind Flowers they're like sludgy, but not super sludgy enough to be sludge metal. Except for their self titled album, that one was super heavy.

[@ShaneSimmons]

...the hell is sludge metal, stop it.

[@ShaneSimmons]

I especially love how the Wikipedia entry on "sludge metal" lists Black Sabbath as an example...apparently everything has to be put in a category and there has to be a category for everything.

[@snackojack]

Can just imagine Kurt smiling maniacally and squeaking a small duck toy, then suddenly just ARRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH.

[@migwelswanchez6679]

it was dave yelling

[@Dripfade]

Yes, that was the scream of a tortured genius. He said "Dave's snare fill"...not snarl, or whatever some people are hearing to make them think it was Dave screaming. 100% Kurt.

[@Rockyinlp]

Had to have been intense.

[@eddiebateman4095]

Migwel Swanchez You wish... That screaming belongs to Cobain, Grohl can only ever dream of having a screaming range like Cobain's.. I still like Dave though....but only as a drummer.. 🤘✌👍👍👍👍👍

[@delinseurn]

No

[@RockBand2Freak78]

Favorite Nirvana song of all time.

[@chickenpermission6597]

Scentless_Apprentice same

[@greenretro9015]

same

[@MicsandMore]

Same

[@allrequiredfields]

Yeah, it’s a perfect Nirvana tune - heavy, but thoughtful.

[@hunterdavis3003]

Ditto! A masterpiece

[@bnlang898]

the steam noises and squeeky toy are brilliant touches. They're so iconic in the song

[@davidmaraisthecampfireguit2596]

Just gorgeous. The engineer/mixer/producer is definitely the extra member of the band when done right, like this.

[@z48843]

I wish he broke down every song from the album

[@updown5238]

Got a link to that amigo?

[@jbknight]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ3YZWuGbcmNis0

[@1conor]

He does, this is from the BBC classic album series

[@fiftysecwithoutza]

@@1conor do you have link for “on a plain”?

[@MrLee204]

I wish more people bought this DVD series...

[@scotty3034]

When in doubt.....add more guitars....

[@JesusChrist-be9uz]

ahahaha true

[@lucattsur]

+Mike Patton jeje

[@bombaninjacontareserva]

love you, Jesus

[@FateBringsMe2U]

Worked for The Smashing Pumpkins

[@AspenEmrys]

or if you're Mike Patton, add whatever the fuck you want

[@danielelise7348]

I could listen to Butch talk forever,he's an absolute legend!!

[@roseslotusvioletiris]

His voice is just beautiful, he is a lovely soul wish he could be here with us.

[@aberdeenlizards]

He is still here in spirit. Check this out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4jZn6GliN14f5o

[@HimiJendrix-xk6bv]

Wait is he dead? Oh fuuuuuuuccckkkk

[@davedog9412]

Had the pleasure of meeting Butch at the height of Garbage's tour.What a true gentleman and genuinely down to earth person.

[@MidniteSon]

Love the way he overdubbed that guitar.

[@rg2027x]

yes

[@RR-v]

Hell yes sounds really full and powerful

[@homunculusSZN]

I could listen to Butch do this with all the music he produced.

[@reservedhogs4735]

"I was lying basically, saying "There's a problem with the track, it didn't record properly, or it's out of tune or something. So let's do it again." So he thought he was doing the same part over and over." I fucking died.

[@girlspooptoo8567]

Super Cuts So did kurt

[@russellcarstens7124]

But if it "wasn't heavy enough for him," doesn't that mean Kurt WANTED to add more guitars? Something is off here

[@drummerdude476]

Russell Carstens He clearly says big enough for me, as in referring to himself.

[@TimSavage-drummer]

It's a common trick, I've gotten some of the best vocal takes while I was doing "test" recordings ;)

[@artanmcmanusarchives]

Super Cuts it probably caused Kurt’s suicide...

[@Nessevan]

I think the talent of the Butch Vig is often underestimated. His work is so critical in defining the songs as have we come to love them. And not just Nirvana...

[@jeanlemarchais]

entirely ok with you !!

[@jonvitullo748]

Garbage is an extremely underrated band

[@GlennJimenez]

So happy to find out that giant tone was carefully crafted. No wonder my Jaguar never ever sounded like this!!!

[@alexayers9463]

Yeah, I was always very frustrated not knowing how to get my guitar tracks to sound this FULL. I'd tried everything---different pedals, different compressors. I almost got something I was happy with when I started double tracking, but still; it still didn't sound as "layered" as my favorite rock records. It didn't occur to me until I saw this goddamn video---and maybe read about how Grohl multitracked his vocals on his debut Foo Fighters record several times out of vocal insecurity---did I finally realize I'd been too conservative, that it's about a lot more tracking (each with varying, complementary tone of course).

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

You have to be careful with it because it can also run things to sludge if you keep tracking similar guitar sounds. I've recorded a lot of bands with two guitarists who just lazily double everything without having individual parts and it can sound bad. But also it gives much more power in the live sound done properly. Nirvana never got the sound of their records live until they brought in the second guitar in pat smear, especially using Mustangs and Jaguars (guitars I love, but for playing clean stuff, they can lack power).

[@rockrenegade]

He does. I have the Classic Albums dvd it’s from.

[@videos-ie4hv]

⁠@@rockrenegadeDo you have the whole series? By any chance?

[@JonnyNonsenseUK]

I love the way the guitar tones are so different, but they combine beautifully to sound absolutely huge.

[@tyrannosaurushands]

Everytime I hear Kurt's voice it sends chills down my spine

[@jeffreylee3775]

This has always been my favorite Nirvana song. I am glad so much extra work went into it's recording.

[@Swinbad]

When you finally hear how he stacked all those guitar tracks on top of each other and listen to the final result, Man, that just sounds amazing!

[@inutero10]

Kurt loved playing this live. It is such a cool sounding tune. What an album.

[@MdhLV]

I've watched the part at 3:13 to 3:30 probably a few hundred times. So cool to hear the individual guitar parts and how they blend together to make a giant wall of sound.

[@Zapallo925]

That guy has the best job ever

[@joshualett6536]

The Guitar sounds AMAZING on this track! Whole album sounded AWESOME. Butch is the man 🙏🏻💪🏻🙏🏻💪🏻

[@Big_C_4205]

I love this stuff. I don't care what band or artist it is, I looooove seeing how they mix music and come up with ideas. I could hate the band and still love watching this stuff. It's a fine art, and Kurt always got a phenomenal guitar sound.

[@slabofgoopscoop]

Squishy mouse if officially an instrument now

[@slabofgoopscoop]

*is

[@kaysada]

+6stringsdummy get a life

[@slabofgoopscoop]

+Russell Cameron after you

[@BLD-xn4sj]

fuck u indonesian...

[@alessandroscuppa8036]

FuckIndonesian indonesianshit whats up between Indonesian and Malasyan ?

[@udopiarecords]

I'd like to take a moment of silence to thank Butch Vig for giving us the masterpiece of Nevermind.... .... Thank you.

[@pyronixe]

He is so humble considering this song is a masterpiece.

[@personale-mail1393]

Kurt had one of the best screams in music. 😆

[@MonkyMonk729]

Personal E-mail. I've read that Kurt was a huge fan of the Pixies which isn't surprising. I think it's safe to credit Frank Black for a decent stake of the inspiration for Kurt's patented primal tantrum scream. I can hear a direct lineage back to this particular scream at 1:20 of this song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYTQnoaFqLmHqbM

[@putzarinoputz5284]

@@MonkyMonk729 I think the lineage of screams like that go all the way back to Lennon's I want you (She's so Heavy)kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnLIY4SVgc2Mbsk

[@idiosyncraticmushroom3030]

I think it might have some origin with The Doors, I feel like he would have have heard Morrison’s screams and thought “wow that’s cool” and ever since that he unintentionally screamed in reminiscent way to Morrison, because I hear a bit of Morrison ness in it. It could also have to do with his Meat Puppets influence, because if u listen to the record version do Lake of Fire (Meat Puppets 2) there is a part where Curt Kirkwood screams a bit, and doing it life was even more prominent. That’s my theory

[@VvhowlinwolfvV]

Check out Well well well by john lennon. I bet Kurt was inspired by this track.

[@CS-sf1rz]

He did

[@tb4234]

I could watch vids like this one for hours

[@lurevideos]

Genius! He pulled off the greatest record in 20 years of rock....

[@Casket1488]

This guy played a big part in two of my favorite albums Nevermind from Nirvana and Siamese Dream from Smashing Pumpkins

[@lisaqaisara6502]

He also do the same thing to foo fighter on wasting light album and make it a one of the great album ever.

[@MS-eb8cf]

@Barry McHawkiner Shame Corgan did the vocals on it. His voice is fucking awful in tone and he could never actually sing. Also nobody gives a fuck about Smashing Pumpkins anymore. Shows how memorable those songs were I guess. Now if you'd said The Bends or OK Computer then fair enough.

[@paulwblair]

@@MS-eb8cf Speak for yourself dude. Smashing Pumpkins still fills arenas every time they play, so obviously a few people still like them.

[@IIISWILIII]

​@@MS-eb8cf the main difference is that the pumpkins have had plenty of time to deminish their legacy by putting out garbage. Nirvana's stuff is frozen in time.

[@tiagoandrade5826]

​@@MS-eb8cf 😂😂 dude shut up

[@cristiantrejo9201]

A lot of people don’t understand the success of a lot of artist comes from the producers and the engineers! They do so much.

[@jonvia]

The intro to Drain You is just so simple. Kurt's vocals and a guitar part. Yet it sounds so fuckin good. Whenever I listen to Drain You, I always keep repeating the intro over and over bc it sounds so cool.

[@jdsk8914]

Yeah it sounds so clean..love it

[@onpoint24.7]

Butch Vig is a badass. He's done some amazing mixes.

[@dariomolina8753]

4:25 when I hit a piece of furniture with my little finger

[@spaceorbison]

damn that make laugh so hard

[@tristinsean7222]

Travis Edwards 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Stanger182]

that's the sound when i stub my toe on the bed post

[@zachiswayposi1]

Travis Edwards what kind of psychopath does that?

[@kirogas]

JAJAJAJA exacto

[@brentdonley752]

FUCK YES, a detailed layering of the guitar tracks. I could listen to Butch dissect these tracks for days..

[@jmpsthrufyre]

I only have one complaint about this. It is about 7 hours short.

[@joshcaudill9340]

Jmpsthrufyre * 665 years ago fucking facts

[@nikolausklinger489]

butch vig is a genius

[@mywetcell4078]

4:26 when u find out butch has been over dubbing guitars behind your back

[@Dartheomus]

"It's got a pretty glorious sound." - Understatement of the year. It was pretty fucking epic! This was one of my favorite songs on this album. The sound effects sealed the deal. I always loved the rubber mouse and steam sounds... and that guttural scream. What a song and what a mix. I wish this video went to the end!

[@CS-sf1rz]

From the classic albums vh1 series on never mind ... it’s on Amazon prime now

[@erichargrove2287]

Quite possibly the greatest record ever recorded. Thank you for producing it.

[@RodrigoRaez]

It's amazing how this album sounds so clean and so powerful at the same time. Butch Vig did a marvelous job.

[@stevenotero2627]

Just another example of having the proper producer adding to the genius of the band. Phenomenal 😎🎭✌️

[@maxxxmodelz4061]

This is my fav song on Nevermind. Loved to see how this was mixed. I never heard those "steam" vocal effects until now! Or the squeaky toys. That's sick.

[@stephencrutchfield2032]

I've always thought it was amazing how much time, energy, talent, and thought goes into a song that 99% of the world will never hear.

[@Carlos-xz3vi]

Huh? Nevermind has sold more than 10 million copies; believe me, a shitload of people have heard/will hear this song.

[@bipbong2906]

@@Carlos-xz3vi They hear the song but they don't necessarily hear all the time, effort, and skill put into it. Like looking at a painting without seeing the hundreds of layers of paint underneath it

[@finbarmurphy6740]

2:04 - Butch Vig, everyone.

[@nymets9559]

Finbar Murphy Eh?

[@goodyking6732]

Click on the time link, Buch says “it still didn’t feel big enough for me.”

[@amyquinn2545]

but he says "it still didn't *sound big enough..."

[@buzzcrushtrendkill]

Quite possibly my favorite track from the band. The build up in the middle and then the release. Awesome.

[@John317Gaming]

Honestly, the guy was spot on and built a damned fine track. It's my favorite Nirvana track and it wouldn't have been the same without him.

[@Breakbeats92.5]

Vig also "tricked" Kurt into doubling his vocal lines by telling him that John Lennon used to double his vocals as well.

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

Lennon did double his vocals! Just listen to Ticket To Ride.

[@FD00CH]

​@@icecreamforcrowhurst Lennon did it, because he didn't like his voice

[@FergalNash]

One mention of Lennon and Kurt was in!

[@Ninja_S1000RR-R]

Well it was true

[@thomashenry3014]

Lol

[@joeellislive]

Wow, I thought it was just one guitar all along, just mixed well. Maybe two tracks to make it more stereo. It really does have a wide orchestral sound. Butch Vig is the reason why Nevermind sounded so good I'd love to have each track individually and mess around mixing it, it'd probably just ruin the perfection of it though. Would be great to make some kind of disco remix though

[@Ratelzwatel]

4:14 The "steam" sounds remind me of the hissing in 'The Black Angle's Death Song' (1967), by The Velvet Underground. And the breathing/hissing in the doctor section of 'Lady Godiva's Operation' (1968).

[@bofa83]

I love the intro of this song. the guitar sounds so cool, very industrial. its my favorite tone of the album

[@MCS1993]

This albums is a masterpiece . Thanks Butch…what a gift to humanity, what a gift to my youth. This song is Nirvana at it’s purest. BTW Kurt voice before the overdub is awesome,,,,,!!!!!

[@martycray495]

One of the greatest screams in all of Rock music comes on Butch Vig: "Oh and here's Dave's snare fill!"

[@CS-sf1rz]

Lol 😂 right !?

[@rexx9496]

I was a teen when this album came out and me and my friends were mystified at how big the sound was for a 3 piece band. Now I know why!

[@artpassos]

Kurt`s vocals are insane. Angry, desperated and strong at the same time. Overdubbed it became more powerfull !The guitars are so fine too. He hold on the melody (you... you... you.. quack, quack, shhhhhh... shhhhh......) to explode in chorus. This make you wanna jump em broke evereything arround you. Drain you has an experimental side that a love so much just like Aneurysm. I wish Areurysm was recorded and mixed in Nevermind. I wonder how beautiful In Utero would be if has overdubbed vocals and guitars.

[@willclark6694]

That would be good to hear as well as hearing Nevermind mixed and produced as In Utero was with Steve Albini behind it. Would make for a couple very interesting listens

[@Tinclogs]

Was it just me or did anyone else expect him to ‘breakdown’ as in ‘I really miss Kurt’ breakdown.

[@peterheinzelmann3335]

@@willclark6694 I almost hate In utero meanwhile. It has way too much anti-attitude. Kurt just wanted to act like he is that young punk rock kid next door that is still dissatisfied. In the biography CAYA he says indirectly that he listened to Nevermind a lot.

[@NotebookLives]

It's so awesome to see how they put together the mix, for a classic song at that.

[@musiclova6095]

He explains it in such simple terms anyone can understand. Butch, youre awesome.

[@poopie1515]

i wish this video was maybe.... an hour longer. this is probably my favorite nirvana song on my favorite nirvana album

[@Courier_333]

Nirvana made me want to be a band but these videos made me think I could actually do it. This dude talks about making masterpieces like its normal. And now I have a show at the end of the month with my band so it all worked

[@shoelace1]

everyone wants to be a band.... even Kurt when became Nirvana was happy.

[@rogerpeet7399]

With all this studio work on the albums, Nirvana sounded real good live. In my car, I'm listening to, 'From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah'. Good stuff.

[@marjoleinfokkema]

Recordings were made from 1989 to 1994 and there's a whole teams credited for engineering, mastering, production and mixing. Seems reasonable to assume some overdubbing happens on that record.

[@nostalgiajunkie]

@@marjoleinfokkemahe’s saying that they had a full sound in their live performances, even though pretty much everyone at this point recognizes the music from their studio recordings or ensemble performances like the unplugged show

[@Dartheomus]

Seriously? I've wanted to understand the breakdown of this exact song for YEARS... and I just find this video now?! This is gold, and Butch is my hero. Thx Rob

[@InsertNameHere73894]

Without a producer and mix engineer, studio recorded music will never be as aesthetically pleasing.

[@DarudeSandstormVEVO]

This man is the true genius behind the sound!

[@FrownyMascot]

Love how he says he lied to him

[@rayannchick]

Probably the only way to get him to agree to it

[@davidmacfly]

Genius. That guitar sound is amazing

[@iriefire6609]

Butch Vig is awesome! Love watchin videos with him talking about records he has worked on! He shares so much of his process!

[@lightonbuildings]

Oh my dear lord. I've never seen this until now. This is wonderful! Thank you!

[@ReadyForWhatever85]

The Mesa tracks sound amazing. I could listen to the clean part all day long.

[@nirvanacana1630]

The bassman sounds so good

[@jasminericenic]

So does the Mesa

[@khrashingphantom9632]

Nirvana cana To me that's the best part of the whole song! It wasnt the Super grunge that made this an official grunge song, it was those Bassmans!

[@weirdskyreallyweird.5519]

Butch Vig tricking Kurt so he could get all the takes he needed is one of my favourite little facts about Nirvana.

This is incredible, a masterpiece of music, I could spend hours and hours watching Butch Vig showing us how this wonderful song was made... I can never get sick of this band! Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl made a difference in the world of music. I'm very happy to have discovered this, Nirvana is spectacular! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@babylonkid]

And here is another reason why I love KZbin so much. Just imagine we get these intimate breakdowns of masterpieces by bands like Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Slipknot, The Beatles, Megadeth and Metallica. Just to name a few of the greats.

[@MoscowOnFire]

I wish I had a producer like this for my album

[@mosheparanov]

Where do you live?

[@YoungDeathWish]

Pay them lol

[@CVolt13]

*Epic scream from Kurt* "Here's Dave's snare fill." -.- That snare roll sounded sick, though.

[@adamJKpunk]

Lol after watching this entire documentary and the bonus stuff it's clear that butch vig essentially scammed Kurt Cobain into recording nevermind lol.

[@yague1986]

Hey dude! What's the name of the documentary? Id like to watch it in its entirety but I can't find the name. Thanks!

[@jimmysaboter3]

Classic Albums : Nevermind

[@mccursedwallpapers7296]

You can only see these clips in the U.K for some reason

[@basehead617]

scammed how? didn't they sign a record deal?

[@noopcode]

No. He mean that Butch lied many times to Kurt in order to produce the album in the way he wanted to

[@BradDollar]

Butch did such an awesome job with this record. It continues to age so well. THAT is the part that's hard to do.

[@jt-ff3yx]

Not a big Nirvana fan, but I acknowledge their cultural impact and love the behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album.

[@zeeregard]

Kurts screaming track without effects and then he's like oh there's Dave's snare fill

[@EulogizingSleep]

at 00:57 when he says he's still singing from the take and we hear that isolated vocal of kurt, i just kind of feel like he's still alive ya know? wherever he is he's just still singing.

[@Jackyl713]

This guy is going to produce my album. That's it.

[@punkwarlord]

He'll lie to you...

[@rafaelcabralwilliams]

And he will make you do overdubs

[@j_freed]

Walter Stevenson - he will make you record the entire album in one take on a single stereo mic in a church.

[@theblakex]

Steve Albini is better

[@pepperlloyd377]

@@theblakex 💯 he can definitely make a proper album. Him and Jack Endino.

[@dbszepesi]

As a half-assed guitar player, it's crazy hearing this. So much talk on the internet about you need to use this pedal or that pedal to get their sound, but he is blending six different guitar tracks together. No wonder it's so hard to replicate their sound!

[@briancullen8563]

Wow, I never realized how great that snare fill is at the end of that section!

[@fccctorres]

squeeky toys??? loooooool all this years i never knew what were those sounds in the middle section.. awesome! also, drain you sounds really cool, adding the extra guitars sure was worth it!

[@TruthSurge]

2:47, well duh... now you have stereo guitars where before you didn't. :(

[@alegauna366]

Lol un Pretty sure that you produced some big récords right?

[@TruthSurge]

@@alegauna366 I don't have to have produced any big records to understand audio and mixing.

[@solarnewborn]

Love this guy. Mad props for cleverly bypassing Kurt's misguided artistic puritanism. Be grungey all you want, but in the studio the ends always justify the means. Those white lies changed the world.

[@CarSVernon]

way better than steve albini

[@originalsongsbyjonathanlew1512]

I disagree

[@ktothec24]

Kurt wasn’t as much as a “Puritan “ as you’re saying . He did ultimately want mainstream success. He wasn’t prepared for it (obviously) but I think any human wants positive feedback from anything they’re putting their heart and soul into . Not too mention enough money to live comfortably

[@Cordy712]

But at what cost? Kurt had morals and his morals were violated and he killed himself. If Kurt had gotten to make Nevermind the way he wanted to make it, it might not have gotten so huge and he might have stayed alive. Who knows.

[@donbeck8835]

Caprise Adams So you’re implying you’re blaming Kurt’s death on Butch Vig? LMAO.

[@randyrazor6780]

Butch Vig , a legend in the rock recording business and a beast at mixing

[@hercorpsebroughtmegreatjoy9644]

I love this so much. This is so amazing and funny at the same time. What a great guy.

[@thankyoubishop]

i did not want this to end

[@chrisridenhour]

Butch has the most calming demeanor. Perfect for getting the best out of the band at the time.

[@joshcaudill9340]

Chris Ridenhour if you watch the documentary “back and forth” on Netflix about the foo fighters you get to see him producing the Wasting Light album. It’s really cool watching him work in real time with the band.

[@PhilipDrakeMusic]

Makes me want to become an audio engineer =P

[@henrikschock9030]

its really fun. :)

[@denver-gi7ot]

Yeah well it's alright but you'll always be angry that you're not on of the musician.

[@henrikschock9030]

well, usually audio engineers know how to play music as well. :)

[@spitfirefrench]

Good luck getting paid in 2018 bud

[@j_freed]

It's a nice dream, and this video makes it look like it's such an agreeable and cool job.

[@nikoletttamas5885]

THANK YOU Butch ... this is master class for those who can absorb the information

[@JaviyPilar]

I watched the Classic Albums series Nevermind Documental several times BUT I never watched this part! Thank you

[@MikeIsNexciting]

I'd be curious to know if In Utero -- which was regarded as a response to the large production of Nevermind -- there was a lot of overdubbing with guitars? I'm always curious how much production goes into the sound of our favourite bands that always gave off their "raw" idea, when really it's 5 guitars.

[@CHXNGRXM]

Well as I am a producer myself most music that has guitars is always overdubbed in the case to get a big sound. Like copying channels and panning one completely left and the other right. They record multiple takes so the different rec have a different sound to them and since they are a little different they add to make a bigger sound audio illusion. Mixing is key ik this first hand because u can’t just record one guitar on a song cause it will sound so flat.

[@CHXNGRXM]

Oh and in utero has just as much overdubbing it’s just the guitar effects are muddier and the overall quality of the mix is less polished as never mind that’s why it sounds different but it’s still good production. Like compare bands like black flag which had horrible production (but was diy so makes sense) imo u should try to produce your song to a way that sounds polished but not over polished and clean like kpop (the most overpolished boring music out there)

[@Melvin7727]

NOTQUITE? That’s invaluable information for me, man. I’m new to home recording myself. You mentioned each guitar overdub having a slightly different sound in order to increase the illusion of a bigger sound; that sounds really important to me. Any tips on how to set each overdub’s slightly different sound? Should I be doing each dub through different pedals/amps? Each dub with different amp eq settings, like one that I turn the bass up slightly more than usual on, one I turn the treble up slightly more than usual on, etc? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[@unixfreak]

Record yourself playing with a lot of distortion, then record the same thing over the top of it with no distortion. You'll add a lot of range to the sound and will notice how much better it sounds immediately. Just mess around with settings until you find two dubbed tracks that "fit" together.

[@MonkyMonk729]

To give a slight variation of NOTQUITE?'s advice about copying tracks and panning them hard left and right; I love recording a second take of the exact same guitar part and panning the two different takes of the same part hard left and right. (Basically what Butch Vig talks about here, only he used 5 or 6 separate takes). But the key for me is that they are different takes so they're the same part, but not exactly the same. It's the subtle variations in timing and tone between the two takes being spread apart that makes this technique make your guitar sound huge. It's like doubling the guitar with a second take makes it sound 10 times bigger.

[@cnpanesar98]

That Mesa though

[@michaelluzzi969]

cnpanesar98 was gonna say the same thing lol. Absolutely perfect distortion

[@yereldda4666]

Agree the mesa sounds quality

[@kozatron]

The mesa sounds so good. Wish I could find a pure recording

[@Samzee89]

Boogies are the meat of most hard rock and metal in the 90s and 2000s. Of course, because they sound amazing. :)

[@into.the.wood.chipper.]

The hissing/steam sounds are supposed to be aerosol spray paint.

[@spaceorbison]

it always painted a dystopic picture for me

[@thepanman8]

With those master recordings, butch is sitting on a gold mine. Itd be priceless memorabilia

[@andygazi]

Masterpiece. Thanks Butch!