Fecal matter
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Fecal Matter was one of the first bands conceived by late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. Fecal Matter was Kurt's first band. The band was formed in late 1985, and consisted of Cobain on guitar and vocals, Dale Crover on bass, and Greg Hokanson on drums. After Hokanson left the band, Cobain and Crover went to the house of Cobain's aunt in Seattle, Washington with a large book of lyrics and recorded Illiteracy Will Prevail, a 16-song demo of Cobain's songs, on a 4-track in December of 1985. Crover played bass and drums on the demo, while Cobain played guitar and sang. Fecal Matter disbanded in 1986 with Buzz Osborne on bass and Mike Dillard on drums. According to Michael Azerrads Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana, this occurred because Cobain thought Osborne did not take the band serious enough, as Osborne refused to buy a bass guitar amplifier.
"Spank Thru" from the Fecal Matter demo appears on the Nirvana album . Many fans believe that the whole demo tape will eventually be released on Geffen Records. Other recordings of songs on the tape have surfaced.
Recently, a genuine version of the Fecal Matter tape has surfaced and is beginning to circulate amongst the online community[[Citing sources citation needed]].
After Fecal Matter
After Fecal Matter disbanded, Kurt Cobain began passing their tape around to friends and peers in hopes of starting a new band. Kurt was particularly proud of the tape. To him, the tape showed that he did have talent. Kurt had wanted to start a band with friend Krist Novoselic for some time. Kurt gave him a copy of the tape, hoping to finally persuade Krist to form a band with him. After hearing the tape (and particularly liking Spank Thru) Krist finally took the hint and Nirvana formed in 1987 with Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic. In four years they would release their lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and popularize grunge forever.
Songs
• Sound Of Dentage
• Commercials (sound collage)
• Bambi Slaughter
• Laminated Effect (title could also be Made Not Born)
• Unknown #1 (suspected to be named Accusations)
• Unknown #2 (suspected to be named Class Of '86)
• Unknown #3 (suspected to be named Blathers Log)
• Unknown #4 (an early version of Anorexorcist with an unknown instrumental at the start)
• Unknown #5 (suspected to be named Vaseline)
• Spank Thru
• Unknown #6 (suspected to be named Control)
• Buffy's Pregnant
• Downer (a slower version of the song features on Bleach)
• Instramental (instrumental version of Unknown #3 / Blathers Log)
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