#jack endino

[spilladabalia]

Screaming Trees-Winter Song (Acoustic)

Studio acoustic version of Winter Song from 1993, Jack Endino on slide guitar.

[nirvana-collector]

“BLEACH” came out on this day 35 years ago.

I have 26 different versions of this album right now.

[nofatclips]

Buy You by Bearaxe from the Last Call EP

[all-rock-and-roll-is-homosexual]

Skin Yard, 1991

scanned from 35mm slide

📸: Karen Mason

if you like my scans and want to help out you can do so here

[mitjalovse]

A thing about many musicians that had their careers cut short by their deaths might be that their personal and musical overlapped too much. I mean, Nirvana were at some times the journals of Cobain's pain. Of course, there's also a question how much did that become a persona of his? Mind you, I'm not suggesting he faked that, his hurt was way too real for something like that, though he did cope with his traumas in a strangely detached way that bordered on him being irresponsible. However,, I believe he couldn't handle, when his own mechanism became a marketing strategy. Their debut showed a promise, which their consequent platters wished to dismantle, yet they somehow couldn't – his personal turned up everyone's public.

[rainingmusic]

Mark Lanegan - Mockingbirds

[dreamsofconsciousnessmetal]

Goya are a stoner metal outfit out of Phoenix, AZ, who had the foresight/luck to snag "marijuana.bandcamp.com" before anyone else. Their fourth album In the Dawn of November was recorded by the legendary Seattle engineer Jack Endino, and will be released by Blues Funeral Recordings on June 13th.

[photo by Rachel Eblin]

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[guerrilla-operator]

SKIN YARD

[andreasmusicblog]

Interview with Krist Noveselic, Kim Thayil, and Jack Endino

[greensparty]

Talking with Can of Clouds

It is not too often that I get the opportunity to interview a new music group that features someone who was a member of one of my top 3 favorite music groups of all time. WA's Can of Clouds consists Justine Jeanotte and Chad Channing. If Channing's name doesn't ring a bell his music will. He was the drummer for Nirvana from 1988 to 1990, playing on the band's debut Bleach. He parted ways with Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic after a Spring 1990 tour, but he did some awesome recordings and shows (including Nirvana's shows in Boston in 1989 and two in 1990). The band blew up with fifth drummer Dave Grohl, but in the years that followed much of Channing's recordings were released on compilations and box sets. In addition to Nirvana, Channing has also played in Tic Dolly Row (pre-Nirvana but their demo was re-issued more recently), Fire Ants, The Methodists, Before Cars and Benkyo. Prior to this interview, I had some brief interactions with him on social media, including when I wrote my open letter to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame urging them to induct Channing with Nirvana's induction in 2014. (NOTE: This marks the second member of Nirvana I have been lucky enough to interview after Dale Crover in 2017).

Justine Jeanotte is a violinist and keyboardist who played in Channing's band Before Cars. The two came together as an electronic / acoustic duo Can of Clouds. The group just released their first album Passing Vistas, which was recently released on digital and CD. The vinyl is expected to be out in time for their record release party on May 24 at The Rabbit Box in Seattle, WA. I recently got to catch up with both Mr. Channing and Ms. Jeanotte via zoom.

Channing and Jeanotte among the clouds

Me: So both of you played together in Before Cars. Tell me about your musical chemistry in that band?

Chad: Well Before Cars started as an idea. I've always been a songwriter, so I wanted to get some ideas out that I had. So I was like, well I'd like to get more people together on this. So I talked to my friends Paul [Burback] and Andy [Miller] to ask if they could help me out. We went to this place the Meatlocker and recorded three or four songs. Paul was like "what about getting some violin on it?" and that's where Justine comes in the picture.

Justine: I played on a few songs I think on the first album [Walk Back]. And then there's more violins on the second album How We Run. Then we started playing live. Just little tours, mostly Europe. I don't think we ever toured the U.S. with Before Cars.

Chad: But yeah, we've known each other since 2000. I've always been aware that she's a violinist and whatnot. So I thought it'd be so cool to integrate that. So much of my influence is a lot of 70s singer / songwriter kind of stuff. Carly Simon to Jim Croce, just stuff like that. There's a lot of strings that weave in and out of 70s songwriter stuff. So anyways, I wanted to put that in.

Jeanette (second from right) and Channing (far right) in Before Cars

Me: So you had known each other a long time and played in that band. How did Can of Clouds come about?

Chad: Well, Can of Clouds was a little electronic project that I had. Me sitting in front of GarageBand and using a mini-keyboard and putting stuff together. This was back around 2009. I made a record that I just never released. It just sort of sat there. Then, was it last year?

Justine: I think we were in the car. It always shows up on the screen what's playing. And we were trying to think of band names for Can of Clouds. I didn't even realize that this Can of Clouds that came up was Chad's project. So I was like "Can of Clouds, that's kind of a cool name". Then I realized that was his project that he had done a few things with, so we decided to take that name. We did use a few of those songs and added to them, but then we also did a bunch of new stuff. Some parts we took Chad's parts out and put the violins in instead. Then I added harmony parts to some of the melodies.

Chad: It was pretty funny, because I just assumed that she knew what the songs were from that project, because I played it for Paul and Andy and friends back then. So when she brought up that Can of Clouds would be a cool name, I was like "yeah that's just the name I had for this project" and she was like "wait, that's you?". So it was kind of something old that we brought back to life but made it our own.

Justine: And we had talked about doing a project together, maybe around 2019. We had talked about this for several years. People would ask and we'd be like "oh yeah we're going to do this project" and I began to think, are we ever going to actually do this thing? Then just last year I had this craving to do something. And then we said yes to a show and we only had three songs. So that kind of gave us the kick in the butt to get going.

Chad: That's what kind of catapulted us to get things going. A friend of mine had contacted me that they were going to be doing a OK Hotel reunion show, OK Hotel being the infamous hotel in Seattle where a lot of bands played in the grunge days. The owners of it, when they moved they owned other clubs and one of them was called The Royal Room and they were having a big get together show. So they asked if I wanted to play it. I looked at Justine and said "we only have three songs!?!"

Justine: I was in the background just saying, "say yes" let's get it done.

Chad: Yeah, so I said yes and got to work writing more songs so we could at least have enough to fill out thirty minutes. Kind of crazy!

Me: With this album, Chad, there's more of an electronic element than your previous bands. What was that like for you exploring that musically?

Chad: Well, stuff like EDM and stuff like that was slowly seeping in, aside from the music I was into. I think, one day back in '08 or '09, I was listening to Pandora and I don't know what station I configured for myself, but a band came on the radio I had never heard before that really intrigued me. The band was called Boards of Canada. That later lead to another band called Tycho. They mixed a lot of electronic stuff with a lot of acoustic stuff. A lot of acoustic guitars with a lot of electronic beats going on. I really got into that and I really started getting into more types of EDM music, the atmospheric mixed with dance music. That really intrigued me. So I really wanted to start implementing that into my songwriting. That's what got me going with the whole Can of Clouds thing to begin with. That was my first effort into working that way. So I said, how am I going to do this? I didn't really have a synthesizer at the time. Well, I thought I'd just take a mini-keyboard and work with GarageBand. So it was just playing drum beats onto the keyboard like that and then there's pre-made beats too. I started mixing and matching different things and that's really where it all started. I really got into that and I've been head-on into it ever since.

Justine: You also did the project with Tony[Dattilo].

Chad: Yes, that's true.

Justine: There was a project before this that was with another friend that was just keyboards or just synthesizers.

Chad: It was called Benkyo. We were originally going to call ourselves The Brobots, but then that was already taken. He did this movie production that he just does himself and he calls them Benkyo and he just took that as the name. So me and Tony actually got together every Tuesday for a while, started writing stuff and put the electronic record together. Yeah, I almost forgot about that. So that was a lot of fun! So I guess this is the second or third electronic music that I've been working with. But this has a lot more acoustic music implemented to it.

Me: Justine, there's been a lot of rock-oriented music that has incorporated violins into it for a long time now. Do you see that as a challenge to bring that into rock or is it kind of seamless to just meld into the music with violins?

Justine: No, it's definitely seamless. It's definitely getting more popular, it seems like it. Every day, you hear more string quartets in rock music, it's becoming pretty popular at the moment. I think for me, I'm not much of a composer, but this is the first project in which I've written most of my parts myself. So for me, that's been kind of fun just to branch out. I'm originally a classical violinist, I'm classically trained. I read most of the music, with things put in front of me. So that's a challenge for me to have to write my own parts, but this is the first project where it felt pretty natural to do it. So, I enjoy it. I think it adds a lot to the music and I've been told that when we had violins in Before Cars people really loved it when the violins come out.

Chad: What's really cool is I always try to offer to people to write what you want to put into it. Like the song "Moonglade", that's all her. I was like "what do you want to do with this?" and she just took off running with it.

Justine: Well, I started that one on keyboard. Then we actually transferred it into more of a violin. We started adding guitar at first and then we started doing this project and added the synthesizers underneath. For a while I was like "Chad, you can do more with it. Make it louder" and he was like "I like it simpler" so he just did that simple stuff.

Passing Vistas album cover

Me: With this album Passing Vistas you worked with Jack Endino, who you had worked with on Nirvana's Bleach and Before Cars' Walk Back. What was it like to reunite with him?

Chad: It was funny because we had a show down south near the Columbia River and Jack came to the show and watched us. By this point the album had already been recorded and we just needed it mastered. And at the end of the show I was talking to Jack and said we were looking to get it mastered now and mentioned some people we were going to do it with. He said "they're pretty good" but then he leaned over and whispered "but I'm cheaper". [laughs] So I'm like, "that sounds good to me Jack". I mean, I have worked with him a lot in the past in my previous bands not just Nirvana and Before Cars, but Fire Ants as well. He's a great friend and I've always trust the work that he does and always liked everything that I've done with him. So it was nice to get the chance to work with him. I mean I'm used to him in the studio every day mixing and stuff, but even mastering it was fun to reconnect in that way, via email going back and forth and stuff. The fact that there was an opportunity for him to be a part of this record is really cool! He was really looking forward to the idea of it and stuff. And when you have someone that's excited about your project, that's kind of where I want to go with.

Justine: The first show that we played, he was actually on that bill. He played with his band, so he got to see our first show.

Me: So you've been playing some shows around Washington. Could there be a possibility of a tour outside of the Pacific Northwest? Boston perhaps?

Justine: We actually would love to. We've been brainstorming, when could we go. It's definitely on our mind.

Chad: I think at this point, we're also just trying to get some stuff out to radio stations and stuff. See what kind of reaction we can get, getting the feelers out there. These days, you definitely need a lot of support behind going out on the road. It's a little difficult to just pack up and call a club and ask "can we play your club". A lot more work is involved than it used to be. But that's what we're doing, just trying to garner more attention and get to a point where we can call a particular club in Boston. But that is something that's on our mind that we definitely want to do.

Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain and Channing in Nirvana circa 1988

Novoselic and Channing in Oct. 2024

Me: Just a few months ago, Chad's old bandmate Krist Novoselic posted some photos and videos when you were playing a show close to his neck of the woods. I was just curious if you had stayed in touch with him, or Nirvana's rhythm guitarist Jason Everman for that matter, in recent years?

Chad: It's funny you mention being in Krist's neck of the woods. He was actually also at that show that Jack [Endino] was at.

Me: Wow - you, Krist and Jack were all at one show?!

Chad: Yeah, some old school players all sitting at the same table and stuff. I don't see Krist that often, but he's everywhere. He has his band but he's very politically active. But yeah, he lives there and works with a grange. Anyways, it was really cool seeing him. But it's kind of rare, we don't run into each other that often.

Justine: We do hang out with Jason!

Chad: Yeah. I mean he's everywhere all the time. We stay in contact and WhatsApp and stuff. When he's in town, he'll reach out and we get together.

Dan Peters, Jack Endino, Dale Crover and Channing in 2014

Crover, Channing and Dave Grohl in 2014

3 out of 5 Nirvana drummers in both pictures

Me: And over the years you seem to have a good relationship with the other drummers from Nirvana. Over the years you have been photographed with Dan Peters (drummer in 1990), Dale Crover (drummer in 1988 and 1990) and Dave Grohl (drummer from 1990-1994) and you seem to be in good spirits with the brotherhood of Nirvana drummers.

Chad: Yeah, that's true. I remember back when Nirvana was getting inducted into the [Rock and Roll] Hall of Fame...well, there's that one photo that has me, Jack, Dale, Dan - yeah, basically a bunch of drummers hanging out. Yeah, we've always had a pretty good relationship and I've always gotten along pretty well.

Justine: It's hard not to like him. [laughs]

Chad: Dave [Grohl] is another person I see very very rarely in my life, but when we do it's very cool. We've always just gotten along. I like that, it's cool that we have that.

Me: You mentioned the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I wrote my own op-ed, where I said "Please let Chad Channing be a part of this induction" and for whatever reason they didn't, but I thought it was a real nice and respectful class-act move of Dave Grohl to namecheck you specifically and your influence in the band. I thought that was very worthy.

Chad: Yeah, that was very cool. It's very much like Dave to do that too and that he mentioned everyone. He started by saying "most you don't know, I was actually the fifth drummer for Nirvana". It was a fun experience just to be there, even though I didn't get inducted. For me, to be honest, music is never about the accolades. It's about the music and reaching out to people. Many people have asked if I'm mad or sore about that, but actually I'm not. I mean if you go to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, you will see me there in pictures or something.

Can of Clouds onstage in 2024

Me: You mentioned the outreach you're doing to radio stations and seeking shows, what's coming up for the band?

Chad: Yeah, we just yesterday had everything sent off for the record to be made into vinyl.

Justine: It's in process right now. And we have our official album release show on May 24 at The Rabbit Box, this cute place. So fingers crossed the vinyl will be ready by then.

Chad: Yeah, we're hoping to get everything out there available in all formats. I'm hoping as things start to snowball, things could generate enough that we could play other places. We would love to play outside of Washington. I'd love to play the East Coast, I'd love to play Boston! At this point, I'm just waiting to see what happens. Fingers crossed.

For info on Can of Clouds

[psitrend]

Interview with Windhand on Eternal Return and What Comes Next

Windhand formed in Richmond, Virginia in the late 2000s, shaped by upbringing in less densely populated areas and a shared interest in heavy music. Their most recent album, Eternal Return, released in 2018 by Relapse Records, marked a shift in tone and structure. Produced by Jack Endino, the record came together after a period of personal and creative upheaval. The sessions focused heavily on…

[mymelodic-chapel]

Hot Hot Heat- Makeup The Breakdown (Indie Rock, Post-Punk Revival, Dance-Punk) Released: October 8, 2002 [Sub Pop Records] Producer(s): Hot Hot Heat, Jack Endino

[kerryshifts]

THE DISCOGRAPHY,

baby-doll, you need some rock n' roll. !!!!!!

for everyone who likes to scream in the void. no judgment is allowed. no fear will take control. music has always been a way to connect with the deepest part of you; and this is why they are always praised for. ladies and gentlemen… THE INKSTAINS.

with their raw, energetic and distorted sound THE INKSTAINS are meeting contemporary tastes and bringing back rock’n’roll at the top of international charts. they are a mania. founded in 2018 initially as a way for the group to disobey to their parents wishes, the four of them say to have found a part of themselves they have never seen before with their music. kerry colt (lead singer & face of the group), james potter (bass), remus lupin (guitar) and sirius black (drums), all in their teenagehood, are rebooting rock ‘n’ roll for a new generation of listener.

🎸 ✶ release date: september 20, 2019. DETENTION DIARIES.

alternative rock / desert rock / grunge. length: 54:20.

[ GEFFEN RECORDS ] & dan nigro, jack endino, butch vig.

TRACKLIST . .

i. pure games.

ii. true love knows no misery.

iii. frenzy.

iv. the time has come again 4 cocktails.

v. sweetheart inside destruction.

vi. my killer.

vii. someone new!!!!!

viii. hold me down with your games.

ix. social scars.

x. mess of a soul.

xi. stuck in my head….

xii. no sleep for dreamers.

xiii. lost signal.

xiv. over and out.

the debut album DETENTION DIARIES has received a lot of positive criticism. both the critics and the public admired the sound and the details put in each of the songs, such as special effects (ex: fireworks in social scars) in some of them, and how the sound and the lyrics matches each other while, when needed, can cause a sensation of discomfort and comfort. the album can both be raw and eccentric, capturing the essence of each member of the band. everyone can clearly hear how much all the people who worked on this project cared about the result. DETENTION DIARIES became one of the best selling albums of 2019, positioning at the first place on the globally billboards, along with nine of the songs placing on the top 30 songs globally. it became a global success, causing THE INKSTAINS to be 13th on the list of all artists.

THE AWARDS,

v mas 2019.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR: my killer.

BEST NEW ARTIST: THE INKSTAINS.

BEST ROCK: THE INKSTAINS / DETENTION DIARIES.

THE INKSTAINS performed my killer at the VMAS, causing not only a pop culture moment, but also controversy. the performance was raw to demonstrate the meaning of the song (the singer directly talks to anxiety, who is represented as a person, a femme fatale version of her, and who talks back to her). the two have two very different type of voices; with thehe anxiety having a very high-pitched voice). because of the sound & the lyrics & the outfit the band was wearing, they got ‘demonic’ accusations. the only response by the band was ‘you know you made it when they think you are demonic’.

grammy awards 2020.

BEST NEW ARTIST: THE INKSTAINS.

BEST ROCK SONG: my killer.

NOMINATED (best rock album).

DETENTION DIARIES TOUR.

from 5st january 2020 to 31th august 2020.

🎸 ✶ release date: march 4th, 2021. RUST&RUIN.

alternative rock / desert rock / grunge. length: 54:20.

[ GEFFEN RECORDS ] & dan nigro, jack endino, butch vig.

TRACKLIST,

i. the time has come again 4 introductions.

ii. serious teenager.

iii. unlikely magnets.

iv. mooore drugs.

v. it’s thought to make explosions.

vi. me n u and hellfire.

vii. in yesterday.

viii. out of anthems.

ix. please, no.

x. closer memory.

their sophomore album RUST&RUIN became a global success, easily beating their debut. the marketing for the album anticipation was, according to the critics, so in-style with the band that it almost felt surreal to assist in real time. all of the vinyls went out stock in less than ten minutes, and RUST&RUIN became the best selling album of 2021, making THE INKSTAINS the 6th artist most streamed on spotify. this is a more mature album, and everything seems to be even better than the debut one: from the melody, the voice, lyrics and production. the bandsurpassed all the expectations that everyone had. it wasn’t so different from DETENTION DIARIES, but it wasn’t neither the same. people loved it because it came with feelings, not only a good music.

THE AWARDS,

v mas.

SONG OF THE YEAR: me n u and hellfire.

BEST ROCK: RUST&RUIN.

( NOMINATED ) album of the year. best music video.

grammys.

BEST ROCK SONG: in yesterday.

SONG OF THE YEAR: me n u and hellfire.

BEST ROCK ALBUM: RUST&RUIN.

( NOMINATED ) album of the year. best music video.

RUST&RUIN TOUR.

from september 20, 2021 to august 5, 2022.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[records-of-records]

Mudhoney “Touch Me I’m Sick/Sweet Young Thing Ain’t Sweet No More” 1989

The big bang that set off the grunge and alternative music revolution of the 90’s. Of course Mudhoney were more of a garage band than what we ultimately came to know what grunge was to be. But still, super important record. Without it the 90’s would’ve sounded very different.

The b-side is actually the better song in my opinion and the band’s original opinion as it was intended to be the a-side. Somebody, probably Jack Endino, said “No way!” and “Touch Me…” got the a-side.

[mitjalovse]

The 90's rock-pop conundrum? Is this discussion even neccessary at this point, when poptimism won? We have to look back – the 90's alternative rock embraced pop, but you always had a hunch they felt wary of that. For instane, Nirvana became huge, because they brought some strong pop sensibilities to grunge. However, I assume they – Grohl may have been an outlier here –. didn't feel comfortable about that notion. The tune on the link, for instance, caused Cobain to ask himself – would anybody take him seriously afterwards? Mind you, the piece is not a frothy confection, yet I get his trepidation, this sounds like something for all radio, not just college ones. While Kurt Cobain may have been more open-minded than majority of his peers, rockism still clung on to his heart.

[adominguezs]

Soundgarden - A-Sides.

Año 1997. Reedición USA. Año 2018. Grunge. Universal Music Enterprises.

Es el segundo álbum recopilatorio de la banda. Publicado el 4 de noviembre de 1997, por el sello A&M. Contiene canciones de Screaming Life, Ultramega OK, Louder Than Love, Badmotorfinger, Superunknown y Down On The Upside.

Sencillos: «Bleed Together».

Músicos Chris Cornell - voz, guitarra, mandolina y mandola. Kim Thayil - guitarra. Ben Shepherd - bajo, coros, mandolina y mandola. Hiro Yamamoto - bajo y coros. Matt Cameron - batería, coros y percusión.

Músico invitado Artis The Spoonman - spoons (C1).

Producción Jack Endino - productor. Drew Canulette - productor. Terry Date - productor. Michael Beinhorn - productor. Adam Kasper - productor. Soundgarden - productor.

Tracklist: A1 Nothing to say 3:58 A2 Flower 3:28 A3 Loud love 4:57 A4 Hands all over 6:02

B1 Get on the snake 3:45 B2 Jesus Christ pose 5:52 B3 Outshined 5:12 B4 Rusty cage 4:27

C1 Spoonman 4:08 C2 The day I tried to live 5:21 C3 Black hole sun 5:20 C4 Fell on black days 4:42

D1 Pretty noose 4:13 D2 Burden in my hand 4:52 D3 Blow up the outside world 5:47 D4 Ty Cobb 3:08 D5 Bleed together 3:51