Hole signed to Geffen ‘s subsidiary DGC label with an eight-album contract in late 1992.
Fugazi recorded its third album, In on the Kill Taker , in the fall of 1992 with Steve Albini in Chicago, but the results were deemed unsatisfactory and the band rerecorded the album with Niceley and Don Zientara . With the breakthrough of alternative rock in the early 1990s, In…
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By Christmas 1991, Nevermind was selling 400,000 copies a week in the US.
The album, titled Pretty on the Inside , was released in September 1991 to positive reception from underground critics, branded “loud, ugly and deliberately shocking”, and earned a spot on Spin ‘ s “20 Best Albums of the Year” list. It was also voted album of the year by New…
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For Fugazi’s second studio album, Steady Diet of Nothing , released in July 1991, the band again asked Ted Niceley to produce. Niceley had become a chef and had to reluctantly turn down the job, so the band decided to produce the record themselves. After the success of Repeater and…
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Sparkman left the band on April 4, 1991.
piouhgd (pronounced “p.o.-ed”, as in “pissed off”) was the band’s fifth full-length studio album, and their first for Rough Trade. Released in April 1991, it featured more electronic instrumentation, but was largely viewed as a disappointment in comparison to past recordings. Both Haynes and Leary have since expressed displeasure with…
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The band recorded eight songs in first or second takes, with only vocal overdubs and had an official demo to shop around, named Kissing Me Is Like Kissing an Angel . At this point, Switzky was the group’s primary singer, guitarist and songwriter, which remained the case when their first…
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and followed it with ” Dicknail ” in 1991, released on Sympathy for the Record Industry and Sub Pop , respectively.
Local H released Drum , their first extended play , in 1991.