Butch Vig on recording Kurt Cobain the 1st time! Nirvana, Garbage & Smashing Pumpkins in the studio.

Legendary recording engineer and drummer Butch Vig talks about his journey from Nevermind to Siamese dream to new Garbage music!

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0:00 INTRO

3:49 growing up in a musical household

4:55 on his first drum kit

7:19 getting into punk and new wave and recording

8:12 the local scene in Madison

10:27 on killdozer the band that started it all for him - that Kurt and Billie (corgan) heard

13:00 on his first encounter with the pumpkins and recording them

14:52 on Taylor Hawkins & Jimmy Chamberlin

17:52 on recording Gish

18:41 on the pressure behind Siamese dream

19:24 on the original producers scheduled to do Nevermind

20:30 on getting the first cassette of teen spirit and Dave grohl mention and having only a few days to do preproduction

21:28 on seeing Nirvana for the first time at a pizza place

22:59. How Nirvana bootlegged themselves!

23:00 on hearing Nirvana for the first time.

24.52 on Chad the early Nirvana drummer bud Dave grohl

25:30 on Kurt and Lennon’s similarity in doubling vocals (good)

27:21 on cheap trick

28:38 on working with Courtney

30:00 on having the “Midas touch” after nevermind

31:10 on turning down The Rolling Stones / Mick Jagger

33:24 on that challenge that was Siamese dream

35:50 on the pressure on the pumpkins after Gish and nevermind

38:30 on coming undone during Siamese dream

41:00 on working with sonic youth

44:34 on working with Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins in the Foos

47:37 on different production techniques with different bands

49:00 on having to replace drummers

50:59 old school recording vs new school

53:41 The new Garbage record

56:24 on the last Garbage record bring social political versus the new one

57:42 on touring for him these days

59:38 Butchs top 5 most underrated drummers of all time

1:04 the top 5 most underrated rock albums


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Host - @ScottLipps
Edited by @toastycakes
Music by @Robby_hoff