Dave Grohl Names Weezer + Bush Albums Influenced by ‘In Utero’

There’s no denying the affect Nirvana’s had on each their legions of followers and their rock friends and proteges. Throughout his latest look on the Conan O’ Brien Wants a Pal podcast, for example, drummer/Foo Fighters mastermind Dave Grohl recommended that the enduring trio’s third and ultimate LP – 1993’s In Utero – doubtless rubbed off on each Weezer’s Pinkerton and Bush’s Razorblade Suitcase.

Grohl – alongside bassist Krist Novoselic and producer Steve Albini – spoke with O’Brien a couple of ton of issues associated to the thirtieth anniversary of In Utero (reminiscent of being rich and punk, residing in “squalor” pre-Nirvana and coping with sudden fame). Close to the top of their chat, Albini feedback on “the general public notion” that “the report label insisted that they modify issues and Nirvana gave in on some stuff.” In actuality, he says, Nirvana “resolve[d] these items on their very own,” which means that “the report that made it into the shops is the report that Nirvana needed all people to listen to.”

That evaluation prompted Grohl so as to add his personal perspective concerning the report’s bigger affect on rock music: “The humorous factor is that after In Utero, it grew to become sort of a predictable transfer for different bands that had been in related conditions,” together with Weezer and Bush.

Particularly, Grohl continues:

An unknown band . . . will get a report deal [and] goes into the studio . . . with a producer and so they make an album . . . and it does very well after which they really feel sort of bizarre about it as a result of perhaps it didn’t sound the way in which they needed it to sound . . . after which they go in to make their second report and so they’re like, “Properly, now this is what we actually sound like.”

So, Weezer did it with their album ‘Pinkerton,’ which is a fucking wonderful report. The primary Weezer report [1994’s ‘Weezer’] has a bunch of hits and so they turn out to be actually standard. Then they go in to make their second report . . . . and it’s sort of like their ‘In Utero.’

One other band [is] Bush. Bush is a band that will get actually standard and has this produced report [1994’s ‘Sixteen Stone’]. Then, they determine, “No, wait, fuck that. Now that we’re massive, we get to do the factor that we actually wish to do, so we’re going to go in and make an album that’s uncooked [in] the way in which it sounds [1996’s ‘Razorblade Suitcase’].

Coincidentally, Razorblade Suitcase was additionally produced by Albini, so that may clarify the connection much more.

To be honest, Grohl additionally states: “I don’t know if it was one thing that was occurring earlier than – I’m positive it occurred one million occasions earlier than In Utero.” But, he expounds:

However, for those who got here from the place that we got here from – being within the storage and being within the van and start within the golf equipment and stuff like that – I feel perhaps if a band felt uncomfortable with their fast rise to fame, that’s the knee-jerk response is to go in and make an album the place they’re like, “No, no, wait. This is what we sound like.”

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He makes level, proper? No matter if sure bands had that mentality pre-In Utero, it’s simple to see how Nirvana’s swan tune no less than made such daring strikes extra engaging.

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As for Grohl’s different main challenge – Foo Fighters – the sextet are presently touring in assist of 2023’s However Right here We Are (their first album with drummer Josh Freese taking on for the late Taylor Hawkins). You possibly can take a look at the remaining dates right here and seize tickets right here.

Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic + Steve Albini on Conan O’Brien Wants a Pal Podcast