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From his Chad Channing interview:

KN My favorite song on the record is “Blew,” probably, because it has a groove, and again, it’s the sole survivor of the Doom Pop experiment.

CC Gotta have a special bit of love for that tune. It’s a survivor! On “Scoff,” I would do my double kick pedal with that rhythm between the floor tom. Then the guitars come in with the same rhythm.

KN “Give me back my alcohol!” Anything in closing? This is a special interview for me personally. And I think that many fans will want to read this, because after all these years it’s never been done before.

CC All in all, despite the difficulties laying down the drums because of the way they were set up, we’d listen back and I remember the smiles. It was the first time I was in the studio to do a record. That was cool. It was amazing to hold an LP vinyl in your hands. I’ve had records my whole life, and now here was one that I was on!

From his Dale Crover interview:

KN Nirvana came out of a punk sensibility, and you were playing with the Melvins.

DC Thanks to you.

KN Oh, yes. Here’s my story. Mike Dillard had quit the Melvins. Buzz [Osborne] asked me if I knew any drummers. I took him to meet Aaron—this was before I started playing with Kurt—then I took Buzz over to meet you and there you have it. The rest is history.

DC They had seen me play before in one of those cover bands. So I joined and we started to tour. And more opportunities came up to play. I was still in high school, so that was a problem. I met with my school counselor and told him about my situation. We looked at my grades and I had straight A’s in music, but everything else was not so hot. He said I could always come back to school, so I should go on the road. I knew what I wanted to do with my life—play music. Luckily, it all worked out….

KN We recorded songs that got on Bleach—“Downer” and “Paper Cuts.”

DC And “Floyd the Barber.” I remember being jacked up on coffee for the recording. There were even chocolate-covered espresso beans to eat! We’d listen back later—“Aero Zeppelin,” it just kind of takes off faster and faster and almost falls apart, but doesn’t. We tracked everything live—even the vocals, but Jack suggested Kurt re-track the vocals.

KN We couldn’t keep things because the tape cost money. You had to record over songs for the keepers.

DC We recorded this tune “Pen Cap Chew,” and we got to the end of the reel before the song was over. It turned into a fade-out.

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