Chad channing biography

ByLorenzo Tanos

In a way, Chad Channing is the Pete Best of Nirvana: the drummer who played for the band right before they got someone else and became massive rock stars.

Much like Best played the drums for the Beatles on their pre-fame recordings, Channing kept time for the would-be grunge icons as they evolved from average, everyday garage band to local sensations. And that's him you're hearing banging away on the drums on most of the songs featured in Nirvana's 1989 debut album "Bleach." That album only peaked at No.

89 on the Billboard 200, but it drew a lot of attention years after the fact from rock fans who wanted to know how the band sounded like before Dave Grohl took over as their final and definitive drummer.

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There's been a lot that's been said and written about Nirvana from the time "Nevermind" — and the single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" — took over the airwaves and transformed Seattle into the world's c