Watch Dave Grohl Discuss Nirvana In Smart Studios Story Clip Via Pitchfork

Pitchfork shares an exclusive clip from The Smart Studios Story, the official film of Record Store Day, currently on a screening tour of the US. The second half of the film shares the never-before-told backstory of Nirvana's connection to Butch Vig in Madison through Sup Pop Records in Seattle. After the label's owner, Jonathan Poneman heard Killdozer's Twelve Point Buck, he began sending projects to the small, unassuming studio in the Midwest. Watch the clip here

The Smart Studio Story is a powerful yet unpretentious feature traces the roots and rise of independent music in America to an early recording hub of the Midwest underground music scene, Smart Studios - the legendary recording facility founded by Butch Vig and Steve Marker that became a pillar of the alternative rock sound globally.

Directed by Wendy Schneider
Exec Producers - Butch Vig, Steve Marker, Wendy Schneider

Principal Cast
Butch Vig
Steve Marker
Dave Grohl
Billy Corgan
Shirley Manson
Donita Sparks
Jimmy Chamberlin
Doug "The Duke" Erikson
Chris Walla
Tom Hazelmyer

The fall screening tour is precursor to the November 25th Record Store Day Black Friday release of the DVD and American Noise Volume 1 - a vinyl compilation of early era tracks recorded at Smart Studios between 1983 and 1990. Each vinyl release will include artists featured in the film representing some of the earliest work of Butch Vig with seminal artists Killdozer, Tar Babies, and Die Kreuzen. The limited run is a companion to the documentary and includes numerous songs featured in the film.

American Noise Volume 1 Track Listing

Side One
1) Appliances - Bob Hope
2) Killdozer - Ed Gein
3) Tar Babies - Wasted Words
4) Die Kreuzen - Holes
5) Cattleprod - Don't Mind Walking
6) Poop Shovel - One Pass Away
7) Rectal Drip - Naïve Folk Singer

Side Two
1) Ivory Library - Through You
2) Fun With Atoms - Last Cigarette
3) Other Kids - Madtown
4) Spooner - Borderline
5) The Weeds Easy - On The Eye
6) Singing Irishman - Thanks a Million

Variety Reviews "The Smart Studios Story":

"The Smart Studios Story" is a whirlwind tour of a busy if largely subterranean epoch whose long, often fleetingly glimpsed talent roster should pique the curiosity of alt-rock archaeologists. A release of the full tracks would probably require three or four discs - and there would be precious little dross in the lot.

Tour Dates
11/04: Mineral Point, WI @ Opera House
11/09: Boston, MA @ Regent Theater
11/11: East Greenwich, Rhode Island @ The Greenwich Odeum
11/13: Brooklyn, NY @ St Vitus
11/14: Washington, DC @ Black Cat
11/15: Philadelphia, PA @ MOCCA
11/16: Lansdowne, PA @ Vinyl Revival
11/22: Durham, NC @ Motorco
11/27: Madison, WI @ Sundance at Hilldale
11/29: Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club
12/02: Seattle, WA @ Grand Illusion
12/03: Seattle, WA @ Grand Illusion

American Noise Volume 1 Track Listing
Side One
1) Appliances - Bob Hope
2) Killdozer - Ed Gein
3) Tar Babies - Wasted Words
4) Die Kreuzen - Holes
5) Cattleprod - Don't Mind Walking
6) Poop Shovel - One Pass Away
7) Rectal Drip - Naïve Folk Singer

Side Two
1) Ivory Library - Through You
2) Fun With Atoms - Last Cigarette
3) Other Kids - Madtown
4) Spooner - Borderline
5) The Weeds Easy - On The Eye
6) Singing Irishman - Thanks a Million

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