Nirvana’s final album, In Utero, is a certified grunge classic, and there was a good reason why, according to Kurt Cobain, who cited a “very in-your-face and real” technique they used while recording to capture the sound that the album has become so well known for.

Back in 1993, Cobain spoke about In Utero with Guitar World writer Jon Savage, who noted that the record had a “claustrophobic” sense to it. “I think so, yeah. The main reason we recorded the new album In Utero, with [producer] Steve Albini, is he is able to get a sound that sounds like the band is in a room no bigger than the one we’re in now.”

“In Utero doesn’t sound like it was recorded in a hall, or that it’s trying to sound larger than life. It’s very in-your-face and real,” he explained. “Technically, I’ve learned that t

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