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Nirvana

Return Of The Rat

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1992
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“Return of the Rat” is a song by the punk rock band Wipers, and is the first track on Wipers’ 1980 debut album Is This Real?. Like much of the album, the song structure is circularly tight and catchy, containing a driving drum beat and choppy, distorted guitar riffs. The song (and the band) grew in popularity after the grunge band Nirvana recorded a cover of “Return of the Rat” for a 1992 Wipers tribute record entitled Eight Songs for Greg Sage and The Wipers on Tim Kerr records. A different mix of the same recording appeared on the 2004 Nirvana box set With the Lights Out. For the tribute, Nirvana initially recorded a cover of Wipers’ song “D-7” (which also appears on With the Lights Out). However, to record the song, the band had taken advantage of studio time provided... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ Return of the rat(x3 ... You better beware ... No, no, no, no

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