Butch Vig Talks Recording Nirvana's Nevermind

7 місяців тому

In this clip, Butch Vig talks about the gear, songwriting, and recording process for Nirvana's hit record Nevermind.
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@rickbeato2 7 місяців тому

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@ganjjabarsmedium2347 7 місяців тому

The fact that Butch has the original tape that Nirvana sent him, recorded on a boombox, makes it easier for me to sleep at night. Thank you Rick for the amazing questions 🙌

@jlouis4407 4 місяці тому

You can listen to them on the super deluxe nevermind

@SteveEFoxx-vx9yh 2 місяці тому

Hellyeahhh same here, he too!!

@Scottz504 21 день тому

That’s worth a lot of money

@violinmiata 4 місяці тому

Nirvana stories never get old

@tunnelvision2day Місяць тому

What a career this guy has had.. He went from producing the world's biggest band.. To being in the new biggest band.. Super talented guy

@iamamish 6 місяців тому

A good interviewer is amazing - he's the stand-in for the listener and gets to steer the conversation in interesting directions, but understands the star of the show is the person being interviewed. Rick does a tremendous job with this.

@rome8180 7 місяців тому

Butch's memory for details is crazy. I've listened to a LOT of interviews with audio engineers and producers, and they often don't have nearly as detailed a memory of the recording process as Butch does. He's a pleasure to listen to. And Rick does a good job of steering the conversation but still letting Butch have space to tell his amazing stories.

@MoPoppins 7 місяців тому

💯 well-said!

@TestMeatDollSteak 7 місяців тому

You should listen to some of the interviews that Steve Albini has done re: the In Utero sessions.

@dsxa918 7 місяців тому

As someone with an imperfect short term memory (as a result of a headinjury / caraccident) it tells me that Butch is to production what a musician is to their instrument; that he has sincere interest in the capture of the sounds (songs)...

@krisfrederick5001 7 місяців тому

I mean, that's a pretty memorable recording experience.

@nickkleiber8636 7 місяців тому

I’m sure weekly he gets asked about it lol

@trippyhippie8630 6 місяців тому

will never get tired of hearing Butch talk about recording nevermind… NEVER!

@pedrov.8087 Місяць тому

mind

@Eskay_The_Evil_Genius 5 місяців тому

That tape is priceless. Never gets old listening to Butch or anyone involved talk about the process they went thru.

@nicholascolace228 6 місяців тому

6 months of hard work that changed music forever, simply incredible and mind blowing

@arlingtonhynes 7 місяців тому

I love Vig’s Wiscahhnsin accent.

@inbox4 Місяць тому

Does he have one?

@arlingtonhynes Місяць тому

@@inbox4 What would you call it?

@babyblue4824 7 місяців тому

Awesome to hear from legends who still walk amongst us

@ScentlessSun 6 місяців тому

Nirvana’s music ireminds me of high school. I listened to them so much back then. They were the greatest in my generation.

@SinisterMud Місяць тому

Same!

@anthonysclafani3963 7 місяців тому

Thank you Rick for doing these interviews. Really means a lot to us trying to replicate iconic stuff. Truly doing an important job preserving these details for historic purposes. Tysm

@noveltycrusade 6 місяців тому

Siamese Dream is something to be proud of ❤

@crazycatman5928 7 місяців тому

Nevermind was the game changer. You always hear how this album changed the atmosphere of music over night..music/culture/fashion/ etc. I hate getting order but I like many got to experience this and it was pretty cool. Been waiting 30 years for another band to do this and the fact it hasn’t happened yet makes me wonder if it ever will.

@nickdistef1072 7 місяців тому

The whole reason i got so into music is because Nevermind made me feel such a way it was almost intoxicating, i went on a crazy hunt trying to find more artists that would make me feel high j by listening to them. 5 years later im a music addict, even tho nothing has come close to nvmd for me

@georgeleorgebeorge2354 6 місяців тому

Nevermind didn’t change anything for my boomer dad. Maybe it’s the same for you - for all you know, the modern equivalent of Nevermind already happened and you don’t know 😅

@LeNoLi. 6 місяців тому

It won't

@crazycatman5928 6 місяців тому

@@georgeleorgebeorge2354 I’m still into “left of the dial” music. I haven’t seen or heard anything remotely close and I’m just some random music lover. I’ve seen many interviews with artists/producers/journalists say the same thing. Nothing has come close.

@vovahimself 6 місяців тому

@@georgeleorgebeorge2354 this.

@fixelheimer3726 7 місяців тому

I love these kind of talks,it feels like being there when such vivid memories are being shared❤

@rome8180 7 місяців тому

Butch has a way better memory for these details than most engineers or producers I've listened to.

@lippi2171 7 місяців тому

Hey Rick, I'd be very happy to see Steve Albini on your channel. With Endino and Butch already on, he'd make it the full Nirvana producer circle haha.

@OneHandleToHandleThemAll 3 місяці тому

What an amazing video. Such a pleasure hearing Butch talk and Rick just asking the real questions. This is a huge part of music history that otherwise might get forgotten down the line.

@adanarceo9240 Місяць тому

Old age is one of my favorites

@what-bs7we 15 днів тому

YEAAA!!

@fernandoaguilera4418 7 місяців тому

This is an amazing interview, great information, Nevermind is a master piece 👌

@ryansmloh3400 7 місяців тому

Being in that room listening to 'teen spirit' after a quick mix for the first time must have been like 😮😮😮😮

@davide.b8027 7 місяців тому

Right? How powerful that must have been.

@jiggeplaya7182 6 місяців тому

That’s seriously like an amazing moment nothing in life can come close.

@Reneromero08 7 місяців тому

This is gold.

@dlvox5222 6 місяців тому

Being in the studio is both humbling and exciting

@DancatzMuzik 6 місяців тому

Joyous chat. Thank you.

@TestMeatDollSteak 7 місяців тому

The guitar that Kurt played and smashed during the recording of Endless, Nameless was a black, lefty Strat with a white pick guard, not a Mosrite. There’s a somewhat well known photo of the destroyed guitar in question laying across the Neve console in Sound City after that track was recorded. Butch’s memory of the session is probably just a little fuzzy after thirty years.

@nimitz1739 7 місяців тому

I just put this in the comment section then came across your comment😂

@rome8180 7 місяців тому

His memory of these sessions is WAY better than almost any engineer or producer I've ever listened to. And I listen producer interviews religiously. Most of them are maddeningly vague about old sessions. He may have a few minor details wrong, but who ultimately cares what guitar it was? That's not the point of the story.

@johnnypaps2834 7 місяців тому

There’s some pages from his journals that mention the mosrite being stolen along with a few other things. Someone came forward saying they bought it at a pawnshop and later sold it to someone for dirt cheap then that person figured out what it was and sold it for a fortune. It’s floated around a few different museums so yeah it was probably that black strat with the chrome humbucker ring & tune-o-matic bridge in the famous pic. I read an interview with butch mentioning the mosrite being smashed, it seems like he’s sticking to that story lol

@TestMeatDollSteak 7 місяців тому

@@johnnypaps2834 - There’s a black humbucker in the bridge position, and it appears to be slightly offset/diagonal (closer to the bridge towards the lesser horn/high-E string end of the guitar as compared to the greater horn/low-E string end). I can’t personally make out what kind of bridge is on the guitar from the photo, but the aforementioned black humbucker is the only conspicuous aspect of the guitar that sticks out as an obvious modification, to my untrained eye. The neck was completely snapped off the body at the joint, but the rosewood fretboard and length of the neck appear in tact, Fender logo on the headstock, white single coils in the neck and middle positions, white pick guard…looks like a fairly standard Strat. I first saw that photo reprinted in Michael Azerrad’s 1993 Nirvana bio “Come As You Are: the Story of Nirvana”, which came out about two years after Nevermind was released, and the author interview Vig for the book, so I’m assuming that the photo is genuine and that Vig’s memory of the guitar in question has changed over the intervening three decades, which is understandable.

@jeremydunn5012 7 місяців тому

No, I’m pretty sure he remembers it. A lot better than you fucking Nirvana geeks

@k.chriscaldwell4141 11 днів тому

Fascinating.

@MarrafaProjects 6 місяців тому

Beautiful!

@Steve_643 Місяць тому

I can’t tell you how much I enjoy Butch talking about recording Nevermind. Dave Grohl made a documentary about Sound City and the Neve mixing deck that’s got a lot cool stuff about Nevermind I highly recommend it.

@michaellamneck2116 6 місяців тому

You've done it again Rick, once I got started listening, it was so good I had to listen to the whole thing. Great interview!

@blown572hemi 19 днів тому

Mr Vig reminds me of Ted Templeton. Just genius with awesome ears.

@Armakk 2 місяці тому

Great questions from Rick. Keep digging in.

@KennyEvansUK 5 місяців тому

Fascinating talk of serious rock and roll royalty.

@timmg3139 7 місяців тому

This is amazing. That band and album are timeless

@xammai9679 3 місяці тому

Butch playing the tape machine and punching in on time intuitively like that is some real goated shit

@LukeVanGeest 7 місяців тому

Absolutely amazing interview Rick!

@gsmith207 7 місяців тому

awesome! Butch is the man. I remember when this came out I was 24 and at 56 still blown away. As a drummer it hit me in the face! love that. going to have to watch that sound city documentary again. thank uou RB

@LoadedMessage 5 місяців тому

Absolute class 🤩🤘🏻

@nimitz1739 7 місяців тому

There’s photos of the guitar Kurt smashed while recording endless nameless. Because it’s sitting on the board Dave bought. Pretty famous photo. It was a black fender Stratocaster with a humbucker in the bridge

@bonzoleum 7 місяців тому

Thank you!

@steelyburt 4 місяці тому

The drums are hooks..!🤔 what an awesome perspective! Like the flams at the beginning of Smells Like Teen Spirit, of course!

@bryansteele832 Місяць тому

I have to believe there will be another musical revolution at some point. The sad things the way the music industry is controlled now, there probably have been several "Nirvanas" over the last 20 years and we never got to hear it.

@recreatorband Місяць тому

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@IsmiseEireannach 7 місяців тому

Rick your interviews are incredible 😊

@chriseggroll 6 місяців тому

i love hearing the details of the recording process haha

@sunsty1e 7 місяців тому

cool, ive been listening to them lately

@GeorgeToledo 7 місяців тому

I wish someone would ask him about the guitar solo on In Bloom.

@davide.b8027 7 місяців тому

Why?

@PDXDrumr 6 місяців тому

This is great.

@Bendoverandgrabyourankles 7 місяців тому

Could listen to this all day. Thank you.

@kitrichardson2165 6 місяців тому

One of the all-time great producers. Butch managed to bring out the best in Nirvana. He didn’t overproduce it he didn’t make it “his“, he just let the band blossom, and he knew the tones and the mics and the mixes that would really draw people in. He’s up there with Matt Lange George Martin, and very limited number of other producers

@OtterPup_ 7 місяців тому

From Bleach to Nevermind is hard to wrap my head around. The band really put in the work over those 6months+ a really creative group and Kurt the catalyst

@TempleOfTheMartyrs 3 місяці тому

CAN YOU IMAGINE BUTCH PRODUCING OUR NEW ALBUM? WOW

@finna1002 Місяць тому

@thegrimpilgrimusadeanmicha8587 7 місяців тому

Eddy of Offord of Yes,fame was raving about this album In1992. Learned about it from him. 😊so that is considered praise. 😊

@wokeamerica1230 6 місяців тому

If you look, there's an interview out there where Butch is sitting at the board and he demonstrates the layers of the instruments and vocals...

@catloverextreme 7 місяців тому

Awesome.

@Metalexander-po3xj 6 місяців тому

I'd really like to know how he did the solo in In Bloom. There's nothing like it to this day, the strings are just screaming like scratching g.i sheets. Its like uncontrolled feedback yet at the same time melodic and angry

@moaningpheromones 5 місяців тому

@rolanbc 4 місяці тому

Butch please make another Grbage band or produce more bands we need that sound of the 90´s

@dylancooper3690 7 місяців тому

Why didn't "Even In His Youth" make it onto the album?

@Rll440 7 місяців тому

Amazing people and amazing album.

@nathanwalsh3028 14 днів тому

All great producers no one thing. How to get the most out of the band and capture what they truly sound like live.

@chrisxishida Місяць тому

by listening to Butch talk you know he is a true OG he knows his game, great producer

@JunipersStarExperiment 5 місяців тому

I ❤ BUTCH VIG

@kennethsalter9998 7 місяців тому

Great interview ...Thank You guys!!

@eddysgaming9868 7 місяців тому

This is a great interview. Having a similar background as an artist and producer makes you an excellent interviewer. I know my suggestion here would require more editing, etc. But, as a casual listener I'd appreciate seeing a visual example onscreen of some of the recording equipment and instruments mentioned here.

@davidsummerville351 7 місяців тому

Love this series! 😎🤓

@CorkElectric40 7 місяців тому

YES......yes Yes....and.... Yes

@dornelli1 6 місяців тому

the snare drum in this album is off the hook, made by tama and to this day, never replicated

@finna1002 Місяць тому

@billk9799 7 місяців тому

Kurt's Mesa was a Mesa Boogie Studio preamp, 99% sure he was sticking his Boss DS2 and Tech 21 SansAmp Classic for distortion in the clean channel.

@thomasrenia 7 місяців тому

Top years

@onlyhonestpersononyoutube 4 місяці тому

He was responsible for best album of the 1990s, that changed music, and fair play to him Off course the band was important, but how he produced nevermind to be the album it was was amazing final product. To take songs from raw into what these people can do with them is an amazing skill that each of these people have. The songs sounded amazing just raw, but its amazing the role the producer then adds to the songs to make them sound like the product we all replay over and over I would love to hear all the raw music he recorded in the studio with nirvana for nevermind, just to hear what he started with, as you can be sure it would sound amazing. Shame they cannot release the raw sound of the songs and music with the albums, as alot of it sounds amazing you can be sure. Nevermind and prodigys albumb brought two music styles to the masses in early 1990s, and made 1990s music what it was, the last time music was an open book, and music companies would let singers try news stuff and see if it worked on the public. Nirvanas nevermind made that happen, and butch here played his part, he must of been proud of what nevermind became

@GothBoi 7 місяців тому

Butch also has Full Raw OG 1 version of Nevermind never been released or leaked some snippets are played on the nev counsel during nevermind classic albums doc where butch plays the raw tracks with certain takes & overlays isolated while describing the sessions, that’s the version of nevermind i want leaked the most. Its basically an unreleased reel 1 of the whole album mix.

@oliverb.3898 6 місяців тому

Its been released since ages, its the devonshire mixes

@djpoopypants4741 6 місяців тому

Beato!!!!

@wallacelovecraft8942 6 місяців тому

Good talk.

@GEN3R4TOR 3 місяці тому

Butch is so cool

@JawsHLL 18 днів тому

That’s fire

@edwardl.492 6 місяців тому

great story..

@babayaga8045 7 місяців тому

One part of this work of art and ground breaking music that often doesnt get enough credit was butch on the console.kurt dave , krist and butch made a timeless work of art. Without one of those factors it would not have been what it became. An album is always a group effort especially all the ones that are timeless.

@dankerusmusic3608 7 місяців тому

💜💜💜

@Pepsolman 18 днів тому

You have to break hearts to get greatness.

@mccloysong 7 місяців тому

Butch's transparent producing doesn't bring attention to itself. Like great film directing: you don't notice it. But it's the rudder.

@foofghtr 29 днів тому

I knew the clean stuff was an AC-30, the fact that Kurt used Mesa for the hard stuff is impressive. Now I’m not so sure I wanna use my Marshall’s anymore for heavy stuff. I’m gonna buy a 1/2 stack of Mesa either double or triple rectifier 100 watt. Metallica uses Mesa too, so I was leaning towards the change. I always knew this about Mesa, what ever list price is you have to pay, the music store can’t lower it or they will lose their distribution rights. That was my only turnoff to the new product, but oh well, I’m just gonna pay it.

@prince13896 7 місяців тому

I wonder if Butch or Nirvana ever considered that people might be analyzing this record like the Zapruder film 30+ years later.

@DamienjPolleyp-in9dk 7 місяців тому

And Kurt had pulsonic vintage greenbacks as speakers that's why it sounds so rich and full,there is a good UKposts video of nirvana's studio tone where he totally finds the exact speakers Kurt used

@allinviteohm2317 7 місяців тому

I've seen it. VERY interesting video!

@MadnessInTheMoonlight 6 місяців тому

Amazing interview, amazing engineer. 🤟

@rguizar10 6 місяців тому

When you’re in the studio and the engineer asks you to play to a click after a couple takes it’s definitely a dagger in the heart 😂

@OTownReview 5 місяців тому

The magic and mystery in the creation of pop/rock music, the kinda stuff they describe here, is completely gone nowadays.

@brianjohnson8918 7 місяців тому

"Yeah, I have the original demo cassette of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in a box somewhere." Probably could sell it for 5 mil, but it's the memories that count !

@sbac00 5 місяців тому

Not surprised Butch produced wasting light, such a badass album

@MusickopatH 6 місяців тому

I ❤Nirvana More because of The fact that their 4 studio albums, sound and are different sides of The band also. Like movies or paintings Different

@danieladams8085 7 місяців тому

It was in bloom that was tracked first butch

@cheneyrobert 7 місяців тому

This is brilliant 👏👏👏😎🥂

@filipdemeyst8842 6 місяців тому

Thank u Rick for archiving all this music history!

@johntokar9387 7 місяців тому

How do I find " song in D " ?

@jhamler1 7 місяців тому

The gear talk, frankly, goes over my head but, as a drummer, I enjoyed this interview immensely. So glad to hear that Grohl didn't play to a click because I loathe it myself.

@stevecochrane5376 7 місяців тому

Wow that was a great interview. Butch is such a , cool guy. Thanks for that one ,Rick.

@Hans_Hamon 7 місяців тому

The lesson is this, children: chaos and melody, floating on the clouds of a good backbeat, make a perfect f’ing (edited) song. You’re very welcome. Now… go get creative. 🌞☕️