Editing In Bloom (section)

==Early history==
According to Nirvana's bassist [[Krist Novoselic]], "In Bloom" "originally sounded like a [[Bad Brains]] song," before being slowed down and reworked by Cobain at home.<ref name="requiem">{{cite magazine |title=Requiem for a Dream |first=Charles R. |last=Cross |date=October 2001 |magazine=[[Guitar World]]}}</ref><ref name="HannM">{{cite news |last1=Hann |first1=Michael |title=Why Nirvana's In Bloom is busting out all over |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/apr/05/nirvana-in-bloom-nevermind-ezra-furman-sturgill-simpson |access-date=27 October 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=5 April 2016 |archive-date=25 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025185143/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/apr/05/nirvana-in-bloom-nevermind-ezra-furman-sturgill-simpson |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 2002 ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interview with [[David Fricke]], Novoselic recalled that Cobain "went home and [he] hammered it. He kept working on it. Then he called me on the phone and said, 'Listen to this song.' He started singing it on the phone. You could hear the guitar. It was the 'In Bloom' of ''Nevermind'', more of a pop thing."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nirvana/articles/story/5934222/krist_novoselic_on_nevermind |title=Krist Novoselic on ''Nevermind'' |first=David |last=Fricke |date=September 13, 2001 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=June 10, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128214653/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/nirvana/articles/story/5934222/krist_novoselic_on_nevermind |archive-date=January 28, 2010}}</ref>

The song was first performed live on April 1, 1990, at the [[Metro Chicago|Cabaret Metro]] in [[Chicago]]. The following day, the band began work on recording a new release for their then-label Sub Pop, at [[Smart Studios]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]] with producer [[Butch Vig]].<ref>Azerrad, p. 137</ref> Among the eight songs recorded during the five-day session was "In Bloom", which originally featured a bridge that Vig removed by physically cutting it out of the 16-track master tape with a razor blade, and throwing it in the garbage.<ref name="requiem" /> The original plan of releasing the songs recorded during this session on a single release were abandoned later in the year, after the exit of drummer [[Chad Channing]]. The band instead used the material as a demo tape, which circulated amongst the music industry and generated interest in the group among major record labels.<ref>Azerrad, p. 138</ref> However, a few songs from the session still appeared on various official releases in 1990 and 1991. "In Bloom" was released as a music video only, on the ''Sub Pop Video Network Volume 1'' VHS compilation in 1991.