 This video is brought to you by Skillshare. The first thousand people to go to the link in the description will get a month of Skillshare absolutely free. Inutero is one of the greatest alt rock albums ever made. Nirvana's third and final record was simultaneously a step forward and a look back. The band got in touch with their louder, more raucous roots, but also evolved their sound and showcased some of the best songwriting of Kurt Cobain's entire career. At first glance, Inutero might look like it's as pure a grunge album as was ever made, but if we pull it apart, we can find a wide diversity of ingredients that come together to help make it such a tasty treat. Hi, I'm Head Chef Polyphonic, and today on Record Recipes, I'm going to be showing you how to make your very own Inutero. Like with any Nirvana album, our recipe for Inutero begins with a healthy serving of Melvins. Melvins was a legendary band in Kurt Cobain's hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. Their sludgy punk sound made them a favorite of Cobains, and their frontman Buzz Osborne even introduced Kurt Cobain to Dave Grohl. You can hear plenty of Melvins in the grimy sludge of a song like Milk It. But for Melvins to form a proper base for our Inutero, we're first going to have to strain out some of those faster metal influences. In their place, we're going to want to stir in a whole lot of pixies. Kurt Cobain once told The Rolling Stone that he connected with the pixies so heavily that he should have been in a pixies cover band. Inutero was particularly influenced by the album Surfer Rosa, and it comes through in the guitar of Very Ape. Now, as our pixies and Melvins blend together, we'll really start to see a nice alt-rock flavor coming out. If we add some David Bowie, a bit of Sonic Youth, and a dash of Dinosaur Junior to that mix, we'll have ourselves a nice little Nevermind brewing. But we're not here to make a smooth, pop-friendly Nevermind. We're here to make something louder and chunkier, something that rejects some of the more corporate tastes. When Nirvana sat down to make Inutero, they were specifically trying to get back to their roots and chase off some of the fame that Nevermind had earned them. To give their sound a little more kick, Nirvana threw in a whole lot of punk rock. So let's go over to the punk rack and see what we can grab. Really, any classic punk will do. It's all in there. You've got the spitting irony of the sex pistols, the reckless tempos of Black Flag, and the sheer garage energy of Iggy and the Stooges. This punk influence really comes through on Tourette's. Now that our recipe's coming together, we're really going to want to bring out those pixie sounds. For that, we'll bring in legendary producer Steve Albini to stir up the mix. Before working with Nirvana, Albini actually wasn't a fan, but the band loved his work. He was specifically hired because he had produced Surfer Rosa, as well as Pod by the Breeders, another one of Kurt Cobain's favorite albums. Now that'll be most of our ingredients for in-utero as the chefs imagined it. You can tell that it's really working if your drums are crisp and popping like this. All we need to do now is let that sound seep in rainy west coast weather for a while, and then move it over to record in an isolated cabin in the middle of Minnesota for three weeks. Once your album has cooled off in that icy Minnesota snow, you'll have a heavy, hattie album that represents some of the sleaziest grunge ever made. But if we want our in-utero true to the release, we'll need to throw in a few more ingredients on top. Because when the studio execs first tasted in-utero, they found it a little strong, even though Nirvana went to the trouble of naming a song radio-friendly unit shifter just for them. The studio decided to bring in Scott Litt, who had worked with REM to polish off the singles. So to finish off in-utero, we're going to add a little sheen of REM on top. And just for a little flavor, we're going to season with some velvet underground, because every good Alt Rock album has some velvet underground in it. That's where you'll get that nice drone that comes through in a lot of the album. Altogether, this last layer will have the effect of making your album appear to be far prettier on the outside than it really is when you cut it open. And there you have it, the recipe to a perfect grunge classic. It's best served loud, with a pure heart, and a limber neck. Thanks for joining us on Record Recipes. I've been Head Chef Polyphonic. If you've got any recipes that you'd like to see on the next episode, please leave them in the comments. Now that you know how to prepare an album, you might have another question on your mind. 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