“A couple of days later a cassette showed up. So I filed that away as a reference point that I would use later on when we recorded ‘Nevermind.’” “I knew that he was trying to grow as a songwriter and it was during those early ‘Smart’ sessions… I discovered he was a huge Beatles fan, and as much as he admired John Lennon’s aesthetic, he really admired Paul McCartney’s melodic songwriting and his melodic sensibility. Might be worth it in the song, to keep a really steady groove.’ I always carried this tiny little Roland drum machine with me… And he said, ‘I’ll go try it tonight.'” Why?’ ‘Because I think maybe we should try it. “I pulled Dave aside before they went out the door and said, ‘Have you ever played to a click? And he said, ‘No.

Sure, a pretty unconventional approach for a band like Nirvana, but the producer suggested the idea to young drummer Dave Grohl. So after Cobain got that out of his system, it was time again to go back to “Lithium.” This time around, Vig decided to help them out with a click track. In the end, Kurt completely smashed his guitar and blew his voice out.” “And then he launched into ‘Endless, Nameless.’ I’ve never seen so much rage on a person’s face - it was scary. But fortunately, this helped him in recording another song, the album’s “Endless, Nameless.” Vig continued: Vig then explained that Kurt was angered by the whole thing. didn’t even finish, Kurt said, ‘Stop, stop, stop. “And he said, ‘What do we do? I just don’t like the way this is feeling.’ And we did three or four takes we got to the end of one of the takes. Speeding up is okay in rock ‘n’ roll, but it was the only time I noticed really kind of lurching, and Kurt noticed that too.” “The only song that was done to a click was ‘Lithium’… The day we tracked it, they started playing, as soon as they kicked in, it sped up.

Vig explained (transcript via Ultimate Guitar): One issue that he brought up was the band’s tendency to speed things up while recording “Lithium.” This was solved by using a simple click track - something that wasn’t really typical for Nirvana. While recently paying a visit to Rick Beato’s YouTube channel, famous producer Butch Vig recalled working with Nirvana on their landmark album “Nevermind” from 1991.

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