*Other than being a drug addict and depressed, what are these 'serious health issues' you mention, Carroll13?*
Those are serious health issues. Both of those things are caused by physiological problems in the brain, and they cause physical problems. Ask Nikki Sixx, DuffMcKagen(sp?) or any other recovering addict about that.
And that, mixed with the genetic stomach problems which he self-medicated with the heroin, which is a very powerful painkiller...and unfortunately very likely to cause chemical dependency as well.
*He was hyperactive as a kid and had some sort of a stomach condition in his adult life that he used as an excuse for his heroin habit. That ain't mo excuse for suicide.*
Excuse? No. Explanation. There's no excuse for suicide, but it happens, depression is often a fatal disease, as is addiction.
*You mention 'job issues' What? Being one of the highest paid musicians in the world at the time and having back-to-back multi-milliom selling albums? - I can't see a reason for suicide there either.*
Again, the guy had clinical depression and addiction...being highly paid has never cured anyone of those problems, because they're neurological problems.
Beyond that, as I mentioned, Geffen was not wanting to allow Nirvana to release a new Nirvana album.
*Also how do you call Butch Vig,(producer of Nevermind)a metal producer?*
I said "mixer".
Nevermind was mixed by Andy Wallace, who was best known at that time for mixing Slayer.
He was brought in at the last minute because the album was taking longer than the schedule allowed, and Butch had other engagements, so he couldn't mix all of it.
The result was much more polished than the band actually sounded.
* And In Utero was considered by Geffen to sub-par and all you have to is listen to it yourself and you can tell that it is a mess. And that isn't the fault of the producers or record company, that is because the band or more specifically Cobain, couldn't decide on what they wanted, nor were they good enough muso's to pull it off properly.*
They were using more dissonance than Geffen wanted them to use. Geffen wanted something nicer sounding, less uncomfortable, something safe...which the band mocked on "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter," which is intensely dissonant.
*I do agree with you on the 'Spungen wannabe' wife but all he had to do was leave her, not kill himself. And to do that to the kid was totally irresponsible.*
Total agreement there. I'm not condoning what he did.
*Whatever other members of his family committed suicide, I also dont know, so I would like to be enlightened on that. But even so, you'd think he would have seen the impact the suicides would have had on the other family members and friends and if he were of sane mind he would have refrained from that course of action to himself.*
But that's the point, people with those health problems are by definition not of sane mind.
I don't recall all the details, but I remember after he died, his mother talked about several uncles of his who had the same stomach problems, severe depression, and alcoholism/addiction, and ended up committing suicide as a result.
*I'm sorry but I fail to hear the 'sonic chances' that the grunge musicians took than some of the over-the-top efforts from the glam movement.*
A hugely successful and marketable Rock band follows up their hugely successful and relatively commercial sounding second album with an album that uses so much dissonance that the record company, being unfamiliar with the experimental side of Punk Rock and Postpunk(See:Sonic Youth, Gang Of Four,Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, etc..) stalls the release of the album until they can soften the mix.
....somebody at Geffen obviously felt they were taking a risk if they slowed the album down from coming to the market.
As a musician, I would find that sort of interference with the creative process very troubling, and if I were depressed, it would probably make me more depressed.
