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Nirvana...........
Prior to Nirvana, alternative music was consigned to specialty sections of record stores and major labels considered it to be, at the very most, a tax write-off. After the band's second album, 1991's Nevermind, nothing was ever quite the same, for better and for worse. Nirvana popularized punk, post-punk, and indie rock, unintentionally bringing it into the American mainstream like no other band before it. (as learned by fellow Washington underground rockers the Melvins) Nirvana's aesthetics were strictly indie rock. They covered Vaselines songs, they revived new wave cuts by Devo, and leader Kurt Cobain relentlessly pushed his favorite bands .. whether it was the art punk of the Raincoats or the country-fried hardcore of the Meat Puppets .. as if his favorite records were always more important than his own music. While Nirvana's ideology was indie rock and melodies were pop, the sonic rush of their records and live shows merged the post-industrial white noise with anti-heavy metal grind. And that's what made the group an unprecedented multi-platinum sensation. Sonic Youth and Pixies may have proven to the vast American heavy metal audience that alternative could rock, and the Pixies may have merged pop sensibilities with indie rock white noise, but Nirvana pulled at all together, creating a sound that was both fiery and melodic. Since Nirvana was rooted in the indie aesthetic, but loved pop music, they fought their stardom while courting it, becoming some of the most notorious anti-rock stars in history. 
The result was a conscious attempt to shed their audience with the abrasive In Utero, which only partially fulfilled the band's goal. But by that point, the fate of the band and Kurt Cobain had been sealed. Suffering from drug addiction and manic depression, Cobain had become destructive and suicidal, though his management and label were able to hide the extent of his problems from the public until April 8, 1994, when he was found dead of a shotgun wound. Cobain may not have been able to weather Nirvana's success, but the band's legacy stands as one of the most influential in Alternative history. Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar) met Chris Novoselic (born Krist Novoselic) (bass) in 1985 in Aberdeen, WA, a small logging town 100 miles away from Seattle. While Novoselic came from a relatively stable background, Cobain's childhood had been thrown into turmoil when his parents divorced when he was eight. Following the divorce, he lived at the homes of various relatives, developing a love for the Beatles and then heavy metal in the process. Eventually, American hardcore punk worked its way into dominating his listening habits and he met the Melvins, an Olympia-based underground heavy punk band. Cobain began playing in punk bands like Fecal Matter, often with the Melvins' bassist Dale Crover. Through the Melvins' leader Buzz Osborne, Cobain met Novoselic, who also had an intense interest in punk, which meant that he, like Cobain, felt alienated from the macho, redneck population of Aberdeen. The duo decided to form a band called the Stiff Woodies, with Cobain on drums, Novoselic on bass, and a rotating cast of guitarists and vocalists. The group went through name changes as quickly as guitarists, before deciding that Cobain would play guitar and sing. Renamed Skid Row, the new trio featured drummer Aaron Burkhart, who left the band by the end of 1986 and was replaced by Chad Channing. By 1987, the band was called Nirvana. 
Nirvana began playing parties in Olympia, gaining a cult following. During 1987, the band made ten demos with producer Jack Endino, who played the recordings to Jonathan Poneman, one of the founders of the Seattle-based indie label Sub Pop. Poneman signed Nirvana, and in December of 1988, the band released their first single, a cover of Shocking Blue's "Love Buzz." Sub Pop orchestrated an effective marketing scheme, which painted the band as backwoods, logging-town hicks, which irritated Cobain and Novoselic. While "Love Buzz" was fairly well-received, the band's debut album, Bleach, was what began the ball rolling. Recorded for just over 600 dollars and released in the spring of 1989, Bleach slowly became a hit on college radio, due to the group's consistent touring. Though Jason Everman was credited as a second guitarist on the sleeve of Bleach, he didn't appear on the record; he only toured in support of the album before leaving the band at the end of the year to join Soundgarden and then Mindfunk. Bleach sold 35,000 copies and Nirvana became favorites of college radio, the British weekly music press, and Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, and Babes in toyland. which was enough to attract the attention of major labels. 
During the summer, Nirvana released "Sliver"/"Dive," which was recorded with Mudhoney's Dan Peters on drums and produced by Butch Vig. The band also made a six-song demo with Vig, which was shopped to major labels, who soon began competing to sign the group. By the end of the summer, Dave Grohl, formerly of the D.C.-based hardcore band Scream, had become Nirvana's drummer and the band signed with DGC for $287,000. Nirvana recorded their second album with Vig, completing the record in the summer. Following a European tour supporting Sonic Youth in the late summer, Nevermind was released in September, supported by a quick American tour. While DGC was expecting a moderately successful release, in the neighborhood of 100,000 copies, Nevermind immediately became a smash hit, quickly selling out its initial shipment of 50,000 copies and creating a shortage across America. What helped the record become a success was "Smells Like Teen Spirit," a blistering four-chord rocker that was accompanied by a video that shot into heavy MTV rotation. By the beginning of 1992, it reached the British Top Ten shortly afterward. By February, the album had been certified triple platinum. 
Nirvana's success took the music industry by surprise, Nirvana included. It soon become apparent that the band wasn't quite sure how to handle their success. Around the time of Nevermind's release, the band was into baiting their audience .. Cobain appeared on MTV's Headbanger's Ball in drag, the group mocked the tradition of miming on the BBC's Top of the Pops by Novoselic constantly throwing his bass into the air and Cobain singing his live vocals in the style of Ian Curtis, and their traditional live destruction of instruments was immortalized on a Saturday Night Live performance that ended with Novoselic and Grohl sharing a kiss .. but by the spring, questions had begun to arise about the band's stability. Cobain married Courtney Love, the leader of the indie rock/foxcore band Hole, in February of 1992, announcing that the couple was expecting a child in the fall. Shortly after the marriage, rumors that the couple were heavy heroin users began to circulate and the strength of the rumors only increased when Nirvana canceled several summer concerts and refused to mount a full-scale American tour during the summer. Cobain complained that he was suffering from chronic stomach troubles, which seemed to be confirmed when he was admitted to a Belfast hospital after a June concert. But, heroin rumors continued to surface, especially in the form of a late-summer Vanity Fair article which implied that Love was using during her pregnancy. Both Love and Cobain denied the article's allegations, and publicly harassed and threatened the article's author. Love delivered Frances Bean Cobain, a healthy baby girl, on August 18, 1992, but the couple soon battled with Los Angeles' children's services, who claimed they were unfit parents on the basis of the Vanity Fair article. The couple was granted custody of their child by the beginning of 1993. 
Since Cobain was going through such well-documented personal problems, Nirvana was unable to record a follow-up to Nevermind until the spring of 1993. In the meantime, DGC released the odds-and-ends compilation Incesticide late in 1992; the album reached number 39 in the U.S. and number 14 U.K. As the group prepared to make their third album, they released "Oh, the Guilt" as a split-single with the Jesus Lizard on Touch & Go Records. Choosing Steve Albini (Pixies, the Breeders, Big Black, the Jesus Lizard) as their producer, Nirvana recorded their third album, In Utero, in two weeks during the spring of 1993. Following its completion, controversy began to surround Nirvana again. Cobain suffered a heroin overdose on May 2, but the event was hidden from the press. The following month, Love called police to their Seattle home after Cobain locked himself in the bathroom, threatening suicide. Prior to debuting In Utero material during the New Music Seminar at New York's Roseland Ballroom in July, Cobain had another covered-up overdose. By that time, reports began to circulate, including an article in Newsweek, that DGC was unhappy with the forthcoming album, accusing that the band deliberately made an uncommercial record. Both the band and the label denied such allegations. Deciding that Albini's production was too flat, Nirvana decided to remaster the album with R.E.M.'s producer, Scott Litt. .. In Utero was released in September of 1993 to positive reviews and strong initial sales, debuting at the top of the U.S. and U.K. charts. Nirvana supported it with a fall American tour, hiring former Germs member Pat Smear as an auxiliary guitarist. While the album and the tour were both successful, sales weren't quite as strong as expected, with several shows not selling out until the week of the concert. As a result, the group agreed to play MTV's acoustic Unplugged show at the end of the year, and sales of In Utero picked up after its December airing. After wrapping up the U.S. tour on January 8, 1994, with a show at Center Arena in Seattle, Nirvana embarked on a European tour in February. Following a concert in Munich on February 29, Cobain stayed in Rome to vacation with Love. On March 4, she awakened to find that Cobain had attempted suicide by overdosing on the tranquilizer Rohypnol and drinking champagne. While the attempt was initially reported as an accidental overdose, it was known within the Nirvana camp that the vocalist had left behind a divorce note not a suicide note. Cobain returned to Seattle within a week of his hospitalization and his mental illness began to grow. On March 18, the police had to again talk the singer out of suicide after he locked himself in a room threatening to kill himself. Love and Nirvana's management organized an intervention program that resulted in Cobain's admission to the Exodus Recovery Center in L.A. on March 30, but he escaped from the clinic on April 1, returning to Seattle. His mother filed a missing persons report on April 4. The following day, Cobain was found dead at his Seattle home. His body wasn't discovered until April 8, when an electrician contracted to install an alarm system at the Cobain house stumbled upon the body. After his death, Kurt Cobain was quickly anointed as a spokesman for Generation X, as well as a symbol of its tortured angst and now hes gone. 
The result was a conscious attempt to shed their audience with the abrasive In Utero, which only partially fulfilled the band's goal. But by that point, the fate of the band and Kurt Cobain had been sealed. Suffering from drug addiction and manic depression, Cobain had become destructive and suicidal, though his management and label were able to hide the extent of his problems from the public until April 8, 1994, when he was found dead of a shotgun wound. Cobain may not have been able to weather Nirvana's success, but the band's legacy stands as one of the most influential in Alternative history. Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar) met Chris Novoselic (born Krist Novoselic) (bass) in 1985 in Aberdeen, WA, a small logging town 100 miles away from Seattle. While Novoselic came from a relatively stable background, Cobain's childhood had been thrown into turmoil when his parents divorced when he was eight. Following the divorce, he lived at the homes of various relatives, developing a love for the Beatles and then heavy metal in the process. Eventually, American hardcore punk worked its way into dominating his listening habits and he met the Melvins, an Olympia-based underground heavy punk band. Cobain began playing in punk bands like Fecal Matter, often with the Melvins' bassist Dale Crover. Through the Melvins' leader Buzz Osborne, Cobain met Novoselic, who also had an intense interest in punk, which meant that he, like Cobain, felt alienated from the macho, redneck population of Aberdeen. The duo decided to form a band called the Stiff Woodies, with Cobain on drums, Novoselic on bass, and a rotating cast of guitarists and vocalists. The group went through name changes as quickly as guitarists, before deciding that Cobain would play guitar and sing. Renamed Skid Row, the new trio featured drummer Aaron Burkhart, who left the band by the end of 1986 and was replaced by Chad Channing. By 1987, the band was called Nirvana. Nirvana began playing parties in Olympia, gaining a cult following. During 1987, the band made ten demos with producer Jack Endino, who played the recordings to Jonathan Poneman, one of the founders of the Seattle-based indie label Sub Pop. Poneman signed Nirvana, and in December of 1988, the band released their first single, a cover of Shocking Blue's "Love Buzz." Sub Pop orchestrated an effective marketing scheme, which painted the band as backwoods, logging-town hicks, which irritated Cobain and Novoselic. While "Love Buzz" was fairly well-received, the band's debut album, Bleach, was what began the ball rolling. Recorded for just over 600 dollars and released in the spring of 1989, Bleach slowly became a hit on college radio, due to the group's consistent touring. Though Jason Everman was credited as a second guitarist on the sleeve of Bleach, he didn't appear on the record; he only toured in support of the album before leaving the band at the end of the year to join Soundgarden and then Mindfunk. Bleach sold 35,000 copies and Nirvana became favorites of college radio, the British weekly music press, and Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, and Babes in toyland. which was enough to attract the attention of major labels. During the summer, Nirvana released "Sliver"/"Dive," which was recorded with Mudhoney's Dan Peters on drums and produced by Butch Vig. The band also made a six-song demo with Vig, which was shopped to major labels, who soon began competing to sign the group. By the end of the summer, Dave Grohl, formerly of the D.C.-based hardcore band Scream, had become Nirvana's drummer and the band signed with DGC for $287,000. Nirvana recorded their second album with Vig, completing the record in the summer. Following a European tour supporting Sonic Youth in the late summer, Nevermind was released in September, supported by a quick American tour. While DGC was expecting a moderately successful release, in the neighborhood of 100,000 copies, Nevermind immediately became a smash hit, quickly selling out its initial shipment of 50,000 copies and creating a shortage across America. What helped the record become a success was "Smells Like Teen Spirit," a blistering four-chord rocker that was accompanied by a video that shot into heavy MTV rotation. By the beginning of 1992, it reached the British Top Ten shortly afterward. By February, the album had been certified triple platinum. Nirvana's success took the music industry by surprise, Nirvana included. It soon become apparent that the band wasn't quite sure how to handle their success. Around the time of Nevermind's release, the band was into baiting their audience .. Cobain appeared on MTV's Headbanger's Ball in drag, the group mocked the tradition of miming on the BBC's Top of the Pops by Novoselic constantly throwing his bass into the air and Cobain singing his live vocals in the style of Ian Curtis, and their traditional live destruction of instruments was immortalized on a Saturday Night Live performance that ended with Novoselic and Grohl sharing a kiss .. but by the spring, questions had begun to arise about the band's stability. Cobain married Courtney Love, the leader of the indie rock/foxcore band Hole, in February of 1992, announcing that the couple was expecting a child in the fall. Shortly after the marriage, rumors that the couple were heavy heroin users began to circulate and the strength of the rumors only increased when Nirvana canceled several summer concerts and refused to mount a full-scale American tour during the summer. Cobain complained that he was suffering from chronic stomach troubles, which seemed to be confirmed when he was admitted to a Belfast hospital after a June concert. But, heroin rumors continued to surface, especially in the form of a late-summer Vanity Fair article which implied that Love was using during her pregnancy. Both Love and Cobain denied the article's allegations, and publicly harassed and threatened the article's author. Love delivered Frances Bean Cobain, a healthy baby girl, on August 18, 1992, but the couple soon battled with Los Angeles' children's services, who claimed they were unfit parents on the basis of the Vanity Fair article. The couple was granted custody of their child by the beginning of 1993. Since Cobain was going through such well-documented personal problems, Nirvana was unable to record a follow-up to Nevermind until the spring of 1993. In the meantime, DGC released the odds-and-ends compilation Incesticide late in 1992; the album reached number 39 in the U.S. and number 14 U.K. As the group prepared to make their third album, they released "Oh, the Guilt" as a split-single with the Jesus Lizard on Touch & Go Records. Choosing Steve Albini (Pixies, the Breeders, Big Black, the Jesus Lizard) as their producer, Nirvana recorded their third album, In Utero, in two weeks during the spring of 1993. Following its completion, controversy began to surround Nirvana again. Cobain suffered a heroin overdose on May 2, but the event was hidden from the press. The following month, Love called police to their Seattle home after Cobain locked himself in the bathroom, threatening suicide. Prior to debuting In Utero material during the New Music Seminar at New York's Roseland Ballroom in July, Cobain had another covered-up overdose. By that time, reports began to circulate, including an article in Newsweek, that DGC was unhappy with the forthcoming album, accusing that the band deliberately made an uncommercial record. Both the band and the label denied such allegations. Deciding that Albini's production was too flat, Nirvana decided to remaster the album with R.E.M.'s producer, Scott Litt. .. In Utero was released in September of 1993 to positive reviews and strong initial sales, debuting at the top of the U.S. and U.K. charts. Nirvana supported it with a fall American tour, hiring former Germs member Pat Smear as an auxiliary guitarist. While the album and the tour were both successful, sales weren't quite as strong as expected, with several shows not selling out until the week of the concert. As a result, the group agreed to play MTV's acoustic Unplugged show at the end of the year, and sales of In Utero picked up after its December airing. After wrapping up the U.S. tour on January 8, 1994, with a show at Center Arena in Seattle, Nirvana embarked on a European tour in February. Following a concert in Munich on February 29, Cobain stayed in Rome to vacation with Love. On March 4, she awakened to find that Cobain had attempted suicide by overdosing on the tranquilizer Rohypnol and drinking champagne. While the attempt was initially reported as an accidental overdose, it was known within the Nirvana camp that the vocalist had left behind a divorce note not a suicide note. Cobain returned to Seattle within a week of his hospitalization and his mental illness began to grow. On March 18, the police had to again talk the singer out of suicide after he locked himself in a room threatening to kill himself. Love and Nirvana's management organized an intervention program that resulted in Cobain's admission to the Exodus Recovery Center in L.A. on March 30, but he escaped from the clinic on April 1, returning to Seattle. His mother filed a missing persons report on April 4. The following day, Cobain was found dead at his Seattle home. His body wasn't discovered until April 8, when an electrician contracted to install an alarm system at the Cobain house stumbled upon the body. After his death, Kurt Cobain was quickly anointed as a spokesman for Generation X, as well as a symbol of its tortured angst and now hes gone. Nirvana Recording Sessions and Song List
Latest update:
Ver 3.10
- Added info about Jury / Lithium project (i.e. - band with Mark Lanegan).
- Added info about Earth.
- Updated info on the January / March 1994 sessions.
- This is not definitive. Please make any corrections/comments.
- I do not have tapes of all of this material. I am always interesting in trading, though. Send me your list.
- I am not supporting bootlegs - just trying to get information out to people.
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Explanation of symbols
Pre-Nirvana songs: (As Tededfred, Pencapchew, Stiff Woodies, Throat Oysters, Bliss, Brown Cow (Brown Towel)...)
Pre-Nirvana Covers {unknown info}
1986 Fecal Matter Demo Kurt - guitars and vocals, Dale Crover - bass, Gregg Hokanson - drums.
April '87 - Evergreen College, The Skid Row demo, KAOS Radio show
Note: This was a live show that served as Nirvana's first demo.
January 1988 - Barnyard Session {4 track demos}
Note: "Cracker" / "Seed" / "Sad" are thought to be "Polly" / "Sappy" (AKA Verse Chorus Verse) / "Spectre" (AKA "Misery Loves Company", but again all is hear-say. The exact date of recording is also up in the air. In the book, Come As You Are, there is a picture of a bio written around summer / fall 1988 that lists "Cracker" / "Seed" / "Sad" as available, so I am leaning towards thinking that they were recorded sometime in 1988.
January 23, 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino}
Note: Dale Crover on drums
June 11, 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino}
Note: The Montage of Heck is about 45 minutes in length. It was edited down to Buzz Cut, then further edited down as the intro to the Love Buzz 45. This song probably was recorded at different times, since its a collage.
June 30, 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino}
July 1988
December 28, 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino}
Note: On a radio broadcast from the UK, Krist mentions that Incesticide contains a Bleach outtake. I assume this means Big Long Now. What else could it be?
Late 1988 Session
Note: Bambie Kill is actually Bambi Slaughter (I don't know yet if it is related to the Bambi Slaughter on the Fecal Matter demo). It features Dale Crover on bass and the song was written 'for fun'.
Spring 1989 - K Records, Olympia WA
Note: this was released on K records. It features: Tamra Ohrmund (voice), Tobi Vale (drums), Louise Olsen (bass), Donna Biddle (gtr), Calvin Johnson (gtr), Kurdt Kobain (gtr).
June 1989 - Evergreen State Session {with Jason Everman}
Note: Dive as on Outcesticide III isn't from this session. It's really a soundboard recording of Dive from the 11/18/89 Hanau, Germany show.
August 1989 - Sessions for Mark Lanegan's The Winding Sheet album
Note: Mark Lanegan, Chris Novoselic, Kurt Cobain and Mark Pickerel formed a 'band' in late summer / early fall 1989. They recorded some Leadbelly songs (Where Did You Sleep Last Night and Ain't That A Shame), some originals including _Grey Goose_. The name of the band was either going to be Jury or Lithium (Kurt wanted the band to be called Lithium). They played some gigs, but nothing ever really became of this.
September 1989 - Blew EP Sessions {prod by Steve Fisk}
Note: Been A Son is the version with a bass solo, and is different from the version on Incesticide.
October 1989 - Smegma Studios, Seattle
Note: Kurt plays some guitar parts.
October 26, 1989 - Maide Vaile Studios, London "John Peel Session"
November 1, 1989 - Hilversum, Holland Radio Studios "VPRO Session"
April '90 - Smart Studio, Madison WI. {prod by Butch Vig} "Nevermind Demos"
May 1990, Evergreen Video Shoot
Note: Lithium is quite a different version here. Exact date and location unknown. May 1990 is just an estimate.
May 1990, Laundry Room Sessions
July 11, 1990 - Demo {prod by Butch Vig with Dan Peters of Mudhoney}
September 15, 1990 - Olympia WA KAOS FM "Boy Meets Girl Radio"
Note: Kurt solo
November 3, 1990 - Maide Vaile Studios, London "John Peel Session"
Autumn 1990 - House of the Melvins, Seattle
Autumn 1990, Seattle 4-Track Recording
January 11, 1991 - Music Source Sessions, Seattle Washington
Note: More songs were recorded, but which ones?
May to June 1991 - Los Angeles {prod by Butch Vig}
September 3, 1991 - Maide Vaile Studios, London "John Peel Session"
November 5, 1991 - BBC Studios "Mark Goodier Radio 1 Session"
November 8, 1991 - BBC Studios, London "The Word TV"
November 24, 1991 - Hilversum, Holland Studios VARA-FM "2 Meter Sessie"
Note: Its rumoured that Nirvana played a song called _Crisco_, but I think that is a fake. I've talked to many people who feel the same, and no one who has any certain info about it. I have seen lyrics of it, and I really doubt that they were lyrics Kurt would write. I have talked to some people who have asked the Dutch dj at this session, and there has been no mention of any odd songs played.
November 28, 1991 - BBC Studios "Top of the Pops"
December 6, 1991 - Channel 4 Studios, UK "Jonathan Ross Show"
January 10, 1992 - MTV Studios, NYC
January 11, 1992, NBC Studios, NYC "Saturday Night Live"
April 1992 - Laundry Room session
September 1992 - Los Angeles "MTV Video Awards"
Note: New Poopy is most likely just a different name for 'tourettes'.
October 1992 - Sessions with Jack Endino
Note: Mentioned on pg. 48 of the Rolling Stone Cobain book, in his "New Noise for 93" article, Michael Azerrad writes, "Having recorded demos in October [92] with legendary Seattle producer Jack Endino, who produced Nirvana's first album, Bleach, the band plans to record the album [In Utero] in the spring with Steve Albini."
November 1992 - Living Room session
Note: Kurt solo.
January 1993 - Rio de Janeiro
Note: A tape of Drunk in Rio was given to British dj John Peel by Courtney herself.
March 1993 - Pachyderm Studios {prod by Steve Albini}
Note: 2 Bass Kid is often said to be recorded during the In Utero sessions. I believe it to be just another name for I Hate Myself and Want To Die.
Summer 1993 - Laundry Room session "In Utero Clean-up"
September 25, 1993 - NBC Studios NYC "Saturday Night Live Rehersals"
September 25, 1993 - NBC Studios NYC "Saturday Night Live"
November 18, 1993 - Sony Studios NYC "MTV Unplugged"
February 4, 1994 - Nulle Part A - French TV studio, Paris, France
February 23, 1994 - Tunnel -RAI Italian TV Studio, Rome Italy
January 27 - 29, 1994, March 1994 - Laundry Room sessions
Note: Rumor has it that a total of 9 songs were done. Frizzle (or Frazzle) has been reported as a song that was done during these session. I suspect that it is a fake by some trader. Nirvana (without Pat Smear) taped some songs right before leaving for Europe in Jan 1994. Then, in March, Kurt did some demos with Pat Smear, Eric (from Hole) and an unkown person. On the Mountain was actually played live on Oct 23rd 1993. Its slightly different than the song Hole did on Unplugged. Supposedly, this might be released (it might have been recorded during a March 1994 studio session). Dough, Ray & Me was also probably recorded then, too - but I have no real idea.
'dough ray me is the last song Kurt wrote, mostly in the basement w/ Pat S and Eric- Also "got no right" I found a buncha lyrics on a napkin on the TV- also dr and me was called "Me and My IV" on the napkin.'Early 1994
Demos for Michael Stipe
Note: Michael Stipe and Kurt were never able to record together. Michael Stipe did mention that Kurt had put together some demos for Michael.
Live Recordings
Live Covers
Note: Not all these songs where played in their entirety. Sometimes, they are just a drum and bass jam.
Note: Melvana is made of members of Nirvana and the Melvins. These are two live recordings from a small tour from back in 1992. These songs were recorded on 1-15-92 at the Crocodile Cafe, Seattle. Both songs are covers of Flipper songs. Sacrifice is also the second song on the Lysol EP. Melvana: Guitar, Vocals: Buzz Osbourne / Bass: Chris Novoselic / Drums: David Grohl
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Some songs registered to Kurt Cobain (from BMI Web page)
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| 02/20/87 | Tacoma, Washington | Legends |
| ??/??/87 | Raymond, Washington | (party- CAYA p59) |
| 03/??/87 | Olympia, Washington | Gessco Hall |
| 03/19/87 | Tacoma, Washington | Community World Theater (CAYA p61,83) |
| 04/??/87 | Olympia, Washington | KAOS Radio Broadcast |
| 12/14/87 | Tacoma, Washington | Community World Theater |
| ??/??/88 | Seattle, Washington | Central Tavern (CAYA p70) |
| 01/23/88 | Tacoma, Washington | Community World Theater (CAYA p68-9) |
| 03/19/88 | Tacoma, Washington | Community World Theater |
| 04/24/88 | Seattle, Washington | The Vogue |
| 05/??/88 | Seattle, Washington | The Vogue (1st w/Chad) (CAYA 79) |
| 06/29/88 | Seattle, Washington | Moore Theatre - Lame Fest |
| 07/03/88 | Seattle, Washington | Vogue (Sub Pop Sunday) |
| 07/23/88 | Seattle, Washington | Central Tavern |
| 07/30/88 | Seattle, Washington | Squid Row |
| 08/29/88 | Seattle, Washington | The Vogue |
| 10/30/88 | Olympia, Washington | Evergreen State dorm party (caya 117) |
| 10/31/88 | Olympia, Washington | Evergreen State College |
| 12/21/88 | Hoquiam, Washington | Hoquiam Eagles Lodge |
| 12/28/88 | Seattle, Washington | The Underground |
| 02/??/89 | Olympia, Washington | Evergreen St dorm party (CAYA 92) |
| 02/08/89 | Tacoma, Washington | Venue Unknown |
| 02/25/89 | Seattle, Washington | HUB East Ballroom |
| ??/??/89 | Seattle, Washington | The Vogue (CAYA 97) |
| ??/??/89 | Seattle, Washington | HUB East Ballroom (CAYA 97) |
| ??/??/89 | Seattle, Washington | Annex Theater (CAYA 97) |
| ??/??/89 | Ellensberg, Washington | Community Center (CAYA 97) |
| ??/??/89 | Olympia, Washington | Reko/Muse (CAYA 104) |
| 04/??/89 | Portland, Oregon | Satyricon Club (4/90 or 4/89?) |
| 06/21/89 | Seattle, Washington | The Vogue |
| 06/22/89 | San Francisco, California | The Covered Wagon |
| 06/??/89 | Westwood, California | Rhino Records |
| 06/??/89 | Los Angeles, California | Al's Bar |
| 06/??/89 | Long Beach, California | Bogart's |
| 07/08/89 | Chicago, Illinois | Club Dreamerz |
| 07/09/89 | Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania | The Sonic Temple |
| 07/12/89 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | JC Dobbs |
| 07/13/89 | Hoboken, NJ | Maxwell's |
| 07/18/89 | New York City, New York | Pyramid Club - New Music Seminar |
| 08/26/89 | Seattle, Washington | C.O.C.A. |
| 09/01/89 | Tijuana, Mexico | Iguana |
| 09/09/89 | Chicago, Illinois | Cabaret Metro |
| 09/13/89 | Denver, Colorado | Gothic Theater |
| 09/??/89 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Blind Pig |
| 09/??/89 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Unicorn |
| 09/??/89 | St. Louis, Missouri | Venue Unknown |
| 10/08/89 | Omaha, Nebraska | Lift Tick Lounge |
| 10/21/89 | London, England | Peel Session |
| 10/23/89 | Newcastle, England | Riverside |
| 10/25/89 | Leeds, England | Duchess of York Public House |
| 10/26/89 | London, England | Peel Session |
| 10/27/89 | London, England | School of Oriental & African Studies |
| 10/28/89 | Portsmouth, United Kingdom | The Ents Hall of Portsmouth Polytechnic |
| 10/29/89 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Edward's No. 5 |
| 10/30/89 | Norwich, United Kingdom | Norwich Arts Center |
| 11/01/89 | Hilversium, Holland | VPRO Radio Broadcast |
| 11/01/89 | Rotterdam, Holland | Nighttown |
| 11/02/89 | Groningen, Holland | Vera |
| 11/03/89 | Utrecht, Holland | Tivoli |
| 11/04/89 | Apeldoorn, Holland | Gigant |
| 11/05/89 | Amsterdam, Holland | Melkweg |
| 11/08/89 | Koln, Germany | Rose Club |
| 11/10/89 | Enger, Germany | The Forum |
| 11/11/89 | Berlin, Germany | Ecstacy |
| 11/17/89 | Frankfurt, West Germany | Negativ |
| 11/18/89 | Hanau, West Germany | Ku-Ba Club |
| 11/19/89 | Gammelsdorf, Germany | Gammelsdorf Circus |
| 11/20/89 | Linz, Austria | Kapu |
| 11/22/89 | Vienna, Austria | U4 Club |
| 11/25/89 | Fribourg, Switzerland | Venue Unknown |
| 11/26/89 | Mezzago, Italy | The Bloom |
| 11/27/89 | Rome, Italy | Piper Club |
| 11/28/89 | Florence, Italy | Venue Unknown |
| 12/01/89 | Les Mouneux, France | MJC Fahrenhet |
| 12/02/89 | Ghent, Belgium | Democrazy |
| 12/03/89 | London, England | Astoria |
| 01/07/90 | Seattle, Washington | HUB East Ballroom (CAYA 131) |
| 01/19/90 | Olympia, Washington | Rignall Hall (Steamboat Island Rd) |
| 01/20/90 | Tacoma, Washington | Legends |
| ??/??/90 | Olympia, Washington | Roadhouse on Highway 8 |
| 02/12/90 | Sacramento, California | Cattle Club |
| 02/13/90 | San Francisco, California | Kennel Club |
| 02/15/90 | Hollywood, California | Raji's |
| 02/16/90 | Long Beach, California | Bogart's |
| 02/19/90 | Phoenix, Arizona | Mason Jar |
| 03/12/90 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Town Pump |
| 04/02/90 | Chicago, Illinois | Cabaret Metro |
| 04/10/90 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Blind Pig |
| 04/16/90 | Toronto, Canada | Lee's Palace |
| 04/17/90 | Montreal, Canada | Foufounes Electriques |
| 04/18/90 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | Man Ray's |
| 04/??/90 | New York, New York | Pyramid Club |
| 04/27/90 | Amherst, Massachusetts | Venue Unknown |
| 04/28/90 | Hoboken, New Jersey | Maxwell's |
| 04/29/90 | Washington, DC | 9:30 Club |
| 05/04/90 | Tampa, Florida | The Ritz Theater |
| 05/05/90 | Jacksonville Beach, Florida | Einstein-A-Go-Go |
| 05/06/90 | Atlanta, Georgia | Masquerade |
| 05/14/90 | Lincoln, Nebraska | Duffy's |
| 05/17/90 | Boise, ID | The Zoo |
| 08/13/90 | Long Beach, California | Bogart's |
| 08/15/90 | Hollywood, California | Roxy |
| 08/17/90 | Hollywood, California | Palladium |
| 08/19/90 | San Diego, California | Casbah |
| 08/23/90 | Portland, Oregon | Melody Ballroom |
| 08/24/90 | Seattle, Washington | Moore Theatre |
| 09/22/90 | Seattle, Washington | Motor Sports Garage |
| 09/25/90 | KAOS Acoustic Broadcast | KAOS Studios, Olympia, Washington |
| 10/11/90 | Olympia, Washington | North Shore Surf Club |
| 10/23/90 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Goldwyn's Suite |
| 10/24/90 | London, England | Astoria |
| 10/25/90 | Leeds, England | Polytechnic |
| 10/26/90 | Edinburg, Scotland | Venue Unknown |
| 10/27/90 | Nottingham, England | Trent Polytechnik |
| 11/03/90 | London, England | Peel Session |
| 11/25/90 | Seattle, Washington | The Off Ramp Cafe |
| 12/31/90 | Portland, Oregon | Satyricon Club |
| 03/05/91 | Edmonton, Canada | The Bronx |
| 03/08/91 | Vancouver, Canada | Commodore Ballroom |
| 04/17/91 | Seattle, Washington | OK Hotel |
| 05/29/91 | Los Angeles, California | Jabberjaw |
| 06/13/91 | San Francisco, California | Warfield |
| 06/14/91 | Hollywood, California | Hollywood Palladium |
| 06/15/91 | Tijuana, Mexico | Iguana's |
| 06/18/91 | Santa Cruz, California | Catalyst |
| 06/19/91 | Sacramento, California | Crest Theater |
| 06/20/91 | Portland, Oregon | Melody Ballroom |
| 06/??/91 | Denver, Colorado | Gothic Theater |
| 08/15/91 | Los Angeles, California | The Roxy |
| 08/17/91 | Culver City, California | GMT Studios (Teen Spirit shoot) |
| 08/20/91 | Cork, Ireland | Sir Henry's |
| 08/21/91 | Dublin, Ireland | Venue Unknown |
| 08/23/91 | Reading, England | Reading Festival |
| 08/24/91 | Koln, Germany | Monster of Spex |
| 08/25/91 | Hasselt, Belgium | Pukkelpop Festival |
| 08/27/91 | Bremen, Germany | Aladin |
| 08/28/91 | Halle, Germany | Venue Unknown |
| 08/29/91 | Stuttgart, Germany | Longhorn |
| 08/30/91 | Nuremberg, Germany | Venue Unknown |
| 09/01/91 | Rotterdam, Holland | Doelen |
| 09/03/91 | London, England | Peel Session |
| 09/16/91 | Seattle, Washington | Beehive Record Store |
| 09/20/91 | Toronto, Ontario | The Opera House |
| 09/21/91 | Montreal, Quebec | Foufounes Electrique |
| 09/23/91 | Boston, Massachusetts | The Axis Club |
| 09/25/91 | Providence, Rhode Island | Club Babyhead |
| 09/26/91 | New Haven, Connecticut | The Moon |
| 09/27/91 | Trenton, New Jersey | City Gardens |
| 09/28/91 | NYC, New York | Tower Records |
| 09/28/91 | NYC, New York | Marquee Club |
| 09/30/91 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Graffiti's |
| 10/01/91 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | JC Dobbs |
| 10/02/91 | Washington, DC | 9:30 Club |
| 10/04/91 | Carrboro, North Carolina | Cat's Cradle |
| 10/05/91 | Athens, Georgia | 40 Watt Club |
| 10/06/91 | Atlanta, Georgia | Masquerade |
| 10/08/91 | Memphis, Tennessee | Omni New Daisy |
| 10/09/91 | Colombus, Ohio | Staches |
| 10/10/91 | Cleveland, Ohio | The Empire |
| 10/11/91 | Detroit, Michigan | St. Andrews Hall |
| 10/12/91 | Chicago, Illinois | The Cabaret Metro |
| 10/14/91 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Let It Be Records |
| 10/14/91 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | First Avenue |
| 10/16/91 | St. Louis, Missouri | Mississippi Nights |
| 10/17/91 | Lawrence, Kansas | Kansas Union Ballroom |
| 10/19/91 | Dallas, Texas | Trees Club |
| 10/20/91 | Houston, Texas | The Vatican |
| 10/21/91 | Austin, Texas | Waterloo Records |
| 10/21/91 | Austin, Texas | Liberty Lunch |
| 10/23/91 | San Diego, California | Off The Record |
| 10/23/91 | Phoenix, Arizona | After The Gold Rush |
| 10/24/91 | Tijuana, Mexico | Iguanas |
| 10/25/91 | Hollywood, California | Palace (Rock for Choice) |
| 10/25/91 | Los Angeles, California | Headbanger's Ball |
| 10/26/91 | San Francisco, California | Warfield |
| 10/27/91 | Hollywood, California | The Palace |
| 10/28/91 | Portland Oregon | Rock for Choice Benefit |
| 10/29/91 | Portland, Oregon | Fox Theater |
| 10/30/91 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Commodore Theater |
| 10/31/91 | Seattle, Washington | Paramount |
| 11/04/91 | Bristol, England | Bierkeller |
| 11/05/91 | London, England | Astoria |
| 11/06/91 | Wolverhampton, England | Wulfrun Hall |
| 11/09/91 | London, England | Goodier Session (Radio Broadcast) |
| 11/10/91 | Berlin, Germany | Loft |
| 11/11/91 | Hamburg, Germany | Markthalle |
| 11/12/91 | Frankfurt, Germany | Batschkapp |
| 11/13/91 | Munich, Germany | Nacthwerk |
| 11/14/91 | Vienna, Austria | Arena |
| 11/16/91 | Trieste, Italy | Sala Verdi |
| 11/17/91 | Mezzago, Italy | The Bloom |
| 11/18/91 | Torino, Italy | Studio 2 |
| 11/19/91 | Rome, Italy | Castle Theatre |
| 11/20/91 | Barciella, Italy | Kryptonite |
| 11/23/91 | Ghent, Belgium | Vooruit |
| 11/25/91 | Hilversium, Holland | VPRO Radio |
| 11/25/91 | Amsterdam, Holland | Paradiso |
| 11/26/91 | Bradford, England | Bradford University |
| 11/27/91 | Birmingham, England | Hummingbird |
| 11/28/91 | Sheffield, England | Octagon Centre |
| 11/29/91 | Edingburgh, Scotland | Carlton Studios |
| 11/30/91 | Glasgow, Scotland | QMU |
| 12/02/91 | Newcastle, England | Mayfair |
| 12/03/91 | Nottingham, England | Rock City |
| 12/04/91 | Manchester, England | Manchester Academy |
| 12/05/91 | London, England | Kilburn National |
| 12/07/91 | Rennes, France | Transmusicales Festival (CAYA 208) |
| 12/09/91 | Belfast, Ireland | Conor Hall (cancelled- CAYA 208) |
| 12/10/91 | Dublin, Ireland | McGonagles (cancelled- CAYA 208) |
| 12/11/91 | Helsinki, Finland | Lepakko (cancelled) |
| 12/12/91 | Bergen, Norway | La Garage (cancelled) |
| 12/13/91 | Oslo, Norway | Alaska (cancelled) |
| 12/14/91 | Stockholm, Sweden | Melody (cancelled) |
| 12/27/91 | Los Angeles, California | Sports Arena |
| 12/28/91 | Del Mar, California | O'Brien Pavilion |
| 12/29/91 | Tempe, Arizona | ASU Center |
| 12/31/91 | San Francisco, California | Cow Palace |
| 01/02/92 | Salem, Oregon | Salem Armory |
| 01/10/92 | New York City, New York | MTV Studios |
| 01/11/92 | New York City, New York | Saturday Night Live |
| 01/24/92 | Sydney, Australia | JJJ Radio Broadcast |
| 01/24/92 | Sydney, Australia | Phoenecian Club |
| 01/25/92 | Sydney, Australia | Big Day Out festival |
| 01/26/92 | Gold Coast, Australia | Fisherman's Wharf |
| 01/27/92 | Brisbane, Australia | Brisbane Festival Hall |
| 01/29/92 | Freemantle, Australia | Metropolis (cancelled) |
| 01/29/92 | Perth, Australia | Old Melbourne Hotel |
| 01/30/92 | Adelaide, Australia | The Barton Theater (moved from Old Lion) |
| 01/31/92 | Melbourne, Australia | The Palace |
| 02/01/92 | Melbourne, Australia | The Palace (all ages show) |
| 02/02/92 | Melbourne, Australia | The Palace |
| 02/04/92 | Sydney, Australia | Dee Why Hotel |
| 02/05/92 | Canberra, Australia | ANU Bar |
| 02/06/92 | Sydney, Australia | Coogee Bay Hotel |
| 02/07/92 | Sydney, Australia | Coogee Bay Hotel |
| 02/09/92 | Aukland, New Zealand | Logan Campbell Centre |
| 02/14/92 | Osaka, Japan | Kokusai Koryu Center |
| 02/16/92 | Nagoya, Japan | Club Quattro |
| 02/17/92 | Kawasaki, Japan | Club Citta |
| 02/19/92 | Tokyo, Japan | Sun Plaza Hall |
| 02/21/92 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Pink's Garage |
| 02/22/92 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Pink's Garage |
| 06/21/92 | Dublin, Ireland | The Point |
| 06/22/92 | Belfast, Ireland | King's Hall |
| 06/24/92 | Paris, France | Zenith |
| 06/26/92 | Roskilde, Denmark | Roskilde Festival |
| 06/27/92 | Turku, Finland | Ruisrock Festival |
| 06/28/92 | Oslo, Norway | Isle of Calf Festival |
| 06/30/92 | Stockholm, Sweden | Stockholm Naval Museum |
| 07/02/92 | Valencia, Spain | Pabellon de San Luis |
| 07/03/92 | Madrid, Spain | Palacio de Deportes de la Commun. de Madrid |
| 07/04/92 | San Sebastian, Spain | Velodromo de Anoeta |
| 08/30/92 | Reading, England | Reading Festival |
| 09/08/92 | Los Angeles, California | MTV Music Awards |
| 09/10/92 | Portland, Oregon | Portland Meadows (horse track) |
| 09/11/92 | Seattle, Washington | Seattle Coliseum |
| 09/26/92 | Valencia, California | Castaic Lake (Kurt Solo) |
| 10/02/92 | Bellingham, Washington | Carver Gymnasium |
| 10/04/92 | Seattle, Washington | Crocodile Cafe |
| 10/28/92 | Los Angeles | The Palace (Rock for Choice benefit) |
| 10/30/92 | Buenos Aires, Argentina Velez | Sarsfield Stadium |
| 01/16/93 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Morumbi Stadium |
| 01/23/93 | Rio de Janiero, Brazil | Apoetose Stadium |
| 04/09/93 | San Francisco, California | Cow Palace (Bos.Rape Benefit) |
| 07/23/93 | New York City, New York | Roseland Ballroom (N.M.Sem.) |
| 08/06/93 | Seattle, Washington | King Theater (Mia Zapata Benefit) |
| 09/??/93 | Hollywood, California | Club Lingerie (2 songs w/C.Love) |
| 09/25/93 | New York, New York | Saturday Night Live |
| 10/18/93 | Phoenix, Arizona | State Fairgrounds |
| 10/19/93 | Albequerque, New Mexico | Venue Unknown |
| 10/21/93 | Kansas City, Missouri | Memorial Hall |
| 10/22/93 | Davenport, Iowa | Palmer Auditorium |
| 10/23/93 | Chicago, Illinois | Aragon Ballroom |
| 10/24/93 | Chicago, Illinois | Lounge Ax |
| 10/25/93 | Chicago, Illinois | Aragon Ballroom |
| 10/26/93 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Mecca Auditorium |
| 10/27/93 | Kalamazoo, Michigan | Wings Stadium |
| 10/29/93 | Detroit, Michigan | State Fair Coliseum |
| 10/30/93 | Dayton, Ohio | Hara Arena |
| 10/31/93 | U of Akron, Akron, Ohio | James A Rhodes Arena |
| 11/02/93 | Montreal, Quebec | Verdun Auditorium |
| 11/04/93 | Toronto, Ontario | Maple Leaf Gardens |
| 11/05/93 | Buffalo, New York | Alumni Arena |
| 11/07/93 | Williamsburg, Virginia | Willam & Mary Hall |
| 11/08/93 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | The Armory |
| 11/09/93 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania | Stabler Arena, Lehigh University |
| 11/10/93 | Springfield, Massachusetts | Springfield Civic Center |
| 11/12/93 | Fitchburg, Massachusetts | Wallace Civic Center |
| 11/13/93 | Washington, DC | Bender Arena, Anerican Univ. |
| 11/14/93 | New York City, New York | New York Coliseum |
| 11/15/93 | New York City, New York | Roseland Ballroom |
| 11/18/93 | New York City, New York | Sony Studios (Unplugged) |
| 11/26/93 | Jacksonville, Florida | Morocco Temple Shrine Auditorium |
| 11/27/93 | Miami, Florida | AT&T Bayfront Ampitheater |
| 11/28/93 | Lakeland, Florida | Lakeland Civic Center |
| 11/29/93 | Atlanta, Georgia | The Omni |
| 12/01/93 | Birmingham, Alabama | Boutwell Auditorium |
| 12/02/93 | Tallahassee, Florida | Tall-Leon Civic Center |
| 12/03/93 | New Orleans, Louisiana | UNO Lakefront Arena |
| 12/05/93 | Dallas, Texas | Fair Park Coliseum |
| 12/06/93 | Houston, Texas | Astro Arena |
| 12/09/93 | Omaha, Nebraska | Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum |
| 12/10/93 | St. Paul, Minnesota | Roy Wilkins Aud. |
| 12/13/93 | Seattle, Washington | Pier 47 |
| 12/14/93 | Salem, Oregon | The Armory |
| 12/15/93 | Ogden, Utah | Venue Unknown |
| 12/18/93 | Denver, Colorado | Coliseum |
| 12/29/93 | San Diego, California | San Diego Sports Arena |
| 12/30/93 | Inglewood, California | Great Western Forum |
| 12/31/93 | Oakland, California | Oakland Coliseum Arena |
| 01/01/94 | Medford, Oregon | Jackson County Expo Hall |
| 01/03/94 | Vancouver, British Columbia | PNE Forum |
| 01/04/94 | Vancouver, British Columbia | PNE Forum |
| 01/06/94 | Spokane, Washington | Spokane Coliseum |
| 01/07/94 | Seattle, Washington | Seattle Center Arena |
| 01/08/94 | Seattle, Washington | Seattle Center Arena |
| 02/04/94 | Paris, France | Nulle Part Ailleurs - TV |
| 02/06/94 | Cascais (Lisbon) | Pavilhao Dramatico |
| 02/08/94 | Madrid, Spain | Pabellon de Deportes del Real Madrid |
| 02/09/94 | Barcelona, Spain | Palau dels Sports |
| 02/10/94 | Toulouse, France | Palais des Sports |
| 02/12/94 | Toulon,France | Zenith Omega |
| 02/14/94 | Paris, France | Zenith |
| 02/16/94 | Rennes, France | Salle Omnisport |
| 02/18/94 | Grenoble, France | Le Summen |
| 02/19/94 | Neuchatel, Switzerland | Patinoire du Littoral |
| 02/21/94 | Modena, Italy | Palasport |
| 02/22/94 | Rome, Italy | Palagacchio di Marino |
| 02/23/94 | Rome, Italy | Tunnel - TV |
| 02/24/94 | Milan, Italy | Forum di Assago |
| 02/25/94 | Milan, Italy | Palatrussardi |
| 02/27/94 | Ljubjana, Slovenia | Tivoli |
| 03/01/94 | Munich, Germany | Terminal Einz |
Explanation of the symbols on In Utero
Symbols from top left corner to top right corner:
- Sow: Most popular animal form of the Goddess. Demeter often appeared as one.
- Jar sprouting a stream of water: A symbol for fertility and fertility gods.
- Honeycomb: See "bee"
- Dolphin: The totem of Demeter as Mistress of the Sea. The word "dolphin" comes from the Greek word for "womb."
- Triangle: Represented female and the trinity of Goddess (Virgin, Mother, Crone). Also represented fire.
- Mare: Symbolizes the Goddess Epona and the daytime aspect of Mareheaded Demeter. Scandinavian witches turned themselves into mares.
Symbols from top right to bottom right:
- Alchemical Rose: The symbol of the sacred womb, the virgin daughter within the mother. Is applied to images like Kore/Demeter and Mary/Eve.
- Baubo: [I think you could easily read this as Baubo representing Courtney and Demeter representing Kurt] A female clown who managed to draw laughter from Demeter in the midst of her grief. Baubo induced the Great Mother to forget her anger long enough to take a little nourishment.
- Diameter: A symbol for water, salt, and sea. Is related to the primordial Mother Goddess, who mingled all elements to create life from flesh (earth), blood (water), breath (air), and fire (vital heat)
- Unknown
- Symbol for the planet Pluto: The female Pluto deity who was despised and discredited by Greeks and was combined with Demeter in a triple form (Virgin, Mother, and Crone).
- Poppy: "since opium and its derivatives--morphine, heroin--are extracted from the opium poppy, it is hardly surprising to find the flower associated with sleep, inertia, numbness, and death. Demeter as a death Goddess was often shown with poppies [like the Heart-Shaped Box video]... Thebaine yields an important narcotic antagonist, naloxone, which is given to infants born of heroin addicts, to help soften the sock of withdrawl that such infants must go through."
Symbols from bottom right to bottom left:
- Sub Pop logo
- Geffen logo
- Unknown
- Bee: Was greatly prized because they gave valuable honey. Demeter was addressed as "the pure mother bee." Is identified with mortality in folklore. The bee "was a symbol of feminine potency of nature."
- Infinity sign: [another interesting one] Sexual union and sense of perfection. Two becoming one (two uniting circles, one representing man and the other woman).
Symbols from bottom left to top left:
- unknown
- Sulfer: Sacred to Athene. Associated with purification. Also symbolized angry aspect of Athene (Goddess Brimo), which was also identified with Demeter.
- Labrys (axe): Stood for Amazons and their Goddess (Demeter / Artemis / etc.). Has been adopted by lesbians as their amuletic symbol.
- Corn dolly: The embodiment of the harvest. One of its many alternate names was the Demeter.
- Symbol for Ceres: Roman title of Great Goddess as Mother of the Harvest and ruler of all grains. Indicated planting of male seed in earth's womb.
- Sistrum: Was used to worship Egyptian Great Goddess. A sacred rattle, whose sound dispelled evil spirits.
Incesticide liner notes
A while ago, I found myself in bloody exhaust grease London again with an all-consuming urge to hunt for two rare things: back issues of NME rumored to be secretly hidden in glass casings and submerged in the fry vats of every kebab machine in the U.K. and the very-out-of-print first Raincoats LP.
The NME search was a clever, saucy upstart of an attempt to be, uh, nasty. However, the Lord and Julian Cope himself know how we need, need, need the NME to embrace the unifying hands of our children across this big blue marble and NIRVANA's tarty musical career. So please bless up again - we'll forever feed off of your high-calorie boggy turbinates.
In an attempt to satisfy the second part of my quest, I went to the Rough Trade shop and, of course, found no Raincoats record in the bin. I then asked the woman behind the counter about it and she said "well, it happens that I'm neighbors with Anna (member of The Raincoats) and she works at an antique shop just a few miles from here." So she drew me a map and I started on my way to Anna's.
Sometime later, I arrived at this elfin shop filled with something else I've compulsively searched for over the past few years - really old fucked up marionette-like wood carved dolls (quite a few hundred years old). Lots of them... I've fantasized about finding a ship filled with so many. They wouldn't accept my credit card but the dolls were really way too expensive anyway. Anna was there, however, so I politely introduced myself with a fever- red face and explained the reason for my intrusion. I can remember her mean boss almost setting me on fire with his glares. She said "well, I may have a few lying around so, if I find one, I'll send it to you (very polite, very English)." I left feeling like a dork, like I had violated her space, like she probably thought my band was tacky.
A few weeks later I received a vinal copy of that wonderfully classic scripture with a personalized dust sleeve covered with xeroxed lyrics, pictures, and all the members' signatures. There was also a touching letter from Anna. It made me happier than playing in front of thousands of people each night, rock-god idolization fron fans, music industry plankton kissing my ass, and the million dollars I made last year. It was one of the few really important things that I've been blessed with since becoming an untouchable boy genius.
It was as rewarding as touring with Shonen Knife and watching people practically cry with joy at their honesty. It made people happy and it made me happy knowing that I had helped bring them to the U.K.
It was as rewarding as the last Vaselines show in Edinburgh. They reformed just to play with us in their home town, probably having no idea how exciting and flattering it was for us (and how nervous we were to meet them).
It was as rewarding as being asked to support Sonic Youth on two tours, totally being taken under their wing and being showed what dignity really means.
It was as rewarding as the drawings Daniel Johnston sent me, or the Stinky Puffs single from Jad Fair's son, or playing on the same bill as Greg Sage in L.A., or being asked to help produce the next Melvins record, or being on the Wipers' compilation, or Thor from T.K. giving me a signed first edition of Naked Lunch, or making a friend like Stephen Pavlovic - our Australian tour promotor who sent me a Mazzy Stay LP on vinal, or playing "The Money Will Roll RIght In" with Mudhoney, or having the power to insist on bringing Bjorn Again to the Reading Festival, or being able to afford to bring my friend Ian along on tour just to have a good time, or paying Calamity Jane five-thousand dollars to be heckled by twenty thousand macho boys in Argentina, or asking my friends Fits Of Depression to play with us at The Seattle Colliseum, or playing with Poison Idea at a No On Nine benefit in Portland organized by Gus Van Zandt, or being a part of one of L7's pro-choice benefits in L.A., or kissing Chris and Dave on Saturday Night Live just to spite homophobes, or meeting Iggy Pop, or playing with The Breeders, Urge Overkill, The T.V. Personalities, The Jesus Lizard, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., etc.
While all these things were very special, none were half as rewarding as having a baby with a person who is the supreme example of dignity, ethics and honesty. My wife challenges injustice and the reason her character has been so severely attacked is because she chooses not to function the way the white corporate man insists. His rules for women involve her being submissive, quiet, and non-challenging. When she doesn't follow his rules, the threatened man (who, incidentally, owns an army of devoted traitor women) gets scared.
A big "fuck you" to those of you who have the audacity to claim that I'm so naive and stupid that I would allow myself to be taken advantage of and manipulated.
I don't feel the least bit guilty for commercially exploiting a completely exhausted Rock youth Culture because, at this point in rock history, Punk Rock (while still sacred to some) is, to me, dead and gone. We just wanted to pay tribute to something that helped us to feel as though we had crawled out of the dung heap of conformity. To pay tribute like an Elvis or Jimi Hendrix impersonator in the tradition of a bar band. I'll be the first to admit that we're the 90's version of Cheap Trick or The Knack but the last to admit that it hasn't been rewarding.
At this point I have a request for our fans. If any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us - leave us the fuck alone! Don't come to our shows and don't buy our records.
Last year, a girl was rapped by two wastes of sperm and eggs while they sang the lyrics to our song "Polly." I have a hard time carrying on knowing there are plankton like that in our audience. Sorry to be so anally P.C. but that's the way I feel.
Love,
Kurdt (the blond one)
Nirvana
Nirvana is an "alternative rock" band that has was formed sometime around '87 and existed until April 8th, 1996. The core of Nirvana was Kurt Cobain, lead guitarist and vocalist, and Krist Novoselic, bass player. After going through many, many different name and member changes, Kurt and Krist met Chad Channing, who became their drummer for their debut album, Bleach. Some of the other notable people that were in the band, or its earliest incarnations, were Buzz Osbourne and Dale Crover of the Melvins and Danny Peters of Mudhoney, among others.
Nirvana recorded their Bleach album for about $600, a dark, crunching album containing simple, guitar driven like "Negative Creep" and "School" as well as more sophisticated songs like "About a Girl," and a severely modified version of Shocking Blue's "Love Buzz." It was released in June of '89 by Sub Pop records. After recording, Nirvana went on tour after the addition of guitarist Jason Everman. Jason was added because Kurt wasn't sure he could handle singing and playing guitar at the same time. Jason also helped contribute quite a bit of the money to record the debut LP, and though they had every intention of paying him back, the members of Nirvana never managed to.
After touring and and looking for another label, Nirvana was bo
ught out of their two year contract with Sub Pop by DGC, David Geffen's record label. They recorded their Nevermind album in May of '91 at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin with new drummer Dave Grohl. It was released on September 13, 1991 and went platinum in about three weeks, mostly due to the song Smells Like Teen Spirit, which was unfortunately labeled as the anthem of Generation X, though many Nirvana fans as well as Kurt himself, hate it. The band admitted that, basically, the only reason it was recorded was to get radio airplay.
After a massive worldwide tour in support of Nevermind, Nirvana came back to the states. A collection of B-sides and rarities, called Incesticide was released, and sold well despite the fact that there was little fanfare and no tour to support it. After touring constantly, Nirvana once again returned to the studios in March of 1993 to record their long-awaited studio album, In Utero.
Originally, DGC was not pleased with the album at all. Their first comment upon hearing the recording was, "Nice demos. When can we expect to hear the finished album?" They thought that it had no commercial value at all, and would let Nirvana's fans down after the slick, radio friendly Nevermind album. A few of the songs were later remixed or rerecorded, but the majority of the album stayed t
he same. Most of the vocals were done in one day, with the help of a lot of cough syrup, and a lot of the songs were recorded live in one take. It was also plagued by audio problems.
But, after working out their difficulties with their company, In Utero was released on September 14, 1993 in the United Kingdom. Due to an unforseen delay, it was released in the United States on September 21, 1993. The foreign version also contained a secret track, Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip. It was labeled as a "Deflated American Dollar Purchase Incentive Track," and is now available on bootlegs and import CDs.
Nirvana returned to the road, playing in the states and overseas. On January 8, 1994 Nirvana played their final American show in Seattle, Washington. They then toured Europe, playing their last show on March 1 in Munich, Germany. Supposedly, Kurt said that they would be back in a minute, and Nirvana left the stage, never to return. No full bootleg copies of this show have surfaced, though one supposedly exists.
After returning to the United States, Kurt Cobain dissapeared after jumping the wall at the Exodus rehabilitation clinic, where he was undergoing rehab for a heroin addiction. Several days later, on April 8, his body was found by an electrician at his house in Seattle, Washington. Kurt had been dead for several days, the victim of a self inflicted gunshot wound. He left a suicide note near his body, attempting to explan why he had killed himself. Fans didn't accept his death, and many haven't still.
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