To 20-year-old album of Nirvana "Nevermind" Bashny.Net

In September 1991, the company GDC Records released the album "Nevermind" group Nirvana, one of the most famous albums of the past 20 years. But most of what people know about this album - not true, or at least not entirely true. Before you real facts provided by Kurt Cobain biographer Charles R. Cross ...

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Myth No. 1: «Nevermind» was the original name suggested by Kurt Cobain

The original plan was to call the album Sheep (Sheep), and among the records Cobain was found a page with a painted advertisement album, with the inscription "Sheep: Because you want to not, because everyone else is," (Sheep: because all are they, and you you do not want) and subtitled "Abort Christ" (Christos Cancel). This idea was left at the end of 1990.



Myth number 2: «Nevermind» was recorded in 1991

In fact, Nirvana recorded the album twice. Recording began in April 1991 with producer Butch Vig, and very much like a recording, which took place in 1990. In 1990 they recorded eight songs, five of which are included on the album. The main difference was a drummer, and recorded in 1991 was already Dave Grohl.



Myth number 3: Dave Grohl was recording all the songs in the album

Vig was a drummer himself, and had a strong influence on the party Grohl and sound in the songs "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Drain You" and "Something in the Way". But in the song "Polly" playing drummer Chad Channing. This track is not rewritten, and he went into the album in its original form. Channing is not mentioned among the creators of the album and did not get him the money.



Myth No. 4: «Smells Like Teen Spirit» - a song about deodorant

All believe that Cobain wrote this line of deodorant. And it's almost true. His girlfriend, frontman of the band Bikini Kill Hannah Caitlin really wrote "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit" on the bedroom wall Cobain. Even after the release of Kurt Cobain learned that there is a deodorant called Teen Spirit. The song was on the graffiti instead of deodorant. And, of course, deodorant sales soared after the release.

Myth number 5: Nirvana recorded a demo «Smells Like Teen Spirit» on tape to prove that they have hit

Nirvana recorded the song for the first time on tape during a rehearsal, and even though the group was already like a riff, no one could say that the song will be a hit. The real reason for recording songs on cassette, according to Dave Grohl, was that the musicians started to forget the party. The film begins with the words Cobain: "Hey, Butch. We have a new drummer, Dave Grohl is his name, and he was the coolest drummer in the world. "



Myth No. 6: All the texts in the album of drug

Some songs do have reference to the subject of drugs, but the muse Cobain was not so simple, and complete drug addiction began just after the album's release. Most of the text is devoted to his friends, neighbors or girls. Initially Kurt even wanted to share the album with "masculine" and "feminine" side. In the female had to be songs like "Teen Spirit," "Drain You" and "Lounge Act," dedicated to the unrequited love Cobain, and in the male part - songs like "In Bloom," which was written for his best friend Dylan Carlson.



Myth # 7: The idea belongs to Kurt Cobain cover

At first, Kurt wanted to cover was the baby's head emerging from the vagina during delivery, but this idea did not miss it. Photo naked child floating in the pool, there was only a backup plan.



Myth # 8: «Nevermind» instantly made Cobain rich

What Cobain became a millionaire soon after the album's release - a common misconception. The album was certified gold just a month later, and the majority of sales are for 1992 and subsequent years. Most record companies pay income twice a year, and the payment for the sale comes just a few months. As a result, in 1991, Cobain did not earn almost nothing. The first night after the recording Cobain returned home and discovered that he was evicted. He spent the night in the car while the record company was preparing the publication of the album, which was subsequently sold over 25 million copies.

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