Why Nirvana Shockingly Replaced Their Amazing Drummer Chad Channing?

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  • @SoundscapesRock
    @SoundscapesRock  10 місяців тому +1

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  • @robh3753
    @robh3753 Рік тому +89

    Vital part of Nirvana's story. Hugely underrated, underrepresented, and underappreciated. We salute you and recognise your achievements and contributions to Nirvana and beyond, Chad. You have pride of place in my own personal Rock n Roll Hall of Fame.

    • @Ukraineaissance2014
      @Ukraineaissance2014 Рік тому +1

      I love Chad as a person, real classy guy. He was an extremely creative drummer. But has was a bad live drummer, he needed to practice a lot more with a metronome and really practise their own songs.
      Having played in a lot of bands I know the difference it makes to bring in a solid, well practiced drummer who will follow your recorded parts exactly when you've had a sloppy player before that who never really learns your songs and just improvises live with drum fills all over the place. drummers like that are also impossible to record well with close mic recording.
      It takes the band to a whole new level and gives the whole outfit more confidence bringing in a solid rock drummer as a replacment. I suspect Chad living so far from the band was part of the problem as he couldnt practise with them so much. IMO Nevermind wouldn't have taken off as much with him recording the drum parts then touring the songs.

  • @MrHuntermikey
    @MrHuntermikey Рік тому +39

    The man’s all class. Even when shade was thrown at him he never said a bad word about anyone. Kept his integrity

    • @Gunno77
      @Gunno77 6 місяців тому +1

      A rare quality in the music industry

  • @AAyaPercussion
    @AAyaPercussion Рік тому +86

    Grohl gave a major shout out to Chad at the induction ceremony!

    • @Windavinci
      @Windavinci Рік тому +15

      Should have done more than that

    • @thrashinwebster
      @thrashinwebster Рік тому +7

      @@Windavincias a long time drummer and session musician myself I probably would have felt compelled to give the award to Chad ✌️🙌

    • @mobeus84
      @mobeus84 Рік тому +4

      30 years too late

    • @jaminjef
      @jaminjef Рік тому

      About half the songs on Nevermind were written and or demoed while Chad was still in the band. Dave gives credit for that and kept the drumming on those songs pretty much as Chad created. @@Windavinci

    • @Ukraineaissance2014
      @Ukraineaissance2014 Рік тому

      ​@@Windavinciwhy? The rock n roll hall of fame is lame anyway. Just accept the award like any other, give credit where its due and move on.

  • @francescopeluso9031
    @francescopeluso9031 Рік тому +7

    Dave's drumming with Scream was completely different from what he did later with Nirvana. I guess Dave in the early rehearsals had to learn all of Bleach and all the parts Chad wrote for Nevermind, so it's easy for me to guess that Chad's playing and composing influenced Dave's style forever.

  • @fijafilms202
    @fijafilms202 Рік тому +61

    Everyone remembers Chad ♥️
    At least real nirvana fans do!

  • @lordsidious83
    @lordsidious83 Рік тому +36

    He deserves a lot more credit! got into nirvana through bleach, and even tho its not a studio album incesticide was the first record i bought on cd back in the day.

    • @s0m3cunt91
      @s0m3cunt91 Рік тому +3

      Dale Crover done a lot of the drum tracks on bleach.

    • @vishkavishovski300
      @vishkavishovski300 Рік тому +1

      @@s0m3cunt91he did a whole demo but only two songs were used on Bleach.

    • @Devik666
      @Devik666 Рік тому

      I got into never mind after 10 months after Kurt’s death and incesticide after that

  • @thebigbopper6000
    @thebigbopper6000 Рік тому +24

    Chad was great. Looking back on it as a drummer myself, Chad probably should have got rid of that North drumset he played. Those things were notoriously known for a flat drum sound no matter what heads or how well you tune them. Never the less it was destined to happen, Kurt was getting sick of Dave too, especially towards the end of making In Utero. This was more than likely going to be their last record anyway.

    • @mineralt
      @mineralt Рік тому +3

      yeah, North drums LOL...what a hoot

  • @lippi2171
    @lippi2171 Рік тому +19

    Chad's playing fits a different style than Nevermind. To me Chad's drumming was always classic hard rock influenced, Sabbath-y drumming. Nevermind needed the hardcore punk energy and precision of Grohl. That's why Kurt was amazed by Dave, bc he kept the band together tight.

    • @nicholascolace228
      @nicholascolace228 Рік тому +3

      Dave is a great drummer he hits hard and he’s fast but he literally copied almost all the drum parts off Nevermind and other past songs he just polished them up and gets way to much credit for it all, you actually don’t fully get to hear Dave doing his own drums parts until In Utero came out, nothing against Dave he’s a awesome drummer but definitely a bit overrated

  • @smarkmalark
    @smarkmalark Рік тому +31

    As a real Nirvana fan and a drummer! I was always obsessed with Chad and his under appreciated drumming. People act like he was holding them back and Dave was the real star, but Chad created so many great hooks, and his work on Bleach is sublime. People forget that perfect timing isn’t everything. He brought that simple yet great grunge drum sound first imo Dave just followed suit and perfected those well written parts. All about serving the music. Respect!

    • @rodrigofonseca6241
      @rodrigofonseca6241 Рік тому +5

      Well said. Just let me add the fact he did not had the opportunity to record in a big expensive studio with a top tier producer.

    • @jaminjef
      @jaminjef Рік тому

      Yeah, maybe Chad's drums would have sounded better in a more expensive studio and better producer. @@rodrigofonseca6241

    • @The_whimsickal_artist
      @The_whimsickal_artist Рік тому +1

      @smark you're absolutely right on mate👍🏻

  • @christophermaclean8555
    @christophermaclean8555 Рік тому +5

    Incesticide was the first album I bought with my own money on cassette. That album changed my whole life. I didn’t hear Nevermind until months later. Incesticide, I can still listen to. Nevermind, I have to be in the right mood. I love both.

  • @billscanlan5639
    @billscanlan5639 Рік тому +10

    I see Chad as a fitting drummer for their early stuff. But honestly, he had to be a stepping stone for the rest of the band. Dave took them to a new, higher level

    • @joellamkins7847
      @joellamkins7847 4 місяці тому

      I absolutely love the Incesticide albulm. Whether it’s a compilation album or not, I consider it Nirvana’s third album in between Nevermind and In Utero. Some of my favorite tracks are Dive, Hairspray Queen,Mexican Seafood 🍤 🦞 🍤 🍤, Sliver, and Aneurysm , to name a few.😃

  • @The_whimsickal_artist
    @The_whimsickal_artist Рік тому +2

    Chad is a brilliant drummer, one of my favourites in all of music. He's still part of Nirvana as far as im concerned...like a cousin.

  • @joellamkins7847
    @joellamkins7847 4 місяці тому +1

    Chad Channing definitely deserves more credit. Especially for his contributions towards Nevermind.

  • @RIOTEARTH
    @RIOTEARTH Рік тому +4

    I like Chad and he had some great creative moments (In Bloom), but his drumming sounded a bit sloppy. Grohl was like a metronome who hit as hard as Bonham, which really lent to the music.

  • @AmericanSpyFox
    @AmericanSpyFox Рік тому +4

    Definitely not forgotten.

  • @Michiganvideoswithmyfriends.
    @Michiganvideoswithmyfriends. 10 місяців тому +3

    3:40 and downer

  • @AllofJudea
    @AllofJudea Рік тому +15

    Bleach is their best album

    • @cirorubens
      @cirorubens 10 місяців тому

      Unplugged is the best but onestly all albums are good!

  • @janinejanine7300
    @janinejanine7300 Рік тому +8

    I dig Chad's drumming a lot!!!

  • @semmcstevenson
    @semmcstevenson Рік тому +3

    The Pete Best of Nirvana.
    Wasn’t cutting it.

  • @streamofconsciousness5826
    @streamofconsciousness5826 Рік тому +3

    1:56 That Friend who Played for soundgarden went on to Join the Green Berets. They (the Army, his team mates at base) found out when a video with him was played, he told no one even as these bands he was in were becoming HUGE. He was now a Green Beret, probably always was.

  • @briant40
    @briant40 Рік тому +1

    Absolutely would agree he played a big role to nirvana and he should get the credit. Grohl as always is a class act and gave credit to to chad.

  • @therealchrisgrande
    @therealchrisgrande Рік тому +4

    HIs early band is called Magnet Men not Tic Dolly Row. Thats the albums title. I see how you made the mistake as his wikipedia says the same thing. Someone was mistaken.

  • @jeremytheoneofdestiny8691
    @jeremytheoneofdestiny8691 Рік тому +4

    Chad was a creative drummer, but he was sloppy and had poor timing. He wasn’t ready for the big time.

  • @deathmetaldouglas69
    @deathmetaldouglas69 6 місяців тому

    At 7:42. I was under the impression one of the reasons Kurt preferred David Grohl's drumming is that he always used a single kick bass pedal due to his distaste for anything metal. Chad Channing definitely used a double kick pedal on "School" from "Bleach" and possibly other tunes.

  • @rock696900
    @rock696900 Рік тому +2

    Siempre me gustaron sus redobles en el tema "About a Girl" ❤

  • @travisguide4516
    @travisguide4516 Рік тому +2

    Ive been in a band where the leader or two leaders in my case had been working together for many years i never felt like my ideas were going to come into play and i got kicked out it hurt but was i really a part of them to begin with?

  • @rexx9496
    @rexx9496 Рік тому +5

    I hope he got some good royalties from the work he did.

    • @webb-hill1610
      @webb-hill1610 Рік тому +1

      I was thinking the same thing! Lol I’m sure he did though 🤘🏻

  • @kurdt_yankovic
    @kurdt_yankovic Рік тому +7

    About a Chad.

  • @shaneweldon
    @shaneweldon Рік тому +6

    8:20 How are we pronouncing bassist now?!? 🥴

    • @-Swamp_Donkey-
      @-Swamp_Donkey- Рік тому +2

      I assumed she was talking about a fisherman who catches bass, and only bass. Wait, did I say bass or bass? I meant to say bass.

  • @peanutbutterisfu
    @peanutbutterisfu Рік тому +1

    Regardless of the reason here many many drummers quit or get fired early on usually when it’s time to go into the studio a real studio with professional engineer and producer and realize the drummer isn’t cutting it for whatever reason from the vibe or not playing in time so a session drummer is used so the drummer gets mad and quits or the drummer is fired and a new drummer joins. If u look at many bands u will see many drummers leaving the same year an album is recorded. People like to blame bands but it’s usually not the case the drummer just didn’t work for the band. The drummer in my last band was great then slowly started to be more into partying and stopped practicing and couldn’t play songs we had been playing for 1 1/2 years same with a guitarist. It’s one thing to not be a great player early on but everyone should be getting better if they really want it but sometimes styles don’t mix a drummer or guitarist could be too basic or too flashy.

  • @aaronjschaefer
    @aaronjschaefer Рік тому +4

    It never really says why he left...

  • @johnpickk7526
    @johnpickk7526 Рік тому +7

    if this isnt an ai video holy fuck lol

  • @Ukraineaissance2014
    @Ukraineaissance2014 Рік тому +2

    Channing makes thousands a month just from royalties. Pretty sweet deal.

  • @BigWill2k
    @BigWill2k 7 місяців тому

    Grohl, a punk drummer primarily at that point, didn't have the grime that Channing had. So on a track like 'Dive', Channing's live version had WAY more character!

  • @corrosivecabal
    @corrosivecabal Рік тому +1

    Henry Rollins + Jim Carrey = Chad Channing

  • @chrisridenhour
    @chrisridenhour Рік тому +9

    Chad was the perfect drummer for Bleach

  • @gloriahancock8358
    @gloriahancock8358 Рік тому +1

    Chad rocks and can play double bass

  • @CamInABand
    @CamInABand Рік тому +1

    I still remember Chad

  • @MusickopatH
    @MusickopatH Рік тому +7

    Left???
    Got kicked Out.
    Love HIM on The bleach but grohl fit better
    Butt that leaving Out hall of fame was BS
    He was vital Part of Nirvana becoming NIRVANA
    Touring and working The roots with The band

  • @krisfrederick5001
    @krisfrederick5001 3 місяці тому

    Chad fired himself, they wanted him to get lessons. "What's the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band? 'Hey, I wrote a song.' -Dave Grohl

  • @grg537
    @grg537 4 місяці тому

    Kurt replaced Chad because despite what he presented in the media, Cobain was a professional businessman.

  • @riaandeklerk8033
    @riaandeklerk8033 7 місяців тому

    A concrete pilar. Go Chad

  • @roxannemoser
    @roxannemoser Рік тому +2

    Some of the most amazing musicians have been snubbed by the RNRHOF. If I were Chad, I'd consider it an honor not to have to stand on that stage with Courtney Love.
    With having said that, Courtney has never been inducted and shouldn't ever be. She's talentless in music. I'll gove her props as an actress. She played a perfect Althea Leasure.

  • @RMPalm2000
    @RMPalm2000 7 місяців тому

    Calling Channing an amazing drummer is a stretch but I liked what he did on bleach.

  • @BDRandy-p3q
    @BDRandy-p3q 11 місяців тому

    Chad channing NEVER GOT FIRED. HE QUIT BECOUSE KURT DIDNT LIKE WHAT HE WAS PLAYING AND KURT WASNT INCLUDING CHAD IN THE SONGS. Get it right

  • @josephbowles4995
    @josephbowles4995 Рік тому +7

    He didn’t leave he got fired. They got rid of him because he’s not good enough. He’s OK but he’s no Dave Grohl type drummer.

  • @awesome_possum
    @awesome_possum Рік тому +1

    I love Chad.

  • @elmalo551
    @elmalo551 Рік тому +1

    Love Chad Channing, my second favorite Nirvana drummer behind Dale Crover.

  • @lperezduran
    @lperezduran Рік тому

    Wtf with that squirrel bait photo?

  • @barrywagoner5191
    @barrywagoner5191 9 місяців тому

    Too much to ask for to hear Channing's words directly to get the emotional impact? FFS

  • @stevecowder4774
    @stevecowder4774 Рік тому +1

    I’m a pretty big fan of Dave Grohl but its only fair that Chad receives the credit he deserves especially after his significant roll in Nevermind. It seemed as though Chad was wrongfully snubbed be Cobain.

  • @MatTurner-e5r
    @MatTurner-e5r Рік тому +1

    Short answer: he was good but not amazing, and Dave Grohl is... Well, Dave Grohl.

  • @michaelharrington75
    @michaelharrington75 Рік тому

    8:20 bassist should be pronounced base-ist

  • @jeremytaylor988
    @jeremytaylor988 5 місяців тому

    Chad did nothing for Nirvana..if he was so great..why didnt he do anything significant after being kicked out of Nirvana?

  • @Gcssdvnkloiutesc
    @Gcssdvnkloiutesc Рік тому +2

    He wasn’t an amazing drummer actually, is why.

  • @hounddog3476
    @hounddog3476 Рік тому

    In the end Kurt became exactly what he always hated a scumbag. He cut his friends ot of the money when he made it. Nobody supported his art more tha krist channing and grohl.

  • @popeyen7550
    @popeyen7550 8 місяців тому +1

    they were all vastly unimportant compared to kurt. even dave grohl, foo fighters has no hits, just mediocre boring music.

  • @RobertJones-sd3ly
    @RobertJones-sd3ly Рік тому +1

    You did nothing towards answering your thesis question. No answer given.

  • @JacksonAxe
    @JacksonAxe Рік тому +1

    8:19
    FFS, get someone that knows a tiny bit about music to narrate the videos.
    There are no fish amongst musical instruments.

  • @matthewjdouglas6471
    @matthewjdouglas6471 Рік тому +1

    Kurt was jerk for mocking chad when he said you're going next, he wasn't jokjng he meant that, not cool. But kurt was trying to impress his other rock star mates by taking there advicevabout dave. Nirvana would have been massive with out dave, as the songs for nevermind were already mostly finished.

    • @matthewjdouglas6471
      @matthewjdouglas6471 Рік тому

      @Bpm121 that could have been dealt with in the studio, Chad got shafted out off his money, he would be financially set now if kurt had kept him in the band.

  • @stephenmesser4196
    @stephenmesser4196 Рік тому +2

    Chad Channing looks like Jim Carry they should do something like Will Feral and Chad Smith did!

  • @peterdelgiudice5559
    @peterdelgiudice5559 Рік тому

    He wasn’t into anymore. That’s all

  • @kristolball
    @kristolball 2 місяці тому

    Bleach is better than Nevermind. You cannot prove me wrong.

  • @edwinhernandez6627
    @edwinhernandez6627 Рік тому +4

    Chad Channing was the best fit and a better drummer than Dave Grohl. Chad Channing got kicked out of NIRVANA only because he wanted some of his songs that he wrote and that got him pushed out . Dave Grohl was only hitting the drums harder only because he was rumored to be taking STEROIDS to hit the drums harder . Chad Channing best and #1 drummer for NIRVANA!!!!! 🏆🥁

  • @herbie747
    @herbie747 Рік тому

    08:18 - did you really just pronounce "bassist" wrong? 🤣🤣 WTH is up with this channel. Is the voiceover AI?

  • @RestrainingHollywood
    @RestrainingHollywood Рік тому +2

    Channing > Grohl

  • @RetroMan-
    @RetroMan- Рік тому +1

    Chad is a better drummer than Dave. Dave is very plain. Chad....he is creative

  • @quallude1
    @quallude1 Рік тому

    Bass supremacist

  • @aliya_punkenglish
    @aliya_punkenglish Рік тому

    Not shockingly... not amazing...

  • @rikhrossh5593
    @rikhrossh5593 Рік тому +1

    When Dave Grohl came in everything just fell apart

  • @AnonymousAccount514
    @AnonymousAccount514 8 місяців тому

    Bleach is a better album

  • @Dave-L-F
    @Dave-L-F Рік тому

    lets f4ce it nirv4n4 were 4 one hit wonder

  • @ThaiThom
    @ThaiThom Рік тому

    Chad was great, Dave was more marketable. Probably if Chad had remained their drummer, Kurt would still be alive today - but far less famous.

    • @SlowerRiot
      @SlowerRiot Рік тому +2

      Very possible. Teen Spirit was a cultural phenomenon and Dave's fingerprints are all over it. It's one of the few Nirvana tracks he has a songwriting credit on. The drum intro is as iconic as the guitar, likewise the machine-gun groove of the chorus and the fills during the bridge. Cobain said himself if they hadn't released it as a single, they'd be just another band.

  • @JOHNWILLIAMS-yw5iv
    @JOHNWILLIAMS-yw5iv Рік тому

    I like Chad Nirvana more than Dave Nirvana. By a lot.

  • @siliconvalleysyndicate836
    @siliconvalleysyndicate836 Рік тому

    You like to talk a lot, when you show a clip of somebody talking but you keep talking it leads the watcher on and its quite annoying.

  • @Lee-hq6tf
    @Lee-hq6tf Рік тому +2

    He lives with Pete Best in a rundown apartment in a poor neighborhood.

  • @positivepsycho2932
    @positivepsycho2932 Рік тому +3

    Bassist? Racist against bass fish?

  • @igolfjtweetler4097
    @igolfjtweetler4097 5 місяців тому

    Him and Jason Everman should get a band together. Call it the Never Minds.

  • @guitarbombdotcom
    @guitarbombdotcom Рік тому +1

    I only ever saw Nirvana live with Chad on drums and so he is there drummer for me.