Nirvana Official Page on Instagram: "Sliver" was written in 1990. According to the 1993 biography Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana by Michael Azerrad, the song was written during a rehearsal with Dan Peters, who played drums briefly with Nirvana while the future of his band, Mudhoney, was uncertain. According to Azerrad, the lyrics to "Sliver" were written shortly before it was recorded, although an acoustic demo of the song, first released on the Nirvana box set With the Lights Out in Nove