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Fecal Matter was one of the first bands conceived by late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. The band was formed in late 1985, and consisted of Cobain on guitar and vocals, Dale Crover on (bass), and Greg Hokanson on (drums). After Hokanson left the band, Cobain and Crover went to the house of Cobain's aunt in Seattle, Washington and recorded Illiteracy Will Prevail, a 16-song demo, on a 4-track in December of 1985. Crover played bass and drums on the demo, while Cobain played guitar and sang. Fecal Matter disbanded in 1986 with Buzz Osborne on bass and Mike Dillard on drums, according to Michael Azerrads Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana because Cobain thought Osborne did not take the band serious enough, as Osborne refused to buy a bass guitar amplifier.
"Spank Thru" from the Fecal Matter demo appears on the Nirvana-album Sliver: The Best of the Box.