He did the same thing on Dirty too (as per Browne's Goodbye 20th Century).
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 3 June 2021 02:56 (three years ago) link
Tangential but my favourite story about those sessions from that book is Vig making Moore and Ranaldo figure out exactly how detuned their strings were with strobe tuners.
― Sequel to Sadness (Sund4r), Thursday, 3 June 2021 03:00 (three years ago) link
when my buddy Greg bought it on a late November morning record store trip (I bought Robyn Hitchcock's Perspex Island) and put the tape in the car, it boomed like Def Leppard.
Although I already loved Teen Spirit it was hearing On A Plain on Simon Barnett's GLR radio show that made Nevermind a must-purchase for me, as the blend of harmonies and heavy guitars was absolutely intoxicating, and definitely tapped into what I'd liked about Def Leppard as a kid.
― burnt hombre (stevie), Thursday, 3 June 2021 08:02 (three years ago) link
Watching “Live at the Paramount” on AXS TV… this is a pretty ripping concert film, never seen it before.
― rendered nugatory (morrisp), Friday, 12 April 2024 05:08 (five months ago) link
Yes. I don't know jack about filming a concert (or filming anything for that matter) but I've always thought that one looks incredible. Really feels like you're there, practically on stage at times.
― alpine static, Friday, 12 April 2024 05:59 (five months ago) link
been listening to this band nonstop
― Swen, Friday, 12 April 2024 07:44 (five months ago) link
They are a good one.
― alpine static, Friday, 12 April 2024 09:01 (five months ago) link
they're so good! i'm getting to know bleach for the first time
― Swen, Friday, 12 April 2024 09:06 (five months ago) link
On my radio show this week I paid tribute to Kurt Cobain by playing two hours of Nirvana covers from the 90s:
The King - Come as You AreDead Sex Kitten - On a PlainAsh - BlewCibo Matto - About a GirlKurt Cobain - Dumb (solo acoustic KAOS FM)Tankcsapda - Egyszerü dalWasted Youth - Floyd the BarberSonic Youth - Moist VaginaWhistler - All ApologiesT.U.L.P. - Make You UnhappySkanic - BreedKristin Hersh - Pennyroyal TeaNirvana GB - LithiumDr. Know - AneurysmDover - Territorial PissingsThe Lounge Brigade - Heart Shaped BoxZircus - Drain YouLes Bidochons - CrêperieKurt Cobain - Do Re Mi
Smells Like Teen Spirit Megamix: (starts at 1:10:00)- Tinman - Eighteen Strings- Calcutta Anazamama - Smells Like Teen Spirit- Neophyte and the Stunned Guys - Army of Hardcore- Credit to the Nation - Call It What You Want- Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit- The Flying Pickets - Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nonex - Smells Like Teen Spirit- Lords of the Underground - Haters- Sara DeBell - Smells Like Teen Spirit- Wheetstone Bridge - Smells Like Teen Spirit- Mary Lou Lord - Smells Like Teen Spirit- Xorcist - Smells Like Teen Spirit- Melvins - Smells Like Teen Spirit- Abigail - Smells Like Teen Spirit- Balloon - Monstersound
Tura Satana - Negative CreepJonny Polonsky - In BloomLaura Love - Come as You AreDigital Factor - Rape MeUK Subs - Stay AwayFlipper - Scentless ApprenticePaw - SchoolBaptism - Something in the WayNirvana - You Know You're Right
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 12 April 2024 09:49 (five months ago) link
Kristin! I feel like I've heard her talk about Kurt before
― Swen, Friday, 12 April 2024 11:27 (five months ago) link
When the With The Lights Out box was released I had a weekly slot on the 6Music breakfast show reviewing that week's new releases. I chose Do Re Mi as the track to be played on air, and after playing it the producer took me aside and had a frank and rather scathing chat with me over what constituted music you might feasibly play on a national breakfast show.
― Is he an evil man who makes chocolate or is the chocolate itself evil? (stevie), Friday, 12 April 2024 12:23 (five months ago) link
Love that song but yes maybe he was right, hope not too many listeners choked on their corn flakes that morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pYHCGYJbw0
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 13 August 2024 09:41 (one month ago) link
^ was coming here to post this, impressive
― StanM, Tuesday, 20 August 2024 15:07 (one month ago) link
I don't love it (they're great players though, of course)
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Tuesday, 20 August 2024 18:51 (one month ago) link
looking at butch vig's production credits i'm a little surprised at how few other notable albums from the time he worked on, there's like, siamese dream and dirty (and other albums by both those bands), and then pretty much everything else from that period is just lesser known grunge bands
TBF Garbage became a fairly big deal only a few years later
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 20 August 2024 22:47 (one month ago) link
My friend bought a Spooner album in the 80s (one of Butch Vig's pre-Garbage bands) cos we knew his name from production credits on Killdozer, Bastards and Feedtime records and we were shocked to find it was jangly power pop, which wasn't really our thing at all, and I was super glad that she had wasted her money on it instead of me
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Tuesday, 20 August 2024 23:02 (one month ago) link
also what sort of a band name is Spooner fergawdsakes?
― Bernard Quidbins (NickB), Tuesday, 20 August 2024 23:04 (one month ago) link
I know there's a band called Spoon, maybe they wanted to be more spoon than them? But not Spoonest, that would be too much.
― StanM, Tuesday, 20 August 2024 23:33 (one month ago) link
Vig also pretty much stopped taking production jobs during Garbage's initial heyday and shortly thereafter ('95-whenvever they got off the road for BeautifulGarbage).
― Charlie Hair (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 20 August 2024 23:44 (one month ago) link
Garbage was originally going to be a studio-only group specifically so he could continue producing (and IIRC from gossip of the day there were times he considered quitting touring so he could go back to producing).
― Charlie Hair (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 20 August 2024 23:47 (one month ago) link
One last thing: he didn't start producing in earnest again until Garbage went on hiatus after touring Bleed Like Me.
― Charlie Hair (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 20 August 2024 23:53 (one month ago) link