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Did you know that Nirvana's third studio album, In Utero, almost had a completely different title? Or why producer Steve Albini insist that he take 0% of the album's royalty sales? Why did Kurt agree to change a song title to satisfy major retail stores when he was always so against the corporate music industry? Stick around as we answer these questions and more, on... 10 Fun Facts About In Utero by Nirvana 10 Things You Didn't Know About Nirvana In Utero 1. First Take Kurt Cobain sang most of the lyrics on In Utero in one take  and the entire album was produced in only 14 days because Nirvana wanted to release something raw and spontaneous as a follow up to their polished and pre-meditated album Nevermind. The band also elected to work with producer Steve Albini because Cobain was a fan of the primitive sound on Albini produced albums such as Surfer Rosa by the Pixies or Pod by The Breeders. As Albini himself explains: "The bulk of the record Kurt sang in

Did you know that tensions developed between Deftones singer Chino Moreno and guitarist Stephen Carpenter while recording the band's third studio album? Or that a popular DJ confused them with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones? What about the unintended consequences of inviting Tool front-man Maynard James Keenan to mentor the band in the studio? Stick around as we answer these questions and more, on... 10 Fun Facts About White Pony By Deftones 1. Tension Tensions developed between Deftones singer Chino Moreno and guitarist Stephen Carpenter while working on White Pony when Chino began playing guitar, encroaching on Stephen's creative territory. However, drummer Abe Cunningham states that Chino only did so out of necessity because Stephen moved miles away, preventing Abe and Chino from being able to collaborate with him in the early phase of the writing process. As Abe explains:   “It was a bit of a tense time, looking back now it was a good time but at that particular point Stephen