Dave Grohl Names Weezer + Bush Albums Influenced by ‘In Utero’

There’s no denying the affect Nirvana’s had on each their legions of followers and their rock friends and proteges. Throughout his current look on the Conan O’ Brien Wants a Pal podcast, for example, drummer/Foo Fighters mastermind Dave Grohl instructed that the long-lasting trio’s third and closing LP – 1993’s In Utero – possible rubbed off on each Weezer’s Pinkerton and Bush’s Razorblade Suitcase.

Grohl – alongside bassist Krist Novoselic and producer Steve Albini – spoke with O’Brien a couple of ton of issues associated to the thirtieth anniversary of In Utero (equivalent to being rich and punk, residing in “squalor” pre-Nirvana and coping with sudden fame). Close to the top of their chat, Albini feedback on “the general public notion” that “the document label insisted that they modify issues and Nirvana gave in on some stuff.” In actuality, he says, Nirvana “resolve[d] this stuff on their very own,” that means that “the document that made it into the shops is the document that Nirvana needed all people to listen to.”

That evaluation prompted Grohl so as to add his personal perspective relating to the document’s bigger affect on rock music: “The humorous factor is that after In Utero, it turned form of a predictable transfer for different bands that have been in comparable conditions,” together with Weezer and Bush.

Particularly, Grohl continues:

An unknown band . . . will get a document deal [and] goes into the studio . . . with a producer and so they make an album . . . and it does rather well after which they really feel form of bizarre about it as a result of perhaps it didn’t sound the best way they needed it to sound . . . after which they go in to make their second document and so they’re like, “Properly, now this is what we actually sound like.”

So, Weezer did it with their album ‘Pinkerton,’ which is a fucking superb document. The primary Weezer document [1994’s ‘Weezer’] has a bunch of hits and so they change into actually well-liked. Then they go in to make their second document . . . . and it’s form of like their ‘In Utero.’

One other band [is] Bush. Bush is a band that will get actually well-liked and has this produced document [1994’s ‘Sixteen Stone’]. Then, they determine, “No, wait, fuck that. Now that we’re huge, we get to do the factor that we actually wish to do, so we’re going to go in and make an album that’s uncooked [in] the best way it sounds [1996’s ‘Razorblade Suitcase’].

Coincidentally, Razorblade Suitcase was additionally produced by Albini, so that may clarify the connection much more.

To be honest, Grohl additionally states: “I don’t know if it was one thing that was taking place earlier than – I’m positive it occurred 1,000,000 occasions earlier than In Utero.” But, he expounds:

However, for those who got here from the place that we got here from – being within the storage and being within the van and start within the golf equipment and stuff like that – I feel perhaps if a band felt uncomfortable with their speedy rise to fame, that’s the knee-jerk response is to go in and make an album the place they’re like, “No, no, wait. This is what we sound like.”

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He makes a very good level, proper? No matter if sure bands had that mentality pre-In Utero, it’s straightforward to see how Nirvana’s swan music at the least made such daring strikes extra engaging.

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As for Grohl’s different main venture – Foo Fighters – the sextet are at the moment touring in assist of 2023’s However Right here We Are (their first album with drummer Josh Freese taking on for the late Taylor Hawkins). You possibly can try the remaining dates right here and seize tickets right here.

Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic + Steve Albini on Conan O’Brien Wants a Pal Podcast