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"Spank Thru" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It appears on the compilation album Sub Pop 200, released in December 1988, and which reached the Top 40 of Cashbox magazine's alternative chart.
Though rarely performed live beyond the first few years of the band's existence, the song is significant in that it helped lead to the formation of Nirvana by helping convince bassist Krist Novoselic to start a band with Cobain. Novoselic specifically referred to the song as "the first Nirvana song" in the liner notes to the live compilation album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, released in October 1996.
"Spank Thru" dates back to 1985, when it was included on the demo tape Illiteracy Will Prevail released by Cobain's short-lived band, Fecal Matter. Novoselic, who lived in Cobain's hometown of Aberdeen, Washington, later claimed that hearing this version, which featured Melvins drummer Dale Crover on drums and backing vocals, led to him forming what would become Nirvana with Cobain. "One of the songs on [the tape] was 'Spank Thru,'" Novoselic told Kurt St. Thomas in 1992. "He turned me on to it, and I really liked it, it kind of got me excited. So I go, 'Hey man, let's start a band.'" The Fecal Matter version of "Spank Thru" missed inclusion on the band's rarities box set, With the Lights Out, in November 2004, but was one of three previously unreleased recordings that appeared on the box set highlights compilation, Sliver: The Best of the Box, in November 2005.
"Spank Thru" was among the songs performed at Nirvana's first live performance, at a house party in Raymond, Washington in March 1987.
The song was also performed during the band's first radio session, on May 6, 1987, at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington for KAOS (FM). The band, then called "Skid Row", featured Aaron Burckhard on drums, along with Cobain and Novoselic.
It was first recorded in the studio during Nirvana's first studio session, by Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording on January 23, 1988. As with the Fecal Matter version, this recording features Crover on drums and backing vocals.
A second version was recorded by Endino several months later at the same location, this time featuring the band's new drummer Chad Channing on drums and Endino on backing vocals. This version was released on the compilation album Sub Pop 200 in December, 1988. The album, which was released to promote the Seattle-based Sub Pop record label and showcase the emerging "grunge" scene, was released shortly after the band's two-song debut single, "Love Buzz", making "Spank Thru" the third Nirvana song to be officially released. Sub Pop 200 reached number 36 on Cashbox magazine's alternative albums chart in February 1989.
On October 26, 1989, the band recorded a version of "Spank Thru" during their first BBC Peel Session, at Maida Vale Studios in London, England.
Spank Thru
"Spank Thru" is a song by the American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It appears on the compilation album Sub Pop 200, released in December 1988, and which reached the Top 40 of Cashbox magazine's alternative chart.
Though rarely performed live beyond the first few years of the band's existence, the song is significant in that it helped lead to the formation of Nirvana by helping convince bassist Krist Novoselic to start a band with Cobain. Novoselic specifically referred to the song as "the first Nirvana song" in the liner notes to the live compilation album From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, released in October 1996.
"Spank Thru" dates back to 1985, when it was included on the demo tape Illiteracy Will Prevail released by Cobain's short-lived band, Fecal Matter. Novoselic, who lived in Cobain's hometown of Aberdeen, Washington, later claimed that hearing this version, which featured Melvins drummer Dale Crover on drums and backing vocals, led to him forming what would become Nirvana with Cobain. "One of the songs on [the tape] was 'Spank Thru,'" Novoselic told Kurt St. Thomas in 1992. "He turned me on to it, and I really liked it, it kind of got me excited. So I go, 'Hey man, let's start a band.'" The Fecal Matter version of "Spank Thru" missed inclusion on the band's rarities box set, With the Lights Out, in November 2004, but was one of three previously unreleased recordings that appeared on the box set highlights compilation, Sliver: The Best of the Box, in November 2005.
"Spank Thru" was among the songs performed at Nirvana's first live performance, at a house party in Raymond, Washington in March 1987.
The song was also performed during the band's first radio session, on May 6, 1987, at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington for KAOS (FM). The band, then called "Skid Row", featured Aaron Burckhard on drums, along with Cobain and Novoselic.
It was first recorded in the studio during Nirvana's first studio session, by Jack Endino at Reciprocal Recording on January 23, 1988. As with the Fecal Matter version, this recording features Crover on drums and backing vocals.
A second version was recorded by Endino several months later at the same location, this time featuring the band's new drummer Chad Channing on drums and Endino on backing vocals. This version was released on the compilation album Sub Pop 200 in December, 1988. The album, which was released to promote the Seattle-based Sub Pop record label and showcase the emerging "grunge" scene, was released shortly after the band's two-song debut single, "Love Buzz", making "Spank Thru" the third Nirvana song to be officially released. Sub Pop 200 reached number 36 on Cashbox magazine's alternative albums chart in February 1989.
On October 26, 1989, the band recorded a version of "Spank Thru" during their first BBC Peel Session, at Maida Vale Studios in London, England.