DESCRIPTION:
Outcesticide III is an excellent disc to pick up. It contains songs of varying sound quality, but all the recordings are listenable. Opinions on the disc vary widely. Some collectors feel that the CD is the best of the Outcesticide series, while others feel that the rare early recordings of poorer sound quality detract from the disc.

(0:00:00) 1. Rape Me
(0:02:47) 2. Pennyroyal Tea
(0:06:41) 3. Drain You
(0:10:28) 4. Color Pictures of a Marigold (labeled as Marogold)
(0:13:36) 5. Dive
(0:17:14) 6. Mr. Moustache
(0:20:53) 7. Blandest
(0:24:45) 8. Even in His Youth
(0:27:59) 9. Polly
(0:30:45) 10. Smells Like Teen Spirit
(0:35:20) 11. Serve the Servants
(0:38:44) 12. Dumb
(0:41:22) 13. tourette's (labeled as The Eagle Has Landed)
(0:43:31) 14. Aneurysm
(0:48:13) 15. Oh, the Guilt
(0:51:29) 16. Dive
(0:55:34) 17. About a Girl
(0:58:19) 18. The Money Will Roll Right In
(1:00:36) 19. Verse Chorus Verse (labeled as In His Hands)
(1:03:49) 20. Curmudgeon
(1:06:41) 21. High on the Hog (labeled as Alcohol)
(1:08:52) 22. Erectum* (labeled as Run Rabbit, Run)
(1:12:56) 23. Beans

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1. Rape Me (TV live)
2. Pennyroyal Tea (TV live)
3. Drain You (TV live)
• 4 February 1994 - Canal+, Paris, France
• Recorded for the french TV show "Nulle Part Ailleurs"
• Excellent quality
• The band donned geeky waistcoats, apparently as an homage to The Knack
• Plagued with technical problems throughout the performance, Cobain's guitar eventually cut out during Drain You, causing him to hurl it to the ground in frustration and grab the mic stand

4. Color Pictures of a Marigold (demo)
• April 1990 - WGNS Studios, Washington DC, USA
• Dave Grohl played all instruments
• Relased on "Pocketwatch", a cassette album
• Grohl decided to hide his identity under the pseudonym "Late!"

5. Dive (live)
• 18 November 1989 - Kultur-Basar, Hanau, West Germany
• Alternate "Piss me, piss you yeah, everyone speaks German" lyrics

6. Mr. Moustache (demo)
7. Blandest (single demo)
• June-September 1988 - Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington, USA
• Blandest was the planned B-side of the Love Buzz single, but the recording didn't turn out too well, hence the title
• First session of the band as Nirvana
• Blandest is an upgrade from the original Outcesticide I recording

8. Even in His Youth (demo)
9. Polly (demo)
• September 1989 - The Music Source, Seattle, Washington, USA
• The instrumental break in Even in His Youth was supposed to be filled with a guitar solo, but the song was unfinished
• Cobain holded back his big screams in this session

10. Smells Like Teen Spirit (live)
• 10 January 1992 - MTV Studios, New York, New York, USA

11. Serve the Servants (live)
12. Dumb (live)
• 23 February 1994 - RAI Centro di Produzione TV Studi Nomentano, Rome, Italy
• Recorded for "Tunnel"
• Last Nirvana TV appearance
• The band seemed unenthused and concerned by the lack of respect shown by the hosts

13. tourette's (live)
18. The Money Will Roll Right In (live)
• 30 August 1992 - Reading Festival, Reading, England
• First time tourette's was played, the band introduced it as The Eagle has Landed
• The Money Will Roll Right In is a Fang cover, it was just played once

14. Aneurysm (live)
15. Oh, the Guilt (live)
19. Verse Chorus Verse (live)
• 25 November 1990 - Off Ramp Café, Seattle, Washington, USA
• Rarely played songs with the exception of Aneurysm
• Alternate lyrics

16. Dive (radio tape)
17. About a Girl (radio tape)
• 1 November 1989 - Villa 65, Hilversum, Netherlands
• Recorded for Nozems-a-Gogo on VPRO radio
• This session was broadcast live on nation-wide radio

20. Curmudgeon (live)
• 23 November 1991 - Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium
• The only known live performance of Curmudgeon

21. High on the Hog (live)
• 26 November 1989 - Bloom, Mezzago, Italy
• Cobain performs an encore with TAD

22. Erectum/Raunchola* (live)
• 23 January 1988 - Community World Theater, Tacoma, Washington, USA
• This song is available in a higher quality on "With the Lights Out"
• Rare song, the title is not known

23. Beans (incomplete) (home demo)
• 1988 - Cobain residence, Olympia, Washington, USA
• The complete version is available on "With the Lights Out"
• Cobain wanted to release this on Bleach, but Sub Pop thought they were retarded

*Pitch changed to avoid copyright problems