Original Nirvana drummer Chad Channing shares stories from the Bleach era, Love Buzz single & other collectables, getting knocked out by Chris's bass and digging through his rare vinyl.
Topics Include:
- Chad's prized find: an original Australian Dirty Deeds from a rummage sale
- Hunting a Bill Evans record, and why jazz demands clean vinyl
- Dad played LA jazz bass; Mom once sang with Chet Baker
- How jazz quietly shaped his "drummer for the song" philosophy
- Describing his drumming style in one word: adaptive
- Nirvana's only instruction when he joined: powerful but simple
- Coming from a math rock band with 13-part songs
- The one time Kurt openly praised his drumming: In Bloom
- How "About a Girl" got its name from Chad
- Kurt finishing Bleach lyrics in a notebook while driving to the studio
- Shelved songs, lost tapes, and Chad's forgotten cassette in the box set
- Owning Love Buzz single #3; Kurt had #1, Chris #2
- His blank-label Bleach test pressing, housed in a homemade cover
- Nate authenticates Chad's Australian Waterfront blue vinyl live on air
- The ultra-rare purple Waterfront pressing and why most were destroyed
- Swirled Sub Pop variants, and why he's never played some
- Knocked out by Chris's bass at the Bleach cover photo show
- Tracy Marander's undeveloped rolls of never-seen Nirvana photos
- Sub Pop steering early decisions while the band went along
- Packed European shows: the moment they realized something big was happening
- The Blew EP and its gynecologist-chair cover he never chose
- Hiding under the drum riser with Kurt as bottles flew
- Stuck alone in a broken Manchester elevator for half an hour
- His European tour posters, including the coveted Lush show poster
- Could his beat-up distortion pedal be Kurt's missing Astoria pedal?
- A gifted Mustang, his kit at MoPOP, and heirlooms for his kids
- Smart Studios sessions, and Dave Grohl keeping his drum parts
- Here She Comes Now, Sappy, and becoming a Nirvana fan afterward
- MS, a childhood leg injury, and a memoir about 73 moves
The wonderful photo by Rosetta Greek
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