Ep566: Chad Channing - Love Buzz, Bleach & Early Nirvana

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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