The Beatles, Iron Butterfly, Van Halen, Queen and William Shatner are just a handful of the names that have popped up on Montage of Heck, a freshly unearthed mix tape assembled by one Kurt Cobain in 1988 when he was 21 years of age.

It's not the easiest half an hour you're ever likely to hear, with washings of discordant noise a recurring theme. Check it out below.

Kurt Cobain's "Montage Of Heck" from SpaceEcho on Vimeo.

The full track listing is as follows:

Track list:

'The Men In My Little Girl’s Life' by Mike Douglas
'The Sounds of Silence' by Simon & Garfunkel
'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!' by The Beatles
'A Day In The Life” by The Beatles
'Eruption” by Van Halen
'Hot Pants” by James Brown
'Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves” by Cher
'Go Away Little Girl” by Donny Osmond
'Rocky Mountain High” by John Denver
'Everybody Loves Somebody” by Dean Martin
'The Candy Man” by Sammy Davis, Jr.
'In A Gadda Da Vida” by Iron Butterfly
'Wild Thing” by William Shatner
'Taxman” by The Beatles
'I Think I Love You” by The Partridge Family
'Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?” by The Barbarians
'Queen Of The Reich” by Queensryche
'Last Caress/Green Hell” covered by Metallica
'Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zeppelin
'Get Down, Make Love” by Queen
'ABC” by The Jackson Five
'I Want Your Sex” by George Michael
'Run to the Hills” by Iron Maiden
'Eye Of The Chicken” by Butthole Surfers
'Dance of the Cobra” by Butthole Surfers
'The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey’s Grave” by Butthole Surfers
'New Age” by The Velvet Underground
'Love Buzz” by Shocking Blue
'Orchestral music from 200 Motels by Frank Zappa
'Help I’m A Rock” / “It Can’t Happen Here” by Frank Zappa
'Call Any Vegetable” by Frank Zappa
'The Day We Fall In Love” by The Monkees
'Sweet Leaf” by Black Sabbath (intro)
'Theme from The Andy Griffith Show
Mike Love (of The Beach Boys) talking about “Transcendental Meditation”
Excerpts of Jimi Hendrix speaking at the Monterey Pop Festival
Excerpts of Paul Stanley from KISS’ Alive!
Excerpts of Daniel Johnston screaming about Satan
Excerpts from sound effects records
Various children’s records (Curious George, Sesame Street, The Flintstones, Star Wars).