Gotta give a shoutout to Kurt's auntie who nourished his creativity, no matter how wild it was. She was from a folky, hippy background, but she let Kurt do his heavy, sludgy punk thing, and nurtured his creative side.
Kurt would only wear a tye dye if it was dyed with "Phil Collins piss amd Jerry Garcias blood". Loving hippy/grunge music myself makes this my favorite Cobain quote. RIP kc + jg
Only true Kurt Cobain/Nirvana fans can appreciate this. Kurt was a punk rocker through and through. This is the roots man, I get goosebumps hearing this shit.
@@mathewgladden8914 yo if you want to be an asshole at least get your facts straight kurt didn't start the hard shit till he met Courtney... opinions are like assholes everyone's got one Not sure who the fuck you thought cared about yours👍
@@nirv bro then you may be a nirvana fan but def not a fan of sludge or punk, music is subjective. Also nobody cares when you made that username lmfao you dont define whats good or bad music
0:00 Sound of Dentage 4:50 Bambi Slaughter 8:24 Laminated Effect 10:42 Blathers Log 13:19 Class of '86 (Punk Rocker) 17:15 Boatakk 19:21 Love My Family 28:28 Accusations 33:05 Spank Thru 36:55 Insurance 38:24 Buffy's Pregnant 42:41 Vaseline 45:08 Downer 48:09 Instramental (Instrumental version of Boatakk) 49:48 Riffs & Devo I commented this back in August on the channel that initially posted this album, but that video got flagged and removed.
I think about how hopeless it seemed we'd ever hear songs from this demo, let alone in its entirety. We started thinking, "Eh, it probably sucks anyway." So, here it is. It doesn't suck. Sure as hell exceeded my expectations. I think it's pretty good.
Agree. Shit, for it being a 2-track cassette, taking one morning and afternoon, idk Dales age, b u t imma assume 3 years older at most and its dos 20 year old stoners/acid casis around the corner with a couple cases short alches, and it might as well be Sgt. Pepper, though i prefer white or revolver, if not more contemporary zen arcade or rock for light or regionally sloting in snugly wif some ruff cheek rug burn in between Mr. Epp(punk rocker totally influemced by it!), and t he worship them posuer fuck u-men and Melvins fo shore. I thought the arrangements would be super simple, CAYR great book to learn bout Nirvana and all kinds of best bandas and scenes every where but i thought mr mike poo pooed this fecal matter project. For it is not a matter of fecal you fahker. Tourtered arrangements i like to cLl them
@Dominic Brady He actually spelt it that way because a record label he tried to work with accidentally spelt it like that so he used it as a fake identity kind of.
Man, the most incredible thing in all this is that he was only 20... Look (listen to) how he has already a HUGE reference-background. Besides DEVO, punk bands, Zeppelin, and all the obvious bands he liked, there is so much Metallica, Celtic Frost, Slayer, Megadeth, Hendrix, and a LOT of unconventional chord progressions. It's so clear he KNEW EXACTLY the very precise sounding he was going for. In this beginning, there are some messy concepts he would not use anymore in MATURE-musical-identity days. But it's very impressive how talented on songwriting he was back then. Really... From Nevermind on, its clear that he abandoned the metal'ish palm-muted riff-guidance concepts, and switched them for the pop elements (which he has denied using before). Man. I wonder how I didn't come to listening to this garage-masterpiece before... Kurt was a natural artist. He transcended any theoretical or technical skill. And I think this was INTENTIONAL, not accidental. I mean... He really looked at the fancy technical songwriting and 1000-notes-guitarists ruling the 80's, and wanted, consciously, to do the exact opposite, with the prog versus punk example on previous era. You'll not understand my words if you're an occasional Nirvana listener or a hater. Maybe some long time deep fans would agree, I think.
I wouldnt agree. Never mind wasnt pop. It was popular, but alternative. Just because something is melodic doesnt make it pop. You clearly doesnt understand Nirvana and Kurt at all.
I actually agree, and regarding to "Nirvana being pop" as the comment above says, I think he refers more to the patterns or strummings he used to the time they recorder Nevermind. But here you can already hear to music that may have the same concept as something like Endless, Nameless on Nevermind for example. They were not pop indeed, but that made them pop as they became grunge's face in the 90's. I think Kurt was indeed someone special when writing and composing and the perception of music to his ears was really interesting to say the least.
This Demo was record on Easter 1986, (March 30, 1986) so Kurdt would of been 19 years old here as his 20th birthday would be on February 20, 1987. So this is Amazing for a 19 year old who's only been playing guitar for about 5 years. And the equipment that was used on the Fecal Matter - Illiteracy Will Prevail taPe Which was recorded on Kurts aunt Mari Earl's TEAC A-2340 Reel-to-Reel Recorder (which Kurt also used on his Organized Confusion demo Kurt recorded in December 1982.. Kurt played a 1976 Ibanez Destroyer, his Aunt Mari's Sears Bass, and used his mom's old Pink Samsonite Suitcase & wooden spoons as percussion). On Easter 1986 Kurdt and Dale recorded the Fecal Matter tape, and Kurt used a 1974 Univox Hi-Flier Phase 3 Sunburst, and a Univox Super Fuzz pedal. Unknown Microphone (maybe a Shure SM-58?) And Dale used Mari Earl's MIJ (Made In Japan) Sears Bass and Dale's Drum Kit. Mari Earl later sold Kurt both the TEAC A-2340 Reel-to-Reel Recorder and the Sears Bass.
0:00 Sound of Dentage 3:34 "Reefer Madness" 4:50 Bambi Slaughter 8:25 Laminated Effect 10:42 Are You Controlled? 13:19 Punk Rocker 17:15 I Don't Want You 19:21 Anorexorcist 28:28 Accusations 33:05 Spank Thru 36:55 Blather's Log 38:24 Class of '86 42:41 Vaseline 45:08 Downer 48:09 Instramental 49:48 Riffs & Devo I recommend listening to the tracklist on the cover because that's how the demo existed when Cobain gave it to Krist Novoselic, who liked it. It makes for a great listen!
@@zacharycollins6548 you’re welcome!! I swear im 100% right on the titles. Based off the “Come As You Are” book, “Heavier Than Heaven” book, and the Nirvana Site - “Nirvana Legacy” by Nick Soulsby www.google.com/amp/s/nirvana-legacy.com/2015/08/04/hard-to-keep-up-cobains-fecal-matter-tape-apparently-leaked-in-full-today/amp/
To think Courtney was sitting on this for over two decades and intended on never releasing it and was mad it was leaked… makes you wonder what else she is sitting on. Amazing to hear Spank Thru this early, long before Krist and Nirvana! That one was like a stroke of teenage genius.
Can't really blame her. Kurt is a human being, not a public domain. Courtney and Frances have the right to keep to themselves what he left behind more than anyone else.
@@chrissteiger4199so could anyone in a romantic relationship, really. The fact is they loved each other deeply, despite the messy human flaws they both had
For about 20 seconds on 1st track he sounds just like David Bowie. 2:15 - 2:31 Incredible! Even tho this is Kurt in his punk element and it is great, it sure didnt present much of a chance for Kurt to express his softer, deeper, melodic side like he could and did later with Nirvana.
I love some things that the internet has made possible. When it was young, Nirvana rarities like this were really hard to find. now I just go on UA-cam
Totally. I remember reading Azerrads book over and over when I was younger, reading about all these pivotal shows, like the Community World Theatre, the Off Ramp, OK Hotel etc, and now I can go watch them from start to finish. Kind of mind blowing
yep. the whole bootleg "market" has been rendered obsolete. it used to be a big deal to find a rare live track by a band who had only played the song a few times live, or a b-side off a rare release...even as recently as the 90s file sharing era (Napster, kazaa, soulseek, and who can forget bearshare) you got lucky if you happened on something hard to find. UA-cam has taken the fun out of it, on the other hand, you can hear pretty much every song put on record, ever. not a bad tradeoff.
I always thought when I heard Kurt hitting those really high notes as a child watching Unplugged it was weird. After hearing this he has an insane range. Reverted back to it with Do Re Mi at the end
After pretty much listening for a day and a half to this album, I noticed another connection... The original Mr Bungle demo, "Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny" ua-cam.com/video/B85YOFCwxqo/v-deo.html Buzzo Patton and Dunn were 3/4 of fantomas after all ... So yeah Melvins, but I can hear some things that directly correlate to that album by Mr B. The instrumental at the end especially.
Meanwhile, the "joke" part of Spank Thru, the first part, is the most indicative of his tremendous ear for melody and the basis for what became Nirvana's more "pop" sound later with About a Girl and then Nevermind. It is supposed to be a cheesy rock ballad, making fun of those types of rock songs, that then changes in to punk....but meanwhile, without the mocking lyrics, that opening melody to "spank thru" is pretty amazing in and of itself. IT presages the Nirvana "sound" that vaulted them in to the stratosphere. I loved Bleach and In Utero, and as great as he was at writing heavy loud riffs, his ear for melody is what made him a star, once he began writing like that, with About a Girl, Sliver, Been A Son etc.
I have to agree. With an ear like that for melody, it was bound to happen. Seems Kurt would very soon tire of the genre of music he was involved in, even at it's peak, he was done and wanted to try something else. This is how fast he was evolving as a musician! Genius, yes. Sell out, not at all. I cant help but think his best ever was yet to come! But then we will never know.
@@Defrap22 He probably arranged it with Dale and his aunt. And had other stuff going on... He planned to go and record it all better later on but ended up writing Bleach instead.
Nice to finally hear the whole tape. I remember finding some songs on here a few years ago but they sounded bad like they were recorded on a cell phone and uploaded. They were unlistenable. This tape is better than I expected. I hope one day they'll release this on cd or something officially.
Late 90s grunge? This isn't that great if it wasn't Kurt it wouldn't be appreciated at all. There are a million underground tapes from the 70s and 80s you'll never hear. It's really not ahead of its time at all.
@@bigmonk802I think it would still be appreciated because it’s Kurt’s taste in music, and a lot of people really like his taste in music. It’s not groundbreaking but it’s unique in its patchwork of inspiration. I hear a lot of influences here but it’s still original work. The album art is pretty cool too despite being a literally steaming pile of shit. If this came out today, I would make an effort to follow the guy who created it because i’d see a lot of potential, and if a lot of people did that we’d still have Nirvana, it just wouldn’t have hit the zeitgeist the same way.
@@bigmonk802I also find the term grunge stupid because no grunge bands sound the same as each other. It’s just 90s rock. A lot of people like the guy you’re responding to don’t realise that the underground scene that made 90s music explode started in the 80s. There is no 90s rock without 80s rock developing in backlash to commercial pop.
A lot of fast punk riffs here. I honestly think Kurt downplayed his guitar ability to the point that even fans think he wasn't as skilled as he really was. He seems to always get the "musical genius who could barely play" thing, or "great at songwriting not very good at playing" etc. But that's bullshit, imo. Not a virtuoso, but definitely a good guitarist.
Wasn’t Jason Everman still in the band at that point though? I could be wrong, I just thought he had some solos on that album, I really don’t remember though.
I think that these were considered to be properly recorded by the band. Properly released, however, would have/could be majority awesome on every level. Melvins rule!
It's higher quality than I expected actually, after hearing about this demo for years. Expected shoddy four track work, but his vocals are actually damn clear and the frequency range overall isn't bad at all. The drums are compressed and quite distant but that doesn't hurt the sludge punk feel of the whole thing.
What I wanna know is why were half of these songs floating around the internet for years but not the full album until now? I was like a kid on Christmas morning when I found out the FULL version was leaked.
Maybe because it was incomplete...Something else taped over side A or something. Or maybe that person was just a tease. lol. One of the versions we had that went from "Spank Thru" to "Downer" had somewhat better sound quality. I think someone will mix both sources sometime.
Long time Nirvana fan and collector. More accurate: songs listed as Unknown have no confirmed titles. To differentiate them, here's the most common "made up" names. 1) Sound of Dentage 2) Sound Collage "Refer Madness Excerpts" 3) Bambi Slaughter 4) Laminated Effect/Made Not Born 5) Unknown #1 "Love My Wife" 6) Unknown #2 "Punk Rocker" 7) Unknown #3 "I Don't Want You" though rare 8) Unknown #4 (contains Anorexorcist) 9) Unknown #5 "Accusations" 10) Spank Thru 11) Unknown #6 "Insurance" 12) Class of '86 13) Unknown #7 "Vaseline" 14) Downer 15) Instrumental of Track #3 16) recording of Devo's "Turnaround" 17) Riffs Some collectors believe Unknown #7 is Blather's Log, a title in the boxset booklet (J-Card of cassette). Based on the lyrics and J-Card, I agree. Class of '86 is the correct song title for track #12. CAYA (Michael Azzerad), the title "Suicide Samurai" was mentioned by a guy to whom Kurt gave a tape. It's possible that title is for one of the Unknown songs. Just giving input.
What about Blathers Log and Buffy's Pregnant? As far as I know, Buffy's Pregnant and Class of 86 are the same song, but Buffy's Pregnant is a made up name. And what I this song being mentioned called Reefer Madness? Are the songs on this video not in the right order, or are there more songs on the video than listed on the cassette. I'm confused as hell
Never thought I'd hear this much, besides Bambi Slaughter, Sound of Dentage, "Buffy's Pregnant", Downer, and Spank Thru of this demo! Thank you for posting this.
I love this band, I hope the singer guitarist goes on to become the most popular rock star of all time and live a happy life with a wife that doesn't hate him
Fecal Matter - Illiteracy Will Prevail (Complete) 21.11.23 0848am re: proto-nirvana...kurdt....nirvana fanbase. first in last out. which is how it usually works. and has...
If someone else would do such music, everyone would say: Damn that sucks....lot of musicians started like this, but never had the luck to get famous. If it is genius, I can't say. But it's raw, pure and honest. Resembles to some Krautrock Stuff from the late 60's and early 70's. Sure Kurt had a tragic live story and that made him legend...and so in hindsight these tape occurs legendary.....it's always interesting to see where people that are, or were popular came from. So even these people put their pants on the same way we all do. By the way I love raw music....
I am surprised so many people are hearing this for the first time. This was floating around on cassettes being traded around back in the early to mid 90's. Heard the whole thing long ago.
@@zacharyfreis4550 because devo is fucking awesome. i think you might have some records to listen to. it's probably bullshit, but i heard one of the guys went crazy and brought a horse into his apartment because he thought it danced to his piano, then he killed a hitchiker I guess. idk, they're from the same part of cleveland as my dad and his friend, but then they've been making up bullshit to tell me ever since I can remember so who the fuck knows. anyway, that's not really relevant to the fact that devo is fucking awesome, and you can start with the new traditionalists ua-cam.com/play/PLqty-aJrGk1bezVWUCpcPZQ9Ekve9CwY2.html, but you should probably download it. fuck youtube lossy crap.
this album is great though, but yeah being yourself is better then trying to mask someone else/their approach you don't have to be like them but inspiration is helpful also
It's actually quite good. I listen to demos like this from guys who never made it. One I've been enjoying recently is a 1994 demo by a french band called 'jasemine'.
reminds me of the early recordings of Ween and Dead Milkmen. You also had Beck around making tapes. Daniel Johnston was a core inspiration of all those acts specifically and more beyond them. without Daniel Johnston so many kids wouldnt have been inspired enough to believe they can make music no matter the circumstances, with inspirations of comedy and not taking yourself seriously.
The tape that convinced Novoselic to form a band with him. Important demo of rock history.
Listen to the songs in order on the cover! That’s how the tape existed for Novoselic
Spank thru convinced him. I like to imagine I’m krist casually having this playing getting stunned by that brilliant track
Yea the track spank thru
its amazing how these low quality recordings always have this really awesome live punk quality to them
Gotta give a shoutout to Kurt's auntie who nourished his creativity, no matter how wild it was. She was from a folky, hippy background, but she let Kurt do his heavy, sludgy punk thing, and nurtured his creative side.
Kurt would only wear a tye dye if it was dyed with "Phil Collins piss amd Jerry Garcias blood".
Loving hippy/grunge music myself makes this my favorite Cobain quote.
RIP kc + jg
I agree! She was the perfect foil to that aggressive side! I believe she was the one who introduced him to all things 60s music
I've seen her interviews and listened to her music, she's like the sweetest woman ever.
@@cobrallama6236 name pls
@@bluebeta9141 Mari Earl. Https://ua-cam.com/video/vxX-1aMqtH8/v-deo.html
The teens sprit fan will never find us here!
You know....they wouldn't understand this at all, let alone know that was Kurt on vocals. They would totally be butt hurt!
Only true Kurt Cobain/Nirvana fans can appreciate this. Kurt was a punk rocker through and through. This is the roots man, I get goosebumps hearing this shit.
Fuck them posers
oNlY tRuE nIrVaNa FaNs- shut your cringey ass up.
@@led456 - right!? This has made me fucking cry several times lol ♥
I love how he labelled his part as 'mouth' instead of vocal.
Dale said Kurt was sick during the recording of this & you can hear him coughing in spank thru. Even sick his voice still sounds unique
Dude was “sick” 24/7.... dope sick that is
@@mathewgladden8914 yo if you want to be an asshole at least get your facts straight kurt didn't start the hard shit till he met Courtney... opinions are like assholes everyone's got one
Not sure who the fuck you thought cared about yours👍
@@mathewgladden8914 Nah, I'm sure he was with much more than he was without. lol
Does this explain 18:55
The fact that he wrote songs that aren’t embarrassing, let alone that are good punk songs, when he was 17-18 years old is pretty impressive.
"Come over here I want to show you something" No. Not embarrassing at all. (HUH?)
He was 19
@@nirv
Bull .... *BULL*
@@skelter1153 dude my NAME has been nirv on the internet in reference to Nirvana since 1995, and I'm TELLING you this blows.
@@nirv bro then you may be a nirvana fan but def not a fan of sludge or punk, music is subjective. Also nobody cares when you made that username lmfao you dont define whats good or bad music
0:00 Sound of Dentage
4:50 Bambi Slaughter
8:24 Laminated Effect
10:42 Blathers Log
13:19 Class of '86 (Punk Rocker)
17:15 Boatakk
19:21 Love My Family
28:28 Accusations
33:05 Spank Thru
36:55 Insurance
38:24 Buffy's Pregnant
42:41 Vaseline
45:08 Downer
48:09 Instramental (Instrumental version of Boatakk)
49:48 Riffs & Devo
I commented this back in August on the channel that initially posted this album, but that video got flagged and removed.
Uber Merci Danke Bitte.
Gracias buen hombre. *^*
lol i like how spank thru was an embryo at the time. Downer, FUCK K FUCK FUFK FUCKU FKUFK FUUCFKUFKUCKUFKUKC KFUKFUK FK
Bless your heart.
Lithium4babydolls cool
I think about how hopeless it seemed we'd ever hear songs from this demo, let alone in its entirety. We started thinking, "Eh, it probably sucks anyway." So, here it is. It doesn't suck. Sure as hell exceeded my expectations. I think it's pretty good.
They played Spank Thru at Reading in 1992 (I think 1992)
Agree. Shit, for it being a 2-track cassette, taking one morning and afternoon, idk Dales age, b u t imma assume 3 years older at most and its dos 20 year old stoners/acid casis around the corner with a couple cases short alches, and it might as well be Sgt.
Pepper, though i prefer white or revolver, if not more contemporary zen arcade or rock for light or regionally sloting in snugly wif some ruff cheek rug burn in between Mr. Epp(punk rocker totally influemced by it!), and t he worship them posuer fuck u-men and Melvins fo shore.
I thought the arrangements would be super simple, CAYR great book to learn bout Nirvana and all kinds of best bandas and scenes every where but i thought mr mike poo pooed this fecal matter project. For it is not a matter of fecal you fahker. Tourtered arrangements i like to cLl them
really sad that it's in this awful quality and low volume though.
@@929er13 which makes it better
@@929er13 Someone needs to run the tracks through an audio mastering AI like LANDR or emastered.
Kurt was right: illiteracy is prevailing...
Gkfofkdcodnekwsmxlspsk 🤨
ufdhfbleu hsvwmqkeh 😉
Yeah ppl are retarded
This blew my expectations, there's no doubt Cobain was a genius.
***** real rockandroll
+Danny M Thompson without the Melvins or Buzz Osbourne he was nothing
+Pan S. you know you right
+Danny M Thompson All depends on how you define the word genius.
He was fucking 19 doing this shit
"Kurdt= Guitar/Mouth"
@Dominic Brady He actually spelt it that way because a record label he tried to work with accidentally spelt it like that so he used it as a fake identity kind of.
@@benstarinskas7020 bruh the cover literally disproves ur theory. U know sinvce he was 18 when he made this. Didnt get a record label until 89
He also spelled it like “Kurdt” on the back cover of Bleach
Haaanndddjooooobbb
@@kurdtcobain2896 kurat + DAIE
Man, the most incredible thing in all this is that he was only 20...
Look (listen to) how he has already a HUGE reference-background. Besides DEVO, punk bands, Zeppelin, and all the obvious bands he liked, there is so much Metallica, Celtic Frost, Slayer, Megadeth, Hendrix, and a LOT of unconventional chord progressions. It's so clear he KNEW EXACTLY the very precise sounding he was going for.
In this beginning, there are some messy concepts he would not use anymore in MATURE-musical-identity days. But it's very impressive how talented on songwriting he was back then. Really...
From Nevermind on, its clear that he abandoned the metal'ish palm-muted riff-guidance concepts, and switched them for the pop elements (which he has denied using before).
Man. I wonder how I didn't come to listening to this garage-masterpiece before...
Kurt was a natural artist. He transcended any theoretical or technical skill. And I think this was INTENTIONAL, not accidental.
I mean... He really looked at the fancy technical songwriting and 1000-notes-guitarists ruling the 80's, and wanted, consciously, to do the exact opposite, with the prog versus punk example on previous era.
You'll not understand my words if you're an occasional Nirvana listener or a hater.
Maybe some long time deep fans would agree, I think.
I wouldnt agree. Never mind wasnt pop. It was popular, but alternative. Just because something is melodic doesnt make it pop. You clearly doesnt understand Nirvana and Kurt at all.
Pop crap was Hair metal of 80s for example. Listen to this and then Nirvana and tell me which one is pop.
I actually agree, and regarding to "Nirvana being pop" as the comment above says, I think he refers more to the patterns or strummings he used to the time they recorder Nevermind.
But here you can already hear to music that may have the same concept as something like Endless, Nameless on Nevermind for example.
They were not pop indeed, but that made them pop as they became grunge's face in the 90's.
I think Kurt was indeed someone special when writing and composing and the perception of music to his ears was really interesting to say the least.
I agree
This Demo was record on Easter 1986, (March 30, 1986) so Kurdt would of been 19 years old here as his 20th birthday would be on February 20, 1987.
So this is Amazing for a 19 year old who's only been playing guitar for about 5 years. And the equipment that was used on the Fecal Matter - Illiteracy Will Prevail taPe Which was recorded on Kurts aunt Mari Earl's TEAC A-2340 Reel-to-Reel Recorder (which Kurt also used on his Organized Confusion demo Kurt recorded in December 1982.. Kurt played a 1976 Ibanez Destroyer, his Aunt Mari's Sears Bass, and used his mom's old Pink Samsonite Suitcase & wooden spoons as percussion). On Easter 1986 Kurdt and Dale recorded the Fecal Matter tape, and Kurt used a 1974 Univox Hi-Flier Phase 3 Sunburst, and a Univox Super Fuzz pedal. Unknown Microphone (maybe a Shure SM-58?) And Dale used Mari Earl's MIJ (Made In Japan) Sears Bass and Dale's Drum Kit.
Mari Earl later sold Kurt both the TEAC A-2340 Reel-to-Reel Recorder and the Sears Bass.
kurt was such a talented artist even before NIRVANA, he is just the best!!
Was the best
I wanted to say "is" to, but I can't 😪
Michael Jackson died, and still IS the king of pop xD
Steve Gensberg Lmfao True👏👏👍
Spirit Crusher the king of pop? Who cares? This isnt pop... its punk rock...
This is truly an historic artifact. Pre Nirvana 1986. God Bless you Kurt 💕
I like this 100% more than Nevermind
0:00 Sound of Dentage
3:34 "Reefer Madness"
4:50 Bambi Slaughter
8:25 Laminated Effect
10:42 Are You Controlled?
13:19 Punk Rocker
17:15 I Don't Want You
19:21 Anorexorcist
28:28 Accusations
33:05 Spank Thru
36:55 Blather's Log
38:24 Class of '86
42:41 Vaseline
45:08 Downer
48:09 Instramental
49:48 Riffs & Devo
I recommend listening to the tracklist on the cover because that's how the demo existed when Cobain gave it to Krist Novoselic, who liked it. It makes for a great listen!
Did they just record Devo and put it on the tape or is it a cover?
Duckyyy AJ Kurt recorded devo off a shitty tape deck. So it’s not a cover
Neurotic _ Supernova ok thanks
Took forever to find timestamp guy. Thanks man.
@@zacharycollins6548 you’re welcome!! I swear im 100% right on the titles. Based off the “Come As You Are” book, “Heavier Than Heaven” book, and the Nirvana Site - “Nirvana Legacy” by Nick Soulsby www.google.com/amp/s/nirvana-legacy.com/2015/08/04/hard-to-keep-up-cobains-fecal-matter-tape-apparently-leaked-in-full-today/amp/
No wonder Novoselic wanted to join Kurts band after hearing this, it rules!
Can you believe he turned him down like 100 times
To think Courtney was sitting on this for over two decades and intended on never releasing it and was mad it was leaked… makes you wonder what else she is sitting on. Amazing to hear Spank Thru this early, long before Krist and Nirvana! That one was like a stroke of teenage genius.
Fuck Courtney Love and too bad she’s still kicking. Disgusting woman
Can't really blame her. Kurt is a human being, not a public domain. Courtney and Frances have the right to keep to themselves what he left behind more than anyone else.
@whatthehellllmygod Courtney Love. Thing about her is Kurt could've done so much better, end of story
Well she is sitting on the very first song he recorded where he uses two wooden spoons as percussion
@@chrissteiger4199so could anyone in a romantic relationship, really. The fact is they loved each other deeply, despite the messy human flaws they both had
this album is a well-loaded coffee by Kurt, listening it is like drinking it without sugar, excellent, dark and intense!
who drinks coffee with sugar? once you go black you never go back.
This ain’t no coffee, this is a Red Bull
No guys this is speed ball for sure
This is my first listen this album as a nirvana fan and this is just amazing...
Same, so glad I gave it a listen, a real diamond in the rough so to speak
34:37 _I've been looking for Dave Grohl..._
Sweet Jones III thankfully
Apples and oranges.
I can never unhear this, fucking awesome!
If you think about it he actually was😂
...He won't deliver the same ol'...
For about 20 seconds on 1st track he sounds just like David Bowie. 2:15 - 2:31 Incredible!
Even tho this is Kurt in his punk element and it is great, it sure didnt present much of a chance for Kurt to express his softer, deeper, melodic side like he could and did later with Nirvana.
Oh woah
Bowie🤮
@@oostycowart7053 Nirvana fans have shit taste
@@oostycowart7053 ?
Dale crover is my great uncle. Im glad i found this.
Really?
For real? Wow
Is that real?
If that’s true dale crover would have to be really old... unless you’re like 5
Dale is 52. Theres no age requirment to be a great uncle
"She said she's changed?!" Priceless
kickass sound!
Sure...😑
She says shes NINEEEE!!!!!
@@sweetsoul3145 "woah woah woah! Come over here for a second!"
@@flopimus I want you to see something
I love some things that the internet has made possible. When it was young, Nirvana rarities like this were really hard to find. now I just go on UA-cam
Totally. I remember reading Azerrads book over and over when I was younger, reading about all these pivotal shows, like the Community World Theatre, the Off Ramp, OK Hotel etc, and now I can go watch them from start to finish. Kind of mind blowing
yep. the whole bootleg "market" has been rendered obsolete. it used to be a big deal to find a rare live track by a band who had only played the song a few times live, or a b-side off a rare release...even as recently as the 90s file sharing era (Napster, kazaa, soulseek, and who can forget bearshare) you got lucky if you happened on something hard to find. UA-cam has taken the fun out of it, on the other hand, you can hear pretty much every song put on record, ever. not a bad tradeoff.
Can't stop listening to this. 20+ years ago reading the brief description in the book Come As You Are and wanting to hear this happened
haha i read that too, like 25 years ago, good book
I always thought when I heard Kurt hitting those really high notes as a child watching Unplugged it was weird. After hearing this he has an insane range. Reverted back to it with Do Re Mi at the end
This IS a gem. Can’t believe I have never listened to this...great riffs, lots of notes of Black Flag, then even Slayer, so yah - Melvins🤘🏻
A trifecta. Why da fugg not? I'm in.
After pretty much listening for a day and a half to this album, I noticed another connection... The original Mr Bungle demo, "Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny"
ua-cam.com/video/B85YOFCwxqo/v-deo.html
Buzzo Patton and Dunn were 3/4 of fantomas after all ... So yeah Melvins, but I can hear some things that directly correlate to that album by Mr B.
The instrumental at the end especially.
@@counterproductivity Great stuff - another connection yet! - This Bungle demo has a total Accused vibe!!
Well, shit. The hits keep coming. We're all in this together... Mutants, all, each and every one.
Oh and insurance is peni AF bud.
It's obvious the extent to which Buzz and Dale influenced Kurt in his early songwriting.
He was totally in love with Melvins
0:00 Sound of Dentage
3:32 Reefer Madness Excerpts
4:50 Bambi Slaughter
8:24 Laminated Effect
10:42 Control
13:19 Punk Rocker
17:15 Boatakk
19:21 Anorexorcist
28:28 Accusations
33:05 Spank Thru
36:55 Insurance
38:24 Class of ‘86
42:41 Blathers Log
45:08 Downer
48:09 Instramental (Instrumental version of Boatakk)
49:48 Riffs
50:00 Turnaround by Devo
52:09 More Riffs
How much songs Kurt write, and we never are going to know of their existence.
Wow. I thought this would be a joke but this is actually legit good. I can see these tunes fitting nicely within insecticide
this is wayyy better then i thought lmao
That’s what krist said ...ironic
Can we all agree this version of Spank Trough is an absolute fuckin' masterpiece?
Yes it is
@@JohnnyBGoode-xn9mo ur so stupid, the beginning of that song is making fun of generic cheesy rock lyrics it's a joke, obviously it went over ur head
Fecal Matter - Illiteracy Will Prevail (Complete) 0858am 21.11.23 dog cough or no dog cough - a mighty endeavour.
0:00 Sound of Dentage
4:50 Bambi Slaughter
8:24 Laminated Effect
10:42 Blathers Log
13:19 Class of '86 (Punk Rocker)
17:15 Boatakk
19:21 Love My Family
28:28 Accusations
33:05 Spank Thru
36:55 Insurance
38:24 Buffy's Pregnant
42:41 Vaseline
45:08 Downer
48:09 Instramental (Instrumental version of Boatakk)
49:48 Riffs & Devo
anorexercist?
Thanks bro
@@levig384 yeah, it's not the same anorexorcist that is in With The Lights Out, it's just the same name
you just copy and pasted the other person's comment
@@asterling2776 you just copy and pasted the other person's comment
Meanwhile, the "joke" part of Spank Thru, the first part, is the most indicative of his tremendous ear for melody and the basis for what became Nirvana's more "pop" sound later with About a Girl and then Nevermind.
It is supposed to be a cheesy rock ballad, making fun of those types of rock songs, that then changes in to punk....but meanwhile, without the mocking lyrics, that opening melody to "spank thru" is pretty amazing in and of itself. IT presages the Nirvana "sound" that vaulted them in to the stratosphere.
I loved Bleach and In Utero, and as great as he was at writing heavy loud riffs, his ear for melody is what made him a star, once he began writing like that, with About a Girl, Sliver, Been A Son etc.
I have to agree. With an ear like that for melody, it was bound to happen. Seems Kurt would very soon tire of the genre of music he was involved in, even at it's peak, he was done and wanted to try something else. This is how fast he was evolving as a musician! Genius, yes. Sell out, not at all.
I cant help but think his best ever was yet to come! But then we will never know.
@@joleneloveland2942 true, though it makes me sad asf to think about
in other recordings of Spank Thru' you can hear the sarcasm in his voice when he says "Living without you, girl, you only break my heart"
You just have to remember that people change and when it comes to music Kurt always did what he wanted to do in this moment
In Utero was mostly melodic 🤔
Before Kurt learned he actually had an amazing voice.
@@alexanderjosephross why didnt he wait until he was not sick then?
@@Defrap22 He probably arranged it with Dale and his aunt. And had other stuff going on... He planned to go and record it all better later on but ended up writing Bleach instead.
🤣
@@Defrap22 because he's a punk rocker 🤣😂
@@larryphillipsjr.1607 yeah 🤟
Nice to finally hear the whole tape. I remember finding some songs on here a few years ago but they sounded bad like they were recorded on a cell phone and uploaded. They were unlistenable. This tape is better than I expected. I hope one day they'll release this on cd or something officially.
Samus Wolf my friend has a clear vinyl copy, also just realized this is from a year ago oh wel
@@Runawaysoul You have a lucky friend
Man exist the official cassette... but I guess there must be five. Super rare material
@@Runawaysoul So, a bootleg.
Kurt Cobain would be the best impressionist
I could hear him doing cartoon voice overs.
Jolene Loveland I heard Eric Cartman.... Kurtman in some of this
Downer in particular is genius. He’s literally writing late 90s grunge rock riffs in his sleep in the late 80s.
You know most of the lyrics on in utero and nevermind we're put together at the last minute....
Late 90s grunge? This isn't that great if it wasn't Kurt it wouldn't be appreciated at all. There are a million underground tapes from the 70s and 80s you'll never hear. It's really not ahead of its time at all.
You people really need to look up the definition of "literally"
@@bigmonk802I think it would still be appreciated because it’s Kurt’s taste in music, and a lot of people really like his taste in music. It’s not groundbreaking but it’s unique in its patchwork of inspiration. I hear a lot of influences here but it’s still original work. The album art is pretty cool too despite being a literally steaming pile of shit. If this came out today, I would make an effort to follow the guy who created it because i’d see a lot of potential, and if a lot of people did that we’d still have Nirvana, it just wouldn’t have hit the zeitgeist the same way.
@@bigmonk802I also find the term grunge stupid because no grunge bands sound the same as each other. It’s just 90s rock. A lot of people like the guy you’re responding to don’t realise that the underground scene that made 90s music explode started in the 80s. There is no 90s rock without 80s rock developing in backlash to commercial pop.
This is amazing I can’t believe I’m just finding this now
A lot of fast punk riffs here. I honestly think Kurt downplayed his guitar ability to the point that even fans think he wasn't as skilled as he really was.
He seems to always get the "musical genius who could barely play" thing, or "great at songwriting not very good at playing" etc.
But that's bullshit, imo. Not a virtuoso, but definitely a good guitarist.
his guitar solos on Bleach dispel any doubts of his playing ability, i think he turned his focus on vocal melody after that, it paid off obviously
Wasn’t Jason Everman still in the band at that point though? I could be wrong, I just thought he had some solos on that album, I really don’t remember though.
*at the time of Bleach, not this obviously
People who say that don’t know the talent it takes to play with complete abandon.
So, it's not just a clever name.
Wow, I didn’t know that Spank Thru and Downer were so old.... they are among my favourite Nirvana tracks
This album is really enjoyable. I don't listen often, but I am now, and I'm really digging it.
Too bad these songs weren't properly recorded...a lot of them are really cool!
I think that these were considered to be properly recorded by the band. Properly released, however, would have/could be majority awesome on every level. Melvins rule!
It's higher quality than I expected actually, after hearing about this demo for years. Expected shoddy four track work, but his vocals are actually damn clear and the frequency range overall isn't bad at all. The drums are compressed and quite distant but that doesn't hurt the sludge punk feel of the whole thing.
Thats the beauty of lofi music mister.
exactly, actually just bought a tape recorder to record some songs just for the raw sound of it.
krischin Spank Thru and Downer were re-recorded professionally by Nirvana plus they re-recorded Anorexorcist.
I'm glad he kept working at it.
I hear some Bad Brains influence as well. Very awesome !
Me too!
Bad Brains, Black Flag, Black Sabbath!!!
@@SUP3RKAPON MDC, Melvins!
I'm not hearing it in the least but badbrains we're awesomeness
Yeah, extremely derivative, is a fun demo, but you can tell where he was getting his ideas.
What I wanna know is why were half of these songs floating around the internet for years but not the full album until now? I was like a kid on Christmas morning when I found out the FULL version was leaked.
Mark Squier Because they came from a different source this time.
dummytree Yeah, I know, but why would the other source only have (or bother uploading) the incomplete version?
Maybe because it was incomplete...Something else taped over side A or something. Or maybe that person was just a tease. lol.
One of the versions we had that went from "Spank Thru" to "Downer" had somewhat better sound quality. I think someone will mix both sources sometime.
It’s like discovering a full new nirvana record
1/1/20 I've put off listening to this album since it was released in it's entirety but now my new years resolution is fulfilled.
Long time Nirvana fan and collector. More accurate: songs listed as Unknown have no confirmed titles. To differentiate them, here's the most common "made up" names.
1) Sound of Dentage
2) Sound Collage "Refer Madness Excerpts"
3) Bambi Slaughter
4) Laminated Effect/Made Not Born
5) Unknown #1 "Love My Wife"
6) Unknown #2 "Punk Rocker"
7) Unknown #3 "I Don't Want You" though rare
8) Unknown #4 (contains Anorexorcist)
9) Unknown #5 "Accusations"
10) Spank Thru
11) Unknown #6 "Insurance"
12) Class of '86
13) Unknown #7 "Vaseline"
14) Downer
15) Instrumental of Track #3
16) recording of Devo's "Turnaround"
17) Riffs
Some collectors believe Unknown #7 is Blather's Log, a title in the boxset booklet (J-Card of cassette). Based on the lyrics and J-Card, I agree. Class of '86 is the correct song title for track #12. CAYA (Michael Azzerad), the title "Suicide Samurai" was mentioned by a guy to whom Kurt gave a tape. It's possible that title is for one of the Unknown songs. Just giving input.
Wasn't Suicide Samurai something like pre-Anorexorcist?
What about Blathers Log and Buffy's Pregnant? As far as I know, Buffy's Pregnant and Class of 86 are the same song, but Buffy's Pregnant is a made up name. And what I this song being mentioned called Reefer Madness? Are the songs on this video not in the right order, or are there more songs on the video than listed on the cassette. I'm confused as hell
Dark Matter more songs listed
Bob Harley yeah. Suicide Samurai is called Love My family. After the first few minutes in goes into Anorexorcist. So yeah, it’s Anorexorcist
Never thought I'd hear this much, besides Bambi Slaughter, Sound of Dentage, "Buffy's Pregnant", Downer, and Spank Thru of this demo! Thank you for posting this.
vocals are AMAZING and I love the drums. cool songs too!
I love this band, I hope the singer guitarist goes on to become the most popular rock star of all time and live a happy life with a wife that doesn't hate him
And that doesn't eventually kill him or atleast lead directly to his death, that sure would be unfortunate
his music still knock my heart, incredibly so strong
Fecal Matter - Illiteracy Will Prevail (Complete) 21.11.23 0848am re: proto-nirvana...kurdt....nirvana fanbase. first in last out. which is how it usually works. and has...
If someone else would do such music, everyone would say: Damn that sucks....lot of musicians started like this, but never had the luck to get famous.
If it is genius, I can't say. But it's raw, pure and honest. Resembles to some Krautrock Stuff from the late 60's and early 70's.
Sure Kurt had a tragic live story and that made him legend...and so in hindsight these tape occurs legendary.....it's always interesting to see where people that are, or were popular came from. So even these people put their pants on the same way we all do.
By the way I love raw music....
this is quite an unbelievable piece of art! :O
The track INSURANCE
sounds like a BAD BRAINS tribute.. excellent
I am surprised so many people are hearing this for the first time. This was floating around on cassettes being traded around back in the early to mid 90's. Heard the whole thing long ago.
this is amazing. I love you kurt for inspiring me to make my music and release it.
Dude, thank you so much for this. As a HUGE grunge fan this is roots and brings back memories. Appreciate you bringing this to our ears.
01. Sound of Dentage (00:00)
02. Bambi Slaughter (04:50)
03. Laminated Effect (08:24)
04. Blathers Log (10:42)
05. Class of ’86 (13:19)
06. Boatakk (17:15)
07. Love My Family (19:21)
08. Accusations (28:28)
09. Spank Thru (33:05)
10. Insurance (36:55)
11. Buffy’s Pregnant (38:24)
12. Vaseline (42:41)
13. Downer (45:08)
14. Instrumental version of Boatakk (48:09)
15. Riffs & “Turnaround” by Devo (49:48)
Accusations is sick
Why is there a song by devo on here?
Zachary Freis Kurt had a big time hard-on for devo
@@zacharyfreis4550 because devo is fucking awesome. i think you might have some records to listen to.
it's probably bullshit, but i heard one of the guys went crazy and brought a horse into his apartment because he thought it danced to his piano, then he killed a hitchiker I guess. idk, they're from the same part of cleveland as my dad and his friend, but then they've been making up bullshit to tell me ever since I can remember so who the fuck knows.
anyway, that's not really relevant to the fact that devo is fucking awesome, and you can start with the new traditionalists ua-cam.com/play/PLqty-aJrGk1bezVWUCpcPZQ9Ekve9CwY2.html, but you should probably download it. fuck youtube lossy crap.
this is absolutely amazing
Y'all don't have to pretend to love this album just because its Kurt. You should all be yourselves.
this album is great though, but yeah being yourself is better then trying to mask someone else/their approach you don't have to be like them but inspiration is helpful also
Idk what you're implying here but the album is good?
@@The_Isabella Imagine this album would be by some Joe Blackard. Would you still like it?
@@aesthetic.destruction2341hell yeah i just think any level of Nirvana fan can appreciate this.
It's actually quite good. I listen to demos like this from guys who never made it. One I've been enjoying recently is a 1994 demo by a french band called 'jasemine'.
Kurt was a true genius this is amazing!
Thanks for this David
thank you for posting this :)
Thanks for uploading this, man
THX for sharing a piece of rock history
That’s so interesting and impressive. I like the abstract feeling of it.
i love that he put Turnaround at the end - i guess with a mind to cover it - which he did and its a classic.
reminds me of the early recordings of Ween and Dead Milkmen. You also had Beck around making tapes.
Daniel Johnston was a core inspiration of all those acts specifically and more beyond them. without Daniel Johnston so many kids wouldnt have been inspired enough to believe they can make music no matter the circumstances, with inspirations of comedy and not taking yourself seriously.
Laminated Effect is really a good punk anthem.
i found a masterpiece where i least expected one
Best Lo-fi album ever made!
this is a masterpiece artwork!
I love this entire thing
I finally found it. I am very glad that he got access to the original work of this brilliant musician.
Man that thing is so much epic, just so good it my paroxysm of gold i found digging in Kurt music
Happy birthday Kurt I still love ya 💗
Guys who knows in which drops Cobain plays these songs?
downer was perfect from the start. I have always had a particular love for the Mickey Youre So fine Hook about it.
I'm on my way to make bass covers on all these songs! I do it to honor them just as I did with all "With the lights out" disc.
@Oso polar 32 haha ;D hello
Pretty fucking amazing twisted scary heavy funny shit for a 19 y/o kid to cook up. The raw talent was all there in 86.
The days where Kurt was just having fun
0:00 Sound of Dentage
3:34 Collage
4:49 Bambi Slaughter
8:23 Laminated Effect(Aka Made not Born)
10:40 "Unknown #1"
13:18 "Unknown #2"
17:10 "Unknown #3"
*****
Thanks, I was hoping this would be here!
Tracklist on the cover:
0:00 Sound Of Dentage
4:50 Bambi Slaughter
8:25 Laminated Effect
33:05 Spank Thru
38:24 Class Of ‘86
42:41 Blather’s Log
48:09 Instramental
52:08-52:32 This reminds me of "heart shaped box", well. then again, it WAS made by Kurt cobain
+The Gamer Punk You're on every video I'm on mate. I guess we like the same music, check out my band on my channel.
Heart Shaped Box and In Bloom. I even synced it with vocal track from In Bloom and it was interesting
I heard Heart Shaped Box in that part too, interesting to see the guy take that idea and develop into something huge years later.
The Gamer Punk reminds me of heart shaped box and marigold by Dave
It also reminds me of the opening riff of In Bloom
00:05 Sound of Dentage
03:33 Sound Collage
04:50 Bambi Slaughter
08:26 Laminated Effect (Made Not Born)
10:43 Control (Unknown #1)
13:09 Punk Rocker (Unknown #2)
17:15 I Don't Want You (Unknown #3)
19:21 Anorexorcist
28:28 Accusations (Unknown #4)
33:05 Spank Thru
36:55 Blathers Log
38:24 Class of '86
42:41 Vaseline (Unknown #5)
45:08 Downer
48:09 Instramental (Unknown #3 Instrumental)
49:48 Riffs
The vocals totally sound like Dave Mustaine in the first track
I thought the same, something like Sweating Bullets
Adrian Steele I thought it was a mix of a young Axl Rose and a young David Lee Roth
his vocals in this album was inspired by celtic frost, kurt was a big fan...
Nah, sounds like Kurt Mustain lal
Haha yes!
It's amazing to hear this finally. And it's cool to hear Cobain experimenting. way before Bleach with no cares.
Imagine this album with geezer Butler on bass
This is lightyears ahead of anything the Foo fighters have ever done, sorry Dave..
7:30 ft. Eric Cartman
Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!
XD
Yes
Lmao yes!!
dat riff is fuken perfect!
I really feel like a lot of this is just unknown, unappreciated, and somewhat better than Bleach. It just gives them more depth, I don't know.
it only goes to show the talent kurt had,a total package the world wasnt ready for him! loved and missed rip my freind!!
Альбом просто бесшабашен!
Спасибо, Курт, что остаёшься с нами в своих записях!
пиздатый ник
Я от чистого интереса полез в записи Каловых Масс и просто охренел от того, насколько это панково и прекрасно!
What will prevail? I can't make out that word - I'm not so good at reading.
Albeit_Jordan best comment ever
Thats the point...words will die
It's a Rorschach Blot. Your choice!
go on google for the lyrics you will be just as confused and stupid 👍
@@scottonandrew I like the cup cake with cute butterflies on the cover
Recuerdo que este lo escuche por primera vez como en 2007 y ufff 😍😍😍😍 una joya
This is amazing
this is very inspiring ngl
so many ideas later turned into Nirvana classics
That's pure underground kurtcobain ✊