Nirvana – In Bloom

Nirvana – In Bloom Nirvana first played the song the night before it was demoed. Bassist Krist Novoselic recalled that it, “originally sounded like a Bad Brains song. Then Kurt turned it into a pop song”. Cobain went home and reworked the song, playing the revised version of it over the phone to Novoselic. The band recorded “In Bloom” with producer Butch Vig at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin during April 1990. The material recorded at Smart Studios was intended for the group’s second album for the independent record label Sub Pop. The song originally had a bridge section that Vig removed. Novoselic said that the after the band recorded the song, Vig cut out the bridge from the 16-track master tape with a razor blade and threw it in the garbage. The songs from these sessions were placed on a demo tape that circulated amongst the music industry, generating interest in the group among major record labels. After signing to DGC Records, Nirvana began recording its second album Nevermind in May 1991. “In Bloom” was one of the first songs the band recorded during the album sessions at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California; Vig thought it would be good to start recording a song previously recorded at Smart Studios. The arrangements for “In Bloom” and the other songs previously recorded with Vig in 1990 were largely unchanged; the recently hired drummer Dave Grohl stayed mostly with what his predecessor Chad Channing had recorded, but added more power and precision to …