Steve Albini offered Nirvana his production services for free ahead of the recording of their album ‘In Utero’ in 1993 – if the band could beat him at a game of pool first.Albini did indeed end up producing the legendary band’s third and final studio album, which came out in September 1993.Ahead of recording at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota in February 1993, Albini offered to work on ‘In Utero’ for free if any member of Nirvana could successfully beat him at a game of pool.If Albini won, however, his production fee would be doubled. “I did that with every band I worked with, and no-one ever took me up on the offer,” the producer has now told Kerrang!
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