Rey Washam, a drummer who played with Scratch Acid and Tad among others, recently provided Nirvana fans with a great piece of history.
Washam shared a recording of 1992’s jam session with Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, during which they played a handful of songs including an early version of “Scentless Apprentice,” which ended up appearing on In Utero, the third studio album from the grunge legends.
“At the Nirvana rehearsal studio,” Washam wrote in the caption to the video. “Dave was obviously new to guitar , but had some songs he wanted to try out with a band. I had just quit playing in Tad and Dave asked me to come over and “jam”. I had never met Dave or Kurt and Krist even though I had heard Kurt was a fan of a band I used to be in, Scratch Acid.”
Besides Nirvana’s “Scentless Apprentice,” which starts at 24:35 mark of the video, the YouTube users also discovered that early demo of Foo Fighters’ “Make a Bet,” was also part of the jam session. You can hear both songs and a few others in the video below.
During his career, which spanned over 35 years, Rey Washam played with numerous high-profile alternative acts including previously mentioned Scratch Acid and Tad, as well as Ministry, Lard, and Butthole Surfers offshoot Daddy Longhead. Washam also supposed to be a replacement for Jason Schwartzman on Phantom Planet’s tour in 2004 but the tour never kicked off.
