Seattle Weekly has an article this week about Jack Endino and the recording of Nirvana’s Bleach to coincide with the 20th Anniversary of the release. Endino tells the story of being contact only 18 months into his professional recording career by a band with no name and no drummer looking to record a session. It is a very short article considering how long the question could have carried on but still sheds some light on the early days of Nirvana.

…although the sessions are now looked at through the prism of the Nirvana legend, to Endino, who went on to become the most renowned producer of the grunge era, it really was just another session. “There was no particular drama or any weird stories,” he says. “Nobody was drinking, nobody was stoned, I don’t even remember seeing beer.”

…they came and recorded 10 songs with me in one afternoon. I was left going “God, who are these people?” The cassettes I gave out just said “Kurt Cobain and Company” on them, because that’s all I knew. I couldn’t remember the name of the bass player, and I knew Dale wasn’t actually in the band.

The Bleach re-issue is out November 3rd via Sub Pop Records.