Incesticide - Definition and Overview

Incesticide is a compilation album of b-sides and outtakes released by Nirvana on December 14 1992 in Europe, and December 15 1992 in the U.S. It was released through Geffen Records. The album reached No. 39 in the Billboard Top 200.

Track listing

1. "Dive"
2. "Sliver"
3. "Stain"
4. "Been A Son"
5. "Turnaround" - by Devo
6. "Molly's Lips" - by The Vaselines
7. "Son Of A Gun" - also by The Vaselines
8. "(New Wave) Polly"
9. "Beeswax"
10. "Downer"
11. "Mexican Seafood"
12. "Hairspray Queen"
13. "Aero Zeppelin"
14. "Big Long Now"
15. "Aneurysm"

The songs "Beeswax", "Downer", "Mexican Seafood", "Hairspray Queen", and "Aero Zeppelin" are from the band's first demo, and show the convergence of the band's early metal and noise punk influences. "Downer" is also found on the Geffen re-release of Bleach.

"Turnaround", "Molly's Lips", and "Son of a Gun" were taken from John Peel BBC sessions.

Charting singles

Personnel

• Kurt Cobain - Vocals/Guitar
• Krist Novoselic - Bass
• Dave Grohl - Drums ("Been A Son", "Turnaround", "Molly's Lips", "Son of a Gun", "(New Wave) Polly", "Aneurysm")
• Chad Channing - Drums ("Dive", "Stain", "Beeswax", "Mexican Seafood", "Hairspray Queen", "Aero Zeppelin", "Big Long Now")
• Dale Crover (The Melvins) - Drums ("Downer")
• Dan Peters (Mudhoney) - Drums ("Sliver")
• Butch Vig - Producer ("Dive")
• Jack Endino - Producer ("Sliver", "Beeswax", "Downer", "Mexican Seafood", "Hairspray Queen", "Aero Zeppelin", "Big Long Now")
• Steve Fisk - Producer ("Stain")
• Miti Adhikari - Producer ("Been A Son", "(New Wave) Polly", "Aneurysm")
• Dale Griffin - Producer ("Turnaround", "Molly's Lips", "Son of a Gun")
• John Taylor - Engineer ("Been A Son", "(New Wave) Polly", "Aneurysm")
• M. Engels - Engineer ("Turnaround", "Molly's Lips", "Son of a Gun")
• F. Kay - Engineer ("Turnaround", "Molly's Lips", "Son of a Gun")

External links

• Rolling Stone review (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=25744)
• The liner notes (http://www.digitalnirvana.net/discography/nirvana/incesticide_note.asp)
• Incesticide Lyrics (http://www.myclassiclyrics.com/nirvana/incesticide.html)