I stumbled upon this earlier today. This came out a few years ago, but is new to me. Had to share it.

Before they even set foot in the dilapidated L.A. studio where they would record ‘Nevermind,’ Nirvana had already had a tumultuous year. they’d ditched their fifth drummer, broken a contract with indie label sub pop, and signed a new deal with corporate behemoth Geffen. So many compromises: no wonder the album’s now iconic artwork depicts a waterborne baby stretching its arms toward a dollar-bill-baited fishhook.

Everybody knows what happened after the album came out—that Kurt Cobain rejected his celebrity, became addicted to heroin, and married Courtney Love. That he found no freedom in his immense stardom and that three years later he committed suicide.

But in this oral history, we focus on the founding moment of a rock ’n’ roll revolution, when Cobain, Dave Grohl, and Krist Novoselic were still innocently floating in a bright, cool world. in interviews with nearly forty people, GQ revisits the recording of ‘Nevermind.’

Before they even set foot in the dilapidated L.A. studio where they would record ‘Nevermind,’ Nirvana had already had a tumultuous year. they’d ditched their fifth drummer, broken a contract with indie label sub pop, and signed a new deal with corporate behemoth Geffen. So many compromises: no wonder the album’s now iconic artwork depicts a waterborne baby stretching its arms toward a dollar-bill-baited fishhook.

Everybody knows what happened after the album came out—that Kurt Cobain rejected his celebrity, became addicted to heroin, and married Courtney Love. That he found no freedom in his immense stardom and that three years later he committed suicide.

But in this oral history, we focus on the founding moment of a rock ’n’ roll revolution, when Cobain, Dave Grohl, and Krist Novoselic were still innocently floating in a bright, cool world. in interviews with nearly forty people, GQ revisits the recording of ‘Nevermind.’

A fantastic read.