Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana - Dave Grohl | Recreating Iconic Drum Sounds
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Nirvana inspired a whole generation with their album Nevermind, released in 1991. Their rough sound and appearance made them become grunge music icons. Their drummer Dave Grohl, also known as the lead vocalist with the Foo Fighters, shaped Nirvana's sound with his outstanding drumming and the huge energy in his performances. Here is how you can recreate his sound with a modern drum kit.
00:00 Introduction
00:27 The Original
01:09 Recreating the Sound
02:53 Performance
04:29 Conclusion
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And of all the shirts you could have picked...
Thought the same ...
Right?!?!?! With the whole "hey axle" and everything. Like they fucking haatteeddd that band.
Well that fued is long over. Krist and Duff are homies and jammed live before. Dave has interviews Duff for sound city. He also invited slash over for his birthday bash, and lend Axl Rose his guitar throne when he injured his ankle.
Everything fades in time.
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Yeah right haha
The drum sound on nevermind is incredible. Butch Vig killed it on those sessions
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I love how hes wearing a guns and roses shirt while talking about nirvana lol
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hi Axlll hi Axllll hiiii Axllll
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@@wcyee26 best comment
@@wcyee26 where's Axl?? 😂
The tom heads moving is very satisfying
Is one supposed to assemble them a certain way to bounce that way, I find that cool as well, but just have a edrum so far😃 wanna know for when i get a acoustic set hopefully
nvm, i see what u mean now haha, read the comment before watchin
It’s effect you get when filming in slow motion (120fps e.g.)
@@ddppbbqq if you have those certain heads with the big dot in the middle, tune them low but absolutely evenly then you will get close to it.
I learned to play drums by playing along to Nevermind songs. Good job, guys
Me to
I used to set up my pillows in the arrangement of a drum set and beat the ever living fuck out of them playing Nevermind and In Utero. I mean BEAT the fuck outta my pillows. There were holes in them by the end of the summer. Now I have a drum kit and I’m more worried about poking holes in them. Thanks Dave 😹
that’s the way to go
Me to
Nirvana was definitely one of the bands who got many people out there to learn an instrument - for that alone NIRVANA rules!
I was riding my bike with headphones screaming this song when it came out :)
I was in the back o the red lion club in Newquay smashed
relate hardcore and your sentence just sent me into nostalgia frenzy i was too young for this album but remember being a kid blaring rob zombie sinister urge album riding my bike lmao
Let’s be honest the hair did most of the work. He just wanted to make a decent time video.
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I've been listening to this album for the past 20 years and it still gives me the chills
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Lounge act always gives me goosebumps on the first clean chorus.
I love that LP snare! Been on a bucket list now for a little while, I’ve promised myself this is the last snare I’m buying 😂
Was not expecting to see Nirvana being played in open hand. Nice!
Thanjs James 🙏
I know! I think it suits the song perfectly. Open handed gives the drum performance the energy to perfectly match the song. Nice job!!
Finally another open handed drummer
According to Andy Wallace, who mixed the album, only a small amount of sampling was used on the snare, to give it a sort of shotgun like reverb... but ge claims it was mixed very low. What you hear is Dave Grohl playing an acoustic kit.
Totally in awe of the work put into this. The drumming is spot on. Great, great work.
Butch Vig didn't use drum samples, it was Andy Wallace who did it in the final mix we all know
Do we know what drums were enhanced by samples? Or did he sample cymbals also.
@@_-_Michael_-_ I'm pretty sure he just used room samples
Like ambience? Kind of hall or something like that?
@@_-_Michael_-_ samples of drum room mics.
Yeah butch has his own released mix
THE SAMPLES
1:27 KICK
1:48 SNARE
2:07 RIGHT TOM (As shown in video)
2:11 LEFT TOM (As shown in video)
Amazing how you got the kick that close without the sample.
You should hold the drumstick at the bottom for nirvana that’s the way Dave holds them
Yes, well recognized.
Great video guys really enjoyed it
brilliant! as always!
Sounds amazing 🤩
First time I´m seeing that LP Banda snare in a rock context. Well done.
Dig it love your videos always love improving and upping my game and creating my own sounds in the process.
Very nicely done! Impressively close, considering the gear wasn't precisely the same.
Thanks Tyler! Much appreciated!
Lessen the muffling in the snare, bring out a little bit of the overtone. Nice sounding kit man :)
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Spot on Drumming
Side note: Butch Vigg didn’t use drum samples at the recording stage, but Andy Wallace, who mixed the album did (kick and snare samples)
I love this. I wish this was a series.
It is! We do have tons of videos like this check our playlist here: th-cam.com/play/PLJJf4qLzrbWN0_Pdu2_XAlcQec1cgjYoj.html
This is a really good series, please do more.
Awesome sound from the drums set... Thanks for the video, very nice 👌👌
Thank You 🙏 for your nice Feedback
I challenge you to recreate the Tom Sawyer drum sound
Challenge accepted. But it will take some time to prepare the video.
@@ArtOfDrumming I'm excited to see the final result
Man. That punch!!!! Played very good
Wow, man. This was an incredible video. Congratulations! I don't know if it makes any difference to you but it just won another subscriber.
Thanks so much Daniel! And yes every single subscriber matters to us!
MIght as well rename this how to get the sound city studio drum sound. Snare is a bit off though imo
3:10 "lets add some music" as if it wasn't already music to my ears xD
Great sound! And very cool drumming 🤘
Thanks so much 😃
You nailed that ride brightness and the floor toms pitch
Great video man. Congratulations!!!
Thanks 🙏
Gold...amazing man
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Bro! Y’all did that. 👏🏽
This is amazing
I think it sounds pretty damn close to the album sound. Regardless, you definitely got a great drum sound that would work for a rock record.
At 1:27 I Imagined "Iron man" from Black Sabbath starting.
True ;-)
Nice job, the drums sound great. I was in Smart Studios several times before it shut down. The building was up for sale in 2019.
Wow the drums really do get way out in front of of the sound in this song incredible that’s such a catchy groove to this song
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@@ArtOfDrumming my favorite song by Nirvana by far👍
Definitely a song that influenced so many bands in the 90s
Very nice. Cool studio too!
THANKS FOR THE SAMPLES!!!
You arr welcome 🤗
Bruuh amazing 🤩
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Well, I'm a critic myself when it comes to sounds in recordings. Especially when it comes to the drumkit for I'm a rockdrummer myself. But this Nirvana sound you created...that's darn good! And like you said it yourself, when you hear the sound of the kit it's good but not very special but when the rest of the band kicks in...Heaven! Good job dude!
Great sound reproduction and great drum performance!
Thanks!
Ummm... beautifully filmed, may I say! Awesome lighting, angles and reflections.Nice!
Thanks 😊
Insane bro. U kill it
Thanks 🙏!
Very cool video !
Thanks 🙏
First time seeing this channel and I like this idea. I think it’d be cool if we could also get an in the box recreation in which you use virtual drums like Superior Drummer, Steven Slate Drums, or BFD3 for us non drummers
Refused’s The Shape Of Punk To Come would be a great one to do. That album’s drum sound is absolutely unreal in my opinion, as is David Sandstrom’s playing
Hello Billy! Thanks much for your detailed feedback! We always always trying our best. We will definitely make sure to get your suggestions up on our list 👌!
Nice video!
So far, this drumset sound is my fave👍👍👍
Good job!
Great sound!!
Thanks!
Great video!
Thanks!
Great to see you checking out our channel! :)
Have fun exploring all the other videos
I forgot how much I missed this song! 🤘🏻
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Wow very cool man
please make one of these on the pinkerton drum sound
Jeez those 24 inch kick and those toms .. Killer old skull set..
dude, this is awesome
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Impressive Sound and Drumming with the right attitude!
Thanks so much!
I started out on drums playing open handed like you do in this video. Everyone thought I was playing wrong so I unlearned it. Wish I hadn't, Mike Bordin is one of fave drummers who also plays this way.
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Great! You could create a library of sounds for electrónic drums!
Currently trying to grow my hair like Pascal in this video x
Love the open hand drumming.
Thanks 🙏
Amazing
good work your research was very accurate
It wasn't. It's so easy to look up what cymbals dave used but they didn't bother to use google i guess.
Please do a Nathan followill video his snare tone and overall drum tone from only by the nights is amazing
The 14 inch floor tom used as a rack tom, seriously looks exactly like the kit he used at Live at Paramount.
Spot on
Thanks 🙏!
it sounds really pretty :D
this drum sounds great and I love the color
Thanks 🙏 its a sonor prolite in ebony white stripe finish
Awesome sound
Thanks 🙏
great videos
One of the greatest songs ever!
Fantastic job, guys! You got as close to the original as possible.
Thanks 🙏 Goran
Very nice👌🏼
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When you wear GnR shirt and play Nirvana song, that the best fail ever 🤣
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Very well said bro
Im cool w his shirt, maybe he's just a 90s kid that grew up listening to the likes of gnr, metallica, pearl jam, nirvana etc. Im glad he didnt wear a nirvana shirt playing a nirvana song 😂🤣
When his phrasing is that legit he can get away with it, no doubt
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Well played.
Broo that is so awsome 😱😱 it was perfect 👍👍👍👍 it sound exactly from the original record 🙌👏👌
Thanks so much!
Sounds clean
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Well done dude
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Your videos are so well done. This one I could do without personally but another winner. I'm sure it's been commented on a ton already but I guess it was the Tama Bell Brass he used on this album. Would have been cool to find a brass drum for this one. That snare you've got just doesn't quite have the balls.
Snare sounds very different. Like there’s no wires. But still a good try! And it just reminds how much there is to be done in sound design and production. Thank for your efforts and explanations!
Thanks Daniel!
Thanks 🙏 Hector!
@@ArtOfDrumming I agree with Daniel that the snare sounds a little off
But everything else sounds really great especially the bass drum.
Still a great drum sound overall.
the bass and snares are quite accurate, but the snare seems like too much reverb on it and tuned slightly lower than the original
Pretty dope sound ! Really as close as possible 😉
Thanks Simone! 🙏
Excellent
You definitely should make the in utero video!! My favourite album ever
1:55 “I remember when, I remember I remember when I lost my minddd”
Slightly missed the mark with the Hi-hats. Everything else was pretty spot on. Great video
Yup. He used 14" Zildjian A Rock Hats. I should know bc I have these bc of Dave Grohl.
@@erock8222 didn't he use New Beats? well, idk much about Zildjian
Def thought the same thing immediately. Cool vid tho
@@bbeau2023 that sounds about right. I got my pair in 1997. The catalogs for Zildjian back then didn't list the specific size for the artist. Not sure they sold the 15 inch version but he was listed as playing those. He might play New Beats now as someone mentioned.
Fall/early winter 1991 was an amazing time for music on MTV. So much amazing music hit during this short time. Pearl Jam released "Alive", then Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" hit and it get everyone's attention! It was new, raw and a contrast to the tired poser metal scene that had become so sold out by the "hair bands" like Warrant, Winger, Bang Tango, Firehouse, etc... Nirvana's "Nevermind" album was the biggest change to rock since Guns & Roses' "Appetite for Destruction" exactly 4 years earlier, and was the beginning of the Grunge movement.
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My Tama Imperial star kit has a 24"kick 14" and 16" mounted toms and 18" and 20" inch floor toms. I used it with a 14x4 piccolo snare that was not part of the original kit.
Though today, I no longer use acoustic drums.
very nice
Those drums sounded great super good micing too.
In the world of pro drum recording, compressors are a drum sounds primary component. I didnt think this attempt was very successful at recreation, but still very very good. Mics and compression whether its comp units or natural tape compression, is the key.
Wrong! The sound of the instrument always comes first and is the most important. The compression makes a difference but won't turn a Jazz kit into a Metal kit - you have to get it right at the source. And it sounds like they did use compression in the mix.
This is spot on!
You guys might want to look in to the band Helmet, they’re known for their great kick and snare sound.
Thanks so much for your feedback! Suggestions are always welcome so we will definitely have a closer look at Helmet!
Especially their album 3rd album Betty. John Stanier was the man!
Very cool
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