Musical Bacon: Nirvana (90s US grunge band)

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Kurt Cobain	vocal, bass guitar, drums, guitar, guitars	About a Girl, All Apologies, Big Cheese, Blew, Breed, Come as You Are, Come as you are, Dive, Downer, Drain You, Dumb, Floyd the Barber, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Heart‐Shaped Box, In Bloom, It's Closing Time, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam, Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam, Lake of Fire, Lithium, Lounge Act, Love Buzz, Marigold, Milk It, Miss World, Molly’s Lips, Mr. Moustache, Negative Creep, Oh Me, On a Plain, Onward Into Countless Battles, Paper Cuts, Pennyroyal Tea, Plateau, Polly, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Rape Me, Scentless Apprentice, School, Scoff, Seasons in the Sun, Serve the Servants, Sifting, Sliver, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Something in the Way, Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Spank Thru, Stay Away, Swap Meet, Territorial Pissings, The Man Who Sold the World, Very Ape, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / The Man Who Sold the World / About a Girl / On a Plain / Come as You Are / Polly / Dumb, tourette’s
Krist Novoselic	performer, vocal, accordion, bass, bass guitar	About a Girl, All Apologies, Big Cheese, Blew, Breed, Come as You Are, Come as you are, Dive, Downer, Drain You, Dumb, Floyd the Barber, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Heart‐Shaped Box, In Bloom, Interview With Krist & Dave, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam, Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam, Lake of Fire, Lithium, Lounge Act, Love Buzz, Marigold, Marigold (instrumental), Milk It, Molly’s Lips, Mr. Moustache, Negative Creep, Oh Me, On a Plain, Paper Cuts, Pennyroyal Tea, Plateau, Polly, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Rape Me, Scentless Apprentice, School, Scoff, Serve the Servants, Sifting, Sliver, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Something in the Way, Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Spank Thru, Stay Away, Swap Meet, Territorial Pissings, The Man Who Sold the World, Very Ape, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / The Man Who Sold the World / About a Girl / On a Plain / Come as You Are / Polly / Dumb, [phone conversation outro], tourette’s
Dave Grohl	performer, vocal, bass guitar, drums, guitar	About a Girl, All Apologies, Aneurysm, Been a Son, Blew, Breed, Come as You Are, Come as you are, Dave Solo, Drain You, Dumb, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Heart‐Shaped Box, In Bloom, Interview With Krist & Dave, Intro, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam, Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam, Lake of Fire, Lithium, Lounge Act, Lullaby (instrumental), Marigold, Marigold (instrumental), Milk It, Negative Creep, Oh Me, On a Plain, Onward Into Countless Battles, Pennyroyal Tea, Plateau, Polly, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Rape Me, Scentless Apprentice, School, Serve the Servants, Sliver, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Something in the Way, Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Spank Thru, Stay Away, Territorial Pissings, The Man Who Sold the World, Very Ape, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / The Man Who Sold the World / About a Girl / On a Plain / Come as You Are / Polly / Dumb, You Know You’re Right, tourette’s
Butch Vig	engineer, mix, producer, recording	Breed, Breed (Devonshire mix), Come as You Are, Come as You Are (Devonshire mix), Dive, Drain You, Drain You (Devonshire mix), Endless, Nameless, In Bloom, In Bloom (Devonshire mix), Lithium, Lithium (Devonshire mix), Lounge Act, Lounge Act (Devonshire mix), Old Age (Nevermind outtake), On a Plain, On a Plain (Devonshire mix), Polly, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Smells Like Teen Spirit (Butch Vig mix), Smells Like Teen Spirit (Devonshire mix), Smells Like Teen Spirit (edit), Something in the Way (Devonshire mix), Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Stay Away, Stay Away (Devonshire mix), Territorial Pissings, Territorial Pissings (Devonshire mix)
Jack Endino	engineer, mix, producer, recording, vocal	About a Girl, About a Girl (first rehearsal demo), Aero Zeppelin, Ain’t It a Shame (studio demo), Beeswax, Big Cheese, Big Long Now, Blandest (studio demo), Blew, Blew (first demo, 1988), Dive, Downer, Floyd the Barber, Hairspray Queen, Love Buzz, Mexican Seafood, Mr. Moustache, Negative Creep, Paper Cuts, Rape Me (band demo), Sappy (1990 studio demo), School, Scoff, Sifting, Sliver, Spank Thru, Spank Thru (Final mix), Swap Meet

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Kurt Cobain	vocal, bass guitar, drums, guitar, guitars	About a Girl, All Apologies, Big Cheese, Blew, Breed, Come as You Are, Come as you are, Dive, Downer, Drain You, Dumb, Floyd the Barber, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Heart‐Shaped Box, In Bloom, It's Closing Time, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam, Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam, Lake of Fire, Lithium, Lounge Act, Love Buzz, Marigold, Milk It, Miss World, Molly’s Lips, Mr. Moustache, Negative Creep, Oh Me, On a Plain, Onward Into Countless Battles, Paper Cuts, Pennyroyal Tea, Plateau, Polly, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Rape Me, Scentless Apprentice, School, Scoff, Seasons in the Sun, Serve the Servants, Sifting, Sliver, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Something in the Way, Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Spank Thru, Stay Away, Swap Meet, Territorial Pissings, The Man Who Sold the World, Very Ape, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / The Man Who Sold the World / About a Girl / On a Plain / Come as You Are / Polly / Dumb, tourette’s
Krist Novoselic	performer, vocal, accordion, bass, bass guitar	About a Girl, All Apologies, Big Cheese, Blew, Breed, Come as You Are, Come as you are, Dive, Downer, Drain You, Dumb, Floyd the Barber, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Heart‐Shaped Box, In Bloom, Interview With Krist & Dave, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam, Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam, Lake of Fire, Lithium, Lounge Act, Love Buzz, Marigold, Marigold (instrumental), Milk It, Molly’s Lips, Mr. Moustache, Negative Creep, Oh Me, On a Plain, Paper Cuts, Pennyroyal Tea, Plateau, Polly, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Rape Me, Scentless Apprentice, School, Scoff, Serve the Servants, Sifting, Sliver, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Something in the Way, Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Spank Thru, Stay Away, Swap Meet, Territorial Pissings, The Man Who Sold the World, Very Ape, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / The Man Who Sold the World / About a Girl / On a Plain / Come as You Are / Polly / Dumb, [phone conversation outro], tourette’s
Dave Grohl	performer, vocal, bass guitar, drums, guitar	About a Girl, All Apologies, Aneurysm, Been a Son, Blew, Breed, Come as You Are, Come as you are, Dave Solo, Drain You, Dumb, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Heart‐Shaped Box, In Bloom, Interview With Krist & Dave, Intro, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam, Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam, Lake of Fire, Lithium, Lounge Act, Lullaby (instrumental), Marigold, Marigold (instrumental), Milk It, Negative Creep, Oh Me, On a Plain, Onward Into Countless Battles, Pennyroyal Tea, Plateau, Polly, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Rape Me, Scentless Apprentice, School, Serve the Servants, Sliver, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Something in the Way, Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Spank Thru, Stay Away, Territorial Pissings, The Man Who Sold the World, Very Ape, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / The Man Who Sold the World / About a Girl / On a Plain / Come as You Are / Polly / Dumb, You Know You’re Right, tourette’s
Butch Vig	engineer, mix, producer, recording	Breed, Breed (Devonshire mix), Come as You Are, Come as You Are (Devonshire mix), Dive, Drain You, Drain You (Devonshire mix), Endless, Nameless, In Bloom, In Bloom (Devonshire mix), Lithium, Lithium (Devonshire mix), Lounge Act, Lounge Act (Devonshire mix), Old Age (Nevermind outtake), On a Plain, On a Plain (Devonshire mix), Polly, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Smells Like Teen Spirit (Butch Vig mix), Smells Like Teen Spirit (Devonshire mix), Smells Like Teen Spirit (edit), Something in the Way (Devonshire mix), Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Stay Away, Stay Away (Devonshire mix), Territorial Pissings, Territorial Pissings (Devonshire mix)
Jack Endino	engineer, mix, producer, recording, vocal	About a Girl, About a Girl (first rehearsal demo), Aero Zeppelin, Ain’t It a Shame (studio demo), Beeswax, Big Cheese, Big Long Now, Blandest (studio demo), Blew, Blew (first demo, 1988), Dive, Downer, Floyd the Barber, Hairspray Queen, Love Buzz, Mexican Seafood, Mr. Moustache, Negative Creep, Paper Cuts, Rape Me (band demo), Sappy (1990 studio demo), School, Scoff, Sifting, Sliver, Spank Thru, Spank Thru (Final mix), Swap Meet
Howie Weinberg	mastering	(New Wave) Polly, Aero Zeppelin, Aneurysm, Been a Son, Beeswax, Big Long Now, Breed, Come as You Are, Dive, Downer, Drain You, Hairspray Queen, In Bloom, Lithium, Lounge Act, Mexican Seafood, Molly’s Lips, On a Plain, Polly, Sliver, Son of a Gun, Stain, Stay Away, Territorial Pissings, Turnaround
Pat Smear	vocal, guitar	About a Girl, All Apologies, Come as You Are, Come as you are, Do Re Mi (home demo), Dumb, Heart‐Shaped Box, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam, Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam, Lake of Fire, Milk It, Oh Me, On a Plain, Plateau, Polly, Scentless Apprentice, Sliver, Something in the Way, The Man Who Sold the World, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / The Man Who Sold the World / About a Girl / On a Plain / Come as You Are / Polly / Dumb
Chad Channing	drums	About a Girl, Been a Son, Big Cheese, Blandest (studio demo), Blew, Breed, Dive, Downer, Love Buzz, Molly’s Lips, Mr. Moustache, Negative Creep, Polly, Sappy (1990 studio demo), School, Scoff, Sifting, Spank Thru, Swap Meet
Andy Wallace	engineer, mix, producer	Aneurysm, Been a Son, Breed, Come as You Are, Drain You, In Bloom, Lithium, Lounge Act, Milk It, Negative Creep, On a Plain, Polly, Scentless Apprentice, School, Sliver, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Stay Away, Territorial Pissings
Steve Albini	engineer, mix, producer, recording	All Apologies, Dumb, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Heart‐Shaped Box, I Hate Myself and Want to Die, Marigold, Milk It, Pennyroyal Tea, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Rape Me, Scentless Apprentice, Serve the Servants, Very Ape, tourette’s
Jeff Sheehan	engineer, recording	Breed, Come as You Are, Drain You, In Bloom, Lithium, Lounge Act, On a Plain, Polly, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Stay Away, Territorial Pissings
Craig Doubet	engineer, mix	Breed, Come as You Are, Drain You, In Bloom, Lithium, Lounge Act, On a Plain, Polly, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Stay Away, Territorial Pissings
Dale Griffin	producer	About a Girl, D-7, Drain You, Dumb, Endless, Nameless (radio appearance, 1991), Love Buzz, Molly's Lips, Molly’s Lips, Polly, Son of a Gun, Spank Thru, Turnaround
Lori Goldston	cello	All Apologies, Dumb, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam, Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam, On a Plain, Polly, Something in the Way, The Man Who Sold the World, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / The Man Who Sold the World / About a Girl / On a Plain / Come as You Are / Polly / Dumb
Adam Kasper	engineer, mix, recording	Heart Shaped Box (band demo), Heart‐Shaped Box, Oh, the Guilt, Old Age (Nevermind outtake), You Know You’re Right
Scott Litt	mix, producer, remixer	All Apologies, Heart‐Shaped Box, Pennyroyal Tea, The Man Who Sold the World, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Dirty Funker	mix-DJ, remixer	Come as You Are (Dirty Dub Hole), Come as You Are (Dirty Funker remix), Smells Like Teen Spirit (Dirty Dub Hole mix), Smells Like Teen Spirit (Dirty Funker remix)
Miti Adhikari	producer	(New Wave) Polly, Aneurysm, Been a Son, Something in the Way
Craig Overbay	recording, sound	Heart-Shaped Box, Heart‐Shaped Box, Milk It, Sliver
Curt Kirkwood	guitar, guitars	Lake of Fire, Oh Me, Plateau
Dale Crover	drums	Downer, Floyd the Barber, Paper Cuts
Craig Montgomery	producer, recording, sound	Breed, Heart Shaped Box (band demo), Polly
John Taylor (producer/engineer)	engineer	(New Wave) Polly, Aneurysm, Been a Son
Fred Kay (Audio engineer, BBC)	engineer	Molly’s Lips, Son of a Gun, Turnaround
Cris Kirkwood	vocal, bass, bass guitar, guitar, guitars	Lake of Fire, Oh Me, Plateau
Mike Engles	engineer	Molly’s Lips, Son of a Gun, Turnaround
Kera Schaley	cello	All Apologies, Dumb
Aaron Burckhard	drums	Heartbreaker, Mrs. Butterworth (rehearsal demo)
Courtney Love (US rock vocalist, widow to Kurt Cobain)	vocal, guitar	It's Closing Time, Miss World
Calvin Johnson	engineer	Lithium (solo acoustic radio appearance), Opinion (solo acoustic radio appearance)
Patty Schemel	drums	It's Closing Time, Miss World
Bernie Grundman	mastering	Smells Like Teen Spirit, Something in the Way
Barrett Jones	engineer, producer	Curmudgeon, Oh, the Guilt
Steve Fisk	engineer, mix, producer, recording	Been a Son, Stain
Kirk Canning	cello	Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless
2 Many DJ’s	mix-DJ	Breed
Gary Held	mix	Molly’s Lips
Graig Montgomery	producer	Even in His Youth
Mark Pickerel	drums	Ain’t It a Shame (studio demo)
Dan Peters (Mudhoney drummer)	drums	Sliver
Ian Beveridge	producer	Heart Shaped Box (band demo)
Drew Canulette	recording	Molly’s Lips
Eugene Kelly	vocal	Molly's Lips
Fatboy Slim	remixer	Smells Like a Teen Boy (Nirvana vs. Fatboy Slim)
Jon Poneman	performer	[phone conversation outro]
Flea (US bassist)	trumpet	Smells Like Teen Spirit
The Crystal Method	mix-DJ	Smells Like Teen Spirit
TobyOne	remixer	Teen Spirit (Tobyone remix)

vocal, bass guitar, drums, guitar, guitars

About a Girl, All Apologies, Big Cheese, Blew, Breed, Come as You Are, Come as you are, Dive, Downer, Drain You, Dumb, Floyd the Barber, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Heart‐Shaped Box, In Bloom, It's Closing Time, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam, Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam, Lake of Fire, Lithium, Lounge Act, Love Buzz, Marigold, Milk It, Miss World, Molly’s Lips, Mr. Moustache, Negative Creep, Oh Me, On a Plain, Onward Into Countless Battles, Paper Cuts, Pennyroyal Tea, Plateau, Polly, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Rape Me, Scentless Apprentice, School, Scoff, Seasons in the Sun, Serve the Servants, Sifting, Sliver, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Something in the Way, Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Spank Thru, Stay Away, Swap Meet, Territorial Pissings, The Man Who Sold the World, Very Ape, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / The Man Who Sold the World / About a Girl / On a Plain / Come as You Are / Polly / Dumb, tourette’s

Krist Novoselic

performer, vocal, accordion, bass, bass guitar

About a Girl, All Apologies, Big Cheese, Blew, Breed, Come as You Are, Come as you are, Dive, Downer, Drain You, Dumb, Floyd the Barber, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Heart‐Shaped Box, In Bloom, Interview With Krist & Dave, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam, Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam, Lake of Fire, Lithium, Lounge Act, Love Buzz, Marigold, Marigold (instrumental), Milk It, Molly’s Lips, Mr. Moustache, Negative Creep, Oh Me, On a Plain, Paper Cuts, Pennyroyal Tea, Plateau, Polly, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Rape Me, Scentless Apprentice, School, Scoff, Serve the Servants, Sifting, Sliver, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Something in the Way, Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Spank Thru, Stay Away, Swap Meet, Territorial Pissings, The Man Who Sold the World, Very Ape, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / The Man Who Sold the World / About a Girl / On a Plain / Come as You Are / Polly / Dumb, [phone conversation outro], tourette’s

Dave Grohl

performer, vocal, bass guitar, drums, guitar

About a Girl, All Apologies, Aneurysm, Been a Son, Blew, Breed, Come as You Are, Come as you are, Dave Solo, Drain You, Dumb, Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle, Heart‐Shaped Box, In Bloom, Interview With Krist & Dave, Intro, Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam, Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam, Lake of Fire, Lithium, Lounge Act, Lullaby (instrumental), Marigold, Marigold (instrumental), Milk It, Negative Creep, Oh Me, On a Plain, Onward Into Countless Battles, Pennyroyal Tea, Plateau, Polly, Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Rape Me, Scentless Apprentice, School, Serve the Servants, Sliver, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Something in the Way, Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Spank Thru, Stay Away, Territorial Pissings, The Man Who Sold the World, Very Ape, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / The Man Who Sold the World / About a Girl / On a Plain / Come as You Are / Polly / Dumb, You Know You’re Right, tourette’s

Butch Vig

engineer, mix, producer, recording

Breed, Breed (Devonshire mix), Come as You Are, Come as You Are (Devonshire mix), Dive, Drain You, Drain You (Devonshire mix), Endless, Nameless, In Bloom, In Bloom (Devonshire mix), Lithium, Lithium (Devonshire mix), Lounge Act, Lounge Act (Devonshire mix), Old Age (Nevermind outtake), On a Plain, On a Plain (Devonshire mix), Polly, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Smells Like Teen Spirit (Butch Vig mix), Smells Like Teen Spirit (Devonshire mix), Smells Like Teen Spirit (edit), Something in the Way (Devonshire mix), Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless, Stay Away, Stay Away (Devonshire mix), Territorial Pissings, Territorial Pissings (Devonshire mix)

Jack Endino