Working With Nirvana (Daniel Sarkissian Interviews)

Each other these interviews are from my film Rock is Dead? Full Film: • Rock is Dead? Full Fil...
This video is a compilation of the Nirvana-related interviews I conducted for my film Rock is Dead? This video features extended interview clips of Jack Endino (Producer, Bleach / Incesticide), Steve Albini (Producer, In Utero), Alice Wheeler (Band photographer), Charles Peterson (Band photographer) & Gary Cobain (Kurt Cobain's uncle).
Bleach's track listing; Blew, Floyd the Barber, About a Girl, School, Love Buzz, Paper Cuts, Negative Creep, Scoff, Swap Meat, Mr. Moustache, Sifting, Big Cheese, Downer.
Nevermind's track listing; Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom, Come as You Are, Lithium, Polly, Territorial Pissings, Drain You, Lounge Act, Stay Away, On a Plain, Something in the Way.
Incesticide's track listing; Dive, Silver, Stain, Been A Son, Turnaround, Molly's Lips, Son Of A Gun, (New Wave) Polly, Beeswax, Downer, Mexican Seafood, Hairspray Queen, Aero Zeppelin, Big Long Now, Aneurysm.
In Utero's track listing; Serve The Servants, Scentless Apprentice, Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me, Francis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Dumb, Very Ape, Milk It, Pennyroyal Tea, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, tourette's, All Apologies.
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[@DanielSarkissian]

Hey guys, just to clarify ..... *I'm the one conducting each of these interviews* ..... I myself am not in the interviews because I only had one camera to film the interviews with & I wanted to use it to get a good angle of each interviewee instead of doing a two shot with me in it. I just want to clarify that. *ALL* the interviews on my channel are original, I'm the one conducting all of them. If you want to support my work, the best way is sincerely just to subscribe. Thanks for watching!

[@RealHomeRecording]

Great work!

[@TeethLikeKnives]

Very cool - thanks for sharing!

[@DanielSarkissian]

@@RealHomeRecording Thank you!

[@DanielSarkissian]

@@TeethLikeKnives Thanks man, you're welcome!

[@justdoit8014]

Daniel Sarkissian you did amazing job. It wasn’t easy to find all of those contacts. I know people in Croatia who hang around with Krist when he lived for 1year in Croatia(1980)

[@burning_babylon802]

Albini gave the most accurate honest take on the record business I have ever heard.

[@nickfanzo]

Joel B always does.

[@lihy1]

as usual He does

[@joshuayettou3552]

He's an awesome guy. Even he knows Kurt was MURDERED.

[@jaundong3692]

Joshua Yettou has he really said that?

[@dirtydave2691]

That seemed to be the era 92-98 that record companies went ball$ to the wall to sell sell sell. There are still tons of musicians and bands out there that we will never get to see or hear on this level ever. Go to your local clubs, venues, parties or whatever and see bands in your area. I play punk gigs in Nashville......they are tiny and there is only a small scene, but it's fun.

[@dubbs733]

I love how Endino and Albini are just straight forward and honest. Both are class acts!

[@miguimau]

Good interviews, no annoying bacjground music; thank you.

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thanks Miguel

[@rome8180]

Jack Endino is a human subwoofer.

[@LocalGambler]

@Upson Pratt LOL! :D

[@LocalGambler]

@Upson Pratt NOOOO! :O

[@PandaThiefChannel]

Haha, I was thinking the same thing. Massive voice.

[@michaelmcdonald8452]

Upson Pratt it appears to have worked for him? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@wentzr]

​@Upson Pratt "drums must be mixed down to 2 tracks when you only have 8 tracks" really? why? He was recording a three piece band.. Nirvana didn't double track vox until Butch Vig/Nevermind, there were probably at least two tracks of guitar and bass was likely on its own track, all doable with 8 tracks. Jack Endino was wrong? Back that up.

[@marcog7924]

Steve Albini and Jack Endino are so amazing. Butch Vig too. Nirvana worked with the best of the best.

[@craigusselman546]

Kurt was a really funny and kind hearted person thats been lost in all this.

[@philpants44]

lol!

[@pocketpicker6613]

Steve rockin the "I shot Lennon" look

[@TheMisterMonkeyman]

Albini is so damn cool. Still punk rock to this day. Outstanding. Peace.

[@jasonpeters9865]

TheMisterMonkeyman Yep. ..imo "in utero" is Nirvana best work. Cobain even said "in utero" was to help get rid of teenyboppers fr "nevermind". Ugggh...That's direction they were headed in? I'm pissed cuz I missed out on some great songs if KC didn't kill himself. I mean "unplugged in NY" was already ridiculously good enough, and he had to know that live album alone was gonna stand test of time. . Then I heard Cobain was gonna get with REM. uggh, sucks. Nirvana and REM are two my top5 fav bands.

[@amazingabby25]

And he’s a champion poker player

[@TheMisterMonkeyman]

@@amazingabby25 Didn't know that, but it doesn't surprise me...even a little bit. Peace.

[@drofnoise555]

not after 2020. now he's masked up and staying at home.

[@mundaneallaround]

@@drofnoise555 yeah many once anti authoritarian types have been manipulated into establishment agendas cause they think the left are the good guys. You see people embracing corporations like big pharma. Sucks that people have lost critical thinking skills cause of tribalism.

[@rebelwithoutapplause5263]

Thank you Steve Albini! Not that I would personally know, but I bet that Kurt Cobain would be honored to know that you considered him a peer :-) the way we looked at you were Godlike!

[@Hassebas88]

steve albini=king: sooo many wonderful productions from his golden hands

[@FrightboxRecording]

I agree! Love that warm, natural ambience he always captures perfectly.

[@Hassebas88]

@@FrightboxRecording ,,the output should be the same as the input, if it isn't i'll fix it.'' - S.A. I'm a photographer working only with film, and this one above i'll take as a gift for the rest of my life.

[@123spleege]

My band recorded at Electric in 1998 and I enjoyed his honesty and straight approach. No bullshit or pandering or a sense that he wasn't doing the best that he could do. Much like in this video he can clearly define his obligations and is not confined by anything else. I remember sitting in the control room and he had Onions, (as in the parody newspaper), all around the couches. I couldn't help but ask him about Nirvana and Cobain. He was pretty gracious and we talked about recording them, Plant and Page, Cheap Trick and the Chicago scene. I videotaped all of this and he was cool about it all. I still have those recordings today. We slept in our own rooms there, ate in the kitchen and had a blast. Overall, he just seemed like he was very aware of the commercial nature of music and participated,(or not participated), in it by his standards. I deeply respect him.

[@rebelwithoutapplause5263]

Jack needs to know that those mixes were exactly what we needed to hear at that exact time in history! If Molly's Lips and Aero Zeppelin sounded any different my life would never have been the same...

[@Tyrannosaurine]

Molly’s Lips was a BBC recording. Endino only did the Reciprocal Studios recordings.

[@AspenEmrys]

when Endino's voice cut in, I thought it was someone filtered and warped for anonymity...

[@wildbird78]

I did too haha!

[@VideogeekinMD]

His voice is so recognizable.

[@AEYRivera]

LoL! He sounded like he was on a Witness Protection Program!

[@robwalsh9843]

It's a damn soothing baritone. Good storyteller voice.

[@RemusGT]

Yesss same!

[@Tantacrul]

This is really great. Thanks!

[@DanielSarkissian]

@@Tantacrul Just watched some of your stuff, great work

[@Tantacrul]

@@DanielSarkissian Thanks a lot! I was hoping to cover Nirvana from a composition/theory perspective at some point but the ongoing copyright problems on the platform dissuaded me and I went in a different direction. Really cool to see how you have managed to provide so much new content about them.

[@DanielSarkissian]

@@Tantacrul Thanks a lot Tantacrul! You should try making one without music if possible, copyright is definitely a touchy subject that's for sure

[@ChrisPuckett]

These films are amazing Daniel. Great job. Thank you for putting this together.

[@joeanthony7759]

"In Utero" is a great album, the perfect amalgamation of "Bleach" and "Nevermind", which is what I think they were going for.

[@yoroto9341]

The raw album, The polished album... then the album that combined the two. That was the end.

[@joeanthony7759]

Then there was the "Unplugged" album, though, which I think surprised a lot of people who may have thought a band like Nirvana couldn't pull off that format and setting, which reportedly was the direction Cobain wanted to go in after the "In Utero" tour (rumors abounded that he had already written more acoustic-based, bluesier tunes with the likes of Cris and Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets, Michael Stipe and Mark Lanegan, as well as on his own). We're left only to speculate "what might have been", but it probably would have been pretty cool.

[@BonyBahony]

@@yoroto9341 and the unplugged album is like the spirit of all of them together

[@JsHutton10]

Studio albums aside, unplugged was their best work

[@lexmoonmusic]

Yes, he wanted it to be more like incesticide, he was even planning on re-recording the rest of the fecal matter tape but they ended up compiling a bunch of new songs.

[@oscarfernandoofpublicnature]

Thanks for collecting this stories man. Great real interviews!

[@crankystinkleton4284]

Much appreciated. It's especially enlightening to see Albini's take, as I often felt that In Utero was the most honest recording of them (and still my favourite).

[@coopsawright7225]

I agree ,in fact I didn't buy a copy of Nevermind because everyone else pretty much did and so I was hearing it nearly everywhere I went anyway. In Utero, on the other hand, I just had to buy out of sheer joy and respect ,especially having been told by the band themselves it was made THEIR way and not through corporate filters.

[@assferret]

I feel like a better person for watching this. I was under the impression there was animosity between albini and the band. I can listen to in utero with a clear conscious now.

[@jdhed1601]

Thank God.

[@truefunksoul8638]

Better yet listen to In Utero with a clear conscience. Even better again listen to the Steve Albini mix from 2013. forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/nirvana-in-utero-steve-albini-mix-the-definitive-thread.702693/

[@JohnnyMatherson]

@R. M Yeah i dont think the whole band oversaw the '13 mixes XD.

[@devildriver11111]

@R. M he is referring to Kurt's death

[@devildriver11111]

@R. M It's not that I don't think Albini included Krist and Dave in the mixing procedure, like you said he seems really nice and humble and exactly like the type of guy to do such things. The dude above just made a joke, that the 'whole' Band couldn't have been involved since Kurt died 19 years prior

[@lepanhman]

Oh my !!! how time flies from back from this time ......blink,couple sleeps & here I am & you’ll miss it .Great music ,no legendary music compared to what else was on radio @that time & Nevermind was part of the soundtrack to me & my mates teen years.Great documentary.Rock on dudes & peace out 🇦🇺🤟🏻😎

[@thirtyworld]

Thanks for these interviews. Jack Endino seems like such a cool guy, and you did a great job interviewing him with questions fans care about and just letting Endino speak his mind.

[@JacobRWhitfield]

Daniel, Thank you for conducting these interviews! What a vivid glimpse into the the band, and some of the fortunate and talented individuals who helped to capture the music. These kinds of people are the reason I love the music world so much. I wouldn't have the same fire inside me today if it weren't for this band and the true artists behind its production.

[@jumpoffroof]

Commendations to whoever recorded/mixed the sound on these interviews, the quality is refreshingly fantastic!

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thank you, I did the video & the sound

[@jumpoffroof]

Daniel Sarkissian you did a great job dude, I’m a location sound recordist in Australia. You record straight into camera?

[@DanielSarkissian]

@@jumpoffroof Thanks mate! Believe or not I just used my cellphone for audio

[@Karl_Squell]

@@DanielSarkissian At least Jack Endino needs a high pass filter

[@amandawilson9555]

@@DanielSarkissian nice work!

[@maxxxmodelz4061]

This is fascinating. I grew up with Nirvana as a fan. I was there for the whole Grunge movement and explosion into pop culture. Through all this, I had no idea the amount of pressure the band was facing after they broke big and just how much control they were able to maintain over their music, given the enormous corporate pressures they were faced with. It's no wonder, now looking back, that Kurt did not want to be this famous rock star. It's no wonder he decided to end things like he did. When you hear about the craziness of corporate music and how many lives depend on the success of the albums and the fame of a single person or group, who in their right mind would want to go through that? It's a crazy life. Things are a lot different now, I assume, because of the Internet and streaming media. Artists seem to have a lot more direct control over their work than they did back then, and artists today do a lot of their own self-promotion rather than using the money from huge corporate entities. Artists today have a lot to be grateful for. There's so many avenues to success now with Social Media, etc. Back then, if you weren't picked up by a major label, chances are you never made it big. And that's actually how some bands like Nirvana wanted it.

[@AndySalinger33]

Jack Endino is the coolest.

[@DanielSarkissian]

@@AndySalinger33 Thanks a lot Andy, I appreciate it!

[@AndySalinger33]

@@DanielSarkissian oh man, thank YOU! Your channel is so awesome!

[@mitchellhughes5180]

Pretty much

[@FrightboxRecording]

I really miss this era of music.

[@FrightboxRecording]

@Kenny You're a lucky man!

[@conorm2524]

Yeah, nobody's gonna make documentaries about today's acts and their producers. It's all plastic, soulless, bland crap today with no magic.

[@jatimoa9969]

GREAT interviews man, good job.

[@jasondeselles3471]

Steve Albini is a man's man. He has all of my respect.

[@jimhunter1364]

Albini is just a man. And the brother of speed

[@wsplatinum]

@@jimhunter1364 just a man in a car...

[@harryradley]

He's a bad penny.

[@jimhunter1364]

@@harryradley ooh a bad bad penny!

[@jerseymusicman3332]

Thank god he reminded them about Big Long Now. That’s my favorite Nirvana song of all time.

[@SonBrimmer]

Living up here in the PNW, and talking with older buddies who were in the scene and knew Kurt before Nirvana blew up, it’s a real trip to hear these interviews. My personal conversations with people that played shows with them, are right on track with what’s spoken about here. I get a more complete picture, but it’s still consistent with what everyone Ive talked to has said. Great little picture buddy. Cheers from the Olympic peninsula.

[@jonlanders4463]

Living in nyc, I see nirvana t-shirts every day. Always makes me happy.

[@stephenfiore9960]

...I had to get rid of my NIRVANA T-Shirt. Every time I saw it in the closest It made me depressed and mad that Nirvana didn’t exist anymore

[@justinw2232]

Plenty of young lefty losers there

[@amygrindhouse4193]

steve albini is a true legend! go make a doc "working with albini"!! i would pay to see it!

[@coopsawright7225]

At 2nd glance I realise the high intellect of Steve Albini and how much integrity he applies to his trade.

[@ExMachina70]

"Come as you are, as you were, as I want you to be"

[@Kinnakeeter]

"As a friend as a trend"

[@styrofoamghost5099]

awesome videos man. Thank You

[@jimjonrs3932]

His uncle has the thousand yard stare.

[@Lightner445555555555]

I noticed that too😥😥😥

[@tammylarson2899]

Wasn't nada wrong with INCESTICIDE. It was /is a awesome record.

[@heydannypark]

I love Incesticide. it's so experimental and uneven and schizophrenic. A true foreshadowing of In Utero in that sense...where Bleach and Nevermind are far more even-keeled as albums. And I love every song on all of them.

[@freepadz6241]

@@heydannypark particularly second half of incestucide, it's completely unhinged - but in beautiful and creative way

[@j_freed]

I'll go with all what you guys said. In Utero is so real and powerful, and Incesticide is so punky and playful. Nevermind was t as cool. The first Goo Goo Dolls record was a very fun, carefree record as well. Then they became a repackaging of Replacements type sounds.

[@ChrisPuckett]

I was a huge Nirvana fan when they came out. My friends and I all listened to every album in succession when they came out. There was a period where all we did was listen to Incesticide. I probably listen to that album more than all the others. That is an amazing album and Nirvana at its core.

[@bigdog517]

THANK YOU

[@DanielSarkissian]

You’re welcome

[@harryradley]

Albini at 3:38, 9:43, 20:27

[@MalcomJuliaMorgan]

20:23 When Kurt Cobain met Mike Stoklassa

[@elmysteriousman9908]

I can tell you are of Armenian decent. Thanks for your time and work! Your people have suffered tremendously, so it's good to see you succeed! System of a down, brotha!

[@glengamble526]

Your Daddy and his last name ends with IAN, also a five away. Armenians rock!

[@portapotty69]

Hot take: Jack Endino recorded all the best Nirvana songs. Just recorded them straight-up, no fuss, no bullshit, and fast as possible to save a few bucks.

[@Samos12]

Jack is so humble, but that first album is still THE one for me... :-)

[@LSD123.]

In Utero was by far their best album.

[@louiedutoit5020]

Insecticide

[@mr.mustang656]

@@louiedutoit5020 yea

[@stephanecaron3935]

Love the interviews, i can feel that everybody considered Nirvana like "yep they're good, but the other bands of the scene were good too, so you ask me questions about that band but in a parallel universe you could totally ask the same about another"

[@JohnDoe-yr4wc]

True, and Nirvana seemed to share the same sentiment from what I've read.

[@saintejeannedarc9460]

There was a reason that Nirvana rose above the others though. The main reason was Kurt Cobain. The only other Grunge era band that was as good was Pearl Jam, and Eddy Vetter also had that special spark that front men rarely have. I have to put Sound Garden and Chris Cornel up there too, but admittedly it's Kurt and Eddy for me, though I see the talent. It's sad that we've lost both of them now.

[@youtube_moderator]

Steve Albini has never let me down

[@michaelmorphites6733]

That fourth Stooges album was pretty bad.

[@coopsawright7225]

Michael morphites, I was expecting something a lot better too; especially after waiting 30 years !

[@DarrellVermilion]

well this is badass

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thanks Darrell

[@righthereandnow]

Thank you for this, Daniel. I very much enjoyed it. Well done.

[@DanielSarkissian]

You're very welcome Chris

[@Mnpctech_Giveaway_PC_Mods]

I like the rain fall behind her. While she was describing her photos of the band would have been opportunity to show them. Maybe it was hassle to get those? My friend Brian D Garrity also shot them at 1st ave during the same time period. Thanks for sharing!

[@paulcusentino4917]

Jack Endino seems really cool.

[@ThirstyEye]

Props to Endino for reminding the band about Big Long Now!

[@aihsanasl]

Thank you Daniel

[@brantfoehl1792]

Jack Endino's eyebrows should have their own band

[@MichaelBirnholz]

That's funny (not nice, but funny). I am sure he might agree, and get a chuckle out of it.

[@vinylrichie007]

Jack Endino has a big head. I'm not talking about ego. Just the size.

[@ryderrs]

HEAD...PAPER....NOW!

[@williampalmer1660]

Most people don’t realize how funny he was IMO. He’s hilarious in interviews etc, not just some depressed morose dude all the time.

[@thejasonknightfiascoband5099]

Yeah I liked his sarcasm

[@joleneloveland2942]

William Palmer That is so right! And his sarcasm and wit is what made him so funny! Some of his stuff goes right over and around and through a few people's heads. I feel for the souls that missed that about him.

[@AspenEmrys]

Yeah that was all I heard from haters "Nirvana is so depressing and suicidal"... I think alot of that sentiment came from the old guard... who were taken aback by this infiltration of effete vulnerability and raw emotion into rock music. Also "concerned parents", possibly worried their son isn't blasting "GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS" and meaningless reflections of consumer culture. I think there's a lot of joy in Nirvana's music as well. Sometimes just the agitation brings out joy in the listener's own release. The lyrics often read like a collage. There are SO many different messages and evocative imagery... usually vague and obscure, allowing the listener creative space to figure out the meaning(lessness) and explore how they feel about it. Replay value: 10/10

[@williampalmer1660]

trefrog the irony of his lyrics is that Kurt always said music comes first and lyrics come second. So many try to find deep and hidden meaning within Kurts song writing but, by his own admission, much of what he wrote was written on the day of recording or just because it sounded good rhythmically...... rather than any life changing philosophy on his part. The reaction to his words now I think he would find very absurd and very funny.

[@amandawilson9555]

@@williampalmer1660 That's a good analysis of his lyrics.

[@feralpunk5340]

Great video providing excellent insight. Emotional. Thanks for sharing.

[@vincentheslin9636]

Wow, what a bunch of great interviews. Hearing the people tell their stories is fantastic. I like the interview with Nirvana photographer with Charles Peterson, the camera slowly pans back to show him wearing a Pearl Jam t-shirt. Haha. Great video!

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thank you Vincent, all the interviews were conducted by me, could you subscribe to my channel?

[@thunderpeel2001]

Great video. Thanks for sharing it. I bet that’s a good documentary

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thanks a lot, have you subscribed? The full documentary is on my channel

[@BrunoSilva-fp1mc]

At min. 19.54 there´s a photo of Elliott Smtih near by a Kurt photo. That is just amazing. Two of the greatest composers of all time.

[@latentsea]

“The guy who installs the toilet in your house doesn’t get to tell you how to paint it”. Steve Albini

[@brandonmarlo5282]

Thanx for all your good work!

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thanks Brandon!

[@Paul-dw2cl]

this is the most ironic part: Kurt would hate all this stuff: all the posters of him, all the pictures

[@philipreedwallace]

You did a great job. I loved it. About that LP as soon as it came out .and loved it . Still wear it out.

[@DanielSarkissian]

Thanks a lot Philip!

[@anonymousgoat3669]

Thank you for all of this.

[@DanielSarkissian]

You're welcome

[@jamesyoung3013]

Another great vid from the ARMENIAN SUPERSTAR

[@DanielSarkissian]

Hahah 🇦🇲🇦🇲 ! Thanks James, hope you had a great New Years!

[@conorm2524]

Very well done on this. Some amazing insights.

[@YoungMasterpiece]

vow, one of my favorite trax, and Jack Endino (Skin Yard) reminded them of it, Big Long Now is a true Nirvana song... I don't know, whoever loves their music, and hasn't listened to Incesticide yet, I urge you to listen to that record, really listen to that music. Love what Steve Albini said, so true...

[@joslinnick]

Steve Albini seems like a good dude.

[@grahamblack5211]

My board is 24 track with 8 lines in. I play a small 4 piece (then all the other instruments after) for the drums? I use 4 mics. Bass, snare, rack and floor. No overheads. I just run my HH and ride super low so the snare picks up the HH and floor tom picks up the ride. It works..... And then of course you can certainly adjust the mic/sensitivity levels. Early nirvana did pretty much the same thing with an analogue 8 track and it sounded WAY better than nevermind by a longshot. I miss the analogue days. Now I have all digital then that runs into a laptop with cubase blah blah blah and I noticed something got lost......😥

[@thequango1676]

Imagine the history of 90s music without Subpop

[@foodog777]

Regarding Albini’s “paint the toilet” quote. My take it he was making an analogy that the guy installing the toilet doesn’t get to decide what color to paint the house. Installing the toilet is Albini recording/mixing Nirvana’s album. Deciding what color to paint the house is Nirvana perhaps deciding to appease DGC by remixing/redoing a few radio singles: Heart-Shaped Box, All Apologies and Pennyroyal Tea. His point was it’s Nirvana’s record and Albini was just a hired hand. He had a great attitude and was right to bow out when the record company second guessing began. Albini also was paid a flat fee and refused to take points on ‘In Utero’ which would have made him rich. Nothing but respect for Albini.

[@absenceovmeasurablefrequen1709]

No shit, Sherlock.

[@notchback93]

Big long now is my favorite nirvana song so technically it was almost forgotten about!

[@misterdaz1018]

Did anyone else see uncle Gary and think of Rickety Cricket?

[@nuao88]

😆🤣😂

[@terryhughes7196]

RIP Steve

[@lexmoonmusic]

Great job, thanks.

[@leepicciotto]

As someone that's been working professionally for nearly 2 decades I have to say there's intentional "pop" songs and songs that are just so good they become pop/make pop become them. Kurt was a brilliant song writer and student of great music of all kinds. I'll give an example from hip hop because that's where most of the regular work that's most likely to be embraced by the masses comes in from these days(I generally won't work with people that are just wannabe pop stars from the start.i prefer artists, not the easily marketable vessels for actual artists behind them creating the work)but anyway, you get excited because you know of some guys dominating battles and delivering amazing freestyles and think(or when you first started out all together and didn't know any better) that you're working with artists that would have to literally self destruct before even starting to make the venture fail but the reality is that none of that amazing ability really translates to being able to be a great song writer or even just a song writer. It's something that jades you very early on and makes you laugh as new people come along with that level of talent in those things or people without any, just critics,KZbinrs,etc that trash the handful of greats that are that extremely rare total package. As far as rock or whatever made up name you want to attach to things that don't sound exactly the same for marketing purposes.....but anyway rock is thriving in the underground again and you will see another wave of exciting new music/groups come along during the next few years and recapture a large portion of the mainstream in a very similar fashion to what we saw from 88-94/95. It had to go away and wait for young people with a vast array of eclectic tastes in music from many different genres and eras to come along again and take all of these amazing tools that make doing what you want to do so much more accessible/affordable, putting majority of the power in their hands. Towards the end rock lost its soul, its roots and was just a bunch of bands with narrow taste, basically just trying to be harder, tougher and louder than a band from at most 3-5 years before them.

[@amandawilson9555]

Interesting.

[@leepicciotto]

It's all cyclical

[@ArcticXun-936]

@ 25:02 : *Steve Albini:* _“So.. like the guy that’s installs the toilet in your house, doesn’t get to tell how you to paint it, Right?”_ What an interesting analogy he chose to use about his role & partaking of making Nirvanas «last studio record» and *“only”* mixing like 85-90% of this legendary record. 😂 A humble man to say the least. Edit* ; Watch what he says in context from @ 23:44 .

[@thewedge8823]

thats actually a trick question/analogy? because I don't know a single person who has ever wanted a toilet to be painted.

[@brianblackwood3120]

The Wedge no one was painting toilets 😂 listen instead of talk

[@ArcticXun-936]

@The Wedge Haha 🤣😂🤣😂 I really hope you’re trol... Eh, it’s a long time since I felt such ambivalence reading a youtube comment.. I actually don’t know what “I really hope,” of your intention behind your comment, cuz either way it’s 😆.

[@bryanlettow4389]

@@thewedge8823 it's definitely a weird analogy lol.

[@MalcomJuliaMorgan]

if you have ever taken a dump in a low-water level toilet, you probably painted the walls of the bowl brown.

[@wheninroamful]

Well done....definitely. Thank you.

[@georgestetson5572]

In utero is there best album ...in my opinion..would have loved to see where they went from there if they did another one in that style and production

[@tectonicD]

Jack Edino...That guy recorded two of the centuries biggest/most influential names... Chris & Kurt, who both committed suicide. And we all dream that would be the coolest life you could live.

[@joleneloveland2942]

Doesnt anyone think it it rather strange that suicide, somehow, became a trend for awhile, beginning with Kurt, Chris, and Chester and many more following, im sure. I just dont see it as a coincidence. Maybe with two. But three? Im thinking that it is possible but not very probable.

[@ljavwa3459]

@@joleneloveland2942 you are the dumbest of the dumb

[@jdhed1601]

@@joleneloveland2942 Yeah, no. Things in trends are usually closer together.

[@tectonicD]

Apod Weezy Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and Soundgarden lead the biggest and most influential music movement of the latter 20th century, without any doubt. Pull your head out of your ass and get some fresh air every now and then.🤣😂😘

[@joleneloveland2942]

@@ljavwa3459 in your dreams I am. But in reality you might change your mind about that.

[@mountainbikelife2526]

I get talking to friends who were not around when nirvana was a band And they know almost everything about them And I'm so grateful I take the time to talk about nirvana or my favourite songs they have connected with so many generations because they were multicultural

[@kellienicolebrooksschettin6598]

That guy was saying Kurt had chronic pain...I know I suffer from it pretty bad I wouldn't get into all the details,but the hardest part is revive myself after trying to get needed sleep,most days my morning consist of 2 to 4 hours of me figuring out why I'm still alive and why should stay that way ,I was in a bad car accident....and sleeping is the hardest part and waking up from no sleep is harder...I'm too much a positive person to think about the alternative.....but the pain still stays.

[@coopsawright7225]

Me too,Kellie Nicole Brooks Schettino; my long term chronic back disease makes sleeping almost impossible without daily medication and even then I don't sleep well 99% of the time. I cant stay in bed for longer than 4 -5 hrs without being in agony. Suicide thoughts are a daily thing for me as well. You are not alone with this.

[@crazyjoedavola5430]

I can't believe any of this ever happened with everyone pushing and pulling on them the way they did. It was crazy and magical growing up with all that happened in music in the 90's....

[@jdhed1601]

Whatever you say CRAZY Joe....i was there and mafical it wasn't

[@joleneloveland2942]

@@jdhed1601 it probably wasnt all that magical, either?

[@jdhed1601]

@@joleneloveland2942 ...someone turned off my spellchecker 😒

[@joleneloveland2942]

@@jdhed1601 i hear ya! Dont you hate those things and the predictive word junk? I dont need afreekin machine telling me what im saying! Merry Christmas!

[@crazyjoedavola5430]

@R. M - I totally agree, nicely put

[@jm2953]

this is fantastic🙂

[@brietebank9582]

Really enjoy your nirvana history content....subbed

[@audreysweeney5338]

I enjoyed watching. Rock and roll will never die!

[@daveidmarx8296]

3:38 didn't realize Mark David Chapman worked with Nirvana

[@kellienicolebrooksschettin6598]

I not sure if I could handle the darkness of Seattle,rain...

[@johnnyf8227]

Jesus those towns are so depressing makes Pennsylvania look like Hollywood.

[@tommythompson7941]

Ha!

[@nickfanzo]

I like small towns like this, less people, less noise, more woods. I’ll take it

[@jdhed1601]

@Computer Whisperer The old "magnet tarpit trap".

[@wiseguy9202]

If I could move back to Bremerton, WA I would. Way nicer than my hometown in NY.

[@hazysativa3045]

Nothing is worse than Penn... At least in Seattle you get the pacific ocean.

[@D13G073]

Albini has the gift of reading to musicians, and uses it, but in a respectful way. He understands which and how far is his place. Particularly, and it is a very personal vision, being a great fan of Andy Walace, In utero is the best album of Nirvana, from all the places that it is analyzed, and Albini is a fucking genius Greetings from Argentina

[@fifthwheelslide4452]

It was so cool that Gary invited you into his house for that interview, I'd be shitting myself.

[@kellienicolebrooksschettin6598]

Its funny to hear this sound man talk about today s music,I know the hardest part for me was finding those band mates I went thru 12 or 15 bands and wore out two States roads trying to find the right band,an mostly what I found was a lot of in fighting by bands who were severely unorganized,having fights that u could leave alone or at least till u made urself a success first....the kind of stuff record company Dred...THANKS

[@Onche518]

"this sound man" dude put some respect on Steve Albini's name, he's a legend of rock music and a legendary producer at the same time

[@helderpolonio7849]

incesticide one of my favorites

[@DemonSlide]

To all people here digging the genius of Nirvana and Kurt, you shouldn't miss out on "Vitral - Asíntota". Go check it out now. Kick ass experimental underground stuff from 2016 already becoming a classic in itself.

[@stang8914]

They sound like sonic youth mixed with a little mars volta is this your band

[@sticksman1979]

Gary looks like he’s lived a life.

[@JC-Beefcake]

Has the look of an ex-combat veteran. Pretty sure he is.

[@gysh]

Steve Albini looks like he's becoming a discord mod.

[@syphiliseater]

Jeez this man have a wonderful memory

[@granthambeard]

Yes, this man sure do have

[@jdhed1601]

I think him have good memory too

[@J3TTXZ]

Right on Kurt, I gotcha back bro

[@vinylcity1599]

18:10 wow, fantastic photographer! I loved nirvana when they first came out, then when a lot of my "old school" Rock bands were no longer popular and were rejected and made fun of, I hated them! But I came around a decade in a half later when I got over it, I loved them again! And I own a lot of there work on LP now, love it! I was 21 when "nevermind" came out!