Hey Doug just saw this. Ya Earnie is a really humble down to earth guy, was really cool getting to hear his perspective on Kurt. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
So completely accurate! Through luck and circumstance, we became casual friends in the 80's. Kurt was really funny, and the conversations could tangent or get multi-layered and abstract, then burst into silliness. His loss was the person he was, and not just his music. I honestly think had he lived and retained his sense of humor, in time, the world would've likely loved him even more than they already do. I still don't like talking about it, but I just wanted to finally say, after watching many of these interview bits with various people, that these are all excellent, and you're getting the right people who were there. Everyone who knew him, and pretty much everyone (that I knew) in the Seattle music scene at the time, all were obviously greatly affected by his death, and despite over 26 years having passed, many I know are only recently talking about their experiences and memories. For the majority of the people, who didn't know Kurt at all, this series of interviews gives an accurate glimpse of Kurt as I also knew him. For those of us who did meet or know him, these are like polishing off good memories, and triggering other memories long ago put away. They're also very digestible - long enough to get into a story or three, but not so long that the heaviness of the other parts of the story seep into it too much. Great job! Keep it up!
I will answer this, but as i said, I don't really want to talk about this stuff too much right now (thank you in advance for understanding). We met at a party in the U-District in Seattle, sometime in the mid/late 80's (87-ish). One thing was being passed from him to me, and a mutual friend laughed about the lefty to lefty pass, and made some joke that incorporated "left handed Pieces", and we both reacted, which led us to find we have very similar birthdays. We then talked about music we liked, and it went from there. The Seattle music scene (and surrounding areas) prior to 1990/91, was very interwoven. The doc Hype! is very accurate and insightful on this, and the after effect of Kurt's passing. Keep enjoying these interviews, Nirvana fans, it's all super good stuff!
@@soundpropellerpatrick113 Thanks for sharing. People who knew Kurt or were otherwise involved with Nirvana have been guarded to outright cagey when it comes to sharing insights and memories over the years. For some time and now especially, whether he or his friends and loved ones are comfortable with it or not; Kurt is part of the zeitgeist and kind of "belongs" to culture and the world at large. It'll be nice to actually get to know him instead if just feeling like we do. His impact is undeniable and very tangible. Again, sincere thanks for sharing your story and your opinion of these interviews.
Thank you for appreciating and understanding. Don't get me wrong, I'm SUPER guarded about this! I'm still surprised i said something, but at the same time, the further into the future we get, the more stories I hear, the more fortunate I feel for our brief, random times hanging out. Sometimes, as you have kind of confirmed for me, my little memories and experiences, can at the very least support what others said, and occasionally add something interesting to others.
Hey Jack just saw this, thanks & ya it’s too bad Kurt isn’t around anymore. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
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Albini's death [RIP] reminds us how important these memories of contemporaneous accounts are. Only a handful of people really knew Kurt Cobain. Earnie was right there.
I love these interview clips. Thanks so much for doing these. It’s nice to hear the perspectives of different people that surrounded Kurt instead of always hearing from someone like Grohl or Love. Great questions and well done.
I really like Earnie you speak very well,i can tell you really loved that you where part of Nirvana.Ive always heard ur name many of times and its a pleasure to hear your stories. Nirvana will never get old to me was a big role of my youth being a teen in the 90s.Great interview:)
Hey Peter just saw this, thanks man & ya Earnie is a great down to earth guy. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
Hey sorry for the late reply, thank you! I love Ireland, went with my sister once, absolutely loved it 🇮🇪 Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
I get a lot of nirvana stuff on my algorithm, and I pass up a lot of it since I only like to listen to they’re music and watch a few documentaries and live shows, but I am so glad I didn’t pass this clip up. Very cool insight and different view point of Kurt cobain.
Great interview. Some insight into a man that I hold dear to my heart. Thanks. Nirvana and the Pumpkins were the soundtrack of my teenage years and have continued to be the soundtrack of my adult life and my 3 kids life. Long live rock and God Bless America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🤘🤘
This is about the most accurate description of Kurt that I have heard. I hope more truth about Kurt will come out..... and get rid of all the opinions and bs that has been spread over the years, and narratives and agendas for fame, money and youtube hits. Many around him were also jealous or just used him, and were just not at his level of consciousness. I would love to see a new doco about Kurt in a couple of years that is more truthful. ..
"He was pulled at from so many different directions" THANK YOU. This is something most people don't understand, Kurt Cobain I think wanted to be a successful musician but he NEVER wanted to be the most popular musician in the world. His band ceased to become his anymore, at that point. EVERYONE wanted a piece of him and the band for as long as they were going to be "the big thing". He had no say over most of the concerts they performed, where they'd be playing, for how much, or why, he was basically told by his tour manager like "OK, next stop Tucson, AZ" and Kurt's like "How many days before we actually get to take a break?" and they're like "Oh.... well, uhhh we take a brief hiatus from the tour for a few days or so in... two months. We're really doing well out here!" I think on some level Kurt truly felt trapped by his own success and at some point he just got tired of fighting with everyone (plus he was just complacent and distant because of the high level of narcotics he was drowning himself in) so his managers and business people basically re-wrote the band's contracts such that he'd get the VAST majority of the money they made from record sales and otherwise, so honestly if he didn't die I don't think Nirvana would've made it another two years. But I think Kurt was probably going to retire if he didn't do what he did, at least for a while, he was exhausted and he hated it.
Hey man just saw this, and yes it’s unfortunately often ignored how everybody wanting a piece of Kurt tore him apart. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
@@DanielSarkissian Yeah you got it I thought I had already subbed but I didn't until just now. Which is strange because I generally sub to everyone I come across for better or worse right off the bat if they make a video I like. But yeah! I am subbed now.
I’m so happy to have been conscious during Nirvana’s rise in real time. Nevermind was not just a new album, it was an astonishingly dark & beautiful new soundscape ❤️ Kurt’s utterly unique sense of song is something I’ve not heard since.
Hey Chris just saw this, thanks for the recommendation, I’ve meaning to take a look his journals. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
Kurt was a smart ass, but quiet. He and Krist were perfect together, sarcastic, witty, funny, in their own world. He was conscious. When I told him I didn’t have a job, he said, “Aren’t you scared?” and he had just met me. He cared about strangers, but I quickly got the feeling that he was mad at me, I think my carefree nature unnerved him. He always seemed slightly angry, just kinda purturbed. He wasn’t friendly, but he really was always paying attention.
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I haven’t seen the whole interview yet, but if I would like you to ask him how Kurt managed to constantly get iconic and memorable guitar tone throughout his entire career. It’s truly amazing how he was able to have a guitar sound utterly unlike anybody else’s with some basic equipment.
Hey David just saw this, I didn’t ask Earnie that but I have more vids about Cobain where I talk about the Nirvana sound. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
I love this article on Earnie. LMAO at this early line in the article: "I bought my first electric guitar. Upon realizing that learning to make chords was going to be slow and challenging, I decided to completely dismantle and reassemble my Ibanez Destroyer". Now that's a different mind, folks.
Just saw this, empathy is important but of course make sure to protect your emotions too. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
Hey Gerardo just saw this, and agreed when it comes to grunge Kurt was king. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
@@FreddieFoxxx100 I talked to one of his "friends" and she said KC probably didn't know about them b/c they're banned at a lot of places he went. No way KC would've killed himself if he could of went jet skiing. They cure depression!
He did hang gliding and various other stuff. But I think he was kinda too far gone, the love of his life was heroin, music, and sadness. And he blended all of them together and was so intense with it, there wasn't much left for doing other things.
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Kurt himself? I feel like he was an “anti-gear head” in terms of his equipment. He used very basic stuff live, especially. Most of his guitars were used jaguars and mustangs because they were affordable back then. (The metalheads didn’t want them.) He used like a Boss DS1 and a DS2 sometimes. (Might have that opposite on the frequency of use) and then a pretty standard amp setup. The Kurtsequipment website details his stuff pretty well. The only “odd” thing he did was on In Utero when he has a really weird pedal that almost broke one day, but it was (to Kurt at least) vital to the sound he wanted for In Utero. Once it got fixed he said, “the album is saved.”
@@Ghosty6464 I don't think he was "anti-gear." I think he understood (1) the sound he was going for could be achieved with simple gear , and (2) less is more. He knew what he wanted knew he didn't have to get 9 pedals to do what a DS-1 did
He wasn't really that interested, he didn't seem to like trying loads of gear. He had his Fender quad reverb and Randall amp, and practiced in a closet with probably mainly a mustang and/or mosrite. His live setup was basically a high spec preamp and a PA power amp, probably the most stripped back setup you can get away with considering the volume they played at and the size of some of the places they played. Interestingly Steve Albini said that his live rig sounded like shit in the studio for In Utero. If it worked ok, it got used; no sense in complicating it I guess.
Hey Satchel just saw this, and agreed Kurt’s frustration with everything was such a huge factor in the last part of his life. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
Lol at Earnie’s comment... my friend is a guitar tech for one of the biggest bands in the world..for the lead singer/guitarist..he literally knows how to change strings, tune, plug in and put on a stand and that’s it. The tech side is nothing..it’s the mental side and pressure that’s the hard bit.
Hey man just saw this, interesting perspective, but I think given Cobain’s tendency to destroy guitars, Earnie was more involved on a regular basis. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
Do rockstars normally become friends with their guitar techs? I mean I can see some who are just nice people absolutely, but like... I dunno that's like asking someone how good their friendship is with their boss. Some people get really really close to their bosses and form actual friendships, whereas others kinda keep the employees and their relationship with them as professional as possible. I dunno. There's a lot of people who work behind the scenes on major music tours, was Kurt friends with every single crew member? I doubt it. He was probably actually pretty resentful he had to be there at all for the most part, he actually started hating the rockstar lifestyle pretty fast apparently. He felt enslaved to it, in my opinion.
They were together on the road.. He might not talk with him for hours to know how was he like. They spent a lot of time working together so obviously they knew each other a bit, despite not being proper friends.
Kurt was such a genius that he ended up in a relationship/marriage with one of the most horrible,disgusting people on this planet. He also did hard drugs and constantly seemed to be smoking cigarettes. Maybe he was a masochist. Maybe he really meant what he said when he said - "I hate myself and want to die", and "look on the bright side's suicide". He was a troubled human being. Stop trying to deify him, or trying to claim him to be something that he wasn't. He wrote good songs, but there's thousands, maybe even millions of talented songwriters in the world who will never get any recognition. Kurt was just very lucky to be in the right place at the right time. Unfortunately for him he didn't seem to enjoy being famous. The music world has little to do with who is the most talented. The music world is mostly to do with who has the most hunger for exposure/publicity, and who has the right "look", and who has the right amount of money behind them to help promote them. If Kurt was overweight and/or ugly, we would've most probably never heard about him, no matter how talented he was.
@@savvasmichael Of course you would say that any argument is void. You are probably too deep into worshipping your dead idol who was manufactured into a deity by the multi-billion dollar corporations (which Kurt said that he hated, by the way). What revelation are you talking about? Did he predict the future of planet earth or something? Also I didn't use the word "better" even once in my comment.
I was just listening to Nevermind today. Hadn’t listened to the full thing in a while. Say what you want about In Utero but the energy on Nevermind is still today unlike anything else... it doesn’t sound like the Pixies. It doesn’t sound like the Melvins. The songs and the energy on that album have NOTHING to do with what Kurt looked like so shut the fuck up with that ridiculous notion. Quit being fucking bitter. The guys dead ffs get on with your shitty life
Being a genius musically doesn't preclude someone from being self destructive. It happens all the time. No one is deifying him. And he was hardly a run of the mill talent. But minor details.
Hey Bonnie just saw this, he definitely struggled with drugs unfortunately. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
Hey man just saw this lol. I dunno, I just like doing interviews I guess lol. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
Huge Nirvana fan but after a few days of watching various Nirvana clips, I can’t help but raise an eyebrow at the deification. It’s on another level with Cobain over even Jimmy Page (Zeppelin are the greatest Rock band ever; Nirvana has nothing on them) or Jim Morrison or Hendrix. The comments are largely people acting like they personally knew Kurt saying how they “miss him”. You still have his music. And I would not call him some sort of lyrical “genius” as he literally whipped up many of the lyrics at the last minute. What DOES make Nirvana great is the energy that they channeled both in the studio and on stage. Pure raw energy. But this shit in this interview about how he’s “in the presence of a precious genius” is just laughable.
I may be mistaken but I think he had bipolar disorder and it got him in the end together with all the pressures. He wanted out. And his girlfriend was really fucked up. Not a good combination. RIP
Hey Dean just saw this. I’m not sure if Kurt had biopolar disorder but given his struggles with mental health I wouldn’t be surprised if he did, sad situation for sure. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
Just saw this: The whole situation with Kurt was very depressing in general I suppose near the end. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
Hey just saw this. That’s one of the cool things about Kurt, he wasn’t a virtuoso but he was still great. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
I'm just leaving this comment because You Tube algos are starting to get on my nerves. I watched one Nirvana video don't know how long ago and it doesn't stop showing me Kurt Cobain videos on my feed. To a point it pissed me of. So here it goes. (Im 40 by the way, listened to Nirvana like any other kid in the 90's bla bla bla) WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT KURT COBAIN??? SERIOUSLY!? He was a piece of shit junkie that made some nice balads, that's it. This obsession that some zoomers have over this individual is just cultish and lame. They were very famous but their impact on music on the long run, and the whole rock scene was a fart in the wind. Proof? There has been 0 new grunge bands with anykind of impact beyond 1995. Even Dave Groul (i don't know how to spell he's last name and don't care) changed he's sound to a more punk rockish style with FF, by the end of that decade all grunge bands that were still alive were looking to 70s punk for inspiration. It was a short lived phenomenon that aged like shit and Hollywood hipsters are always failing on trying to revive it. Nervermind is a one summer album for 14 years olds at best. If you haven't grown out of Nirvana by the time you're 16-17 you're stuck, probably sucked in this mysticism that old gen z try to build around a dead guy so they can keep selling books and giving interviews. NO MORE NIRVANA, PLEASE. THAT SHIT WAS DEAD AND BURIED BY 1997 AND NOBODY REALLY FUCKING CARES.
Enough with Kurt Cobain already! Nirvana was pretty good, but there are plenty of better bands, and grunge doesn’t even exist... only crap rock, and wuss rock (besides the fact that they were punk rock)
They were more heavy metal as all grunge was, they had punk attitude, punk is dirty pop as Nirvana was so they were again more pop than punk, also experts didn't label them as heavy metal without reason, to be clear Kurt was far more sensitive than any singer in any big band and far more original and i dont see any big band better than Nirvana nor more original....Nobody has and will ever express max level of insanity as Kurt did, to me they were all singers and Kurt was maniac...Jinious
@@jacksamunster4407 I won't argue the impact they made was big, but green day also did (although they were much more pop punk than nirvana). The one thing I give nirvana major props for, is giving a lot of smaller bands the spotlight in interviews, that's a solid thing to do! IMO the only problem is that it doesn't matter what band you put out there, the masses only like what they hear because it's repeated over and over. I used to play bands like Jimmy eat world at work, and the people hated it... until 3 months later when they got air play. Most people really are sheep, I never understood that about people, why do you need someone else to tell you what sounds good?
@Reflex 2 off the top of my head that kinda have the same basic sound are the descendents, Dag nasty, then maybe a few others like jawbreaker (who opened for them a few times), or samiam. I realize tastes are different, and I don't want to come off as saying nirvana was bad, but it's weird how people go on and on about them as if they invented or perfected a sound, and music died when he did.... it actually did end up dying around the early 2000's, but that's another story for another day.
scottbaylo if you were a teenager in the late 80s / early 90s you'd understand and would have felt the impact Nirvana made. It changed the whole musical landscape of the time. They were part of a cultural revolution ; saying there are better bands, technically I assume isn't even an argument to be made . Greenday didn't change the world , Nirvana did.
Love his honesty instead of bullshitting sayinf we eere best friends
Hey Doug just saw this. Ya Earnie is a really humble down to earth guy, was really cool getting to hear his perspective on Kurt. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
So completely accurate!
Through luck and circumstance, we became casual friends in the 80's.
Kurt was really funny, and the conversations could tangent or get multi-layered and abstract, then burst into silliness.
His loss was the person he was, and not just his music. I honestly think had he lived and retained his sense of humor, in time, the world would've likely loved him even more than they already do.
I still don't like talking about it, but I just wanted to finally say, after watching many of these interview bits with various people, that these are all excellent, and you're getting the right people who were there.
Everyone who knew him, and pretty much everyone (that I knew) in the Seattle music scene at the time, all were obviously greatly affected by his death, and despite over 26 years having passed, many I know are only recently talking about their experiences and memories.
For the majority of the people, who didn't know Kurt at all, this series of interviews gives an accurate glimpse of Kurt as I also knew him.
For those of us who did meet or know him, these are like polishing off good memories, and triggering other memories long ago put away.
They're also very digestible - long enough to get into a story or three, but not so long that the heaviness of the other parts of the story seep into it too much.
Great job! Keep it up!
How did ye meet
I will answer this, but as i said, I don't really want to talk about this stuff too much right now (thank you in advance for understanding).
We met at a party in the U-District in Seattle, sometime in the mid/late 80's (87-ish).
One thing was being passed from him to me, and a mutual friend laughed about the lefty to lefty pass, and made some joke that incorporated "left handed Pieces", and we both reacted, which led us to find we have very similar birthdays.
We then talked about music we liked, and it went from there.
The Seattle music scene (and surrounding areas) prior to 1990/91, was very interwoven. The doc Hype! is very accurate and insightful on this, and the after effect of Kurt's passing.
Keep enjoying these interviews, Nirvana fans, it's all super good stuff!
@@soundpropellerpatrick113 Thanks for sharing. People who knew Kurt or were otherwise involved with Nirvana have been guarded to outright cagey when it comes to sharing insights and memories over the years. For some time and now especially, whether he or his friends and loved ones are comfortable with it or not; Kurt is part of the zeitgeist and kind of "belongs" to culture and the world at large. It'll be nice to actually get to know him instead if just feeling like we do. His impact is undeniable and very tangible.
Again, sincere thanks for sharing your story and your opinion of these interviews.
Thank you for appreciating and understanding.
Don't get me wrong, I'm SUPER guarded about this!
I'm still surprised i said something, but at the same time, the further into the future we get, the more stories I hear, the more fortunate I feel for our brief, random times hanging out. Sometimes, as you have kind of confirmed for me, my little memories and experiences, can at the very least support what others said, and occasionally add something interesting to others.
In germany we say :"Geschichten aus dem paulaner Garten"
RIP KURDT KEEP ON ROCKING IN THE FREE WORLD
Im glad Kurt did what he did in music man. I can relate so much. My hero
Long live Layne Stayley
you can relate to Kurt Cobain?? Are you a junky millionaire depressed musician??
@@3cs3hs it's much deeper nthan that
3cs3hs he was a millionaire for for what, less than 2 years out of his 27 year life? Stfu.
@@MustObeyTheRules Oh was Kurt your hero too? Fu(king fan boys, grow up. Stop pretending like you actually knew the guy.
Thank you so much Earnie! We appreciate your genuine answers!
Love these little interviews. Miss Kurt alot
Hey Jack just saw this, thanks & ya it’s too bad Kurt isn’t around anymore. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
Very much looking forward to the full version of this one!
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Really great interview. Very appreciative of Earnie and his ability to express these memories. We're getting further and further away, ya know.
Albini's death [RIP] reminds us how important these memories of contemporaneous accounts are. Only a handful of people really knew Kurt Cobain. Earnie was right there.
I love these interview clips. Thanks so much for doing these. It’s nice to hear the perspectives of different people that surrounded Kurt instead of always hearing from someone like Grohl or Love. Great questions and well done.
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I really like Earnie you speak very well,i can tell you really loved that you where part of Nirvana.Ive always heard ur name many of times and its a pleasure to hear your stories. Nirvana will never get old to me was a big role of my youth being a teen in the 90s.Great interview:)
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Great interview, you were lucky to get such a natural response from Earnie Bailey. That was so cool 6/20/20
Hey Peter just saw this, thanks man & ya Earnie is a great down to earth guy. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
@@DanielSarkissian sure
@@ghostwriterinme5050 Thanks Peter!
Love y’all. Great people right here!
Love this way Earnie is smiling from his heart when he's talking about Kurt.
Great interviews Daniel! Especially the Nirvana stuff.!!! I met Kurt's mother sister and daughter in Ireland. Lovely normal people! ☺️
Hey sorry for the late reply, thank you! I love Ireland, went with my sister once, absolutely loved it 🇮🇪 Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
I get a lot of nirvana stuff on my algorithm, and I pass up a lot of it since I only like to listen to they’re music and watch a few documentaries and live shows, but I am so glad I didn’t pass this clip up. Very cool insight and different view point of Kurt cobain.
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Great interview. Some insight into a man that I hold dear to my heart. Thanks. Nirvana and the Pumpkins were the soundtrack of my teenage years and have continued to be the soundtrack of my adult life and my 3 kids life. Long live rock and God Bless America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🤘🤘
Hey Charlie just saw this, Nirvana’s timeless for sure!
This is about the most accurate description of Kurt that I have heard. I hope more truth about Kurt will come out..... and get rid of all the opinions and bs that has been spread over the years, and narratives and agendas for fame, money and youtube hits. Many around him were also jealous or just used him, and were just not at his level of consciousness. I would love to see a new doco about Kurt in a couple of years that is more truthful. ..
"He was pulled at from so many different directions" THANK YOU. This is something most people don't understand, Kurt Cobain I think wanted to be a successful musician but he NEVER wanted to be the most popular musician in the world. His band ceased to become his anymore, at that point. EVERYONE wanted a piece of him and the band for as long as they were going to be "the big thing". He had no say over most of the concerts they performed, where they'd be playing, for how much, or why, he was basically told by his tour manager like "OK, next stop Tucson, AZ" and Kurt's like "How many days before we actually get to take a break?" and they're like "Oh.... well, uhhh we take a brief hiatus from the tour for a few days or so in... two months. We're really doing well out here!" I think on some level Kurt truly felt trapped by his own success and at some point he just got tired of fighting with everyone (plus he was just complacent and distant because of the high level of narcotics he was drowning himself in) so his managers and business people basically re-wrote the band's contracts such that he'd get the VAST majority of the money they made from record sales and otherwise, so honestly if he didn't die I don't think Nirvana would've made it another two years. But I think Kurt was probably going to retire if he didn't do what he did, at least for a while, he was exhausted and he hated it.
Hey man just saw this, and yes it’s unfortunately often ignored how everybody wanting a piece of Kurt tore him apart. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
@@DanielSarkissian Yeah you got it I thought I had already subbed but I didn't until just now. Which is strange because I generally sub to everyone I come across for better or worse right off the bat if they make a video I like. But yeah! I am subbed now.
@@voteZDLR Thank you man! I really appreciate that & ya I know what you mean about subbing to things a lot lol
I’m so happy to have been conscious during Nirvana’s rise in real time. Nevermind was not just a new album, it was an astonishingly dark & beautiful new soundscape ❤️ Kurt’s utterly unique sense of song is something I’ve not heard since.
Just saw this, and you’re absolutely right Kurt was very unique. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
I have his journal y’all should read it it’s honestly hard to read emotionally but a great read
Chris which release are you referring to
I have that to somewhere. In fact I have to find it, that's a Really Good Find for Kurt Lovers!!!
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Kurt was a smart ass, but quiet. He and Krist were perfect together, sarcastic, witty, funny, in their own world. He was conscious. When I told him I didn’t have a job, he said, “Aren’t you scared?” and he had just met me. He cared about strangers, but I quickly got the feeling that he was mad at me, I think my carefree nature unnerved him. He always seemed slightly angry, just kinda purturbed. He wasn’t friendly, but he really was always paying attention.
Yeh you really are unlikable honestly. I can see why he side stepped your life.
@@snailnslug3 Unlike you there, sunshine.
Dude earnie seems like the sweetest and chill guy ever
Hey just saw this. Ya Earnie is awesome, super humble. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way? Lot’s more videos to come
Even being able to have one conversation with Kurt would have been incredible
I love this
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I was born the same day as Kurt . February 20 1967 , I’ve had a crazy life for some reason...
What's the craziest stuff? :D
sabbracadabra road a harley around the world . Tree surgeon . Working on Fishing boats . Touring Musician japan .europe. (nothing famous), working with horses. Round India on a motorbike. Ive seen pyramids.taj mahal. Machu pickup. Stonehenge , himalaya . Anchor wat. Great Wall. Outback. Oz. .all the 7 wonder type stuff . All before there was this internet shlt. Mostly with not so much money . I could go on , bla bla bla..
@@MrChopemup Wow sounds like you lived a few lives!
keep breathing bro
@@MrChopemup shut- up super human man I done the same and it doesn't mean shit. ....prick
Always the same view with others , a Genius #KURTCOBAIN and...it's obvious he loves and respects Kurt so much.
Read Mark Lanegan memoir. Loved the stories about Kurt. Great memoir, especially about the music biz and the genesis of the Seattle scene.
I want to listen to it, but I don’t know if I can emotionally handle the stories about Kurt.
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@@DanielSarkissian sure, thanks!
Thanks Willy!
Really cool to hear from a Roadie !
I haven’t seen the whole interview yet, but if I would like you to ask him how Kurt managed to constantly get iconic and memorable guitar tone throughout his entire career. It’s truly amazing how he was able to have a guitar sound utterly unlike anybody else’s with some basic equipment.
He’d probably say “I don’t know, you’d have to ask Kurt”
It's in the fingers.
It’s in the player
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I love this article on Earnie. LMAO at this early line in the article: "I bought my first electric guitar. Upon realizing that learning to make chords was going to be slow and challenging, I decided to completely dismantle and reassemble my Ibanez Destroyer". Now that's a different mind, folks.
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NICE CUT INTERVIEW
The trait I share the most with Kurt is our extreme empathy.
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I love he says "he's also.." in the present
LOLOLOL
You’re an idiot.
@@chihuahuaman7025 Who's your message for?
I don’t care what you say but Kurt was the king of Grunge Rock music
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Well explained in the company of a genius. And they don't act like others
Cobain was different for sure. Could you subscribe if you already haven’t by the way Daniel? Lot’s more videos to come
Seems very honest, thank you
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This guy is cool.
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Sometime I wonder if KC knew that jet skis/wave runners existed. I'm convinced if he had owned one he'd be alive today
Found Daniel Tosh's account boys
@@FreddieFoxxx100 I talked to one of his "friends" and she said KC probably didn't know about them b/c they're banned at a lot of places he went. No way KC would've killed himself if he could of went jet skiing. They cure depression!
He did hang gliding and various other stuff. But I think he was kinda too far gone, the love of his life was heroin, music, and sadness. And he blended all of them together and was so intense with it, there wasn't much left for doing other things.
@@sabbracadabra8367 Yeah I've seen the hang gliding photos from Rio
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I'd like to talk to this man about my music.
It went led zeppelin, bruce lee, the cure, and the last poster I ever hung was Nirvana ... lol 😆
love you man/ women whatever
peace
I wonder how much emphasis he put on gear? It kinda feels like he had a sound in his head he was going for
Kurt himself? I feel like he was an “anti-gear head” in terms of his equipment. He used very basic stuff live, especially. Most of his guitars were used jaguars and mustangs because they were affordable back then. (The metalheads didn’t want them.)
He used like a Boss DS1 and a DS2 sometimes. (Might have that opposite on the frequency of use) and then a pretty standard amp setup.
The Kurtsequipment website details his stuff pretty well. The only “odd” thing he did was on In Utero when he has a really weird pedal that almost broke one day, but it was (to Kurt at least) vital to the sound he wanted for In Utero. Once it got fixed he said, “the album is saved.”
@@Ghosty6464 I don't think he was "anti-gear." I think he understood (1) the sound he was going for could be achieved with simple gear , and (2) less is more. He knew what he wanted knew he didn't have to get 9 pedals to do what a DS-1 did
He wasn't really that interested, he didn't seem to like trying loads of gear. He had his Fender quad reverb and Randall amp, and practiced in a closet with probably mainly a mustang and/or mosrite. His live setup was basically a high spec preamp and a PA power amp, probably the most stripped back setup you can get away with considering the volume they played at and the size of some of the places they played. Interestingly Steve Albini said that his live rig sounded like shit in the studio for In Utero. If it worked ok, it got used; no sense in complicating it I guess.
No examples of his interactions with Cobain... Nothing about what he had to do to repair all those broken guitars?
it talks about it in another clip of the interview
Youve never smashed and rebuilt a fender? Its pretty easy, parts are everywhere and interchangable
Hugh tube shush ok
I can speak to the repair of the guitars: what he would have done was obtain the necessary replacement parts and reassemble.
Monk shhh
What he doesn't want to say is Kurt was irritable and tired of people and just wanted to left alone and he respected that.
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Lol at Earnie’s comment... my friend is a guitar tech for one of the biggest bands in the world..for the lead singer/guitarist..he literally knows how to change strings, tune, plug in and put on a stand and that’s it. The tech side is nothing..it’s the mental side and pressure that’s the hard bit.
Kurt completely wrecked gear every night. Nirvana wasn't a regular group to be the tech for.
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"Sigh"
What Nirvana's guitar tech uttered, while reaching for a broom, after every show.
Dumbed down questions
Do rockstars normally become friends with their guitar techs? I mean I can see some who are just nice people absolutely, but like... I dunno that's like asking someone how good their friendship is with their boss. Some people get really really close to their bosses and form actual friendships, whereas others kinda keep the employees and their relationship with them as professional as possible. I dunno. There's a lot of people who work behind the scenes on major music tours, was Kurt friends with every single crew member? I doubt it. He was probably actually pretty resentful he had to be there at all for the most part, he actually started hating the rockstar lifestyle pretty fast apparently. He felt enslaved to it, in my opinion.
But Idk why I get the Impression the Interviewer just did it for the Views.
"...in the presence of a genius..."
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Man Kurt Cobain is very talented
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i might reserve 'genius' for people who were a little heavier, like da Vinci or Einstein. maybe kurt was a 'pop genius' or 'music genius'
So! Basically, you never knew him. Great
Did you
W Spann moron
They were together on the road.. He might not talk with him for hours to know how was he like. They spent a lot of time working together so obviously they knew each other a bit, despite not being proper friends.
This interviewer looks like the love child of Screech and Aaron Rodgers
I don't see it at all
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Kurt was such a genius that he ended up in a relationship/marriage with one of the most horrible,disgusting people on this planet. He also did hard drugs and constantly seemed to be smoking cigarettes. Maybe he was a masochist. Maybe he really meant what he said when he said - "I hate myself and want to die", and "look on the bright side's suicide". He was a troubled human being. Stop trying to deify him, or trying to claim him to be something that he wasn't. He wrote good songs, but there's thousands, maybe even millions of talented songwriters in the world who will never get any recognition. Kurt was just very lucky to be in the right place at the right time. Unfortunately for him he didn't seem to enjoy being famous. The music world has little to do with who is the most talented. The music world is mostly to do with who has the most hunger for exposure/publicity, and who has the right "look", and who has the right amount of money behind them to help promote them. If Kurt was overweight and/or ugly, we would've most probably never heard about him, no matter how talented he was.
Millions of " better " songwriters didn't create a revelation . I know you'll say , they never had a chance , but that argument is void.
@@savvasmichael Of course you would say that any argument is void. You are probably too deep into worshipping your dead idol who was manufactured into a deity by the multi-billion dollar corporations (which Kurt said that he hated, by the way). What revelation are you talking about? Did he predict the future of planet earth or something? Also I didn't use the word "better" even once in my comment.
I was just listening to Nevermind today. Hadn’t listened to the full thing in a while. Say what you want about In Utero but the energy on Nevermind is still today unlike anything else... it doesn’t sound like the Pixies. It doesn’t sound like the Melvins. The songs and the energy on that album have NOTHING to do with what Kurt looked like so shut the fuck up with that ridiculous notion. Quit being fucking bitter. The guys dead ffs get on with your shitty life
Being a genius musically doesn't preclude someone from being self destructive. It happens all the time. No one is deifying him. And he was hardly a run of the mill talent. But minor details.
Your opinion. And it sucks lol
Wasn't he also high most of the time?
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Genius doesn't mean virtuoso
He was virtuoso
Why does Daniel keep smiling all of the time? It kinda freaks me out a little.
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Not looking for a deal, just hear my sounds.
go to sleep plebian
That Joe Rogan thumbnail.
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Broke the 666......evil defeated yet again🙃
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Useless interview. He clearly states he didn’t know Kurt and they weren’t friends. Interview over.
Thanks for saying what I was basically going to reply.
There's a lot to glean from this about Kurt if you're even just a little perceptive.
Huge Nirvana fan but after a few days of watching various Nirvana clips, I can’t help but raise an eyebrow at the deification. It’s on another level with Cobain over even Jimmy Page (Zeppelin are the greatest Rock band ever; Nirvana has nothing on them) or Jim Morrison or Hendrix.
The comments are largely people acting like they personally knew Kurt saying how they “miss him”. You still have his music. And I would not call him some sort of lyrical “genius” as he literally whipped up many of the lyrics at the last minute.
What DOES make Nirvana great is the energy that they channeled both in the studio and on stage. Pure raw energy. But this shit in this interview about how he’s “in the presence of a precious genius” is just laughable.
I may be mistaken but I think he had bipolar disorder and it got him in the end together with all the pressures. He wanted out. And his girlfriend was really fucked up. Not a good combination. RIP
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I don't think Kurt was a no nonsense kind of guy,how did he get along with Courtney, gossiping, drama and nonstop talking
He was quiet? Maybe he just didn’t like you.
you dont know that.
Unfortunately the heavy heroin use would have completely changed him, he wasn't himself once he needed to use
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@@DanielSarkissian already subscribed, Kurt Cobain was my idol growing up, still is
@@jonplukehughes2807 Thanks man! And ya, Kurt's awesome
This guy didn't know Kurt Cobain. Pointless interview.
You had the video on mute huh?
@@brett8074 Kurt didn't even talk to him. They had no personal connection at all.
Or maybe he was just depressed...
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@@DanielSarkissian done
This is getting silly now.
LOUD ANTI-ROCK BAND is an anagram for Kurt Donald Cobain.
and Axl Rose is an anagram for Oral Sex
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I recommend listening to Nevermind on acid, holy lord, what a ride
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I learned nothing
Cobain would be on my Mt. Rushmore of guitarists who are famously poor players. Not songwriters, but players.
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I'm just leaving this comment because You Tube algos are starting to get on my nerves. I watched one Nirvana video don't know how long ago and it doesn't stop showing me Kurt Cobain videos on my feed. To a point it pissed me of. So here it goes. (Im 40 by the way, listened to Nirvana like any other kid in the 90's bla bla bla) WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT KURT COBAIN??? SERIOUSLY!? He was a piece of shit junkie that made some nice balads, that's it. This obsession that some zoomers have over this individual is just cultish and lame. They were very famous but their impact on music on the long run, and the whole rock scene was a fart in the wind. Proof? There has been 0 new grunge bands with anykind of impact beyond 1995. Even Dave Groul (i don't know how to spell he's last name and don't care) changed he's sound to a more punk rockish style with FF, by the end of that decade all grunge bands that were still alive were looking to 70s punk for inspiration. It was a short lived phenomenon that aged like shit and Hollywood hipsters are always failing on trying to revive it. Nervermind is a one summer album for 14 years olds at best. If you haven't grown out of Nirvana by the time you're 16-17 you're stuck, probably sucked in this mysticism that old gen z try to build around a dead guy so they can keep selling books and giving interviews. NO MORE NIRVANA, PLEASE. THAT SHIT WAS DEAD AND BURIED BY 1997 AND NOBODY REALLY FUCKING CARES.
can see your side though i think people are smart enuf that if kurt was hype he wouldn't be as popular as he still seems to be
He wasn't quiet at all if you knew him but very narcissistic and cynical!!!!
where and when did you meet him?
How were you so sure he was .. did you actually meet him and know him in person ?
Your really weird!!
Enough with Kurt Cobain already! Nirvana was pretty good, but there are plenty of better bands, and grunge doesn’t even exist... only crap rock, and wuss rock (besides the fact that they were punk rock)
They were more heavy metal as all grunge was, they had punk attitude, punk is dirty pop as Nirvana was so they were again more pop than punk, also experts didn't label them as heavy metal without reason, to be clear Kurt was far more sensitive than any singer in any big band and far more original and i dont see any big band better than Nirvana nor more original....Nobody has and will ever express max level of insanity as Kurt did, to me they were all singers and Kurt was maniac...Jinious
Better bands maybe but none that made an impact like nirvana
@@jacksamunster4407 I won't argue the impact they made was big, but green day also did (although they were much more pop punk than nirvana). The one thing I give nirvana major props for, is giving a lot of smaller bands the spotlight in interviews, that's a solid thing to do! IMO the only problem is that it doesn't matter what band you put out there, the masses only like what they hear because it's repeated over and over. I used to play bands like Jimmy eat world at work, and the people hated it... until 3 months later when they got air play. Most people really are sheep, I never understood that about people, why do you need someone else to tell you what sounds good?
@Reflex 2 off the top of my head that kinda have the same basic sound are the descendents, Dag nasty, then maybe a few others like jawbreaker (who opened for them a few times), or samiam. I realize tastes are different, and I don't want to come off as saying nirvana was bad, but it's weird how people go on and on about them as if they invented or perfected a sound, and music died when he did.... it actually did end up dying around the early 2000's, but that's another story for another day.
scottbaylo if you were a teenager in the late 80s / early 90s you'd understand and would have felt the impact Nirvana made. It changed the whole musical landscape of the time. They were part of a cultural revolution ; saying there are better bands, technically I assume isn't even an argument to be made . Greenday didn't change the world , Nirvana did.