If there’s one thing you take away from our Full Band Friday video series, we hope it’s that the CME House Band doesn’t need much to channel the sound of the artists who inspire us to pick up our guitars in the first place! Playing one of Kurt Cobain’s own favorite Nirvana tunes on a CME Exclusive Squier Mustang Competition in homage to one of the guitarist's favorite underdog Fender models, here’s the CME House Band getting grungy this Full Band Friday with “Drain You” by Nirvana!
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More About "Drain You"
"Drain You" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist, Kurt Cobain. It is the eighth track on their second album, Nevermind, released in September 1991. The song was released as a promotional single in late 1991, and also appeared as a b-side on UK retail editions of the first single from that album, "Smells Like Teen Spirit". A live version, recorded on December 28, 1991 at Del Mar Fairgrounds in Del Mar, California, was released as the second promotional single from the live compilation, From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, in 1996. This version peaked at number 44 on the Radio & Records US Alternative Top 50 chart.
The song was first recorded in the spring of 1991, when Cobain and Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl visited Melvins drummer Dale Crover and his then-girlfriend Debbi Shane in San Francisco, California, on their way to record what became Nevermind in Van Nuys. During their visit, the four recorded several songs on a four track, including "Drain You," under the band name, the Retards. "At the time, Kurt was into starting bands with everybody," Shane recalled, "so we went to the practice space my band Dumbhead shared with the Melvins, and formed the Retards for two days."
According to Shane, the band worked on songs by all four members, with one person recording, and Cobain eventually "announced he had a song, which wasn't a Nirvana song because it didn't have a drum part. When Dale started playing drums, he was like, 'Wow, we have a drum part.'" The instrumental interlude was also developed during this session, which Shane says changed the song's character "from metal to a more Sonic Youth noise thing. With the song's structure now in place, the band brought it to the Nevermind recording sessions at Sound City Studios in May 1991.
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Gear Used:
CME Exclusicve Squier Mustang Competition Orange
Fender Vintage Modified '68 Custom Princeton Reverb
Boss OD-3 Overdrive
Strymon El Capistan Tape Echo
Strymon Deco Tape Saturation & Double Tracker
CME Exclusive Squier Mustang Bass Competition Orange
Ampeg BR-15 Portaflex
Ludwig Classic Oak Kit 13/16/22
Ludwig Pewter over Copper Snare
Meinl Byzance Extra Dry 15" Hi-Hats
Meinl Byzance Extra Dry 22" Crash
Meinl Pure Ally Custom Medium 18" Crash
Recording Gear Used:
Universal Audio Apollo X8
AEA R88 MkII Stereo Ribbon Microphone
Shure Beta 52A Supercardioid Dynamic Kick Drum Microphone
AEA N22 Active Ribbon Microphone
Shure SM57
Featuring:
Ehmed Nauman - Guitar/Vocal
Miles Eddy - Bass
Zach Moore - Drums
Songs Played:
00:00 - 03:21 "Drain You" Nirvana
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Lyrics:
One baby to another says, "I'm lucky to have met you"
I don't care what you think unless it is about me
It is now my duty to completely drain you
I travel through a tube and end up in your infection
Chew your meat for you
Pass it back and forth
In a passionate kiss
From my mouth to yours
I like you
With eyes so dilated, I've become your pupil
You taught me everything without a poison apple
The water is so yellow, I'm a healthy student
Indebted and so grateful, vacuum out the fluids
Chew your meat for you
Pass it back and forth
In a passionate kiss
From my mouth to yours
I like you
You, you, you
You, you, you
One baby to another says, "I'm lucky to have met you"
I don't care what you think unless it is about me
It is now my duty to completely drain you
I travel through a tube and end up in your infection
Chew your meat for you
Pass it back and forth
In a passionate kiss
From my mouth to yours
Sloppy lips to lips
You're my vitamins
I like you