Fleetwood Mac + Nirvana: the Core Relation
Two endpoints. 4 steps. Where would you dig next?
Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 self-titled album and Nirvana’s Nevermind both used Sound City.
Follow the route
Fleetwood Mac → Fleetwood Mac → Sound City → Nevermind → Nirvana
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Fleetwood Mac released Fleetwood Mac. Source
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Fleetwood Mac was recorded at Sound City. Source
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Nevermind was recorded at Sound City. Source
Keep the detail straight
A shared studio does not mean all tracks or sessions took place there.
Three more rabbit holes
Nirvana’s Nevermind producer is also behind Garbage’s drum kit.
Continue through Nirvana, Nevermind.
Butch Vig produced Nevermind and plays drums in Garbage.
Nirvana → Nevermind → Butch Vig → Garbage
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That Nirvana Unplugged song has a 1970 Bowie trail.
Continue through Nirvana.
Nirvana performed the title song from David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World.
David Bowie → The Man Who Sold the World → The Man Who Sold the World → Nirvana
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Nirvana’s debut single leads to a Dutch band from 1969.
Continue through Nirvana.
Love Buzz appeared on Shocking Blue’s At Home before Nirvana released its cover as their debut single.
Shocking Blue → At Home → Love Buzz → Nirvana
Explore the full route and its sources.
Find a different route
Open Find, choose Fleetwood Mac and Nirvana and explore the graph. This is one documented route; the finder may offer a shorter one. Follow a person, a record or a place that catches your ear.
Spot a missing credit or a better source? Open the relevant entry and contribute what you can document. A cover, sample, shared city and shared stage mean different things; the source should support the exact relationship.