 Grohl and Jones produced the record across a period of one week in October 1994 , with Grohl recording all vocal , guitar , bass and drum tracks himself . Both would arrive in the morning at Robert Lang Studios , start production by noon and do four songs a day . According to Grohl , during the recording process he would run from room to room , " still sweating and shaking from playing drums and [ then ] pick up the guitar and put down a track , do the bass , maybe another guitar part , have a sip of coffee and then go in and do the next song " . The only performance by an outsider was a guitar part on " X @-@ Static " provided by Greg Dulli of The Afghan Whigs , who was watching Grohl record the songs . Grohl eventually asked him if he wanted to play and handed him a guitar . Each song took about 45 minutes to be completed , and the compositions were recorded in the same order that became the album 's track listing . The only song that required two run @-@ throughs before completion was " I 'll Stick Around " . Grohl was insecure about his singing , and added effects to his voice in " Floaty " , and tried to enhance the performance through double track – " You know how people double their vocals to make them stronger ? That album the vocals are quadrupled . " 
