Nirvana - Four Drummers Playing "School" in 1990 

Dave is a real beast but I have a lot of respect for Chad

Chad Channing (Santa Rosa, California; 31 de enero de 1967) es un músico estadounidense, especialmente conocido por haber sido baterista del grupo Nirvana hasta 1990 (fue sustituido por Dan Peters y luego por Dave Grohl).

Dale Crover is one of the most under rated grunge & metal drummers of all time. Good pounding beats, double bass, speed, timing! Go listen to him with the Melvins. Dave fit Nirvana the best but Chad still could have down fine with Nirvana. Dan Peters is under rated also, good snare player just go listen to him in Mudhoney.

Love 💘, but Dave has my heart. 🥰🥁🎶

I'd like a reunion video of every guy who stood beside Kurt on stage playing air guitar and just plain embarrassing themselves before diving into the crowd. It'd be countless

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Dan Peters plays the song in a faster tempo...

The band sounds best with Channing

Dave or chad

Channing double pedal rocks

Channing is good, fits in many songs, but Grohl is more powerul drummer. All the "Bleach" songs by Grohl bring more power and energy to the band. Peters is also great, truly punk drummer, but Grohl also punk, but more diverse. The best for me are Dale Crover and Dave Grohl.

I always thought Dave had a special relationship with the cymbals.

This is an interesting comparisation. As a drummer, I would say that Dan Peters is the technically most skilled drummer of the four, his chops in mudhoney are extraordinary. But he wasn't the right fit for Nirvana, although Sliver never sounded as good when Dave Grohl played his parts. Dale Crover is another amazing drummer that plays great on the bleach-tracks where he appears but as a stand-in for for that Nirvana tour he just wasnt that good either. Chad is without a doubt the least skilled drummer of the bunch, he would never be able to take the drum seat behind the Melvins nor Mudhoney but his style fits those bleach-era songs perfect. And then there's Dave Grohl, not as skilled as Peters, nor as interesting as Crover. But he was perfect for Nirvana, I think his performance is without a doubt the best in this comparison. Just goes to show that sometimes the most technically advanced drummers aren't necessarily the best fit.

Dan Peters is playing it so wrong its not even funny

Funny how people keep asking why Dale and Dan never made it in the band. Howard Stern even called Dale up! Krist said it best "We didn't want them to break up. (Melvins and Mudhoney) We love those guys. They were just helping out."

Amazing video. Also: Krist's bass in Leed's WOW.

all wrong... DALE CROVER #1 and from who everybody learnt

Chad Channing rules!

They're all good. To me, it's probably Crover's that's the best among these, but Grohl's is strong too and you can see why Kurt chose him

If I had a choice between Dale and Chad it would be Chad because of his awesome double bass drum set

Dave have the rage needed for Nirvana

They were all good, they all had their own uniqe charm, especially Dale Crover. Still, Dave Grohl was the most dynamic and best one, imo.

I've never been a fan of Chad Channing's playing. Especially the double-kick stuff...and the hi-hats never open enough! I'm glad he's immortalised on bleach. He's forever tied to those songs and he definitely did them justice. But I just don't dig his style, to the point that it's distracting. Dave Grohl's playing in this vid is actually not that great, imo, but he's usually a lot better. And just flows and organically fits the music better.

I really like Chad Channing's drumming the most, he wasn't the most technical, but he came up with the drum patterns, and it had a really nice swing to it, almost jazzy. :)

All of these drummers were great and brought something different too the table. Chad originally wrote the drum part, and he has that double bass (on one drum!) sound. Dale had a hard hitting, punishing style, which coming form the Melvins makes sense. Dan Peters played a fast, aggressive style, and you can really hear how much faster the tempo was with him at the kit. Finally, Dave is the iconic Nirvana drummer for good reason: he beat the shit out of those drums and had those amazing triplets.

DAve wins because not only is he the better drummer but then he would help kurdt destroy his drum kit

Grohl complimented them the best. His power and metronomic timing are second to none.

Chad is the only one original (and the best in my opinion). Dave made it sound little heavier I guess.

You just know when Dave Grohl hits that cymbal it is over for any other drummer that played this song. Nirvana is pure energy and dynamics and Dave Grohl is one of the greatest at that kind of drumming. Chops aren't worth shit. It is all about feel and intensity in this style of music, and there has never been a drummer in Nirvana that is as good as those things as Dave Grohl.

Just a average drummer’s opinion here, for me and I’m sure it’s like this for many of you out there as well-what was recorded on the record is set in stone. It’s the bible of that song, and it should in most respects be played how it was recorded. That’s just my opinion when it comes to Bleach. I think Chad fucking nailed his drum parts, including all of that sporadic double bass on the record. No disrespect to Dave-he’s a great musician and helped Nirvana become a massive band, but if there’s a Bleach song playing, I want to hear Chad’s drumming on that song. Sometimes Dave is just too loud for me, like here, all I heard was “crash crash crash crash crash whoah nice fill during the chorus crash crash crash snare roll crash crash.”

Dale Crovers version was the most solid and best for me. Grohls has the best drum sound but was surprisingly not solid and did more fills and mistakes than he usually does. Peters was exciting but was way too busy and so is the worst version. Channing version had great tempo and the grungiest vibe. Fills were very weak and I still think double bass drum on a grunge song is sacrelige.

You can tell by the intensity how Kurt loved this song, my favorite by far!

Wherever you are now, Kurt, I sure fukken hope it's not in high school again.

Dale and Dave are my favourite drummers. Dale especially in the Melvins. ;) However, Chad must be acknowledged for Bleach and the great job he done on it. Dave hits so hard it just sounds fucking brilliant.

Dan Peter's rushed so much you can tell Kurt tries to keep up ,wish there was a better video of Dale cause it sounds muddy and staticy

chad wsnt too bad

dave still the best drummer nirvana, u can hear beat when he played

Damn, Dan is Fast and powerful :0

dave grohl on high level

CHAD CHANNING 31 DE ENERO DE 1967 55 AÑOS. (56) (57) EX BATERISTA DE NIRVANA

I have to admit, Danny Peters did the most energetic version of all abowe

I remember September 22 1990 really well was my 10th birthday hung out with my dad. I got a kids science kit with a real scalpel a bitchin red microsope and a dead bee floating in formaldehyde to dissect-kinda fitting- Kurt really dug stuff like that he would have loved it. No I didnt know Nirvana they would be kind of popular about a year later.Could you imagine a kid getting a set like that now no chance in hell.

Dave Grohl ofc he is the best!

a lot of hypocrisy. He said he hated school but he was completely attached to the school. He formed the band in the school, he got into music in school and met all the people in school

Chad & Dave (not just because best known) crisp tight styles

crover is best

Dale Crover was without a doubt the best drummer Nirvana ever had!

Watching them with all their energy quickly reminds me how old and arthritic I really am--LOL

Chad's is the best because he compliments the main riff but doesn't overpower it. You want to hear the guitars on this one.

For a scene that had a famous shortage of drummers, Seattle had some great ones. If you take Chad, Dale, Dan, and Dave and then add Mike Mussburger, Jason Finn, and the BEAST Barrett Martin... wow! Maybe that's why they all played in six or seven bands each.

my dad was at that exact show in the first clip! when i asked him for a nirvana poster to put on my wall he took out a picture of him and krist and asked i wanted that to put on my wall!

I love Chad’s double kick style, I also love how sloppy he played. It makes him original

WHERE IS AARON BURCKHARD ????

Have to say I have a lot of time for Dan Peters version. I really like Mudhoney anyway, and he really gave it some gas but maybe a bit too punky. And he stopped playing before the song was over lol. And as a side note: He was perfect on Sliver, and by the time he went back to Mudhoney for EGBDF he was well prepared for that kind of music.

Dale. Of course Dale. Dale at the height of his career. Keeps the groove so steady. Dave envied Dale back then.

it's a win, win with either dale or dave. Dan and Chad are still more than decent enough

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Novoselic's A string tuned half step down in the last version

Dave all the way!!

The best overall performance, in terms of energy and enthusiasm, goes to the Motor Sports gig with Danny Peters. That entire set is easily in the top 5 Nirvana shows of all time (in my book). Best bass sound goes to the earlier show with Chad. Best drumming (of the shows featured) goes to Dale Crover, although the sound quality of that particular recording is unfortunately poor. Dave Grohl delivers a mighty performance, as always, and although the Leeds gig featured here isn't one of my personal favorites, there are other performances, such as the Off Ramp in Seattle in late 1990, that far outshine Dale's efforts. Dave seemed to "click" with Kurt and Krist better than any of the previous drummers.

I don't care what anyone says all are great. Personally Dan's is my favorite but, I love Chad Channing, he has insane double bass and Dale Crover is also very unique. And of course Dave is the most talented

Chadwick wasn't that bad surely!

Krist. Tune. Your. Bass.Thanks.

Dale 👍

Voted for Dave Grohl

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is that first guitar an Aria? sounds massive

Dale Crover all the way. Good timing and sounds great.

Damn Cur, I dont know what to say for you anymore that I havent said before...youre AWESOME and where the f... do you get this stuff from!!(just a retorical one). Keep on being Nirvana superfan, this place wouldnt be the same without you. Honest to God

I like chad's style with the double pedal.

Oh classic Kurt voice at the Dale Crover show as Stipe said THAT voice.

Wow! I used to go to the Masquerade in the 90s!

With Dave, Clearly, we are on another level. Congrats, that video about nirvana is the best I have seen.

For me all the players were very good at the time. But Dave Grohl was more chaotic, aggressive, noisy, but at the same time, melodic. No doubts for me, was the best choice!

Lars should have played in Nirvana! Haha! That would have been fun. Or funny... I don't know.

Don't compare skill, Kurt wasn't the most skilled guitarist either....Dave was explosive and loud! that's the only thing that works with Kurt's screaming and guitar sound. Cannot imagine Nirvana without any other drummer in the world. Obviously there are countless better drummers technically, it would be mad to say otherwise.

Chad is realy good on drums ❤️❤️❤️❤️🎸🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️🎸🎸

I prolly like Dave the least, he has power, speed and timing but sounds too generic and robotic

I appreciate the effort, but the audio quality is so bad, it is hard to say what is going on.

Chad canning is so amazing drummer

Dale. he is a beast. And would have been nasty and heavy ! Dave was the perfect fit in the end. Quick and smart and in the pocket with powerful stuff and use of the ride symbol for the tempo and then almost as a open crash at times that is loud and sharp a good listener to guide depending on the party and kurts vibes and hear the grooves and then nail the tunes with improvisation abilities that is always alive feeling. Dale is the best drummer in the mix. He was more of a player and professional leagues and more than Nirvana needed creatively. It would have pushed kurt to expand his own playing. Edit. Imo. So Dave gets the price and got it.

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Thanks guy !!!!!!

My ranking would be: 1. Channing 2. Grohl 3. Crover 4. Peters

all good. all killer. ALL FUCKIN FURIOUS

Chan Chadding

Yeah... Dan Peter's kinda stunk it up on his gobat at it.

Krist's bass is so out of tune on Dave's Leeds gig. Sux.

Dave>Chad>Dale>Dan

Dan Peters got the best sound!

Dale is much better than dave grohl 🖤

Dale crover all the way

Dave all day. Cover is a monster too. Both of them are head and shoulders better than Chad and Danny.

Dan Peters had amazing energy

I think this is the worst possible exemple you found for Chad??? ahaha Come on Curmodgeon you know better!!!! You of all youtubers!!! xD

Chad was the best one on this

Dan Peters was a monster

Dave Grohl, Dale Crover, Chad Channing, and Dan Peters...in that order...

Poor Dave lost his stick there.

What a fucking song!