▁of ▁post - hard core ▁bands ▁such ▁as ▁F ug azi , ▁and ▁of ▁N ir v ana ' s ▁debut ▁album ▁Ble ach . ▁ ▁Sun ny ▁Day ▁Real ▁Est ate ▁( 1 9 9 2 – 1 9 9 5 ) ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁G olds m ith ▁was ▁invited ▁by ▁bass ist ▁N ate ▁M end el ▁and ▁singer - gu itar ist ▁Dan ▁Ho erner ▁to ▁play ▁with ▁their ▁band . ▁Despite ▁being ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁many ▁projects , ▁G olds m ith ▁accepted ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁ten acity ▁and ▁strong ▁focus . ▁The ▁band ▁went ▁through ▁many ▁names , ▁such ▁as ▁Em pty ▁Set , ▁Che w b ac ca ▁Kab oom ▁and ▁One ▁Day ▁I ▁Sto pped ▁Bre ath ing , ▁before ▁sett ling ▁down ▁on ▁Sun ny ▁Day ▁Real ▁Est ate . ▁After wards ▁the ▁tri o ▁recorded ▁a ▁single , ▁Fl at land ▁Spider . ▁ ▁As ▁M end el ▁left ▁tempor arily ▁to ▁tour ▁with ▁another ▁band , ▁G olds m ith ▁invited ▁En ig k ▁to ▁jam ▁with ▁him ▁and ▁Ho erner . ▁En ig k ▁was ▁then ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁band , ▁and ▁soon ▁became ▁their ▁new ▁front man . ▁They ▁recorded ▁two ▁studio ▁albums , ▁both ▁released ▁on ▁the ▁well - known ▁independent ▁label ▁Sub ▁Pop , ▁that ▁were ▁gre et ed ▁with ▁positive ▁critical ▁reviews ▁and ▁brought ▁about ▁new found ▁popular ity ▁for ▁the ▁em o ▁genre ▁before ▁they ▁dis band ed ▁in ▁ 1 9