Fecal Matter (ADF)



Fecal Matter was a short-lived post-pronk band from,. It was formed by Kurt Cobain, who became famous as the frontman and guitarist of the grunge band, Nirvana. The band released one album called Illiteracy Will Prevail and was a huge underground success, selling over 100,000 copies world wide before the fame of Nirvana and would sell over 600,000 world wide after the mainstream breakthrough of Nirvana.

While the band only lasted a year, Fecal Matter became a large influence to the, and scene. Over the years, a posthumous album release of rarities called Illiteracy Has Prevailed would be released in 2005 to celebrate its 20th anniversary.

History
The band was formed in February 1985 and consisted of Cobain on guitar and vocals, on, and  on. In December that year, Hokanson left the band. Later that month, Cobain and Crover went to the house of Cobain's aunt Mari Earle, in Seattle, with a large book of lyrics and recorded the album Illiteracy Will Prevail on a 4-track. Cobain performed guitar and vocals, while Crover played bass guitar, and drums. In January 1986, joined on bass and  joined on drums. According to Michael Azerrad's Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, Cobain thought Osborne did not take the band seriously enough and refused to buy a bass guitar amplifier. In August 1986, Fecal Matter disbanded after the members didn't take the band seriously and went on to future projects.

After Fecal Matter disbanded, Cobain already had high hopes of starting a new band. Cobain was particularly proud of the album. To him, the album showed that he did have talent. He had wanted to start a band with acquaintance Krist Novoselic for some time. After having a good frienship with Novoselic during Fecal Matters existence, he agreed to form a band in mid-1986. That band would later be known as Nirvana.

Legacy
The band became well known to the underground post-pronk scene along with bands like NOFX, and a big influence to the along with bands like, and Pearl Jam. described the bands noise as "experimentally weird, but interesting". has mixed reception of the band by saying that "The amateur noise makes somewhat of an annoyance" but added "A rather evolving experience". As of 2011, the band has sold over 1 million copies world wide. With a minor commercial success of Illiteracy Has Prevailed of selling over 100,000 copies world wide, the album gained negative reception from critics and mixed reception from fans.

Kurt Cobain over the years has despised the album, but called it "his root to music", Spank Thru, Annorexorcist, and Downer, were either re-recorded or usually preformed during Nirvana concerts until Kurts death in 1999. A Different Floyd A Different Floyd