@@toad8840 Pixies' "Surfer Rosa" is my all-time favourite. Also try: The Breeders - "Pod", Jesus Lizard - "Head", "Goat" or "Liar", Shellac (Albini's own band) - "At Action Park". You don't even have to buy them on vinyl. They are all killer on CD. ;)
I think if you want a raw and booming punk John Bonham-sort of sound, Albini is a great choice. I love his work, but there are other engineers I'd prefer for drums.
Yeah but unfortunately he lived in a time where it was way easier to cope with depression by going junkie instead of consulting a psychiatrist and taking actual medication
I KNEW IT!!! Despite what I read all these years, I've been CERTAIN the Marigold drums were recorded during the In Utero sessions!! Sweet vindication!!!
A great insight, many nuggets of untold info and stories you managed to get Steve to reveal. Your interviewing technique is brilliant, very professional. You obviously made Steve feel very relaxed and had built up a certain amount of trust with him to give up so new many new details, about the session. I really enjoy the interview, thank you and keep up the good work.
Wow, one of my favorite albums , so glad to know more about the process and that Steve Albini is such an intelligent dude and understood Kurt, & what that album was for him... You are killing it with these interviews, thank you 🙏
Every couple years I seem to fall down the Nirvana rabbit hole and discover new interesting things. Advancing media channels like this, and the age of the algorithmic smart phone help make that easier every time. Great interview and info in this one! Thanks!
This video is a dream for me to watch, thank you SO MUCH. Also to answer some questions Steve couldn't: Kurt didn't want too many noise rock songs on the album so that's why I Hate Myself and Want to Die was left out (even though that was one of the original names for the album itself). As far as Sappy went, Albini has stated that even though it was a good song, he assumed it wore out its welcome on the band. Likely due to the fact it was written in 87 and the band had spent hours and hours trying to get the right sound. It was titled Verse Chorus Verse for a time, and that was also an early idea for an album title. It was given to the No Alternative compilation instead which released a month after In Utero.
I had also read somewhere that Kurt wanted Sappy to be absolutely perfect to him, and for some reason or another the version they cut at the In Utero sessions still wasn't "perfect". It's a shame, it's a great track (and so is the older version from 1990 to a lesser extent). It just for some odd reason wasn't good enough for Kurt.
If Kurt would have lived 2 more years. He would have been an amateur engineer and doing experimental recording & Along with working with the producers on the next album. I’m a musician and a engineer. Lots of people don’t realize the utero sessions were an awaking to him. He realized you could be experimental in the engineering side of things just as much as with instruments if not more. He fell in love with that idea because of this guy right here who showed him strange techniques that he didn’t know were possible.
Interesting. I didn't know they re-recorded Sappy with the intention of including it on In Utero. It makes a lot of sense as to the production quality of the No Alternative comp version - now I know, it is quite clear.
I just want to point out that you are a great interviewer Daniel! You just let people speak their mind and you just sit back, listen and capture everything as you should. Kudos!
Great stuff. Please keep them coming. It's important that these conversations, and the details spoken there-in, are recorded for history's sake if nothing else.
It's hilarious -- the story about needing to do something percussive while recording -- because I was literally just sitting here, thinking the same exact thing -- that I am going to need to play a guitar while I track a particular song I'm going to be recording, to make my vocal performance better.
Its kind of wild to hear Albini go so in depth. I feel like he's been pretty reluctant to discuss the sessions like this. I imagine it's a bit annoying having everyone focus on only one project so much.
Very interesting interview. I’ve read almost every book on Kurt and/or Nirvana and I learned some things that I don’t think is published anywhere. The fact of the Randall amp and the status of the Fender Quad Reverb. I wonder if that was the Randall Commander he used pre Nevermind. If this interview is longer than this please upload the rest. This was very enlightening. Thanks
I stumbled across this channel last week. I subscribed before I even watched. I love it! Thanks for straight forward information on the music of my generation
I think it would've been nice to hear Krist's name mentioned and perhaps a bit about the process behind recording his bass parts and whether the band did any of the tracks together live.
Really thank you for doing all this new material dude, is amazing. I only have one doubt, that is if Steve really recorded the drums of Very Ape in the kitchen as Wikipedia claims
Cannon Falls in the house. I was 15 at the the time and they were spotted in town buying fishing licenses to go ice fishing on Lake Byllesby. My friends ended up recording there a couple years later. Long story short I smoked bud out of a bong Kurt used. A green ceramic piece. Good times
If Kurt would have lived 2 more years. He would have been an amateur engineer and doing experimental recording & Along with working with the producers on the next album. I’m a musician and a engineer. Lots of people don’t realize the utero sessions were an awaking to him. He realized you could be experimental in the engineering side of things just as much as with instruments if not more. He fell in love with that idea because of this guy right here who showed him strange techniques that he didn’t know were possible.
It’s amazing how different the vocal tracking experience was with Steve Albini versus Butch Vig. Butch had Kurt do double tracking on a lot of the vocals, and Kurt really got burned out. Albini had him do mostly single track vocals, and they were done in basically one day
Thanks bro for the work u put in for the band that play the soundtrack of the lifes of young ppl of my generation.. i love your well verse of questions ..it really shows your depth of research .i wish all the best in producing more brilliant pieces of history
Name game was a massive hit in the late 80's I remember every one in my class used to sing it in 1989, I'm blown away the interview never heard of it lol
I like In Utero, I like Nirvana, I like Steve Albini and it's great to get info on this record and its session, but holy shit I can't help shake off the feeling Steve Albini is tired of talking about it. He's obviously very polite and personable, but I just can't help he's been questioned to death about it.
I didn’t personally get that impression, but that might be due to the fact that I’m used to Steve voicing his disdain of a given subject matter in a very unambiguous manner, even after he had “chilled out” from his younger days. If Steve doesn’t want to do something, or has an opinion of it, he makes all of it known. He’s just become more tactful about it over the years.
Sappy wasn’t recorded in the in utero sessions. It was recorded surprisingly early on....I think there was a version of it in 89, the studio version is from no later than 1992.
Bless you Daniel for this documantary with Steve Albini, thank you. Does anybody here know how many room mics that Albini used for In Utero, and where he placed them in that room while recording?
Steve interacts with users on the discussion forum over at electricalaudio.com. It’s probably been asked there before, and if it hasn’t Steve doesn’t seem to mind discussing his recording techniques when asked.
Pretty good Sarkissian. Although I wish you would've pressed Albini for some descriptors of the "aesthetic inspirations" Kurt had which he mentioned. I'm a tough crowd though.
You should have asked him what the hell Kurt said at the beginning of Radio Friendly. Damn, thought you were going to reference Moist Vagina, it has always been a mysterious song to me...Great work as always my friend.
@@itsliketryingtofitapowerst1860 Hmm....I wouldn't be surprised but I haven't heard a recording. Since we're both fans, check out my first crappy video on here and let me know what you think?
Do you know what Albinis input was as the Producer? He pressed Record! That’s it! He’s known for not adding anything to the recordings. He’s basically just a recordist. And for that he charges a $150,000 flat fee. Brilliant! To his credit, he is no nonsense and straight forward so Kurt probably liked that about him and he’s not an ass kisser.
@@retlaw190 Pat was not in the In Utero recording, he was a touring guitarist, meaning he was only for live performances plus they met him after In Utero was recorded
I’ve had this question about the recording of Milk It. Maybe someone can answer this. I think it’s the second time on the chorus to Milk It where Kurt kinda laughs while singing “test meat!” What was he laughing at?
Kurt’s lyrical choices were not always meant to be of a serious nature, and he may have very well been recalling something humorous while singing that particular line. He tries to suppress his laughter while transitioning from Aero Zeppelin into Beeswax while in the studio too, and it’s not hard to imagine why he might start cracking up a bit considering the lyrical content of Beeswax.
2:57 I wouldn’t say this rhythm (from Scentless...) is/was underutilized. Among others, Bonham applied it in „Bonzo”, and this is where Grohl ripped it from, most probably ...
these are some supremely dumb or under-prepared questions, much of this info has been out there for a long time even for the casual fan. that and not knowing just general production etiquette and practices. do some research if you're going to do interviews and listen to the person you're interviewing.