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by Lee Wakefield | Photos by WENN

Tags: Nirvana 

Rumoured demo tape of Kurt Cobain's first band unearthed

The previously unheard tracks were recorded in 1986

 

Kurt Cobain demo tape is found Photo: WENN

Early recordings of Kurt Cobain's pre-Nirvana band, Fecal Matter, are reported to have surfaced online.

The trio, consisting of Cobain, drummer Greg Hokanson and Dale Crover on bass, formed in 1985 and the alleged tape is said to have been recorded a year later in Burien, Washington State.

Consisting of 13 tracks, Illiteracy Will Prevail features early cuts of 'Downer' and 'Spank Thru' - tracks that Nirvana later went on to re-record as they brought grunge to the masses.

Illiteracy Will Prevail is 58 minutes long, and is reportedly streaming in various places online. Check out the tracklist below.

Sound of Dentage (00:00)
Bambi Slaughter (04:50)
Laminated Effect (08:24)
Blathers Log (10:42)
Class of ’86 (13:19)
Boatakk (17:15)
Love My Family (19:21)
Accusations (28:28)
Spank Thru (33:05)
Insurance (36:55)
Buffy’s Pregnant (38:24)
Vaseline (42:41)
Downer (45:08)
Instrumental version of Boatakk (48:09)
Riffs & 'Turnaround' by Devo (49:48)

Earlier this week, a new Alice In Chains biography revealed that Courtney Love had 'expressed doubts over Kurt Cobain's suicide'.

Below: The most moving things Dave Grohl said about Kurt Cobain

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