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 - - - (band) - - Turned Out Punk Podcast (Dale quote) - Daniel Sarkissian YouTube Channel (Dale quote) - - - My amazon storefront where you can buy gear/parts Kurt used: Vandalism Strat Stickers - use coupon code “nirvanaguitars“ to get 2 for the price of 1: Lomic Guitars - Where I got my custom 2021 Jag-Stang Pickguard: Learn Nirvana songs with Fender Play! :1101lpoaU Follow me on instagram at @nirvanaguitars Check out my progressive punk band at Check out my acoustic project at