History & Tone of Kurt Cobain's First Band | Fecal Matter Illiteracy Will Prevail | Pre-Nirvana

The definitive history and in depth tone/gear analysis of Kurt Cobain's first band. Fecal Matter and their almost mythical tape Illiteracy Will Prevail

The story of Kurt's Pre-Nirvana band along with my tone recreations

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Chapter 1: History
5:53 - Chapter 2: Tone
12:46 - Chapter 3: Legacy

GEAR USED:
Eastwood Hi Flier Phase 4 (Univox copy)
Behringer SF300 Super Fuzz
Fender Twin Reverb

Fecal Matter Illiteracy Will Prevail Tracklisting:
1. "Sound of Dentage"
2. Sound Collage (Reefer Madness and commercial excerpts)
3. "Bambi Slaughter"
4. "Laminated Effect (Made Not Born)
5. "Are You Controlled"
6. "Punk Rocker"
7. "I Don't Want You"
8. "Anorexorcist"
9. "Accusations"
10. "Spank Thru"
11. "Insurance"
12. "Class of '86 (Buffy's Pregnant)"
13. "Blather's Log"
14. "Downer"
15. "Instra-mental" (Instrumental version of track 7 "I Don't Want You"
16. "Turnaround (Original Devo version)
17. "Riffs" (Guitar riffs from various songs on the tape)

SOURCES:
- John the gear expert @dr_swampson on instagram
- Turned Out Punk Podcast (Dale quote)
- Daniel Sarkissian YouTube Channel (Dale quote)

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[aspensilber]

You my friend, are one of the reasons why kurt's legacy still continues. Superb video.

[numburger]

"Courtney Love has threatened legal action, so I removed the song." Is the most Courtney Love quote of all time

[robertlawrence]

If such a box set existed, my vote for a title would be: "I think he could have some kind of future in music if he keeps at it." That's priceless! Really great video, excellent work!

[firstnamelastname]

In other words this is about Kurt’s past and new beginnings as a vocalist, song writer and guitarist which is pretty cool to know about.

[SkywalkerSamadhi]

Bambi Slaughter is no bullshit one of my favorite Cobain songs, ever. That riff is dirty and raw and I’m absolutely here for it.

[iamshaggy]

Okay, I’m being so honest here… this is your best video ever. This is genuinely a new peak… again! The editing, info, tones, is all just phenomenal!! The editing and style of the video is so amazing, I love this!!! Hope to see more like this!!

[DMachineControl]

Really appreciate your commitment to Nirvana. I saw them Dec 3, 1993 in New Orleans. Haphazard trip that I extended just to see Nirvana. I was hooked in early 92. (Breeders opened). Honestly, your contribution to Nirvana's legacy cannot be understated. Ive bought Fender Cobain Jag and pedals from your videos. Thanks so much for keeping the legacy alive!!

[layne]

This video is so awesome. YouTube is severely lacking in videos about Fecal Matter, so you've filled that void nicely.

[tomphil]

This is amazing! A beautiful tribute to the music of Kurdt

[Overlorddz]

4:42 ...between punk and metal. Dude that is a daring but very accurate description of the real Kurt Cobain sound!! (I mean his songs up until 'Bleach' - which is about where he started more and more to focus and specific structures and ultimately create Nevermind). This is why I recommend 'Incesticide' to anyone not really familiar with his music. To me that is just the full spectrum. Kurt is the main ingredient though, the songs rarely work for someone else.

[Boomslang]

I have always been interested in the fecal matter demo, this is definitely one of your best videos!

[jonaswhite]

Im lucky to have seen Melvins in the Ozma days a bunch of times in Nashville. The reason Kurt never joined Melvins was that Buzzo introduced Kurt to a drummer named Dave, Kurt heard Dave play, and the rest is history. Im proud to have witnessed small slivers of its beginnings. Those were good days

[levy.]

Good job Eric! They should certainly make the recordings available on audio platforms. It would be a nice tribute

[gregh]

Yes, dude!! I had no idea Kurt used a Superfuzz. The Behringer fuzz is awesome. I thought I was the only one who knew about mode 1.5 (discovered it by accident messing around with the pedal, ) but then years later saw a bunch of youtube vids talking about it. I have the ultra rare first edition blue led version, lol. Used to gig w/ it, never had any issues, & it even survived a flood in my basement!

[PalmettoStateSirens]

I absolutely love these tone recreation videos you do, this one in particular felt more like I was watching a documentary about Kurt rather than a YouTube video. Now I can’t help but wonder what Bleach would sound like if it was recorded this way.

[millennialanimal]

Great video, I’ve always thought it was crazy that he wrote spank thru that early, one of his best songs in my opinion.

[ryanwebster]

Absolutely outstanding, I’m literally blown away

[MachineGunAustin]

Can you make a full play through of each fecal matter songs? Would love it!!!

[seanmckelvey]

This was a great video. I have to agree with you about being surprised they've never released a sort of "early recordings" boxset with the Fecal Matter tape in full, it seems like a no brainer considering they're basically released everything else Kurt ever recorded. It would probably be one of the few of those Cobain demo recording sets that I would actually be interested in buying. As for the songs on the tape itself, I've dug it ever since I listened to it on Youtube years back. You got really darn close with the guitar tones in this video, makes me want to consider grabbing another Behringher fuzz again.

[kannonstucky-uopf]

i love your content and even got myself a jaguar after hearing how well it sounded it sounds amazing with your tone recreation settings