Nirvana: A 5 Minute Drum Chronology - Kye Smith [4K]
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Nirvana’s entire discography covered from front to back in 5 minutes on drums!
Nirvana paved the way for a lot of punk bands to be able to gain commercial success and become more accessible. Without them I may not have found this music and probably wouldn't be doing what I am doing today.
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The 5 Minute Chronology series aims to cover a bands entire career in 5 minutes using snippets of their work from their inception to now. Recorded in order as a complete 5 minute piece.
Available for studio and live work and will be opening up some slots for drum lessons shortly. Email to enquire (somethingaboutdrums[at]gmail.com)
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Track List
(Chad Channing/Dale Crover on drums)
Bleach (1989)
0:00 - Blew
0:11 - Floyd the Barber
0:15 - About a Girl
0:27 - School
0:33 - Paper Cuts
0:41 - Negative Creep
0:47 - Scoff
0:52 - Swap Meet
0:58 - Mr. Moustache
1:04 - Sifting
(Dan Peters on drums)
1:10 - Sliver (1990)
(Dave Grohl on drums)
Nevermind (1991)
1:15 - Smells Like Teen Spirit
1:24 - In Bloom
1:32 - Come As You Are
1:40 - Breed
1:46 - Lithium
1:55 - Polly
1:59 - Territorial Pissings
2:05 - Drain You
2:14 - Lounge Act
2:17 - Stay Away
2:25 - On a Plain
2:34 - Something in the Way
In Utero (1993)
2:42 - Serve the Servants
2:50 - Scentless Apprentice
3:02 - Heart-Shaped Box
3:10 - Rape Me
3:20 - Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle
3:30 - Dumb
3:39 - Very Ape
3:48 - Milk It
3:57 - Pennyroyal Tea
4:06 - Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
4:13 - tourette’s
4:24 - All Apologies
4:31 - You Know You’re Right (2002 - recorded 1994) .
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Kye Smith:
Incesticide: Am I a joke to you?
Sliver is from incesticide
A Palmer lol 😂
A N E U R Y S M
Endless Nameless: am i joke to you?
@@deathclawsies9971 Shhhhh...that's a secret song!!
You Know You’re Right always gives me a shiver because it seemed like the “final Nirvana song” (even if it was recorded earlier, it was released later) it just gives out a kind of ending feeling after Kurt died.
Do Re Mi too
Pool Of People Official Well Do Re Mi was the last song, I read that when Kurt, Pat and Eric recorded Do Re Mi, they also covered Should I Stay Or Should I Go
@@camacaron06 really?, i saw a Should I Stay Or Should I Go but it was live in Brazil 1993, i don't know that they covered it again, very nice!
Pool Of People Official Yep but I’m pretty sure it’s unconfirmed
Pool Of People Official Also you should check this out ua-cam.com/video/T2VKf3KBh28/v-deo.html it is possibly a recording from that day, but it’s only Do Re Mi and it’s instrumental. Eric on bass, Pat on guitar, Kurt on drums. It’s authenticity hasn’t been confirmed, but I personally believe it’s real.
Underrated comment
The transition between Polly and territorial pissings is amazing.
oG Vengeful i'm glad i wasn't the only one who thought this
and then the transition between territorial pissings and drain you is amazing too
Jimmy Man agreed
I thought it was pretty cringey to speed up Kurt's voice like that
its called the smells like teen spirit transition
Thanks for all the kind words! To everyone who says that they can't watch the video, it has been blocked in certain countries and on certain devices because of a copyright claim and I am working with UA-cam to see what can be done.
+Kye Smith I love you, and your snare sound
Excelente video! saludos desde Argentina👋
Awesome man Welcome to back Next Millencolin Please!!!!!
+Kye Smith Estaba esperando este video! Gracias!! The best cover of Nirvana!!
+Leandro Diaz Si Nirvana Es muy bueno
Damn that drumming on Polly was pretty complex
The Wedge SUPER COMPLEX BRO like I couldn’t do that in MILLION YEARS
Lithium too.
Ohhh I just realized it was a joke lmao
The only song I can play tho
Yeah, it’s a real piece of work.
My band played "You Know You''re Right " the weekend it played on the air for the first time, 2 weeks before the single dropped. We were alerted by the Rock 105.3 in San Diego ahead of time and recorded it on tape, and spent the rest of the week learning it. The place exploded that night.
Would you mind upload it?
@@fallentrash1673 That was in 2002.
RIP KURT COBAIN
25 YEARS LATER HE STILL INSPIRES PEOPLE
To use drugs and spoil everyone around you?
@@tovarich-p wow such an edgy comment I bet you browse 4chan
Ryan Leslie76 he inspired my friend... to commit suicide
dave grohl: ....
Ryan Leslie76 lmao Kurt didn’t eve liken chad and Dave’s drumming styles
I think I can imitate the Polly one perfectly
Same here, been playing drums for 3 years, Polly's a really challenging piece on the drums. It's really hard to not listen to Kurt's vocals and pay attention to the cues.
Am I missing something apart from the odd crash cymbal there isn't any drums on Polly.
misfit you are missing something. It's a joke.
PilotStudios I was not sure as thought there was a live version I was missing but more importantly wtf this video is no longer available. Kye is playing along to records which is what many drummers do and just watched a girl playing along to Tool so I do not understand why this video is no longer available.
pogo god that one is always the most difficult for me
Back in the day, literally Everybody, was trying to recreate Grohl's Smells Like Teen Spirit drums like they'd just discovered the cure to cancer.
We’ll find the cure for cancer before we find another David Grohl
@@cilidog1 your god damn right
Same with Kurt's guitar tone (and they still do it today). No love for Krist's bass though.
@@ippotsk sadly that’s true, but there’s plenty of videos on UA-cam explaining his bass rig
Eri muy buapo
Bleach is actually such a good album
Boy van Elsberg amen
The best too me behind in utero
Bought it in 1989, never looked back. Such a raw album full of emotion.
Boy van Elsberg The best
Peter Baltazar
Nah Nevermind is a classic
Bleach sounds amazing with you in the drums
It was Chad Channing he played very weak
Chad Channing wasn't weak, he was great. He was kicked out because he didn't stick to his promises.
Generic Commentator what promises?
Garrett Jones that he would collaborate with the band (as-in writing music with kurt and krist), but he didn't.
+Kyle Boston no chad wanted to be more involved in songwriting but Kurt didn't want him to, and chad's style wasn't what Kurt wanted going forward with the band
Play in 144p for extra grunge
But one question for whom the bell tolls?
i’m really feeling it
@@Squigi72 i think he is the master of puppets
cesarc 2005 oh yes my bad and now theres justice for all
@@Squigi72 for justice you have to kill em all
holy crap, that switch between Chad Channing drumming and Dave grohl drumming was so noticeable... pretty crazy
+ruven samaraweera I hope you're not talking about the drumming from In Bloom and Breed, because that's all Chad. Same thing with Polly, Lithium, and Stay Away
no, I mean all of the grohl material (especially smells like teen spirit)
+bmoreravens12 I dunno where you're getting your information at but chad Channing does not play on all those songs he didn't play anything on nevermind
+Mike Smeltzer The drums (or lack thereof) on Polly were performed by Chad. He wasn't credited but they were recorded about a year before Nevermind at Butch Vigs' studio.
+Mike Smeltzer no, he didn't play them, but he did write them...
Wow at Nevermind.... every track on that album is gold
Medina Sod In Utero sounds amazing here for drums and vocals especially, as well.
Dyl Pikkle True but I think with Nevermind every song sounds like it could be a single
Medina Sod It is, after all, one of the best 90's records (or even one of the best records in history).
Well it is one of the greatest albums ever conceived so...
Drain you is a very good song, Moshi
Kye Smith:
Incesticide, Love Buzz, Downer, Big Cheese, Endless Nameless, Gallons of Rubbing of Alcohol Flow Through the Strip and Aneurysm: Am I a joke to you?
OmNomDomz Marigold too rip
And moist vagina
@@alexroberts9386 and beans
Man who sold the world (bowie cover)
OmNomDomz and dive
god i forgot how badass nirvana is
1111 1111 Dave grohl
aperezto Yes, but don't forget about Chad Channing on Bleach.
He did a terrible job on playing. Not on writing though
And no love for Crover here? Damnnn
How can you forget that?????
1:15 *DAVE GROHL JOINS THE BATTLE*
I feel like he purposefully started playing harder there
got chills
A new challenger has appeared! DAVE GROHL 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
Dave grohl:
Health: 10000000000
Strength: 2000000000000
Defense: 2000000000
Chance of defeating him: 1%
Chance of him winning: 99%
Chad Channing left the chat
@@eliotrobinson9613 agree
Kyle Smith:
Big Cheese and Downer: Am I not existent
Zen aneurism hairspray queen Polly new wave aero zeppelin
Zen big cheese and downer where not on the original version of bleach
Oh so just like my dad
TheYellowSuperNintendo but is still on on the re-releases of them which is most dominant
Quality Croka same
Bleach is fucking awesome.
yep
Every Nirvana album is great, but when I listen to bleach I could fucking destroy my room, very powerful Album. :D
+Justin Brunneritis my fav
+Justin Brunneritis the fav one
+Justin Brunneritis My favourite Nirvana's song is Swap Meet :)
Bleach sounded amazing with you on drums
Because drums on Bleach sounds like a shit
@@tak1ngover Bruh. People keep saying he sounded good playing Bleach songs, but honestly... it's just that all the songs on Bleach have a much harder kick than any of Nirvana's later stuff. Chad was amazing in that album, and so was Dale while recording some songs.
@@everest88 well, I was talking about sound of the drums, not playing. Playing is pretty good, tbh, but I don't like the way how cymbals and the whole kit sound at this album, I dunno why
@@tak1ngover I thought you were talking about the playing. Listening back to the whole album, drums do sound shit (sound wise). (And yes, I'm late)
Blew (0:08)
Floyd The Barber (0:11)
About A Girl (0:15)
School (0:27)
Paper Cuts (0:33)
Negative Creep (0:41)
Scoff (0:47)
Swap Meet (0:52)
Mr. Moustache (0:58)
Sifting (1:04)
Sliver (1:10)
Smells Like Teen Spirit (1:16)
In Bloom (1:25)
Come As You Are (1:32)
Breed (1:39)
Lithium (1:46)
Polly (1:54)
Territorial Pissings (1:58)
Drain You (2:05)
Lounge Act (2:13)
Stay Away (2:17)
On A Plain (2:25)
Something In The Way (2:33)
Serve The Servants (2:42)
Scentless Apprentice (2:50)
Heart-Shaped Box (3:02)
Rape Me (3:10)
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle (3:20)
Dumb (3:30)
Very Ape (3:38)
Milk It (3:47)
Pennyroyal Tea (3:56)
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (4:06)
Tourette's (4:13)
All Apologies (4:24)
You Know You're Right (4:31)
Thats some commitment right there
He put timestamps in the description but thank you
Ayo, where is love buzz tho?
The Best!!! The Best from The Best!!!
That Scentless Apprentice part.
Shivers to my spine everytime.
yessss
It was on my ringtone. And yet I still love it so much. My favorite of all time.
I'm a Nirvana fanatic and this is one of the most amazing videos I've ever seen. You make me love the band even more. Thanks for this great interpretation!!!
Amazing how you can still keeping time perfectly while switching through different riffs in different tempos
This is the one i have been waiting for. Beautifully sums up Nirvana in 5 mins!
Solid technique. Your playing is a good example of how drums are played with wrists, not arms.
Daffy Shakilfur not wrists, fingers
Daffy Shakilfur just read this at 3:48
but Dave Plays with his arms!
@@zaztah_opros5902 well you gotta combine them, if you wanna play really fast and precise fingers are the way to go but wrists and arms are better for playing louder
I play drums actually, but I can’t right now bc my wrist hurts
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the snare on this video.
1:58
Awesome! One of the best bands to come out of Seattle. Kurt was a brilliant human being and sadly suffered with depression and whatever else. RIP
Benjamin Schiltz Vlogs Kurt was from Washington
Kurt Cobain
Seattle is in Washington
Also he was from Aberdeen
Mr_ Moustache oh is it? My bad, I thought Seattle was quite far from Washington. But yeah I knew he was from Aberdeen
Whenever I’m feeling down I watch this video and it helps
you are my fucking hero.
+CurriePlays relatable
+CurriePlays There goes my hero!
+xxDeederxx i see what u did there
+xxDeederxx Foo Fighters reference relating to Dave Grohl; Me likey :D
+xxDeederxx
watch him as he goes
You hit the skins damn hard but nobody hits them harder than Dave in Nirvana.
+Will Stocks And John Bonham.
wow i’m in love LMAOO 😭🥺 this is amazing
Foo Fighters just shared this through their facebook page. Congrats dude!
Yo the transition of Lounge act to Stay away is so good
How do you not have 1 million subs yet. And I want to say thanks because u are the one who got me into playing the drums and the Beatles.
This is like the 1000th time that I've watched this video
I hate your smiley nirvana face
This shows clearly how distinctive each song was. Nicely done. Thanks Kye Smith. [BTW, foofighters and kristnovoselic tweeted this. Cool. ] :>)
When you hear serve the servants begin to play it’s like oh yes
I feel that.
The live and loud video have that feeling with the good camera shot
RIP Kurt who’ll always be in our hearts
Literally watching this all day and it makes me so happy
Why is the sound sooooo great. It sounds so warm and full. Very good drummer
Make one with Rage Against The Machine!
+Lars Stray HELL YEAH
FUCK YEAHHHH
YESSS
YEAAAAAAH
YEA
The drummer of my dreams for my band
Hombre Lobo arbol right man
transition between stay away and on a plain was awesome
where the hell is aneurysm
or any of incesticide
All of the tracks on incesticide are leftovers that were recorded at random periods, which is why sliver appeared in the video before the Nevermind section, so maybe he didn't want to find out the actual times they were recorded? I don't know. Just guessing.
that's what I was going to say
YKYR is also an old recording that was released in 2003. There are dozens of quality studio songs the dude missed (With The Lights Out stuff, including YKYR).
Incesticide is fully studio quality and I personally regard as a studio album.
And where is Love Buzz?? That's my favourite song of Bleach!
Wow dude, you're a beast.
And Kurt is beast as well for writing all these tracks :)
All this time, year after year, I come here to hear the f*ckin' greatest drums. Thanks man!
If you're open to suggestions, System Of A Down would be insane.
yes
THAT'D BE AMAZING!
YES
I see what you did there... Suggestions ;)
Aidan Campbell ha suggestions
never clicked on a video that fast👍 great job!
Enjoyed this video!
kye smith:
love buzz: am I a joke to you?
And big cheese lol
@@pochert8062 facts
And the whole Incesticide album (except for Sliver)
wasnt love buzz a cover?
@@aurie7829 i think so but it was still on bleach
The fact that you know instantly what band it is and evenwhat somg it is in many cases based on the drums alone just goes to show how great dave grohl is.
Nirvana is such a legendary band🙏
I love how this video highlights just how awesome Chad Channing's drumming is on Bleach. He really should have been inducted into the Hall of Fame with the other three...
+UneedaMedicalSupply Exactly what I thought ! More diversity in his playing
Anyone else just not able to stop visiting this video after years?
this video was worth the 5 minutes and 10 seconds of my life.
This is very well put together!!! Great job!
- River Cobain
Wait , what? Who are you?
Finish perfectly
Absolute masterpiece
Ah shit, there wasn't Aneurysm :(
Aneurysm is a song I want to learn on guitar so bad but you definitely need a drummer for it, it just doesnt work without it
@@ninetoedlizard6650 I'm ok at guitar but if you want to learn aneurysm it's really easy search up how to play aneurysm by Matt Brown on UA-cam he is awesome and has taught me a lot of nirvana song and I bet he taught lots of people .. Check him out he will definitely show you how to play aneurysm
@@kidreviewsmodels460 I know but it would just sound weird with the silence instead of the drumming at certain parts
:(
@@ninetoedlizard6650 just use a backing track or quit complaining, there's no real silence in aneurysm, have you ever even played guitar before?
Awesome! You should do Tool, Alice In Chains, or Stone Temple Pilots. ❤❤
all of those would be badass
+anna blue x2
+anna blue I agree
+anna blue I agree
tool for sure
I’ve watched this so many times and it STILL pumps me up. So good, man.
This is pure art
So is your face
@@shredder9536 you are fast bro!! 😂😂😂
Boy Racer lmao
3:45 that transition to Milk it though
Perfect
I think this guy will be my motivation to want to learn to play the drums instead of the guitar, by the way, good video friend, keep it up 😮
Scentless Apprentice is so good.
Kyle Smith:makes this
Kurt Cobain: *salutes Kyle*
Nirvana fans: *salutes Kyle*
It's "Kye"
dave grohl: *salutes kye*
I have watched this 5 times and I’ll continue to watch it a million more
4:36 you see a bit of his stick go flying
moeburn woah
Justin Y. what the heck i always see u commenting about the jelly banana
Guys that's not Justin y i looked at his channel the real Justin y would never post a video and have 8 subs
@@dietcoke2601 Grammar.exe has stopped working 😂😂😂
that's why rimshots suck on physical kits and why i never use my fancy sticks lol
Dave was such an underrated part of their sound.
Bruh no he wasn't thats literally one of the things the band was known for
I had to come back to this video after 8 years
Why'd you skip Love Buzz?
i've thought this too, bro
And downer
Love buzz is a cover i dont know about downer though I think because it wasn’t on the original release of bleach
Love buzz is a cover
+Bren Bren
Love buzz is a cover
Big Cheese and Downer were only on the reissues of bleach
where's love buzz, big cheese and downer?
Shane Perreault Love Buzz is a cover, and Big Cheese/Downer were not on the original 1989 release of Bleach
Shane Perreault I love big cheese
I know that. But they are on the re releases and I feel a lot of people have the newer versions.
In heaven
Love buzz is a cover
Never been a fan of Milk It until now. That’s some chaotic drumming. Love videos like this that get me back into the greatest bands of all time.
fucking thank you for not using a double pedal for scentless apprentice. you have no idea how many covers ive seen do this and its so annoying.
Just check all of his covers of many punk and hardcore bands (and even the songs of his own band Local Resident Failure) and you will see he plays so fucking fast song without double pedal...impressive
If you want to see someone who can play fast bass drum with a single pedal look up Zach hill
Zanhan I hate people like you
EXACTLY! develope your right foot more!
didybopintitys why? Zach Hill is actually pretty cool.
“Hey! Wait! i want a new Cobain”
A new grohl
Can I get a new Krist?? 😭
Chad
Wait he's still alive
Woah impressive work on Polly 🤯
How tf did he do it??!!
Make "A 5 Minute Drum Chronology" with Led Zeppelin
Johnny Polish that'd have to be longer than 5 mins
Johnny Polish Each song will be like 2 seconds long at the max
Speaking of which, where's Aero-Zeppelin on this?
hehe. won't be that easy: ) nirvana is very simple to play Led Z is a different league
someone already did a led zepplin
Goldfinger or Sublime would be cool!
or like a Tony Hawk soundtrack compilation
+William McCarthy Goldfinger would be sick
+CSparrow21 yes!! Goldfinger!!
Sublime!!!
Sublime WOULD be cool, if Bud Gaugh didn’t used basically the same drum beat in every single song across all 3 albums
This is the great Nirvana, I see it and leave my like without thinking twice.
Foo Fighters official facebook page just shared this! Grats!
+Paweł Morrison Haha hell yeah! Kurt would approve this.
DUDE YOU GOT SHARED BY THE FOO FIGHTERS OMG CONGRATS
+Abe Thedrummer that's exactly how I ended up here
One of my favourite bands , Awesome video dude ..
good but disappointed you didnt do the downer and endless nameless
And love buzz 😔
BIG CHEESE
And Incesticide
And13 gallons of alcohol rubbing down the strip...
moist vagina
No one likes Sappy? :(
makros _mlg I do
Amazing song
I love sappy
I love it
HELL YES! to hear these songs like this, Nirvana was no joke! R.I.P. Kurt
Radio friendly unit shifter 🔥
Not one song I didn’t like
Everyones talking about the transition between polly and territorial pissings but nobody talking about that smooth transition between drain you and lounge act
Médico: você só tem 5 minutos de vida!
Eu:
Incesticide? You're a monster 🤘
1:07 the "to sliver" transition strikes my heart
2:25 My favorite part
Incesticide...?
Compilation album
Joe Olsen
And Love Buz and Big Cheese of Bleach...?
+Roger Salvatierra love buzz is a cover, so not Nirvana. big cheese and downer where not on the original 1989 release of bleach.
they weren't?
+ThatGTAFan720 I did not know that about big cheese and downer, wow
kye, i rate this highly!
im a drummer btw and i think this is awesome. brilliantly arranged and performed, note for note perfect. i thoroughly enjoyed watching this, nice one!
do a chronology of the doors
yaasss The doors
yaasss The doors
yessss
Fuck yes
That would be great
chronology of system of a down pls
zap eran yes
×2
Yes
zap eran yes
Yees
Started and ended with my 2 favorite songs. Great drumming
Una de las mejores bandas de los 90