Background
"Puss" first appeared on the 1992 album Liar and was recorded by Steve Albini, [4] who would later record Nirvana's third and final album, In Utero . [5] [6] The video for "Puss" showed a man being welded in a chair,so it was banned from some television stations.
"Oh,the Guilt" was recorded by Barrett Jones on April 7,1992 in Seattle,Washington. [7] The song was re-released in 2004 on the Nirvana rarities box set With the Lights Out and in 2005 on the compilation album Sliver:The Best of the Box , [8] although on these latter releases the song was remixed by Adam Kasper, [9] [10] and does not include the sound of cigarette lighter clicks present on the original mix.
Release
The single was released on February 22,1993,and includes the songs "Puss" by the Jesus Lizard and "Oh,the Guilt" by Nirvana. [1] It was released on 1,500 limited edition 7 inch vinyl picture discs in Australia,on blue 7 inch vinyl and CD single in the UK,and on 7 inch vinyl,CD single,and cassette single in the US. [11] According to nirvana-discography.com,the total world-wide release was 100,000 copies but according to John Rocco's The Nirvana Companion it was 200,000 copies. [12] [11] The cover art for the single is a painting by Malcolm Bucknall called "Old Indian and White Poodle". [13]
David Yow,vocalist of the Jesus Lizard,later said of the release:"We had to figure out,well,do we want to do this and look like we're riding on Nirvana's coattails,or we could just do it and not worry about it,which is what we ended up doing." [1]
