How Nirvana Made Nevermind
RollingStone posted an article today about Nevermind. Jon Stewart spoke with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Butch Vig about the sessions. It’s worth a read in its entirety, but the highlighted text below is a tasty bit of wisdom on the band’s recording process:
….As the band revealed, the recording of the album was similarly scrappy with a strong work ethic throughout; with Kurt Cobain, they rehearsed the album uninterrupted for three months and then decamped to the shabby Sound City studios in Van Nuys, California, for 16 days. They recorded live in the same room and only one studio altercation occurred when Cobain became so frustrated during the recording of “Lithium,” he launched into the deranged jam that became Nevermind‘s secret track (“Endless, Nameless”) and then smashed his guitar. “Kurt could be really mellow and sweet, and then he would flip and be really intense. That’s what a lot of Nevermind and Nirvana’s music is: Kurt’s intensity captured,” Novoselic explained….. (More @RollingStone)
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