Incesticide

by Nirvana

Overview

Buying time and thwarting bootleggers, Nirvana and DGC released the rarities compilation Incesticide toward the end of 1992. Like any odds'n'sods collection, this is uneven, but that's its charm since it captures Nirvana's character better than any official album. After all, this was a band that was born equally from '70s sludge metal, bubblegum pop, post-punk artiness, and indie rock inclusiveness, each of which are apparent on this collection. There are some non-entities here, particularly on the second side, but the plodding sub-metallic grind was part of their identity, one part of their multi-faceted character. Nirvana meant everything to everyone, from the jangle pop veterans to the garage rock ravers that worshipped the Stooges to stoner metal fetishes and indie rock bed-sits that adopted Sebadoh just as they outgrew Morrissey -- everybody loved Nirvana, and there's something for every kind fan here, thanks to murky sludge, Devo and Vaseline covers, BBC sessions, instrumentals, and limited-edition singles, plus sub-Melvins goop, everything visceral where Bleach was tame. Nevermind doesn't capture this freewheeling indie spirit but Incesticide does, piling on some essentials in the meantime -- the pummeling "Dive," the childhood snapshot "Sliver," the terrific forgotten indie pop tune "Been a Son," and "Aneurysm," perhaps the greatest single song the group ever recorded. Yeah, there's some filler here, but this is the sound of what Nirvana was actually like. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	12/15/1992
Label:	Dgc / Geffen
UPC:	0720642450420
Rank:	4367

Tracks

1. Dive
2. Sliver [Single Version]
3. Stain
4. Been A Son [BBC Mark Goodier Session]
5. Turnaround [BBC John Peel Session 1990]
6. Molly's Lips [BBC John Peel Session 1990]
7. Son Of A Gun [BBC John Peel Session 1990]
8. (New Wave) Polly [BBC Mark Goodier Session]
9. Beeswax
10. Downer
11. Mexican Seafood
12. Hairspray Queen
13. Aero Zeppelin
14. Big Long Now
15. Aneurysm

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nirvana   Primary Artist
Chad Channing   Drums
Kurt Cobain   Guitar,Vocals
Krist Novoselic   Bass
Dave Grohl   Drums

Technical Credits

Miti Adhikari   Producer
Eugene Kelly   Composer
Howie Weinberg   Mastering
Butch Vig   Producer
Chad Channing   Composer
M. Engles   Engineer
Charles Peterson   Photography
John Taylor   Engineer
F. Kay   Engineer
Kurt Cobain   Artwork,Composer
Jack Endino   Producer
Krist Novoselic   Composer
Dave Grohl   Composer
Frances McKee   Composer
Robert Fisher   Art Direction
Mark Mothersbaugh   Composer
Nirvana   Composer
Gerald V. Casale   Composer
Dale "Buffin" Griffin   Producer
Steve Fisk   Producer