nirvana tour footage

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Aneurysm Love Buzz Breed Stay Away School Floyd The Barber Territorial Pissings Endless, Nameless
At the beginning of the show, Krist gave a speech on the Gulf War.
At the end of the show, Kurt smashed his guitar with a hammer.
Equipment: unknown > unknown
Lowest Generation: VHS(1) > MP3
Length / Sound Quality: 5 min / A-
Includes only the audio from the video. The video footage remains uncirculated.
Includes only "School" and a bit of dialogue from Krist.
Circulating copies are sourced from a 96 kbps MP3 file.
The complete video is 33 minutes long and was shot from the left side of the stage.
"Breed," "Stay Away," and possibly more were broadcast on the show Mosher's Mayhem on TCTV, Olympia's public access channel.
Lowest Audio Generation: VHS(1) > TV > VHS(3)
Lowest Video Generation: VHS(1) > TV > VHS(3)
Length / Sound Quality: 5 min / B+
Includes only "Breed."
Shot from the left side of the stage.
The complete video is 33 minutes long.
Broadcast on the show Mosher's Mayhem on TCTV, Olympia's public access channel.
"Stay Away" and possibly more were also broadcast on Mosher's Mayhem .
An MP3 clip of "Endless, Nameless" is circulating.
Clips (with no audio) appear on the official DVD With The Lights Out .
amateur video
Fitz Of Depression The Four Squares Goat Knut Helltrout Nubbin
Anxiety Prophets Blank Frank & The Tattooed Gods
Breed About A Girl Territorial Pissings
Audio and/or video recordings of this show exist, according to the venue's former promoter/booker.
Skin Barn Snowman
According to an attendee, Kurt stopped playing in the middle of a song to tell the crowd he needed a cigarette. Multiple people apparently threw cigarettes to him, and then he resumed the song.
Someone was seen video taping the show.
Zero Tolerance
Love Buzz Sliver Dive Floyd The Barber Breed > Scoff About A Girl School Been A Son Negative Creep Blew Lithium Molly's Lips Spank Thru Territorial Pissings
Krist sang part of "Dive."
Equipment: Sony PC-62 > Sony WM-D3 (cassette)
Lowest Generation: ANA(M)
Length / Sound Quality: 45 min / A
"Love Buzz" cuts in.
Equipment: unknown > unknown (VHS)
Lowest Audio Generation: Official Blu-ray Disc [ Live At The Paramount ]
Lowest Video Generation: Official Blu-ray Disc [ Live At The Paramount ]
Includes only "Breed," "Scoff," and "Territorial Pissings."
"Breed" and "Territorial Pissings" cut in. Has cuts in "Breed" and "Territorial Pissings." "Scoff" cuts out after only a few seconds.
The tracks are "hidden" on the official Blu-ray and DVD releases.
Doughboys Mudhoney Screaming Trees The Wongs
Love Buzz Sliver Dive Floyd The Barber Breed Scoff About A Girl School Swap Meet Been A Son Negative Creep Blew Lithium Molly's Lips
The opening band was an AC/DC cover band.
Pennyroyal Tea Polly Big Cheese Turnaround Love Buzz D-7 Blew Been A Son Stain Negative Creep Wild Thing ( jam ) About A Girl Breed Floyd The Barber Verse Chorus Verse Smells Like Teen Spirit School Dive Territorial Pissings Sliver
Kurt performed "Pennyroyal Tea" by himself.
After "Negative Creep," the band jammed on "Libido" by Naked Raygun and "Wild Thing" by The Troggs.
Lowest Audio Generation: VHS(1)
Lowest Video Generation: VHS(1)
Length / Sound Quality: 65 min / B+
Less complete, but known generation and higher quality than AMT #1b.
Missing "Pennyroyal Tea."
"Polly" cuts in.
Shot from Krist's side of the stage.
Part of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" appears on the official video release Hype!
Lowest Audio Generation: VHS(x)
Lowest Video Generation: VHS(x)
Length / Sound Quality: 65 min / C+
More complete, but unknown generation and lower quality than AMT #1a.
Includes a five-second clip of "Pennyroyal Tea" and four extra seconds "Polly" that are missing from AMT #1a.
Equipment: unknown > unknown (VHS and unknown)
Lowest Audio Generation: Official DVD [ With The Lights Out ]
Lowest Video Generation: Official DVD [ With The Lights Out ]
Length / Sound Quality: 15 min / B+
Includes only "Pennyroyal Tea," "Smells Like Teen Spirit," and "Territorial Pissings."
"Pennyroyal Tea" cuts in.
Multi-camera video comprised of AMT #1 and two other uncirculated amateur videos, with open mic audio.
Shot from Kurt's side of the stage.
Some of this video's footage appears in AMT #2.
Shot from the center of the back of the venue.
Equipment: unknown > JVC
In the circulating videos, an additional person can be seen video taping onstage near Krist. This footage is not included in AMT #2.
Bikini Kill Fitz Of Depression
Blew Been A Son Stain On A Plain Smells Like Teen Spirit Love Buzz Lithium Floyd The Barber About A Girl Breed School Play That Funky Music ( jam ) Dive Polly Come As You Are Sliver Territorial Pissings
Nirvana was not originally on the show's bill, but offered to play the show to help raise money for Fitz of Depression's Mikey Dees after hearing that the venue was going to cancel it.
The band jammed on Wild Cherry's "Play That Funky Music."
Kurt sang "Come As You Are" and "On A Plain" with alternate lyrics.
Equipment: unknown > Toshiba KT-4087 (cassette)
Length / Sound Quality: 60 min / A-
Higher quality and lower generation, but less complete at the beginning and has digital errors that are not present on AUD #1b.
Lowest Generation: ANA(x)
Length / Sound Quality: 60 min / B+
Lower quality and unknown generation, but more complete at the beginning and does not have digital errors that are present on AUD #1a.
The "Play That Funky Music" jam cuts in.
Equipment: unknown > Sony TCD-D10 (DAT)
Lowest Generation: DAT > ANA(2)
Length / Sound Quality: 60 min / A
"Blew" cuts in. Has a cut in "Stain."
Lowest Generation: ANA(1)
Length / Sound Quality: 45 min / A-
Missing the "Play That Funky Music" jam, "Dive," "Polly," and "Come As You Are."
"Blew," "About A Girl," and "Sliver" cut in. Has a cut in "Territorial Pissings."
Equipment: built-in > JVC (cassette)
"Blew" cuts in.
According to an attendee, there was a guy standing on top of something video taping the show. After a couple of songs, Krist spotted him and threw a beer bottle at him, causing him to get down. It is not known whether he continued taping.
Fitz Of Depression I Own The Sky
Due to the small size of the mod, which barely had enough room for the drum kit, most people listened to the band from outside.
School Smells Like Teen Spirit Floyd The Barber Breed Territorial Pissings Love Buzz About A Girl Sliver Negative Creep Stain Blew
Equipment: unknown > Sony WM-D6 (cassette)
Length / Sound Quality: 40 min / A
Equipment: built-in > Realistic SCP-29 (cassette)
Length / Sound Quality: 35 min / B
Dinosaur Jr. The Jesus Lizard
The club's owner and soundman recorded the show.
Dinosaur Jr.
Polly School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit Breed Drain You About A Girl Love Buzz Sliver Lithium Negative Creep Been A Son Blew
Lowest Generation: ANA(2)
Length / Sound Quality: 45 min / B
"Polly" cuts in. Has cuts in "Polly" and "Lithium."
Blew Been A Son Negative Creep Drain You Lithium Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit School About A Girl Love Buzz Sliver D-7 Territorial Pissings
Equipment: Sony (supplied) > Sony WM-F76 (cassette)
Length / Sound Quality: 45 min / B+
Has a cut in "Love Buzz."
A soundboard recording of the Dinosaur Jr. set is circulating, so it's possible that Nirvana's set was also recorded from the soundboard.
Dinosaur Jr. Hole
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Dinosaur Jr. Olivelawn
Polly Drain You School Smells Like Teen Spirit Floyd The Barber Love Buzz Lithium Been A Son Negative Creep About A Girl Sliver Blew
Equipment: Nakamichi CM-300 + CP-4 > Marantz PMD430 (cassette)
Equipment: unknown > Aiwa (cassette)
Length / Sound Quality: 40 min / A-
Missing "Polly."
"Drain You" and "About A Girl" cut in.
Dinosaur Jr. Kai Kln
Polly Drain You School Smells Like Teen Spirit Floyd The Barber Lithium Love Buzz Sliver Molly's Lips About A Girl Rape Me Been A Son Negative Creep Blew
This was the first time "Rape Me" was played live. Krist and Dave were taken by surprise when Kurt launched into the song. They were still talking about it after the show, saying, "What the fuck? We don't even know that song!"
Equipment: Sony ECM-909 > Sony WM-D6C (cassette)
Equipment: Schoeps CMC 44 + MK 4 > Oade capacitor box > Panasonic SV-250 (DAT)
Lowest Generation: DAT
Length / Sound Quality: 50 min / A
It is rumored that the show was video taped.
Polly Drain You Big Cheese Smells Like Teen Spirit Floyd The Barber Lithium About A Girl School Love Buzz Sliver Rape Me Been A Son Negative Creep Endless, Nameless
Missing "Negative Creep."
Has a cut in "Floyd The Barber."
Equipment: built-in > Toshiba KT-R2 (cassette)
Length / Sound Quality: 55 min / C-
Dinosaur Jr. Treepeople
School Drain You Smells Like Teen Spirit Polly Lithium Territorial Pissings Blew
The band opened with "School."
Some have called this the best Nirvana show of all time. Kerrang! magazine even gave this show 1st place in its list of "The 100 Greatest Gigs of All Time."
The show was basically a showcase for Geffen/DGC and a way to get the media excited about the band.
The band played on rented gear.
Stage divers kept stepping on Kurt's effect pedals and disconnecting his guitar, prompting him to say, "I'm all for stage diving, but just don't step on my pedals," according to an attendee.
After "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Krist mentioned that they would be filming a music video for the song that weekend. At the end of the show, people from Geffen handed out flyers to fans to get extras for the video shoot. At one point between songs, Kurt read the flyer to the crowd.
About four TVs around the venue were showing video of the show while the band was playing, so it's possible that it was recorded by the venue.
At least two other people were seen video taping the show.
Drain You Smells Like Teen Spirit Floyd The Barber Sliver Breed About A Girl School Lounge Act Negative Creep Been A Son Blew Endless, Nameless
More songs were played before "Drain You," according to an attendee. "Polly" and possibly other songs were probably played.
The beginning of "Negative Creep" was played very softly with Kurt singing in a falsetto voice.
Equipment: Sennheiser K3U + ME 80 > Sony TCD-D3 (DAT)
Missing everything before "Drain You," which cuts in.
"Smells Like Teen Spirit," "School," and "Negative Creep" appear on the official video release 1991: The Year Punk Broke with video footage from other shows.
Equipment: Beaulieu Boom Microphone > Beaulieu 7008 PRO (Super 8)
Shot by Dave Markey.
Clips appear on the official video release 1991: The Year Punk Broke .
Clips appear on a rough edit of the official video release 1991: The Year Punk Broke that Dave Markey posted on YouTube.
Sonic Youth
Smells Like Teen Spirit Floyd The Barber Drain You Sliver Molly's Lips On A Plain
The first three songs listed are the first three the band played of a 40-minute set, according to an attendee.
Kurt screamed his way through "Sliver," according to an attendee.
Shot by Dave Markey from the back balcony.
The Donnelly Brothers Mexican Pets Power Of Dreams Sonic Youth
School Floyd The Barber Drain You Smells Like Teen Spirit Come As You Are Breed Sliver Molly's Lips Love Buzz Negative Creep The End ( jam ) Blew Endless, Nameless
Former Vaselines lead singer Eugene Kelly sang with Kurt on "Molly's Lips."
The band jammed on "The End" by The Doors.
The band played an abbreviated version of "Endless, Nameless" followed by Kurt diving into Dave's drum set, which resulted in Kurt dislocating his shoulder.
More complete, but lower quality than AUD #1b.
Lowest Generation: Unofficial LP [ Live From The Reading Festival 23 August 1991 ]
Length / Sound Quality: 10 min / A
Less complete, but higher quality than AUD #1a.
Missing everything before "Negative Creep."
Everything before "Negative Creep" on the Live From The Reading Festival 23 August 1991 LP is AUD #4.
Lowest Generation: Unofficial CD [ Smells Like Nirvana ]
Has a cut in "Drain You."
Length / Sound Quality: 30 min / A
Missing everything after "Love Buzz."
Everything after "Love Buzz" on the Live From The Reading Festival 23 August 1991 LP is AUD #1b.
Length / Sound Quality: 40 min / B+
Shot from far back in the audience.
Lowest Audio Generation: VHS(2)
Lowest Video Generation: VHS(2)
Has a cut in "Come As You Are."
Shot from the front of the audience.
Lowest Audio Generation: VHS(x) > FLV
Lowest Video Generation: VHS(x) > FLV
Length / Sound Quality: 5 min / B
Includes only "The End" jam and "Blew."
"Blew" cuts out after less than a second.
Circulating copies are sourced from an FLV video file posted on YouTube.
Length / Sound Quality: 10 min / B+
Includes only "Drain You" and "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Both songs cut in.
Equipment: soundboard > unknown (Betacam)
Lowest Audio Generation: TV > VHS(1)
Lowest Video Generation: TV > VHS(1)
Includes only "School."
Shot by an MTV Europe crew from the back with a single camera.
Broadcast on MTV Europe.
Clips of "Come As You Are" and "Love Buzz" appear on the special No Apologies: MTV's Nirvana History .
Lowest Generation: BETA(M) > ANA(1)
Length / Sound Quality: 15 min / A
More complete than PRO #1a, but includes only the audio from the video.
Includes only "School," "Floyd The Barber," "Drain You," "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Come As You Are," "Breed," "Love Buzz," and "Blew."
Has cuts in all songs except "School" and "Come As You Are."
Equipment: Beaulieu Boom Microphone > Beaulieu 5008 S (Super 8)
Lowest Audio Generation: Official DVD [ 1991: The Year Punk Broke ]
Lowest Video Generation: Official DVD [ 1991: The Year Punk Broke ]
Includes only "Endless, Nameless."
Shot by Dave Markey with a single camera and open mic audio.
Clips of "Love Buzz" also appear on the (This Is Known As) The Blues Scale bonus video included on the 1991: The Year Punk Broke DVD release.
In circulating videos, additional video cameras can be seen shooting from the pit area.
22 Pisterpikko American Music Club Babes In Toyland The Belltower Big Truth Band The Blue Aeroplanes Blur Burn The Candyskins Captain Sensible Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine Catherine Wheel Chapterhouse The Cropdusters De La Soul Dinosaur Jr. Dr. Phibes And The House Of Wax Equations The Dylans Edwyn Collins The Fall The Family Cat The Fat Lady Sings Fatima Mansions Five Thirty Flowered Up Gang Starr The Godfathers Guy Clarke & Townes Van Zandt The Hollow Men The Honeythieves Iggy Pop Into Paradise James Katell Keineg Kingmaker Kitchens Of Distinction Late Road Lunatics Loves Young Nightmare Mercury Rev Milltown Brothers Neds Atomic Dustbin New Fast Automatic Daffodils Nitzer Ebb The Pooh Sticks Pop Will Eat Itself Popinjays Power Of Dreams Railroad Earth Rain Ratcat The Real People Revolver The Rockingbirds Screaming Target Senseless Things Silverfish The Sisters Of Mercy Sonic Youth The Southernaires Sweetmouth Swervedriver Teenage Fanclub Thin White Rope Thousand Yard Stare Toasted Heretic Welfare Heroine Well Loaded
Polly Drain You Floyd The Barber Sliver School Breed Smells Like Teen Spirit Territorial Pissings Negative Creep
The headlining bands cut their sets short so Nirvana, who missed their performance slot after supposedly getting caught in traffic and/or at customs, could squeeze in a 30-minute set. However, according to the band's former agent, the band intentionally showed up late so they wouldn't have to play so early in the day.
Nirvana played using Rausch's equipment, resulting in Kurt and Krist playing on the opposite sides of the stage as usual.
Equipment: unknown > Sony TCD-D3 (DAT)
Length / Sound Quality: 30 min / A-
"Polly" and "Negative Creep" cut in.
The taper copied this to another tape as filler in order to reuse the tape he had originally recorded it on, so ANA(1) is the lowest existing generation.
Length / Sound Quality: 30 min / B+
Equipment: Aiwa CM-30 > Sony (Hi8)
Lowest Audio Generation: HI8(M)
Lowest Video Generation: HI8(M)
Shot by a local crew with a single camera.
Babylon Fighters Bob Mould Danielle Dax Dinosaur Jr. Rausch Sonic Youth The Strangemen Well Well Well
Polly School Sliver Drain You Come As You Are Floyd The Barber Love Buzz Been A Son Negative Creep Blew Endless, Nameless
The Limbomaniacs, who were supposed to open the festival, cancelled in the weeks prior to the show. Since Nirvana was touring with Sonic Youth, they were asked to fill in as the opener.
Length / Sound Quality: 35 min / A
Equipment: unknown > Aiwa HS-1202 (cassette)
Length / Sound Quality: 35 min / B+
Lowest Generation: Unofficial CD [ Outcesticide 6 - A Mess Of Blues ]
Length / Sound Quality: 5 min / A
Includes only "Polly."
Length / Sound Quality: 35 min / A-
"Endless, Nameless" cuts out.
Shot from near the right side of the stage.
A 5-second clip was shown as part of a compilation of past Pukkelpop performances at Pukkelpop's 20th anniversary.
A video of Sonic Youth's set, possibly from the same source, is circulating.
Missing the first half of the set, due to the video crew's late arrival.
A clip of "Blew" appears on the (This Is Known As) The Blues Scale bonus video included on the 1991: The Year Punk Broke DVD release.
Black Francis Dinosaur Jr. An Emotional Fish House Of Love The Pogues Ramones Ride Sonic Youth
Something In The Way Negative Creep Been A Son Blew Polly Rape Me Pennyroyal Tea School Smells Like Teen Spirit In Bloom Come As You Are Floyd The Barber > Endless, Nameless
Equipment: soundboard > unknown
Lowest Generation: FM > ANA(1)
"Something In The Way" cuts in, and "Endless, Nameless" cuts out.
Broadcast on German FM radio.
Didjits Gumball Sonic Youth
At the end of the show, Kurt jumped into the drum set, according to an attendee.
Equipment: Beaulieu 5008 S (Super 8)
Shot in black and white with no audio.
School Endless, Nameless
At the end of the show, Kurt dove into the audience with his guitar and was carried back to the stage by the crowd, according to an attendee.
Clips of various songs (with audio of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Negative Creep" from 08/20/91) appear on the official video release 1991: The Year Punk Broke .
A clip of "Endless, Nameless" appears on the (This Is Known As) The Blues Scale bonus video included on the 1991: The Year Punk Broke DVD release.
Clips of "Endless, Nameless" (with audio from 10/31/91), appear on the tribute from the 1994 MTV Video Music Awards .
School Floyd The Barber Drain You Smells Like Teen Spirit Come As You Are Breed Sliver Aneurysm Love Buzz Pennyroyal Tea Been A Son Stain Negative Creep Blew
Polly Drain You School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit Come As You Are About A Girl Breed Sliver In Bloom Been A Son Negative Creep ( part of )
Because Nick Cave was reading poetry in the venue below this one, Nirvana had to wait onstage so they would not interfere with his performance. After being asked twice to not play yet, Kurt started playing "Polly."
The band was very drunk by the end of the show.
Sound problems, combined the band's drunkenness, resulted in false starts of "Sliver" and "In Bloom."
Kurt threw his guitar down, then started destroying the set after just one verse of "Negative Creep." After extensive destruction, Kurt got into a fight with people from the venue, but the fight was promptly broken up.
Length / Sound Quality: 50 min / A-
Lowest Generation: Unofficial CD [ Live Buzz ]
Higher quality, but missing some opening and closing banter/noise included on AUD #2b.
Length / Sound Quality: 50 min / B+
Lower quality, but includes some opening and closing banter/noise missing from AUD #2a.
Length / Sound Quality: 50 min / B
Shot from the left side.
"Polly" cuts in. Has a cut in "In Bloom."
Shot from the front.
The entire show was recorded by the Dutch broadcasting company VPRO.
Clips of "Polly" (with audio from 10/25/91), "School" (with audio from 08/20/91), and the end-of-show destruction appear on the official video release 1991: The Year Punk Broke .
Most of "In Bloom" appears on the (This Is Known As) The Blues Scale bonus video included on the 1991: The Year Punk Broke DVD release.
A clip of "In Bloom" has been broadcast on TV.
Clips appear on the official video release Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! and in the "Lithium" music video.
A second video crew from the Dutch broadcasting company VPRO filmed the entire show.
Black Francis Blur Bob Mould Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine Caspar Brotzmann Chapterhouse Charles Et Les Lulus Charmin' Children Dinosaur Jr. An Emotional Fish Eton Crop Formosa Freedy Johnston Galliano Hi Ho Silver Into Paradise Jeffrey Lee Pierce Last Crack Loose Mark Eitzel Michel Waisvisz Milltown Brothers Miranda Sex Garden Mudhoney Nine Inch Nails Paradogs Paris Quazar Smashing Pumpkins Son Of Bazerk Sonic Youth Swell Dopa/Magnapop The Wedding Present The Wonder Stuff World Of Twist
Drain You The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) ( jam ) Breed Floyd The Barber Polly Smells Like Teen Spirit Come As You Are School Territorial Pissings Blew Negative Creep Been A Son Something In The Way Stain
This was a full-band record store performance.
Krist and Dave jammed on Fleetwood Mac's "The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown)" with Krist on vocals while Kurt switched and tuned his guitar.
Equipment: unknown > Panasonic PV-120 (VHS-C)
Partially shot with a fisheye lens.
Equipment: built-in > Sony CCD-TR7 (Video8)
Lowest Audio Generation: 8MM(M)
Lowest Video Generation: 8MM(M)
Length / Sound Quality: 40 min / B
Missing "Drain You."
Shot from the back of the store by a camera sitting on a shelf.
Due to the position of the camera, the band is almost completely obstructed by the crowd.
At least two other video tapers can be seen in the circulating amateur videos.
Aneurysm Drain You Smells Like Teen Spirit jam Polly School Sliver Floyd The Barber About A Girl Breed Territorial Pissings Pennyroyal Tea Blew Negative Creep Been A Son Something In The Way Endless, Nameless
Equipment: Sony (supplied) > Sony WM-F27 (cassette)
Equipment: Aiwa > Aiwa (cassette)
Length / Sound Quality: 60 min / B
Equipment: built-in > Sony CCD-V5000
"School" cuts in, and "Endless, Nameless" cuts out.
Has special effects in many songs.
Length: 5 min
Includes only parts of "Something In The Way" and "Endless, Nameless."
Shot by MuchMusic with a single camera.
Clips of "Something In The Way" and "Endless, Nameless" have been broadcast on MuchMusic.
Aneurysm Drain You Smells Like Teen Spirit School Sliver Polly Breed About A Girl Scoff Floyd The Barber Blew Negative Creep Been A Son Stain Something In The Way Endless, Nameless
Before "Scoff," a little bit of "The End" by The Doors was jammed on.
"Stain" cuts out, and "Something In The Way" cuts in.
Length / Sound Quality: 55 min / B+
Has many cuts between songs.
Equipment: unknown > unknown (Betacam)
Lowest Audio Generation: BETA(M) > VHS(2)
Lowest Video Generation: BETA(M) > VHS(2)
Length / Sound Quality: 25 min / A-
Includes only "Aneurysm," "Drain You," "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "School," "Sliver," "Been A Son," "Stain," "Something In The Way," and "Endless, Nameless."
Has cuts in all songs except "Sliver."
Shot by MusiquePlus with a single camera and open mic audio.
The circulating video includes all that was recorded.
A clip of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" has been broadcast on MusiquePlus.
Clips of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "Sliver" have been broadcast on MusiMax.
Aneurysm Drain You School Smells Like Teen Spirit Come As You Are Sliver Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Floyd The Barber Polly About A Girl Breed Rape Me Blew Been A Son Negative Creep
"Blew" and "Been A Son" cut in.
Length / Sound Quality: 10 min / B-
Includes only "Aneurysm," "Drain You," "School," and "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Has cuts in all songs except "School."
Shot by MTV with a single camera and open mic audio.
Video clips of "Aneurysm," "Drain You," and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" have been aired on MTV.
Bullet LaVolta Cliffs Of Dooneen Smashing Pumpkins
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Drain You Floyd The Barber Sliver Smells Like Teen Spirit Come As You Are Breed About A Girl Satisfaction ( jam ) Territorial Pissings Pennyroyal Tea School Blew Negative Creep Been A Son Dive
Since the previous night had been for ages 21 and up, the band played a second show open to all ages.
After "About A Girl," the band jammed on Devo's cover of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction."
There may have been another song or two played after "Dive" (possibly including "In Bloom," which was mentioned in a review).
"Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam," "Pennyroyal Tea," and "Blew" cut in. "Dive" cuts out.
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Here She Comes Now D-7 Drain You School Floyd The Barber Sliver Smells Like Teen Spirit Come As You Are Aneurysm Vendetagainst Dirt ( jam ) jam Blew Negative Creep
After "Vendetagainst," the band briefly jammed on "Dirt" by The Stooges.
"Vendetagainst" cuts in.
The venue video taped the show.
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Here She Comes Now D-7 Aneurysm Drain You School Floyd The Barber About A Girl Love Buzz Smells Like Teen Spirit Breed Polly Spank Thru Sliver Blew ( jam ) Blew Been A Son Negative Creep Endless, Nameless
At the beginning of the show, a bit of Led Zeppelin's "Dazed And Confused" was jammed on.
After "Sliver," the band started playing "Blew," but ended up jamming on the song for a while because Kurt had guitar problems, as he did the entire night. Once Kurt got his guitar working again, the band played all of "Blew" from the beginning.
Length / Sound Quality: 75 min / A
Equipment: built-in > unknown (VHS)
Lowest Audio Generation: VHS(M)
Lowest Video Generation: VHS(M)
Missing everything after "Polly."
Has cuts in "Aneurysm" and "Love Buzz." "Polly" cuts out.
The circulating video includes all that was recorded because the taper's battery died.
Hed Melvins
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm D-7 Drain You School Floyd The Barber Sliver Smells Like Teen Spirit Polly About A Girl Blew Been A Son Something In The Way Negative Creep Endless, Nameless
Equipment: unknown > unknown (Video8)
Length / Sound Quality: 50 min / C
"Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam" cuts in.
Video taped from the DJ booth with a tripod for the band.
The master tape was turned over to the band after the show.
Video taped from the audience for the band.
Das Damen Planet Dread
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam About A Girl Polly Dumb Pennyroyal Tea Been A Son Something In The Way Negative Creep
This was a full-band record store performance with Kurt on acoustic guitar.
The band made it clear that they were not very interested in performing by deliberately not playing well. This upset some store employees, causing them to yell insults at the band. In response, the band started throwing Oreo cookies from the catering trays at onlookers.
Kurt supposedly recorded the show himself on a boombox.
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You Smells Like Teen Spirit School Floyd The Barber Sliver Breed Polly About A Girl Rape Me Blew Been A Son Negative Creep Endless, Nameless Vendetagainst
Length / Sound Quality: 65 min / A-
Equipment: built-in > Sony (cassette)
Length / Sound Quality: 30 min / B
Missing everything after "Polly," which cuts out just after the song starts.
Length / Sound Quality: 60 min / B-
Drain You School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Breed Been A Son Negative Creep Blew Something In The Way Territorial Pissings
The band played about 15 songs, according to a review.
A fire broke out in the dressing room, and Nirvana was blamed for it.
Kurt said in an interview that the club would be for bands like Huey Lewis and the News, then went on to ask, "What do they know about rock and roll?"
It is rumored that this show and 07/09/89 were taped by someone who refuses to trade.
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Drain You Aneurysm Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit Polly About A Girl School Sliver Come As You Are jam Blew Been A Son
The band requested extra monitors for the show because Kurt was sick with stomach pains, according to the venue's publicist.
The crowd was unhappy with the band's choice not to play an encore, so they provoked the band with shouts of "sellouts!"
Equipment: built-in > unknown (cassette)
The owner of the venue made a point of taping every show there. However, she has reportedly said that she will only make copies if the request comes from the band's record company.
Das Damen Love Chunks
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You School Floyd The Barber Polly About A Girl Smells Like Teen Spirit Pennyroyal Tea Sliver Love Buzz Satisfaction ( jam ) jam Blew Negative Creep Endless, Nameless
There were many calls for "Freebird" from the crowd.
The band jammed on Devo's cover of the Rolling Stones' "Satisfaction" with Krist singing about being a vegetarian.
Length / Sound Quality: 55 min / B
Das Damen The Legend
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Equipment: unknown > Sony WM-AF67 (cassette)
Has a cut in "Been A Son."
Smells Like Teen Spirit Breed Endless, Nameless
The band was drunk and out of tune, but the show was apparently incredible, according to attendees.
During "Endless, Nameless," Kurt vaulted up to the movie projection screen and ripped it out of the ceiling, inciting the crowd to get onstage with the band and trash everything. Meanwhile, Dave kicked his drums over, then piled them up in no particular order and played them with microphones. After the noise and destruction, the band piled their instruments onto the drums, wished the crowd a good night, and left the stage, according to an attendee.
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At the beginning of the show, Kurt jammed on The Cars' "My Best Friend's Girl."
Equipment: soundboard > unknown (Hi8)
Lowest Audio Generation: HI8(M) > VHS(1)
Lowest Video Generation: HI8(M) > VHS(1)
Shot from the side of the stage.
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The show was originally scheduled for one day later, but the venue, attendees, and memorabilia have confirmed that this is the correct date.
Krist started the show by impersonating Vanilla Ice explaining his theft of the music from Queen's "Under Pressure" for his own song "Ice Ice Baby."
Kurt was "really fucked up," according to a member of the security staff who was at the show.
Polly On A Plain
The band played a good set, but was "rather subdued," according to an attendee.
Urge Overkill
Another One Bites The Dust ( jam ) Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Breed Polly Sliver Love Buzz Come As You Are Pennyroyal Tea Negative Creep Been A Son Blew Rape Me Lithium Territorial Pissings
At the beginning of the show, the band played a short jam on Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust."
Krist sang one line of "Drain You."
Length / Sound Quality: 75 min / B+
Lower quality, but includes some opening band noise missing from AUD #1b.
Length / Sound Quality: 70 min / A-
Higher quality, but missing some opening band noise included on AUD #1a.
Das Damen Urge Overkill
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Length / Sound Quality: 80 min / B+
Has a cut in "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Length / Sound Quality: 85 min / B+
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After "Blew," based on the circulating recording, it is believed that Kurt and Dave may have swapped instruments. Kurt jammed on the drum beat to Public Image Ltd's "Four Enclosed Walls" while Dave created guitar feedback.
The band played an abbreviated version of "Endless, Nameless," still with Kurt on drums and Dave on guitar, then concentrated on destroying Dave's drums so the tour manager would have to buy him a new drum kit.
Equipment: soundboard > Sony TCD-D10 (DAT)
Lowest Generation: DAT > ANA(1)
Length / Sound Quality: 65 min / A
audience audio
Where Did You Sleep Last Night Dumb About A Girl I Feel Fine ( jam ) Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Been A Son Something In The Way Negative Creep
The band played a short jam on the Beatles' "I Feel Fine."
Equipment: unknown > unknown (cassette)
L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle ( jam ) Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit Polly About A Girl Lithium Come As You Are Breed Love Buzz Sliver Territorial Pissings Been A Son Negative Creep Blew On A Plain Endless, Nameless Something In The Way Rape Me
Nirvana had destroyed some of their equipment, including Dave's drums, two nights prior in Chicago, so they borrowed some of opening band Urge Overkill's equipment for this show.
At the end of the show, someone in the band took photos of the audience, and then Kurt jumped on Dave's back as he was walking offstage.
Length / Sound Quality: 80 min / A-
The "L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle" jam cuts in.
Equipment: Sonic Studios DSM-6 > Sony TCD-D3 (DAT)
Length / Sound Quality: 80 min / A
Missing the "L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle" jam.
The Libido Boys Urge Overkill
Nirvana had destroyed some of their equipment, including Dave's drums, four nights prior in Chicago, so they borrowed some of opening band Urge Overkill's equipment for this show.
Toward the beginning of the show, the crowd repeatedly erupted into frenzied slam dancing and people were being launched into the air. The bouncers on the stage were trying to absorb the flying crowd members and were being quite rough on them. When Kurt was eventually hit by someone from the crowd, he stopped playing and could be heard cursing off mic. Krist pleaded with the crowd to "mellow out." After this scenario repeated itself about four times, Kurt stopped the band and yelled about a bouncer stepping on his distortion pedal and breaking it. Once a replacement was found, the show resumed, but the crowd didn't mellow out. When the band had to stop playing a fifth time, Kurt yelled, "Fuck it! You all want to get up on the stage? Well come on up!" The entire crowd swept up onto the stage, and the bouncers and Dave left the stage, leaving Kurt and Krist clutching their instruments against their bodies as the equipment was slammed back against the wall. After about 15-20 minutes of chaos, Krist asked the crowd to leave the stage so they could play some more. The crowd started filing off the stage, and the house lights came on. Eventually, everything was set back up, and the band played for another 45 minutes without further problems. The club stayed open late so they could finish their set. Dave later claimed the band had repeatedly and unsuccessfully requested the security guards to stop being rough with the crowd, so they retaliated by inviting the crowd onstage.
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Missing everything after "Lithium."
The circulating audio includes all that was recorded due to a tape recorder malfunction.
Paw Urge Overkill
L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle ( jam ) Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You School Floyd The Barber jam Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Breed Sliver Love Buzz ( part of ) Pennyroyal Tea ( part of ) Pennyroyal Tea Negative Creep On A Plain Blew Lithium Rape Me Territorial Pissings
After "Polly," Kurt started smashing the monitor board with his guitar out of frustration over monitor problems during the show.
During "Love Buzz," Kurt dove into the audience and ended up fighting with a bouncer. The monitor board Kurt had smashed belonged to the bouncer's friend. Krist and Dave immediately stopped playing and rushed forward to break up the fight. Once everything cooled down, Kurt started playing "Pennyroyal Tea," but abandoned the song before singing any vocals and left the stage. When the band returned, they played the full song and continued the show.
Equipment: built-in > JVC (SVHS)
Lowest Audio Generation: SVHS(M)
Lowest Video Generation: SVHS(M)
Length / Sound Quality: 75 min / A-
"Love Buzz" appears in lower quality on the official video release Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Sister Double Happiness Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Drain You School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit Polly Breed Lithium On A Plain Negative Creep Blew Territorial Pissings
soundboard audio
Sister Double Happiness
Dumb ( part of ) Polly About A Girl
This was a fully acoustic record store performance.
Kurt stopped "Dumb" after just one verse.
The band briefly jammed on "Sweet Home Alabama" after someone asked for "Freebird."
Kurt smashed his acoustic guitar at the end of the set.
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Breed Lithium Sliver Pennyroyal Tea On A Plain Been A Son Negative Creep Blew Rape Me Love Buzz
Equipment: Sony ECM-101 > Sony WM-D6 (cassette)
Lowest Generation: Unofficial CD [ Live In Austin, Texas ]
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Breed Come As You Are Lithium Sliver Dive Curmudgeon Been A Son On A Plain Negative Creep Blew
Equipment: Sonic Studios DSM-3 > Sony WM-D6 (cassette)
Length / Sound Quality: 70 min / A
B. Strange Sister Double Happiness
Dumb Here She Comes Now About A Girl Polly On A Plain Been A Son
This was supposed to be an acoustic show, with instruments supplied by the record store, but since they didn't have any left-handed guitars, the band ended up using their own instruments and playing an electric set.
Length / Sound Quality: 20 min / B-
Length / Sound Quality: 25 min / B+
"Dumb" cuts in.
Shot from a ladder.
Includes the band signing autographs after their set.
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You School Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Floyd The Barber Sliver Dive On A Plain Something In The Way Negative Creep Rape Me Lithium
During the show, some audience members leapt from 18-foot balconies onto the backs of the crowd members below.
Hole Sister Double Happiness
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Breed Sliver Love Buzz Lithium Been A Son On A Plain Negative Creep Blew Rape Me Territorial Pissings
Krist ranted about politics throughout the show.
Has a cut in "Love Buzz," and "On A Plain" cuts in.
Has a cut in "On A Plain."
The taper copied this to a 60-minute tape in order to reuse the 90-minute tape he had originally recorded it on, so ANA(1) is the lowest existing generation.
Equipment: soundboard > Sony TCD-D3 (DAT)
"Polly" appears on the official video release 1991: The Year Punk Broke with video footage from 09/01/91.
Hole L7 Sister Double Happiness
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Breed Sliver Lithium Love Buzz On A Plain Negative Creep Blew Dive Rape Me Territorial Pissings
Has a cut in "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Missing part of "Negative Creep" because the microphone got unplugged for about 30 seconds while the taper launched himself over a railing.
Equipment: built-in > Aiwa TP-S30 (cassette)
Equipment: Nakamichi CM-300 + CP-1 > Sony WM-D6 (cassette)
L7 Sister Double Happiness Urge Overkill
Drain You School Aneurysm About A Girl Smells Like Teen Spirit Breed Polly Sliver Lithium Pennyroyal Tea Love Buzz On A Plain Been A Son Negative Creep Blew Come As You Are Rape Me Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Territorial Pissings
Greg Sage Hole
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Breed Polly Sliver Love Buzz Lithium D-7 Dive Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain Blew Rape Me Come As You Are Territorial Pissings
Mudhoney Sprinkler
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Breed Sliver Love Buzz Lithium Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain Blew Endless, Nameless
Equipment: soundboard > unknown (cassette)
Drain You Rape Me
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You School Floyd The Barber jam Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Breed Sliver Love Buzz Lithium Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain Blew Rape Me Territorial Pissings Endless, Nameless
The show was originally supposed to be at the Moore Theatre, but had to be moved to a larger venue.
Equipment: Sonic Studios DSM-6P > Casio DA-R100 (DAT)
Does not include the soundcheck.
Often mislabeled as a Sony WM-D3 cassette recording.
Equipment: Sonic Studios DSM-6P > Sony TCD-D3 (DAT)
More complete, but lower quality than SBD #1b, SBD #1c, SBD #1d, and SBD #1e.
Professionally mixed by Andy Wallace.
Lowest Generation: Official CD [ Nevermind, It's An Interview ]
Length / Sound Quality: 20 min / A+
Less complete, but higher quality than SBD #1a.
Includes only "About A Girl," "Aneurysm," "Drain You," "On A Plain," part of "Endless, Nameless," and "School."
Has talking over the beginnings of all songs except "Drain You" and "On A Plain."
Lowest Generation: Official CD [ Come As You Are ]
Length / Sound Quality: 10 min / A+
Includes only "Drain You" and "School."
Lowest Generation: Official CD [ Lithium ]
Length / Sound Quality: 5 min / A+
Includes only "Been A Son."
Lowest Generation: Official CD [ From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah ]
Includes only "Negative Creep."
Equipment: soundboard > unknown (16 mm)
Lowest Audio Generation: Official Laserdisc [ Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! ]
Lowest Video Generation: Official DVD [ Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! ]
Length / Sound Quality: 15 min / A+
Has different camera angles from PRO #2, PRO #4, PRO #5, and PRO #6.
Includes only "About A Girl," "Polly," "Breed," and parts of "Endless, Nameless."
Five-camera video with soundboard audio.
Length / Sound Quality: 10 min / A-
Has different camera angles from PRO #1, PRO #5, and PRO #6.
Multi-camera edit made from the professional five-camera masters with soundboard audio.
Footage is in black and white. Has special effects throughout, except during the quiet parts of the song. Includes some additional shots added in over the live video from other parts of the song.
This was to be used as a music video, but was rejected.
Has different camera angles from PRO #5 and PRO #6.
Includes only "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam."
Two-camera edit made from the professional five-camera masters with soundboard audio.
Lowest Audio Generation: Master > FLV
Lowest Video Generation: Master > FLV
Includes only "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Six-camera video with soundboard audio. Includes the five professional 16 mm angles along with black and white clips of the uncirculated Super 8 amateur video.
Has some special effects.
Edited by Louis Marciano in November 1991, possibly for potential release as a music video.
Lowest Audio Generation: DTV > TS
Lowest Video Generation: DTV > TS
Length / Sound Quality: 45 min / A+
Has different camera angles from PRO #1, PRO #2, PRO #3, PRO #4, and PRO #6.
Missing "Drain You," "School," "Floyd The Barber," the jam, "About A Girl," "Love Buzz," "Been A Son," "Negative Creep," and "Rape Me."
Includes professionally remixed stereo audio and 5.1-channel audio by Nathaniel Kunkel, both done in 2011.
Broadcast on VH1 and Palladia in September 2011.
Length / Sound Quality: 75 min / A+
Has different camera angles from PRO #1, PRO #2, PRO #3, PRO #4, and PRO #5.
Includes professionally remixed stereo audio and 5.1-channel audio by Nathaniel Kunkel, both done in 2011 for this release.
At least one instance of an out-of-tune instrument was fixed during the production of this audio mix. This is evident with Krist's bass during "About A Girl," which sounds noticeably out of tune on other circulating recordings of the show.
Equipment: unknown > unknown (Super 8)
The brother of the professional video's director shot some Super 8 footage from the audience.
Bikini Kill Mudhoney
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Lowest Generation: Unofficial LP [ Seventh Heaven ]
Missing "Polly," "Been A Son," and "On A Plain."
Midway Still
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Lowest Generation: Unofficial CD [ Firework Night ]
Everything after "Love Buzz" on the Firework Night CD is AMT #1b.
Less complete, but lower generation than AUD #2b.
"Come As You Are" cuts in. Has a cut in "Endless, Nameless."
More complete, but higher generation than AUD #2a.
Length / Sound Quality: 75 min / B
More complete and not sourced from compressed video files, but lower quality than AMT #1c.
"Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam" cuts in, and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" cuts out.
Higher quality audio than AMT #1a, but less complete and includes only the audio from the video.
Missing everything before "Come As You Are."
Everything before "Come As You Are" on the Firework Night CD is AUD #1.
Less complete and sourced from compressed video files, but higher quality than AMT #1a.
Missing "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam" and everything after "Breed."
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" cuts out.
Circulating copies are sourced from two FLV video files posted on YouTube.
Shot from close to the stage.
While copies labeled VHS(1) are also in circulation, they are of much lower quality. It is likely that the VHS(1) generation is incorrect.
Clips of "Lithium" appear on the official video release Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Clips appear in the "You Know You're Right" music video and have been broadcast on MTV.
Captain America Television Personalities
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Length / Sound Quality: 85 min / B
Has a cut in "Something In The Way."
Captain America
The band did a rehearsal, probably including only "Smells Like Teen Spirit," about 30 minutes before the show.
Lowest Audio Generation: TV > VHS(3)
Lowest Video Generation: TV > VHS(3)
Has different camera angles from PRO #2, PRO #3, and PRO #4.
Cuts out at the end of the second chorus.
Original, live broadcast on Channel 4.
Clips, including post-song footage not broadcast on TV, appear on the unofficial video release Kurt Cobain: All Apologies .
Lowest Generation: Unofficial CD [ Outcesticide II - The Needle & The Damage Done ]
Higher quality audio, but less complete than PRO #1a and includes only the audio from the video.
Lowest Audio Generation: TV > VHS(2)
Lowest Video Generation: TV > VHS(2)
Has different camera angles from PRO #1a, PRO #3, and PRO #4.
Cuts out during the last chorus.
Rebroadcast on Channel 4 in 1991.
Has different camera angles from PRO #1a, PRO #2, and PRO #4.
Cuts in at the beginning of the first verse and has three cuts in the last half of the song.
Rebroadcast on Channel 4 in 1992.
Lowest Audio Generation: TV > VHS(x)
Lowest Video Generation: TV > VHS(x)
Has different camera angles from PRO #1a, PRO #2, and PRO #3.
Missing the guitar solo and beginning of the last verse.
Has talking over the end of the song.
Rebroadcast on the show The Best of the Word on Channel 4.
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Equipment: unknown > Sony WM-D3 (cassette)
Aneurysm Drain You School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Breed Sliver Lithium Love Buzz Come As You Are Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain Blew Pennyroyal Tea Spank Thru Molly's Lips Territorial Pissings
Equipment: unknown > unknown (DAT)
Missing some banter before "Pennyroyal Tea" that is present on AUD #1c.
Lowest Generation: Unofficial CD [ Bleach Pop ]
Less complete, but higher quality than AUD #1a and AUD #1c.
"Aneurysm," "School," "Polly," "Lithium," "Love Buzz," and "Come As You Are" cut in.
Has cuts between every song.
"Aneurysm" cuts in, unlike on AUD #1a.
Has cuts in "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and "About A Girl."
Heartbreaker On A Plain
Kurt skipped soundcheck, leaving Krist and Dave to jam with the soundman and the opening act's drummer. They traded instruments and played rough versions of "Heartbreaker" and "On A Plain."
Before going onstage, Krist covered his T-shirt with stickers from Metal Hammer (AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, and Extreme). During the show, he sweat off most of them and placed the rest on fans' foreheads, like a headbanger priest giving communion.
At the end of the show, Kurt jumped into the audience. When the crowd passed him back onstage, he reported, "They were reaching into my pockets, trying to grab money and shit."
Drain You Aneurysm School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Lithium Sliver Breed Come As You Are Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain Blew Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Spank Thru Territorial Pissings
"Drain You" cuts in.
Talk To Me Oh, The Guilt ( part of )
Drain You Aneurysm School ( part of ) jam School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Lithium Breed Sliver Come As You Are Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain Blew Rape Me Spank Thru Molly's Lips Territorial Pissings
During soundcheck, Kurt played a bit of the main guitar riff of "tourette's."
The band stopped playing "School" because Krist's bass wasn't working, so Kurt and Dave played a short jam, and then the band restarted "School" from the beginning.
Missing the jam.
"School" (full version), "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Breed," and "Come As You Are" cut in.
Length / Sound Quality: 20 min / A-
Includes the soundcheck.
Missing everything after "Floyd The Barber."
"Talk To Me" (soundcheck) cuts in, and "Floyd The Barber" cuts in and out.
Skin Yard Urge Overkill
Drain You Aneurysm School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Lithium Sliver Breed Love Buzz Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain Blew L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle ( jam ) Talk To Me Oh, The Guilt Territorial Pissings
The show was originally supposed to be at Teatro Miela in Trieste, based on advertisements.
Lower quality and unknown generation, but more complete than AUD #1b.
Has cuts in "Drain You" and "Oh, The Guilt." "On A Plain" and the "L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle" jam cut in.
Higher quality and known generation, but less complete than AUD #1a.
"Drain You," "On A Plain," and the "L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle" jam cut in.
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About 500 fans were left standing outside the venue, which was filled way above capacity.
Kurt went onstage with a catering basket and threw fruit and sandwiches into the audience before the band started playing, according to attendees.
The band reportedly stopped playing in the middle of "Drain You." One attendee reports that this was because the audience was throwing fruit at the band, while another reports that it was because Krist threw his bass at the ceiling (probably due to a malfunction), breaking it and causing him to have to borrow a bass from opening band Urge Overkill for the rest of the show. The band then played "Drain You" from the start.
Just as the band went onstage, someone in the audience shouted out, "We want some fuckin' noise!" Krist quietly responded with, "OK! We'll give you some fuckin' noise."
Lowest Generation: Unofficial CD [ Europe 1991 ]
Missing the partial performance of "Drain You."
Has cuts between some songs.
At least one additional person was seen taping the show.
Drain You Aneurysm School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Lithium Sliver Come As You Are Breed Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain Blew Rape Me Spank Thru Territorial Pissings
Before "Rape Me," Dave jammed a bit on "Sifting."
Lowest Generation: FM > ANA(2)
More complete, but lower quality than SBD #1b.
More complete, but lower quality and higher generation than SBD #1c.
Higher generation, but higher quality than SBD #1d toward the beginning of the show.
Has a different mix from SBD #2.
Has DJ talk over the beginnings of "School," "About A Girl," and "Come As You Are."
Broadcast on Italian FM radio.
Lowest Generation: Unofficial CD [ Seattle Sound, Sounds Great ]
Less complete, but higher quality than SBD #1a and SBD #1d.
Unknown generation and lower quality, but includes all of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," unlike SBD #1c.
"School," "About A Girl," and "Come As You Are" cut in. Has a cut in "Spank Thru."
Lowest Generation: DBS > WAV
Less complete, but higher quality and lower generation than SBD #1a and SBD #1d.
Known generation and higher quality, but has a cut that is not present on SBD #1b.
Has a cut in "Smells Like Teen Spirit" due to damage to the tape used for the broadcast.
Has DJ talk over the beginnings of "Lithium," "Blew," and "Rape Me."
Broadcast on the Italian radio station Rai Radio 2 in November 2011.
Lower generation, but lower quality than SBD #1a toward the beginning of the show.
Has DJ talk over the beginnings of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Lithium," and "Negative Creep."
Has a different mix from SBD #1a, SBD #1b, SBD #1c, and SBD #1d.
Includes only "Spank Thru."
Length / Sound Quality: 55 min / A
Circulating copies have mono audio.
Broadcast on the Italian TV channel Videomusic.
The entire show was recorded, but "Drain You" was omitted from the broadcast due to high humidity fogging up the camera lenses and/or the first song often being used as a video/audio check.
Lowest Generation: Unofficial CD [ On A Plain ]
Has stereo audio, unlike circulating copies of PRO #1a, but includes only the audio from the video.
"Rape Me" cuts in.
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Equipment: built-in > Sony CCD-F55E (Video8)
Drain You Aneurysm School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit Curmudgeon Oh, The Guilt Lithium Sliver About A Girl Polly Talk To Me The End ( jam ) Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain ( part of ) On A Plain Blew Where Did You Sleep Last Night Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
During "On A Plain," Kurt stopped playing, jumped into the crowd, and pulled two guys up to dance on top of the amplifiers. The band then played the whole song from the start.
During "Where Did You Sleep Last Night," Krist played the drums and Dave played bass while lying down on the stage. Then Eric Erlandson from Hole ran out and tackled Kurt, prompting Kurt to throw his guitar, at which point Dave got up from the stage floor.
During the end-of-show destruction, Kurt and Krist repeatedly smashed their guitars together, with the final impact shattering Krist's bass and sending chunks of wood into the crowd. A fan in the front of the audience was hit in the face by one of these chunks, knocking out a tooth and causing him to bleed profusely and later go into shock and convulse uncontrollably.
Length / Sound Quality: 85 min / A-
Lowest Generation: ANA(3)
Clips of "Curmudgeon," "Sliver," "On A Plain," and the end-of-show destruction were broadcast on TV.
Clips appear on the official video release Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Clips of "Aneurysm," "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Curmudgeon," "Sliver," "On A Plain," "Where Did You Sleep Last Night," and the end-of-show destruction appear on the unofficial video release Kurt Cobain: All Apologies .
unknown jam Where Did You Sleep Last Night Here She Comes Now Here She Comes Now unknown
The performance took place in Jingle Production Room 2.
The session was a co-production between the Dutch radio stations VPRO and VARA, recorded for their shows Nozems-a-GoGo and Twee Meter De Lucht In , respectively.
The band reportedly played/jammed for about three hours. Since the studio crew did not know when the songs started, they recorded intermittently throughout the session.
The band was asked to play "Polly" and "Smells Like Teen Spirit," but Kurt didn't want to.
Kurt reportedly arrived at the studio later than Krist and Dave and kept walking in and out of the studio during the session.
The unknown song, which was performed twice at this session, was also performed at the 12/04/91 show. Kurt played bass and Krist played guitar on this song.
The jam featured Dave on guitar and vocals by himself.
At the end of the session, after Kurt and Dave ran away, Krist said, "We know when we fuck up," and left.
Lowest Generation: Master > RealAudio
More complete, but lower quality and more compressed than SBD #1b.
More complete and higher quality than SBD #1c, but sourced from a compressed audio file.
Missing the the unknown song (first take), "Here She Comes Now" (one take), and whatever else was played that is not listed in the set.
Released as a 96 kbps RealAudio file on VPRO's website.
The complete master tape is said to be about an hour long and includes numerous mess-ups.
Lowest Generation: ADR > MD
Less complete, but higher quality and less compressed than SBD #1a.
Higher quality than SBD #1c, but sourced from a compressed broadcast and has DJ talk over the end of "Here She Comes Now."
Includes only "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" and "Here She Comes Now" (one take).
Broadcast on the Dutch FM radio show Twee Meter De Lucht In . Circulating copies are sourced from a 192 kbps broadcast on Astra Digital Radio (ADR).
Less complete and lower quality than SBD #1a, but not sourced from a compressed audio file.
Less complete and lower quality than SBD #1b, but not sourced from a compressed broadcast and does not have DJ talk over the end of "Here She Comes Now."
"Where Did You Sleep Last Night" cuts in.
Broadcast on the Dutch FM radio show Twee Meter De Lucht In .
Come As You Are
Drain You Aneurysm School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Lithium Sliver Breed Come As You Are Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain Blew Love Buzz Territorial Pissings
The show was originally supposed to be at the Melkweg on 11/24/91, but had to be moved to a larger venue.
Two songs, including "Come As You Are," were played at soundcheck, according to a Dutch article.
During "Come As You Are" at the show, the guitar and bass were horribly out of tune with each other, so Kurt decided to scream most of the song's lyrics.
Equipment: Realistic > Sony WM-D6 (cassette)
More complete than SBD #1b, SBD #1c, and SBD #1d, but sourced from a compressed audio file.
Higher quality, but less complete than SBD #1a, SBD #1c, and SBD #1d.
Includes only "School," "Been A Son," "Lithium," and "Blew."
Less complete, but includes some banter not found on SBD #1d.
Missing "Come As You Are" and Krist's "Get Together" intro to "Territorial Pissings."
Has DJ talk over the end of "Territorial Pissings" (while the band is still playing the actual song).
The placement of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was changed to first on the broadcast.
Original broadcast on the Dutch FM radio station 3FM in November 1991.
Lowest Generation: FM > DAT
More complete, but missing some banter found on SBD #1c.
Rebroadcast on the Dutch FM radio station 3FM.
Lowest Audio Generation: VHS(3)
Lowest Video Generation: VHS(3)
More complete, but lower quality than PRO #1b.
More complete, but lower sound quality than PRO #1c.
Has different camera angles from PRO #3a, PRO #3b, and PRO #4.
Multi-camera video with soundboard audio.
Lowest Audio Generation: Official DVD [ Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! ]
Less complete, but higher quality than PRO #1a and PRO #1c.
Has different camera angles from PRO #3b.
Includes only "School," "About A Girl," "Been A Son," "On A Plain," and "Blew."
The original, non-extra songs from this show on the Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! official DVD are from a different edit and are listed as PRO #3a.
Lowest Audio Generation: TV > WAV
Lowest Video Generation: DTV > DVDR
Less complete, but higher sound quality than PRO #1a.
Has some cuts between songs.
Broadcast on the show 3 On Stage on the Dutch TV channel NL3 in September 2011.
Single-camera video shot from the back with soundboard audio.
Less complete, but higher quality than PRO #3b.
Has different camera angles from PRO #1a, PRO #1c, and PRO #4.
Includes only "Drain You," "Sliver," and parts of "Aneurysm," "Come As You Are," "Love Buzz," and "Territorial Pissings."
"Aneurysm" has been broadcast on MTV in its entirety as a music video.
More complete, but lower quality than PRO #3a.
Has different camera angles from PRO #1a, PRO #1b, PRO #1c, and PRO #4.
Broadcast on the show Tuttoinunanotte on the Italian TV channel TMC2.
Lowest Audio Generation: Promo VHS
Has different camera angles from PRO #1a, PRO #1c, PRO #3a, and PRO #3b.
Includes only "Lithium," "Breed," "Polly," "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Love Buzz," and "Territorial Pissings."
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" cuts out, and "Love Buzz" cuts in.
Broadcast on the show Onrust! on the Dutch TV channel VPRO in 1991.
"On A Plain," "Sliver," and "Love Buzz" were reportedly broadcast on a different episode of Onrust! in 1992, but this does not appear to be circulating.
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Lowest Generation: ANA(4)
Missing "All Apologies."
"Drain You," "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "About A Girl," "Lithium," and "Something In The Way" cut in. Has a cut in "Smells Like Teen Spirit." "Territorial Pissings" cuts out.
Equipment: Sony ECM-909 > Sony TCD-D3 (DAT)
Lowest Generation: DAT > ANA(1) > Unofficial LP [ Entertain Us ]
Includes only "All Apologies" and "Something In The Way."
Captain America Shonen Knife
The show was filmed in Studio C.
The band was asked to lip-sync and play over the prerecorded song, which they protested. Then they reached an agreement in which Kurt could at least sing over the prerecorded music.
Kurt sang all of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in gothic style vocals.
The band made it visually obvious that they were not playing their instruments.
Less complete, but higher quality than PRO #1b.
Missing host intro and outro.
More complete, but lower quality than PRO #1a.
Lowest Generation: Unofficial CD [ Grunge Is Dead ]
More complete than PRO #1a and higher quality audio than PRO #1b, but includes only the audio from the video.
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Equipment: built-in > unknown (Video8)
Lowest Audio Generation: 8MM(M) > VHS(1)
Lowest Video Generation: 8MM(M) > VHS(1)
Has cuts in "Drain You" and "Aneurysm."
Drain You Aneurysm School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Lithium Sliver Breed Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain Blew Endless, Nameless
Equipment: Sony ECM-959V > Sony WM-D6C (cassette)
At least one additional person was seen audio taping the show.
Clips of "Aneurysm" and "Lithium" were broadcast on the French TV show Rapido .
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Aneurysm Drain You School About A Girl Smells Like Teen Spirit Polly Floyd The Barber Here She Comes Now Been A Son All Apologies On A Plain Something In The Way Territorial Pissings
During soundcheck, the band played "lots of [Rolling] Stones stuff," according to an attendee.
"Something In The Way" cuts in.
L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle ( jam ) Drain You Aneurysm Lithium School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Sliver Breed Come As You Are Been A Son All Apologies On A Plain unknown Rape Me Territorial Pissings
Length / Sound Quality: 55 min / A-
Higher quality and known generation, but less complete than AUD #1b.
"On A Plain" cuts in. Has a cut in the unknown song.
Lower quality and unknown generation, but more complete than AUD #1a.
"On A Plain" cuts in.
Twist Barbie Polly
The band played under the name Teen Spirit.
This was a charity show organized by The Joyriders (formerly The Cateran) in aid of a children's hospital.
The show was advertised as featuring "very, very special (American) guests" on flyers handed out after the 11/29/91 show. Consequently, many people showed up hoping to see Nirvana. At the show, it was announced that Nirvana would not be playing, so most of the audience left. However, Kurt and Dave ended up playing.
Kurt played acoustic guitar and sang, Dave played acoustic bass, and Krist didn't play at all.
The band played five songs in front of an audience of about twenty people.
The band played a cover of Shonen Knife's "Twist Barbie," according to a member of Shonen Knife.
The Joyriders
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After "Blew," the band switched instruments and jammed. Kurt played drums while Krist and Dave took turns on bass and guitar.
Missing "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam," "Floyd The Barber," "Polly," and "Been A Son."
Six Pack Drain You Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit Polly Lithium Sliver Come As You Are Been A Son On A Plain Blew Territorial Pissings
The band opened up with a cover of Black Flag's "Six Pack," according to attendees.
Kurt stopped the show when an over-zealous bouncer started to attack a fan.
The band switched instruments for a "Sonic Youth-type" encore, during which Krist chanted a "hippy-dippy mantra about love," according to a review.
Includes only parts of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Drain You," "Sliver," "Been A Son," "Come As You Are," and "Lithium."
Broadcast on the Japanese TV show Pure Rock .
unknown Drain You Aneurysm School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly ( part of ) > (New Wave) Polly Come As You Are Lithium Sliver Breed Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain Blew jam unknown Territorial Pissings
The show opened with Kurt on drums, Krist on guitar, and Dave on vocals for an unknown song that was very similar to the instrumental demo reportedly recorded with the "Drain You" demo in spring 1991.
After one verse and one chorus of "Polly," Kurt went into "(New Wave) Polly," which the band played in its entirety.
During the encore, Kurt switched to bass and Krist switched to guitar for the jam and unknown song.
The last unknown song was also performed at the 11/25/91 radio session.
Missing everything after "Negative Creep."
The first unknown song cuts in.
It is rumored that the taper forgot to flip the tape over after 45 minutes.
Drain You Aneurysm School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly L'Amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle ( jam ) Sliver Lithium Breed Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain Blew Molly's Lips Territorial Pissings
Before "Breed," there was a quick jam on the unknown song from 11/30/91.
Territorial Pissings
Kurt didn't show up for the afternoon soundcheck, leaving Krist and Dave to rehearse "Lithium," which they planned to play on the show.
Kurt arrived an hour before the show, and the full band rehearsed "Lithium" this time.
During the show, instead of "Lithium," the band decided to do an extremely forceful version of "Territorial Pissings."
The show's crew could not make out the lyrics, so they stuck to the rehearsed shooting script for "Lithium" as the band played "Territorial Pissings."
Does not include either soundcheck.
Baba O'Riley Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Drain You Aneurysm School Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Sliver Breed Been A Son Negative Creep On A Plain Blew
The band opened the show with The Who's "Baba O'Riley," with Dave and Krist on vocals.
Lowest Generation: ANA(M) > MD
Missing "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam," "Aneurysm," "Sliver," "Been A Son," and "Negative Creep."
Broadcast on the French FM radio station France Inter.
Includes only "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam" and "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" cuts in.
Shot by the French TV channel TV Rennes with a single camera from the back of the venue.
Broadcast on the French TV channel FR3 in 1992.
Clips of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and the end-of-show destruction have been broadcast on the French-German TV channel Arte.
Clips of "School" and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" shot with multiple cameras have been broadcast on the French TV channel M6.
Clips of the end-of-show destruction shot with a single camera from the side of the stage have been broadcast on the French TV channels M6 and Canal+.
Is is not known whether these clips are from the same professional video or videos shot by different companies.
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Baba O'Riley Smells Like Teen Spirit Lithium Come As You Are Breed Territorial Pissings
Pearl Jam Red Hot Chili Peppers
Drain You Aneurysm School Floyd The Barber Smells Like Teen Spirit About A Girl Polly Sliver Breed Come As You Are Lithium Territorial Pissings
Lowest Generation: Official CD [ The Album Network - 04-26 ]
Length / Sound Quality: 40 min / A+
More complete, but lower quality than SBD #1d.
Includes all songs, but missing some between-song banter and band noise that is included on SBD #1c and SBD #1e.
During "Aneurysm," the word "shit" is disguised with partially reversed audio.
Has some fake crowd noise mixed in between songs.
This is part of a series of CDs from Premiere Radio Networks, a service that provides collections of music to radio stations.
Lowest Generation: Official CD [ In Concert - Show #92-42 ]
Missing a song, but includes some between-song band noise that is missing from SBD #1b and SBD #1e.
Missing "Floyd The Barber."
During "Aneurysm," the word "shit" is bleeped out.
This is part of a series of CDs from Westwood One, a service that provides collections of music to radio stations.
Lowest Generation: Official CD [ In Bloom ]
Less complete, but higher quality than SBD #1a, SBD #1b, SBD #1c, and SBD #1e.
Includes only "Polly" and "Sliver."
Lowest Generation: Official CD [ Superstars Concert Series - Show #93-26 ]
Missing two songs, but includes some opening and between-song band noise that is missing from SBD #1b and SBD #1c.
Missing "Aneurysm" and "Territorial Pissings."
Has some fake crowd noise mixed in between songs, but much less than SBD #1b and SBD #1c.
"Aneurysm" cuts out after five seconds, and "School" cuts in.
This is a recording of the monitor mix, in which the guitar and bass are separated between the left and right channels.
Has open microphones mixed in at some points, most noticeably at the beginning of "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Includes only "Drain You," "Aneurysm," and "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Professionally remixed by Andy Wallace specifically for this release.
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During Nirvana's set, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam repeatedly came onstage and dove into the audience.
Equipment: Realistic Miniature PZM > Sony WM-D6 (cassette)
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Opening band Pearl Jam played a bit of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," and guitarist Stone Gossard quipped, "Just remember, we played it first."
Includes only "Territorial Pissings" and the end-of-show destruction.
"Territorial Pissings" cuts in.
Shot by Bill Graham Presents with multiple cameras.

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11 Reasons Why 1993 Was Nirvana's Big Year

While 1991 was the year Nirvana broke, the Seattle grunge pioneers continued their impressive streak. With the release of 'In Utero,' multiple massive shows and now-legendary appearances on MTV programs, 1993 ended up being Nirvana’s most productive year.

By most measures, 1992 was a massive year for Nirvana . The Seattle grunge pioneers achieved international fame when their major label debut, Nevermind , topped the charts and was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 34th GRAMMY Awards.

But the band (and lead singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in particular) quickly became overwhelmed by their unexpected success. Nirvana retreated for most of the year, only playing about a month’s worth of shows and delaying work on a follow up album.

So there was much ground to make up in 1993.

But Kurt Cobain , Krist Novoselic , and Dave Grohl rose to the challenge. There were a few bumps along the way — such as a kerfuffle when it was reported that Nirvana bowed to record company pressure to remix tracks on their new album, thus making them "sellouts" ( the band insisted they alone decided what changes needed to be made ) — but '93 ended up being one of Nirvana’s most productive years.

Thirty years ago, Nirvana released an acclaimed third album ( In Utero ), an indie single ("Oh, The Guilt"), and created one of their most haunting videos ("Heart-Shaped Box"). And throughout their first U.S. tour since 1991, the band proved again and again what a powerful live act they were — whether playing a former movie house or a mega stadium — showing that a noisy band could still pack a punch by going acoustic.

In honor of the 30th anniversary of In Utero (and a forthcoming reissue ), GRAMMY.com revisits 11 of Nirvana’s most memorable moments from 1993.

Nirvana Affirm Their Indie Cred With "Oh, The Guilt"

Nirvana recorded three songs during their sole studio session in 1992. "Curmudgeon" ended up as the B-side of "Lithium," "Return of the Rat" appeared on a Greg Sage compilation, and "Oh, The Guilt" finally turned up as part of a split single with Jesus Lizard on Touch and Go Records.

Back in 1988, Cobain had sent several copies of Nirvana’s first demo to the Chicago-based Touch and Go. Following the major label success of Nevermind , Nirvana clearly wanted to make the effort to keep in touch with their indie roots.

"Nirvana became like the Beatles of the ’90s, but they still wanted to do it," Jesus Lizard’s David Yow told Seattle music magazine The Rocket . "And we had to figure out, well, do we want to do this and look like we’re riding on Nirvana’s coattails, or we could just do it and not worry about it, which is what we ended up doing."

Released on Feb. 22, the grinding "Oh, The Guilt" set the stage for the rawer sound of Nirvana’s next album.

The Band Played "One Of The Best Shows Of Their Lives" At The Cow Palace

Nirvana had played only five major U.S. concerts in 1992, so there was much anticipation for this concert in Daly City, just south of San Francisco. Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic organized the show, a benefit for the Tresnjevka Womens’ Group, a Zagreb-based organization aiding Bosnian War rape survivors and refugees.

"The Cow Palace show was high-stakes," says Michael Azerrad, author of Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana (due to be reissued next month in an expanded edition), who was at the show. "Some of the people who worked with Nirvana were a little dubious about the material the band had recently recorded for In Utero . Kurt, Krist and Dave knew they had something to prove. But they hadn’t played live in a couple of months — and now they had to get up in front of an audience and play one of the best shows of their lives. And they did just that."

At the April 9 show, the band came roaring out of the gate with "Rape Me," and went on to deliver a fiery 23-song set, debuting a number of songs from In Utero , and encoring with a noise jam that ended with the obligatory instrument destruction. In Azerrad’s view, "The Cow Palace show was truly a triumph."

Fans Got A Taste Of Pre-Fame Nirvana In 1991: The Year Punk Broke

When David Markey packed up his Super-8 camera to follow various indie bands on a European tour in 1991, he had no idea he’d be capturing Nirvana on the verge of becoming the biggest band in the world. In Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana Cobain recalled this as the period when "there’s so much excitement in the air you can just taste it," and it’s riveting to see the band without the baggage of worldwide fame dragging them down.

Markey's documentary, 1 991: The Year Punk Broke , was released on home video in April 1993. " Smells Like Teen Spirit," not yet released as a single, sounds fresh and invigorating; older numbers like "School" and "Negative Creep" are sizzling.

"That tour was easily the most fun I've ever had on any tour, anywhere, anytime," says Markey. "And that feeling was shared by everyone who was on it, I promise. Forget the fact that Nirvana and Sonic Youth were on fire at every stop along the way. Same with the other bands: Dinosaur Jr. Babes In Toyland. Gumball. And of course the Ramones.

"I remember nothing but smiles and laughter," he continues. "The fact that I was tasked with documenting it with nine hours of Super-8 film cartridges shoved into a giant suitcase seemed like an afterthought. It wasn’t just a job. It was everything."

The "Sliver" Video Offers A Glimpse Into Cobain's World

In December 1992, DGC, the same label that put out Nevermind , released Incesticide , a collection of Nirvana’s non-album tracks. The video for "Sliver" was belatedly released to promote it in May 1993, but what’s more interesting is the glimpse it gives into Cobain’s private world.

Originally released as a single on Sub Pop Records, the song is a childhood reminiscence that showed Nirvana charting a new course into more pop-driven territory. The band members look like giddy teenagers practicing in their parent’s garage, and the location is, indeed, Cobain’s own garage. It’s a room filled with ephemera: a wind-up toy of a monkey playing the cymbals, a can of Prairie Belt sausages, a copy of Better Homes and Gardens with the words "Indie punx still sucks" scrawled on the mailing label. It’s no surprise to see a poster of Mudhoney on the wall — but Mikhail Gorbachev as well? As a bonus, Cobain’s daughter Frances Bean Cobain pops up repeatedly throughout the proceedings.

Nirvana Go Bigger, And Acoustic, At The Roseland Ballroom

Nirvana was a last-minute addition to the roster of acts performing during the New Music Seminar, a summer convention for music industry professionals in New York City. The July 23 performance served as a dry run for Nirvana’s Unplugged performance later in the year.

The band also experimented with filling out their sound by adding a second guitarist (John Duncan as a temporary fill in). They performed most of the songs from In Utero , sounding a good deal tougher live than on record. Then, to the audience’s surprise, the band sat down and brought on cellist Lori Goldston for a short acoustic set. The set is initially hampered by a poor sound mix (Novoselic can be heard calling out "More cello!") and disinterest on the part of some loudly talking audience members.

Listening now, it’s an impressive moment, as the band works to make their performance more than simply a standard run through of the hits. As Everett True wrote in his review of the show for Melody Maker , "Cobain is, in his way, a master manipulator, a brilliant strategist who understands that noise alone is not drama and that good hooks always draw blood."

Nirvana Raised Money For The Mia Zapata Investigative Fund

Theater in Seattle raised money to help solve the murder of Gits’ singer Mia Zapata, who had been killed the previous month, with TAD headlining. Nirvana was added to the bill to boost sales.

While the crowds turned up, according to guitar tech Earnie Bailey, they nearly missed out. The show was running overtime, meaning a full changeover of gear between TAD’s and Nirvana’s sets would mean Nirvana could only play one or two songs. Instead, the TAD crew allowed Nirvana to use their gear, and Nirvana went on to have great fun with their set, throwing in covers of Led Zeppelin ’s "No Quarter," and, more unexpectedly Terry Jacks’ weeper "Seasons in the Sun."

The show has never been released in any form, so there was great excitement when a 20-minute excerpt appeared on YouTube this past August. It was Nirvana’s last show as a trio.

Cobain & Co. Release Their Third Album, In Utero

Nirvana’s long-awaited third album was first released in the U.S. on vinyl on Sept. 14; the CD version, the dominant audio format at the time, followed on Sept. 21, and debuted on Billboard’s Top Albums chart at No. 1.

In Utero stands as Cobain’s most personal work, his response to the turbulent events of 1992: the sudden rush of fame, substance abuse, parenthood, and the demonization of his wife. In contrast to the commercial sheen of Nevermind , In Utero has a harsh, confrontational sound; songs like "Scentless Apprentice," and "tourette’s" are frightening in their intensity. And even if you don’t take lines like "What is wrong with me?" ("Radio Friendly Unit Shifter") and "Look on the bright side is suicide" ("Milk It") as foreshadowing, they’re nonetheless indicative of the pervasive sense of unease that permeates the record.

From the opening salvo of "Serve the Servants" that caustically rejects fame ("Teenage angst has paid off well/Now I’m bored and old") to the plea for transcendence in the closing "All Apologies," In Utero is an album of emotional pain that rivals John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band . A 30th anniversary release of In Utero is set for October 2023.

"Heart-Shaped Box" Single And Video Are Released

Released in September, "Heart-Shaped Box" shares the same sonic dynamics as "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (quiet verse, loud chorus), but is tempered by an underlying melancholy, along with striking imagery ("meat-eating orchids," "umbilical noose"). The song’s video was equally compelling — and spooky. The main set is a creepy forest where fetuses dangle from the trees and an elderly man in a Santa Claus hat climbs on a cross to be crucified.

In the director’s cut of the video, the last verse shows Cobain lying asleep in a field as mist slowly rises around him, an image that became even more haunting to look at after his death (in the initial cut, Cobain is shown singing the final verse). The hospital sequences echo the album’s themes of illness and decay. Cobain later told MTV , "That video has come closer to what I’ve seen in my mind, what I’ve envisioned, than any other video."

Nirvana Appear On "Saturday Night Live"

This was the first opportunity for most fans to see how In Utero ’s songs translated to live performance. First up is "Heart-Shaped Box," more powerful than on record, Cobain’s vocals transitioning easily between the subdued verses and the raging chorus.

"Rape Me" debuted on the 1991 tour; Cobain subsequently added a bridge attacking media hypocrisy, and this performance burns with righteous fury. The show also marked the debut of Pat Smear , formerly guitarist with L.A. punk act the Germs, to the lineup, sharing guitar duties with Cobain. He’s certainly the most animated band member, bouncing around the stage with high-spirited energy. And don’t overlook how forcefully Grohl attacks his drum kit.

Nirvana Do A Masterful Performance On MTV’s "Unplugged"

The idea of an incendiary band like Nirvana doing an "unplugged," sans their raging volume, seemed an oxymoron. Even the group seemed uncertain how to handle the task. The show’s producer, Alex Coletti, later recalled how MTV execs were unhappy that the band didn’t want to perform their signature hits, and that their choice of musical guest was not a similar headliner like Eddie Vedder , but a lesser-known indie act, the Meat Puppets. Before the taping on Nov. 18, the band hadn’t even done a complete run through of the set.

It was a situation ripe for disaster. Instead, Nirvana pulled off what’s considered one of their most masterful performances. The band chose their more acoustically-driven numbers ("About a Girl") and songs that worked in a stripped down format ("Come As You Are"), though they weren’t entirely unplugged; Cobain’s guitar was put through a Fender Twin Reverb amp and effects boxes.

The covers proved to be the most interesting choices — David Bowie ’s "The Man Who Sold the World" was mesmerizing — and the Meat Puppets’ numbers underscored Nirvana’s own idiosyncratic indie roots. "I thought the Meat Puppets’ inclusion was especially magical," says Lori Goldston, cellist during Nirvana’s fall tour. "Curt [Kirkwood, Meat Puppets’ guitarist] was used to being the lead, not an accompanist, and afterwards he mentioned that it felt luxurious to play guitar without having to worry about doubling as a vocalist," a hint at how collaborations with other artists might have gone.

The band finished up with an extraordinary performance of Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter’s "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" that left the audience stunned.

Nirvana Close Out 1993 With MTV’s Live and Loud

Pearl Jam ’s loss was Nirvana’s gain. After Eddie Vedder declined to appear at MTV’s New Year’s Eve gig (which was actually taped on December 13), Pearl Jam was cut from the lineup and Nirvana’s set was extended (other acts included Cypress Hill and the Breeders).

The band had been on the road for two months now, and were firing on all pistons; the relentless "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" proved to be a powerhouse opening number and there was a scorching performance of "Scentless Apprentice." One moment not seen in the original broadcast (the entire show’s since been released on DVD) was when an audience member shrieked out "MTV sucks!" In response, Cobain smiled and quite sensibly asked, "Then why are you here?" But he perhaps revealed his own feelings about the network when, during the closing jam/end-of-show destruction, he looks straight into the camera and spits onto the lens.

The final destruction sequence was particularly intricate on this night, starting out simply enough with Novoselic strumming his bass, then rising and falling in volume over the course of ten minutes, climaxing with Cobain swinging his guitar and decapitating one of the stage props. It brought Nirvana’s year to a suitably explosive close.

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Why Weezer's 'The Blue Album' Is One Of The Most Influential '90s Indie Pop Debuts

Weezer’s debut album was a harbinger of nerd rock and its many acolytes, with hits like "Buddy Holly" and "Undone (The Sweater Song)." Thirty years after its release, 'The Blue Album' stands tall for the ways it redefined indie pop and rock.

We can thank Kurt Cobain and Tower Records for one of the most enduring debut albums of all time.

Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo was working at a Los Angeles Tower Records in 1991 when the store began to blare Nirvana ’s "Sliver." His ears perked up, inspired by Cobain’s music and lyrics.

"It’s like, 'Oh, my God. This is so beautiful to me. And I identify with it so much.' Hearing him sing about Mom and Dad and Grandpa Joe, these personal family issues, in a really heartbreaking kind of innocent, childlike way, over these straightforward chords in a major key," Cuomo told Rolling Stone .

Fast forward to May 10, 1994, and Weezer —originally a nickname Cuomo took on due to his asthma-induced wheezing — debuted an album brimming with thoughtful themes, chunky riffs, sublime solos and a song that would end up as a game-changing music video directed by Spike Jonze .

Cuomo cut his headbanger hair — he thought metal would be his future — and adorned thick glasses reminiscent of Cobain. Along for the ride came drummer Patrick Wilson , guitarist Brian Bell and bassist Matt Sharp. The cover art for The Blue Album featuring the foursome simply standing and staring at the camera evoked a feeling of awkward geekiness that would eventually lead to the album’s designation as being the harbinger of nerd rock and its many acolytes.

From the time of its release and through to today, The Blue Album reverberated with both music fans and indie rock bands. It felt like a lovechild between the Beach Boys ' melodies and the Pixies’ distortion-friendly rhythms. It was certified platinum in January 1995, and has since gone three times multi-platinum in the U.S. Rolling Stone readers ranked the album the 21st greatest of all time.

In honor of an album that arguably has a banger for every track, here’s a deep dive into what makes The Blue Album such an iconic indie pop record, and how its impact on modern rock is still being felt today.

It Has More Hooks Than A Walk-In Closet

Refreshingly original pop-rock wasn’t sprouting up in the mid-1990s, when Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins dominated the radio waves. Enter The Blue Album with songs, such as "Say It Ain’t So," boasting catchy hooks so infectious they became earworm fodder.

It’s not just the big singles blasting addictive hooks. "Surf Wax America" lets Weezer fans ply their falsetto skills when they try to reach the end note in, "You take your car to work/I’ll take my board/and when you’re out of fuel/I’m still afloat."

Tokyo Police Club's Graham Wright said in 2019: "That [album] has such an unfair amount of hooks packed into it. Like, every song has like 5 to 10 hooks that are good enough to easily sustain an entire song in their own. It feels like they hogged everything."

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…And Its Lyrics Were More Than Just Playful

Cobain wrote about drugs, Metallica ’s lyrics skewed dark, and some fans couldn’t even make out what Eddie Vedder was crooning into the mic. But Cuomo’s lyrics had that everyman quality fans could find relatable.

Album opener "My Name is Jonas" speaks of a common crisis Cuomo was inspired to put to paper: Cuomo’s brother was dealing with insurance challenges after enduring a serious car crash. Knowing Cuomo’s MO, the song's lyrics resonate more deeply: "Tell me what to do/Now the tank is dry/Now this wheel is flat."

On "Say It Ain’t So" — the most-streamed song from the album on Spotify — Weezer manages an eternal hookiness with a heavy dose of reality. Over a reggae-influenced beat with guitar upstrokes, the song offers a potent look at Cuomo’s past. It tells the story of his estranged relationship with his alcoholic father ("Somebody's Heine/Is crowding my icebox") and how Rivers Sr. eventually left the family, got sober and became a preacher ("You've cleaned up, found Jesus/Things are good, or so I hear").

The Blue Album Had A Singular Look

If there is any moment to showcase how Weezer set itself apart from other rock bands at the time, look no further than the music video to one of the album’s blazing hits. "Buddy Holly" might have been a reference to the close-cropped hair and wide-rim glasses both Holly and Cuomo wore, but the video is a taste of the band’s nostalgia-heavy, pop culture-referencing personality that other bands would later emulate.

Directed by Spike Jonze (who was also responsible for the Beastie Boys ' astounding "Sabotage" video,) "Buddy Holly" featured Weezer playing in 1950s garb as they interacted with characters from the show "Happy Days." The video was a marvel of editing and jokiness at the time: Mary Tyler Moore gets a shout-out; there’s something so deeply satisfying seeing the Fonz dance to Weezer verses and fuzz guitars.

"Buddy Holly" was an early example of Weezer's unique and deeply referential aesthetic; their free-spirited, random and weird viewpoint would appear in videos throughout their run. In " Undone (The Sweater Song) ," a parade of canines runaround the band as they exuberantly play the hit song, with drummer Patrick Wilson shaking booty behind the kit.

Post- Blue, the Muppets danced and sang along with the band in the hilarious "Keep Fishin’," while sumo wrestlers battled it out between clips of the band rocking out to "Hash Pipe."

It Delivered Memorable And Inspiring Intros

Producer Ric Ocasek ensured that there were no wasted moments in The Blue Album . That includes the intros, which can feature some of the best opening licks to ever grace a Weezer track (as on "Holiday") or flirt with a genre–rock folk– that quickly switches to another (see "My Name is Jonas").

But a true-stand out intro, if only for its experimental personality, comes from "Undone (The Sweater Song)," which opens with a circular riff stemming from guitar picking. Then comes a music-less intro with a couple guys chatting — courtesy of bassist Sharp and friend of the band Karl Koch — that isn’t as meaningful as the song’s more maudlin theme. It may inspire fans to see the song as a fun and silly tune instead of what Cuomo intended: an anthem of the underdog.

That intro is mirrored in other pop-rock tracks of that era, such as Nada Surf’s "Popular" which begins with over a minute of spoken word before the verses.

The spoken intro to "Undone" is a reminder that Weezer never likes taking itself too seriously. They enjoy breaking conventional rules of what a song, or first few bars, should sound like for their audience, and they revel in throwing us curveballs as a way to say, "Hey, we’re a rock band, but we’re not your Dad’s rock band."

They Aren’t Afraid To Move Away From Traditional Indie Pop

"We're experimenting, trying to come up with the best music we possibly can, so our motivation is pure. We're not just trying to cash in," Cuomo told Guitar World in 2002, reflecting his anti-frontman persona with an honest take of Weezer’s standing in the rock world. That "best music" is shining on The Blue Album but also their inventiveness, which saw them extend the usual track length on "Only in Dreams" from the usual three minutes to almost eight minutes.

Moving away from the head-boppin choruses of "Buddy Holly" and "Surf Wax America", the final track on the album plays with rhythms and unadorned bass lines reminiscent of early Phish. It careens from dreamy and meandering to chewy distortion and crashing cymbals, and ends with four minutes of instrumental jamming.

Wavves bassist Stephen Pope took to "Only in Dreams" right away. "[It] stands out to me, as a not-very-technically-skilled bass player, because of how memorable the bassline is even though it’s so simple. It’s extremely Kim Deal-esque, and I attribute a lot of my playing style to Kim Deal and Matt Sharp," he told Consequence of Sound .

Bands Love Covering The Blue Album

Everyone loves to try their hand at belting out Weezer songs, especially those from The Blue Album. One of the more notable covers is the pitch-perfectly sung "My Name is Jonas" from Taking Back Sunday, whose own tunes have Weezer-esque personalities.

Foster the People covered "Say It Ain’t So" in 2011, Relient K cleaned up the distortion for their version of "Surf Wax America," and Mac DeMarco delivered a throaty take on "Undone (The Sweater Song)" where he adlibbed the tune’s spoken word bits.

And if there’s any sign of the album’s wide-ranging influence, the cast of "Succession" recorded a raucous rendition of "Say It Ain’t So."

The Blue Album Is So Iconic That Weezer Is Touring It Globally

From Atlanta to London to Vancouver, Weezer’s 2024 tour schedule is solely focused on playing The Blue Album from start to finish. Titled Voyage to the Blue Planet and featuring openers the Flaming Lips , the Smashing Pumpkins and Dinosaur Jr., the tour will be a retrospective of the killer tracks that cemented Weezer as pioneers of nerd-rock and a whimsical sorely needed during the super-serious era of grunge.

As much as Weezer fans also adore the emo classic Pinkerton and admire the ambition of the four-album box set of SZNS of 2021, The Blue Album remains a perfect debut record and one that transcends any age demo. A 50-year-old rock fan and a 25-year-old TikTok influencer will both be front row centre at the tour this year, and expect them to be mouthing the lyrics to "Buddy Holly" while playing the meanest air guitar.

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Without Steve Albini, These 5 Albums Would Be Unrecognizable: Pixies, Nirvana, PJ Harvey & More

Steve Albini loathed the descriptor of "producer," preferring "recording engineer." Regardless of how he was credited, He passed away on the evening of May 7, leaving an immeasurable impact on alternative music.

When Code Orange 's Jami Morgan came to work with Steve Albini, he knew that he and the band had to be prepared. They knew what they wanted to do, in which order, and "it went as good as any process we've ever had — probably the best," he glowed.

And a big part of that was that Albini — a legendary musician and creator of now-iconic indie, punk and alternative records — didn't consider himself any sort of impresario.

"The man wears a garbage man suit to work every day," Morgan previously told GRAMMY.com while promoting Code Orange's The Above . "It reminds him he's doing a trade… I f—ing loved him. I thought he was the greatest guy."

The masterful The Above was released in 2023, decades into Albini's astonishing legacy both onstage and in the studio. The twisted mastermind behind Big Black and Shellac, and man behind the board for innumerable off-center classics, Steve Albini passed away on the evening of May 7 following a heart attack suffered at his Chicago recording studio, the hallowed Electrical Audio. He was 61. The first Shellac album since 2014, To All Trains , is due May 17.

Albini stuck to his stubborn principles ( especially in regard to the music industry ), inimitable aesthetics and workaday self-perception until the end. Tributes highlighting his ethos, attitude and vision have been flowing in from all corners of the indie community. The revered label Secretly Canadian called Albini "a wizard who would hate being called a wizard, but who surely made magic."

David Grubbs of Gastr Del Sol called him "a brilliant, infinitely generous person, absolutely one-of-a-kind, and so inspiring to see him change over time and own up to things he outgrew" — meaning old, provocative statements and lyrics.

And mononymous bassist Stin of the bludgeoning noise rock band Chat Pile declared, "No singular artist's body of work has had an impact on me more than that of Steve Albini."

“We are very sad to hear of Steve Albini’s passing,” stated the Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers (P&E) Wing. “He was not only an accomplished musician in the various groups he played with, but also an iconic producer and engineer who contributed to some of the greatest albums in indie rock, from artists such as Nirvana , the Pixies and PJ Harvey . Steve was a true original. He will be greatly missed, but his influence will continue to live on through the many generations of artists he inspired.”

To wade through Albini's entire legacy, and discography, would take a lifetime — and happy hunting, as so much great indie, noise rock, punk, and so much more passed across his desk. Here are five of those albums.

Pixies - Surfer Rosa (1988)

Your mileage may vary on who lit the match for the alternative boom, but Pixies — and their debut Surfer Rosa — deserve a place in that debate. This quicksilver classic introduced us to a lot of Steve Albini's touchstones : capacious miking techniques; unadulterated, audio verite takes; serrated noise.

PJ Harvey - Rid of Me (1993)

Some of Albini's finest hours have resulted from carefully arranging the room, hitting record, and letting an artist stalk the studio like a caged animal.

It happened on Scout Niblett's This Fool Can Die Now ; it happened on Laura Jane Grace 's Stay Alive ; and it most certainly happened on PJ Harvey 's Rid of Me , which can be seen as a precedent for both. Let tunes like "Man-Size" take a shot at you; that scar won't heal anytime soon.

Nirvana - In Utero (1993)

Nirvana' s unintended swan song in the studio was meant to burn the polished Nevermind in effigy.

And while Kurt Cobain was too much of a pop beautician to fully do that, In Utero is still one of the most bracing and unvarnished mainstream rock albums ever made. Dave Grohl 's drum sound on "Scentless Apprentice" alone is a shot to your solar plexus.

"The thing that I was really charmed most by in the whole process was just hearing how good a job the band had done the first time around," Albini told GRAMMY.com upon In Utero 's 20th anniversary remix and remastering. "What struck me the most about the [remastering and reissue] process was the fact that everybody was willing to go the full nine yards for quality."

Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co. (2003)

When almost a dozen musicians packed into Electrical Audio to make The Magnolia Electric Co ., the vibe was, well, electric — prolific singer/songwriter Jason Molina was on the verge of something earth-shaking.

It's up for debate as to whether the album they made was the final Songs: Ohia record, or the first by his following project, Magnolia Electric Co. — is a tempestuous, majestic, symbolism-heavy, Crazy Horse -scaled ride through Molina's troubled psyche.

Code Orange - The Above (2023)

A health issue kept Code Orange from touring behind The Above , which is a shame for many reasons. One is that they're a world-class live band. The other is that The Above consists of their most detailed and accomplished material to date.

The band's frontman Morgan and keyboardist Eric "Shade" Balderose produced The Above , which combines hardcore, metalcore and industrial rock with concision and vision. And by capturing their onstage fire like never before on record, Albini helped glue it all together.

"It was a match made in heaven," Morgan said. And Albini made ferocity, ugliness and transgression seem heavenly all the same.

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ReImagined: Watch Siiickbrain Deliver A Grungy Cover Of Nirvana’s GRAMMY-Nominated Single, “All Apologies”

Alternative newcomer Siiickbrain offers her take on Nirvana’s “All Apologies,” a track about shamelessly looking beyond societal norms.

Over two decades ago, Kurt Cobain famously declared his unapologetic stance — from supporting gay rights to his skepticism about reality — in Nirvana 's 1993 GRAMMY-nominated single "All Apologies."

Cobain probed in the opening verse, "What else should I be?/ All apologies," Cobain questioned in the opening verse. "What else could I say?/ Everyone is gay/ What else could I write/ I don't have the right."

In this episode of ReImagined , alternative newcomer Siiickbrain delivers her rendition of the In Utero track, channeling the '90s aesthetic with a vintage camera. Like Cobain, Siiickbrain uses her songwriting to confront and address her mental health.

"[My struggles with mental health] made me want to speak on it within my music, and it kind of gave me a foundation for what I'm doing," Siiickbrain said in an interview with Kerrang! "It gave me a purpose to write about certain things and bring awareness to how common these feelings are."

On March 29, Siiickbrain released "when i fall," featuring Shiloh Dynasty and No Love For The Middle Child, which she describes to Alternative Press as based on "true events that were written and performed as [No Love For The Middle Child and I] were recovering from the challenges of a relationship while simultaneously creating music together."

Press play on the video above to hear Siiickbrain's cover of Nirvana's "All Apologies," and remember to check back to GRAMMY.com for more new episodes of ReImagined.

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On The Melvins' 'Tarantula Heart,' Buzz Osborne Continues His Idiosyncratic Calling: "I Don't Want To Do Anything Normal"

Kicking out bassists, flipping the script on drummers, beating up drunks: no conversation with the razor-sharp Buzz Osborne is going to be conventional. And the Melvins' gloriously strange new album, 'Tarantula Heart,' is a boon to off-center music fans.

"I will answer any and all questions. Just, a lot of times, people don't like my answers."

So goes Buzz Osborne — the long-reigning King Buzzo, of cult heavies the Melvins — halfway through a hair-raising, hour-long interview. He had a catbird seat to the exhilarating rise and tragic fall of the grunge era; for some, his brutal honesty in that regard might be a liability.

"That's just Buzz," said his old friend Krist Novoselic of Nirvana , after Osborne virally disparaged the documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck as "90 percent... bulls—." "He's always been like that, but we love him so we just accept him for that. He's always had these opinions. Like, 'Oh, there goes Buzz again.'"

There he goes again, indeed. But Osborne's honesty is just that — honesty. Go ahead and scour his interviews; try to catch him in a lie, or a half-truth, about anything he's lived through.

"I wasn't wrong then, I'm not wrong now. I was misunderstood then, and I'm going to continue to be misunderstood," Osborne tells GRAMMY.com of the old days, when he watched his friends in Nirvana and Soundgarden grow from nothing to dominate the earth. "But that's OK, it's part of the deal."

Unlike either act, Osborne has always been 100 percent opposed to conventional notions of rock stardom. (Cobain seemed hot and cold on the matter.) He doesn't drink or take drugs. He's been married to the same woman forever. "I live a conservative life, and I let my wildness come out of my art," Osborne explains.

And while Tarantula Heart might not necessarily grow his cult fanbase, it's one of the wildest things Osborne's made — and that alone makes it worth celebrating and cherishing.

The Melvins' 27th studio album (Osborne estimates the total to be over 30, so perhaps it depends on how you count) is rife with off-kilter, pummeling tracks like "Working the Ditch," "She's Got Weird Arms" and "Smiler."

Therein, Osborne shows he can still throw a wrench in the works when things threaten to become predictable, and come up with profoundly idiosyncratic and ineffably satisfying art. (How he recorded the drums alone is fascinating — and by some standards, backwards.)

Read on to learn how Tarantula Heart was made, living with Kurt Cobain 's distorted public shadow, which of his grunge-era contemporaries he still talks to, and much more.

This interview has been edited for clarity.

I'll admit that I haven't heard every Melvins album. But Tarantula Heart still strikes me as a high watermark in the discography.

Well, I don't think anybody has heard our entire catalog.

I probably have. I would say that I guarantee you Steven [Shane McDonald]'s never listened to all of our records. The guy who plays bass for us. I really, seriously doubt it. I doubt that [former bassist] Kevin Rutmanis has ever listened to all of our records. I can't imagine that the Big Business guys listened to all our records. It's too much for anybody to take in. I don't expect people to do that.

At any rate, how do you keep your artistry so fresh and inspired?

I stay inspired by thinking — moving my feet. After 30-plus albums, I am always looking for something that's going to inspire me in a new way. I don't really have much interest in going back and making records the way that I did 30 years ago, or 15 years ago.

There's really no template for how you guys do things, is there?

No, there's no template. I don't want to do anything normal. Nothing. I'm an accidentalist, I'd say, by 50 percent. And the other 50 percent is making sure that you are not throwing out the good stuff with the bad stuff.

Also, as time has gone on, I've realized that my tolerance for lots of stuff is a lot higher than most people are capable of dealing with. I can listen to long, drawn-out stuff, and I always could, but I realized in my music, I always held back a little bit on it. Then, I realized, Well, I don't need to do that. I can do whatever I want. I can view albums the way that I want to.

One of my favorite albums for that kind of thing is Heathen Earth by Throbbing Gristle . That's been a huge inspiration on what I've done for a long time. Or early Swans . I mean, we were never going to sell millions of records. All we were going to do was make music that, because I felt like I had good taste, there'd be other people that would like it. It probably won't be millions, but it'll be enough.

Those kinds of inspirations [are] very exciting for me. And I expect people not to understand it, but that's the way it's always been.

We did this record in such a weird fashion. I knew that I needed to tell people how we did it, but…once they knew, they would say, "That's what it sounds like." They'd piss all over it.

You know how many times I have been told what I should do in the last 41 years? It's like if I listened to all this good advice, I'd be sitting here with nothing.

You characterized yourself as an "accidentalist." Give me a couple of great accidents on Tarantula Heart.

Well, one of them was accidentally figuring out how we were going to do this record. Because that's not how we recorded the drums originally. I didn't know that's what we were going to do. I just accidentally stumbled on it while listening to the demos or the rough mixes of all the jams that we made.

So, we would have a basic riff that we could jam to with the drummers. We recorded for about 15 minutes, 20 minutes, maybe a few minutes into it, the drummers would lock up into something. And I realized when I was listening back to [the demos] that they did something interesting for this little six-minute section or eight-minute section, and then they kind of lost it.

Then, I would take that section, and write a riff to it that had nothing to do with the original riff that was on it. The first one I did was "Allergic to Food," I think. And then I put vocals on it and then I realized I could do the whole record like this. The drums are playing along with stuff that's not now on there. So, all their accents and all the way that they're playing isn't the way they would've done it, had we rehearsed it or something like this.

So, I got something out of it that's brand new.

That's the epitome of a happy accident.

I just accidentally stumbled upon this thing that might work, let me try doing the whole record like that. And it worked. But I don't know, I couldn't do it again, because now they'd be suspicious of it and they might play in a way that wasn't as free as the way they played. So, it's probably a one-time-only.

There's a song we did a long time ago called "The Bloated Pope," and there's a stumbly-sounding drum intro. Dale [Crover] made a mistake. I went, "Leave that in there. That's really cool." Now, that's the intro. It sounds intentional. That's how we play it now. But it was a mistake.

You mentioned Kevin Rutmanis. Do you keep in touch with old members of the Melvins?

I'm still really good friends with Kevin. Let me think. Mark [Deutrom], no. Lori [Black], no. Jeff Pinkus… I'm going to do a big acoustic tour starting in August with Trevor Dunn, who's also played with us. Jeff Pinkus is doing all the U.S. touring, and we're trying to get him on the European end of it. So, I talk to both Trevor and him a lot.

Matt [Lukin] from Mudhoney — no, not in the least.

I didn't know stuff wasn't cool with Matt. I just knew he played on the first Melvins album, Gluey Porch Treatments.

Oh, no, I don't get along with him at all. I haven't liked him since I was in high school. He's a very toxic human being. He wasn't a very good player, and I just found him irritating and counterproductive. I've not looked back one minute, nor have I regretted any part of not having him in my life.

He can do or say whatever he wants. I don't give a s—. That's nothing new. It's not like that's a new revelation. Look, hardly anybody in the world even knows who he is. You're one of the first people that's even brought him up.

That's surprising, as Pearl Jam named a song after him. It's not a hit, but fans know it.

Yeah, well, if Eddie wants to think he's a great guy, then so be it. Better him than me.

How about your other contemporaries, like the other members of Mudhoney?

Oh, I get along with those guys great. I would love to do a recording with all the Mudhoney guys.

Mark [Arm], especially, is someone I've known since the very early '80s. I learned a lot of stuff about bands and music that I never knew before. He turned me on to lots of stuff that I was very excited about, like Foetus and the Birthday Party — just a host of bands.

I always viewed him as somebody who was really smart — really fun to be around. He and Steve Turner know more about music than anyone I've ever been around.

I’d like to broach this as sensitively as possible: April 5 marked the 30th anniversary of your old friend Kurt's passing. How have you dealt with the endless flattening and deification of a person you knew as flesh and blood?

It's very weird. It's not the kind of thing you get over. People tend to want me to look at it like the good old days, but to me, heroin addiction and death, it's hard to romanticize that. I'm not going to get over it anytime soon. I don't know that I ever will.

Part of me also thinks that, yeah, I turned him onto music and got him interested in all this stuff, and it's like maybe if I hadn't, he wouldn't be dead. So it's a weird position to be in.

I hope that doesn't bedevil you too much. That's a massive weight to carry — one that you didn't ask for.

I mean, at some point, you just have to move on. And musical ideas that I had, other people took, and it changed music on a global level. So I wasn't wrong about what I originally thought, and I'm happy to have that be the case, and I'll just move forward with the same attitude I did then.

I wasn't wrong then, I'm not wrong now. I was misunderstood then, and I'm going to continue to be misunderstood, but that's OK, it's part of the deal. I'm OK with that.

It's your lot in life.

That's all right. I mean, I make my living as a musician. That's all I ever wanted. So no one could have guessed any of that stuff would happen.

I mean, the Nirvana guys and the Soundgarden guys — those are rags-to-riches stories.Those guys, especially the Nirvana guys, had nothing. And if you look at the guys in Soundgarden, those people all come from nothing. Zero.

So, it's been exciting to watch people you're so fond of become successful and have that kind of thing happen and say that you were an influence on what they were doing. Great.

But when you're handed that kind of responsibility and those kinds of keys, you need to work harder than you ever have. You just need to keep doing this good work. And that's what I've tried to do for the next 35, 40 years.

*The Melvins in 1991 (L-R: Dale Crover, Buzz Osborne, then-bassist Lori Black). Photo: David Corio/Redferns*

It feels so unfair what happened to you guys. You were kids from the sticks — and to varying degrees, you were all thrown into this ruthless celebrity grinde r.

Oh, yeah. It's easy to avoid that stuff. I'm not going to any industry parties. I never have. I don't want to do that kind of stuff. I've always shied away from it, because I'm not comfortable there.

I don't think it's wrong for everyone, but it's wrong for me. I'd rather just do my work and let that be the end of it. I'm not good at networking. I'm not good at outselling myself to people who may not give a s—.

I've been in L.A. for 30-plus years and most people in the industry don't even know I'm there. They still say, "Oh, so you live in the Northwest?" I go, "Well, I left there in '86, '87." And in L.A., you're far more likely to see me at a municipal golf course than at a rock and roll show.

At this point, I only go to rock and roll shows if I'm getting paid to be there. They're not fun for me. I end up in the audience talking to a bunch of drunks. That's not fun for me. Drunks are only fun if you're drunk.

And I appreciate everybody who comes to our shows, but I don't have fun at live shows myself as an audience member. I'm in those places all the time, and I don't want to put myself in a position where I'm going to have to punch someone in the mouth. It's not a good place for me to be, so I avoid it.

That's unfortunate, but I know exactly how I am. If you push me far enough. I'll beat the living f—ing s— out of you. And I don't fight fair. I don't. I grew up in a redneck town. I fought all the time. I'll kick you right in the nuts and then lay your head open.

I get to see enough shows. We did a tour last year with Boris, and we played some shows with We Are the Asteroid and Taipei Houston, who are really good. On stage, I'll get to watch Trevor Dunn play every night. I'm not feeling unfulfilled in a live music type of way at all.

I'm sure your intense work ethic also stems from your upbringing.

Suffering and working a s— job and all those kinds of things — I don't know that that ever made my music better, but it did give me an understanding of how important things like hard work are.

I think it's kind of a tragedy that teenagers don't work more. I always enjoyed working when I was a teenager. I wanted a job. I wanted to do things like that. I think that working hard is something that people should do. I couldn't wait to get a car. I couldn't wait to be mobile, and be my own person.

I've only ever been around my family situation, around people who had to work, so I don't know anything else. I don't know what it's like to live some bourgeois life where work is just not important. Unless you plan on inheriting a lot of money, I don't know how else it's going to work out for you.

I went to school and went to a job after school, got home by about 9 or 10 at night, and went and did the whole thing over again. I never had a problem with that. You don't do the work, you don't get the money. That's just how it works. So this whole idea that teenagers don't work anymore hardly in the US anyway, I think is just kind of absurd.

Before we go, give me a line from the album that you believe in with your whole heart.

"I'm about to make you happy."

What's that mean to you?

It could be the truth. It could be a lie.

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Five weeks before Kurt Cobain 's body was found in his Seattle home, Nirvana performed their final concert. On March 1, 1994, the band played an omen-filled show at Terminal 1 in Munich, Germany.

According to Antiquiet , by the time Nirvana reached Munich, Cobain was suffering from bronchitis as a result of the rigors of their European tour. The night seemed to begin smoothly enough, with an impromptu cover of the Cars ' "My Best Friend's Girl" before moving into "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" and "Drain You." But a few songs later, during "Come as You Are," the power went out.

Bassist Krist Novoselic noted the Spinal Tap -like circumstances and said, “We’re not playing the Munich Enormodome tonight. Because our careers are on the wane. We’re on the way out. Grunge is dead. Nirvana’s over. ... Our next record’s going to be a hip-hop record!”

After a brief delay, the power returned, and the band picked up where it left off, after removing the next song on the proposed set list , "Smells Like Teen Spirit." The 23-song concert ended with "Heart-Shaped Box." At 80 minutes, it was the shortest show of the tour.

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Because of Cobain's health, Nirvana canceled the rest of their European dates and Cobain flew to Rome to recuperate. Three days later, he was rushed to the hospital after overdosing on champagne and Rohypnol, which he had been taking to relieve the chronic stomach pain he had been suffering from for much of his adult life. At the time, it was suspected that overdose was accidental. But in the aftermath of his death it was acknowledged that it was a suicide attempt, and that Cobain had been struggling with serious drug addiction issues.

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"Things got weird towards the end," drummer Dave Grohl later explained to Howard Stern . "There were drugs around, and there were the people who did the drugs and the people who didn't do the drugs. And I didn't do the drugs and so I was just out of that world, you know? I think at that point it was important that we took a break, I think everybody thought that way. It was time to take a break."

"Many people in Kurt's life knew the couldn't control him," Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg recalled in his book Serving the Servant , "but they tried to encourage him to help himself. Buddy Arnold kept trying to get Kurt into a twelve-step program, but as much as Kurt liked the old jazz player, he wasn't having it."

Buzz Osborne, a childhood friend of Cobain's whose band the Melvins opened for Nirvana at the Munich show, later told Revolver about his attempts to intervene. "[Kurt] wasn't happy. The very last thing he ever said to me was, 'I should just be doing this solo.' At that last show, I told him to leave, get out, run. He needed to get off drugs. ... He could've had a future, he could've turned his life around, and he would've been a wonderful person."

A month later, on April 5, Cobain died by suicide at his home . His body was discovered by an electrician three days later. "I would be far happier if he had never had one iota of success and was alive," Osborne declared. "He's dead and gone and over. And I'm not over it."

Nirvana March 1, 1994 Munich Germany Set List

1. "My Best Friend's Girl" (The Cars cover) 2. "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" 3. "Drain You" 4. "Breed" 5. "Serve the Servants" 6. "Come as You Are" 7. "Sliver" 8. "Dumb" 9. "In Bloom" 10. "About a Girl" 11. "Lithium" 12. "Pennyroyal Tea" 13. "School" 14. "Polly" 15. "Very Ape" 16. "Lounge Act" 17. "Rape Me" 18. "Territorial Pissings" 19. "The Man Who Sold the World" (David Bowie cover) 20. "All Apologies" 21. "On a Plain" 22. "Blew" 23. "Heart-Shaped Box"

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On March 1, 1994, Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear played live with Nirvana for the very last time…

In Kerrang! issue 475 on January 1, 1994 we made a raft of predictions about the year ahead in rock and metal. Amongst the seemingly endless hordes of exciting new releases scheduled for the following 12 months, we still found ourselves most excited about Nirvana ’s planned visit to the UK in April, set to be the Seattle superstars’ first live shows on our shores since their legendary appearance at Reading Festival in 1992 . Little did we know then that when the band were warming up for that leg of the tour with some dates in mainland Europe, a show in Munich, Germany on March 1 would be the last time anyone anywhere would see them.

Looking back through the issues of Kerrang! in the weeks and months leading up to Kurt Cobain ’s tragic passing in April makes for chilling reading. At the end of January, Nirvana were confirmed as headliners for that summer’s Lollapalooza Festival . Of the UK shows they had lined up ahead of that performance, the band were scheduled to play in Manchester G-Mex (March 27), Glasgow SECC (28), Aston Villa Leisure Centre (30 and 31), Cardiff International Arena (April 1) and four nights at Brixton Academy in London (April 3, 4, 5 and 6). Those last two shows in the capital were added after the initial dates sold-out in under two hours, as the band rode a wave of momentum off the back of their mammoth success with third album, In Utero , which had entered the UK album charts at Number One.

Writing about the band’s show in Le Zenith, Paris on February 14 (supported by The Buzzcocks !) K! writer Chris Watts described a “safe and conventional performance” by the headliners and bemoaned a collective who looked worryingly “bored and tame”, the first signs that all was not well in the camp.

Two weeks later, Nirvana would perform onstage together for the last time. The show took place at Terminal Einz, a 3,050-capacity hanger in Munich, Germany. Opening the gig with a charmingly ramshackle cover of The Cars ’ 1978 hit My Best Friend’s Girl, they swiftly followed it with raucous versions of Radio Friendly Unit Shifter, Drain You and Breed.

It didn’t all go to plan, however. As the band played Come As You Are , the venue's power cut out, prompting bassist Krist Novoselic to quip, “We’re not playing the Munich Enormodome tonight. Because our careers are on the wane. We’re on the way out. Grunge is dead. Nirvana’s over… Our next record’s going to be a hip-hop record!”

The final track of the 23-song set was a wrenching run-through of Heart-Shaped Box, in which it’s clear that Kurt was pushing through the pain barrier to finish the show – a result of his recent bronchitis and laryngitis issues. The last words uttered onstage were a simple, ‘Well, thank you.’

Kurt’s struggles with heroin addiction were well documented and exacerbated by his ongoing health problems, leading to doctor’s orders to cancel the remainder of the band's European tour. Three days later in Rome while convalescing from his ailments, the frontman slipped into an overdose-induced coma. In a little over a month, on April 5 Kurt Cobain’s body was discovered at his home in Lake Washington Boulevard, the star believed to have died by suicide three days before at the age of 27.

Nirvana’s setlist from their final show

My Best Friend's Girl (The Cars cover – Moving In Stereo by The Cars was sung by Krist and Kurt as an outro) Radio Friendly Unit Shifter Drain You Breed Serve The Servants Come As You Are (aborted due to power failure and played again) Dumb In Bloom About A Girl Lithium Pennyroyal Tea School Polly (Acoustic) Very Ape Lounge Act Rape Me Territorial Pissings

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02/04/94 (Friday) Canal+ (Nulle Part Ailleurs) Paris, France
02/06/94 (Sunday) Pavilhao Dramatico, Cascais, Portugal
02/08/94 (Tuesday) Pabellón de Deportes del Real Madrid, Madrid, Spain
02/09/94 (Wednesday) Palau Municipal dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
02/10/94 (Thursday) Palais des Sports, Toulouse, France
02/12/94 (Saturday) Zénith Oméga, Toulon, France
02/14/94 (Monday) Le Zenith, Paris, France
02/15/94 (Tuesday) l'Espace Reuilly, Paris, France CANCELLED
02/16/94 (Wednesday) Salle Omnisport, Rennes, France
02/18/94 (Friday) Le Summun, Grenoble, France
02/19/94 (Saturday) Patinoires du Littoral, Neuchatel, Switzerland
02/21/94 (Monday) Palasport, Modena, Italy
02/22/94 (Tuesday) Palagacchio, Rome, Italy
02/23/94 (Wednesday) RAI Studios, Italy
02/24/94 (Thursday) Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy
02/25/94 (Friday) Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy
02/27/94 (Sunday) Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia
03/01/94 (Tuesday) Terminal 1, Flughafen München-Riem, Munich, Germany
03/02/94 (Wednesday) Terminal 1, Flughafen München-Riem, Munich, Germany CANCELLED
03/03/94 (Thursday) Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany CANCELLED

The beginning of the end?

A band in turmoil, disinterested in playing, a singer whose entire life had become consumed by his increasingly debilitating Heroin addiction, in such personal turmoil that just 2 months after the tour started and a month after it's premature end took his own life. These are what most observers would comment on the European In Utero Tour, most have probably only seen the band once on this tour and some never saw them at all. Almost all chose to use this tour to illustrate Kurt's tragic death.

Was it as bad as people say it was?

Well we in the Nirvana community are very fortunate that this is one of the most documented of Nirvana's tours, almost all of the shows, have been recorded in either audio or video and often both. This puts us in a position to judge for ourselves how good or bad the tour was.

Like the American In Utero tour, it began with the band guesting on a TV show, Nulle Part Ailleurs. After the pedestrian performance on Saturday Night Live the previous year, the omens did not look good for this performance, Kurt was known to be less than enthusiastic about the European tour, in fact he was desperate not to go. The record company though needed the band on the road to support the band's most recent output, no doubt eager to repeat the success of Nevermind and anxious to dispel the months of bad press both about the album and Kurt's private life. Kurt was in no position to argue, Nirvana was no longer the most popular band from Seattle. Pearl Jam had stolen a march on the band, with astonishing first week sales of their second album VS and after a lengthy period of inactivity the band could simply not afford to be off the road any longer.

Their performance though initially at least appeared to belie these problems; the bands displayed an energy that had not been seen by European TV audiences since their incendiary performances on British TV over 2 years previously. The band on this occasion played with energy and passion, which produced strong performances of both Rape Me and Pennyroyal Tea. However, it is the performance of Drain You that will remain in the memory. The sight of Kurt beset by guitar problems, disdainfully discarding his guitar and taking out his frustration by screaming blue murder into the microphone is undoubtedly one of the high points of the tour.

After this promising start the tour then began in earnest with a low-key date in Lisbon, Portugal which features one of the longest sets the band would play. Sadly the recording we have is probably the worst recording of the In Utero tour, which makes judgement prohibitive.

The strong performances seem with hindsight, perhaps to belie the turmoil going on behind the scenes. By the Madrid dates Kurt is already considering cancelling. It would seem that the rumours of Kurt's drug use had reached such a level that Kurt was now seen as a junkie icon by Heroin users. Something sadly that would continue long after his death, as morbid junkies broke into the room where Kurt had committed suicide and taken Heroin supposedly in 'honour' towards him. Courtney Love's later recollections of the phone call received from Kurt at the time would illustrate Kurt's feelings towards this, he was according to Love "in tears" and desperate not to be the junkie icon he would later become. It sadly perhaps gave Kurt another reason to feel the world was better off without him. Indeed one would expect most people to feel not entirely dissimilar when faced with the prospect of becoming an advocate for one of the most insidious and lethal of narcotics.

The tour then rolls into Paris with a superb performance, the band plays as good as I have heard them. Tearing through the setlist with reckless abandon they round the night off as they did their unplugged performance with a haunting rendition of Where Did You Sleep Last Night.

This quality is carried over to the next show that takes place in Rennes. This show is probably most remembered by most for the moment that the band shifts from Radio Friendly Unit Shifter to of all things the Knack's My Sharona. The show though is a quality performance from start to finish. After a somewhat shaky start it would appear that the band was finally starting to produce the performances that played a large part in their assent to super-stardom. The question though was the band able to sustain this momentum for their forthcoming shows?

The answer upon hearing the start of the bands final French show in Grenoble, which features an awesome Radio Friendly Unit Shifter that featured on the Home Alive compilation would be an emphatic yes. The overall performance though would prove a let down, a considerable disappointment given the band's most recent performances.

After the completion of the French tour the band moved briefly to Switzerland for one date. It was a rare chance for the band to have some fun "All the shows were in these arenas. This one had a (ice) hockey arena connected to it, and the players or whoever said it was ok to go in and take skates and go skating. I think it was Krist and Shelli, Dave and Jennifer, I don't think Pat did it, and Kurt didn't go, he was, you know, kind of depressed. It was really fun and then we went straight to the show."

Sadly, Nirvana's show in Neuchatel, Switzerland is another of the performances that have not yet surfaced. There is though a newspaper review of the show transcribed and translated by Live Nirvana's co-owner Charles Furth, which should somewhat make up for this.

After this performance Nirvana understandably took a day off for what would prove to be Kurt's last birthday, but any respite was small as the band began their Italian tour on the very next day on Modena. Melora remembers that the band chose to set up camp in Bologna, where Kurt got a rare chance to do a little sightseeing. "We stayed in Bologna, a really, really amazing medieval kind of city. I know Pat and Kurt went to an ancient church and the square and I think had a decent time looking around at stuff. We all went out to dinner somewhere in Italy together, the label would sometimes take us out, other than that we didn't hang out much. Everything was always tense."

Melora remembers that these excursions were, albeit briefly an opportunity for the band to relax and let their guard down. A good example of this was Kurt, Pat and Melora's visit to the Vatican. "That was the closest thing I had to a nice time with them. The sun was setting on the Vatican and we were running around, there was a sign that, I guess, means 'no short skirts' and Kurt was like 'no mini-skirts allowed in the Vatican?!' He's like, 'No little girls allowed in the Vatican?!' It was funny."

The Italian tour though despite these light-hearted moments, is perhaps where the tiredness and problems seem to catch up with the band. The videos of the tour show a band that looks tired, and at times completely uninterested and are in stark contrast to the previous French shows.

The Italian shows saw an escalation in the band's problems behind the scenes. It is by now clear if it was in doubt before that the Cobains' marriage is in trouble. Cross (2001) carries recollections presumably from Courtney of the couple's many fights over the phone, fights which culminated in Kurt phoning their lawyer Rosemary Carroll before the Munich show and demanding a divorce.

It was clear from this point in that if Kurt had been reluctant initially to tour he was now intransigent in his desire to end the tour. He even went to Krist on the eve of the bands second Milan show to tell him that he wanted to call off the tour, though Krist later managed to talk him around.

Rather than face the problems square on, Melora Creager believes that behind the scenes there was a culture of secrecy to hide the true extent of Kurt's problems. "What I thought was weird, was that people acted like nothing's wrong. They talked around him, or through him. I didn't know what the details were, but I felt like 'excuse me this guy is miserable.' Pat would tell me what's going on but it was all very secretive. He'd tell me cryptic things and I'd hear other bits and pieces from Jennifer, and I was just trying to put it all together. They didn't talk much. I felt like Krist cared a lot about Kurt, but whatever happened over the years that I wasn't privy to... he just seemed sad about Kurt's state. Kurt seemed like a really depressed guy, and I thought so much of his music and he seemed a really nice guy too, so I just thought of him as this tortured genius."

If Kurt got little support from his band members, he had none from his manager either as Melora notes. "John Silva gave Kurt a carton of cigarettes for his birthday "Kurt said something like 'Oh he's trying to kill me' They just seemed not to like each other and it wasn't a secret." This matter was further complicated as while Kurt and Silva did not get on, the rest of the band did and sought Silva for advice. Kurt though preferred to defer judgement to Danny Goldberg the band's ex A&R man whom the band had kept in an advisory capacity, a fact which Goldberg himself notes. "I ended up being the person that Kurt talked to specifically. John certainly was in charge of all the logistics and the touring and would talk to Krist and Dave more than I did, but there came a time when Kurt mainly wanted to talk to me."

The show that followed the troubled Italian shows was perhaps the most important date of the tour. It was to take place in Ljubjana, Slovenia. It was an important date for many reasons. It was important personally for Krist who had many family members attending the show and also for the Slovenian people, as at the time of the show much of the former Yugoslavia was still immersed in a bloody civil war. Despite an enthusiastic crowd, the performance is only a marginal improvement on the poor performances of the Italian tour and has little to merit it.

Although it could never be envisaged at the time, Nirvana's final show was to be in Munich, Germany. This show and the reasons for the abrupt end to the tour have been shrouded in mystery. Several different accounts of this show exist. One version was that show was absolutely awful with Kurt's voice only making it as far as Dumb before disintegrating completely. Other accounts ran along similar lines, only differing in the length of the performance. Another account this time given by a fan who claims to have attended the show said that the show was simply of a normal length.

Perhaps the most reliable account is given by Cross (2001) who said that the show was brought to an abrupt end by Kurt after only 70 minutes. The last song the band was to have performed would be rather surreally enough, the second Cars cover of the night Moving In Stereo. The only firm evidence we currently have of the quality of this show comes from the first 3 songs, which were broadcast on a German TV special. They give a different impression to the reported accounts and show a marked improvement in the quality of performance over their recent abject displays. A performance which, were it to be continued would make this one of the shows of the tour.

After that show Nirvana cancelled the remaining 2 dates of what was ostensibly the first leg of their European tour, the second leg of course never took place. The remaining dates were rescheduled and then finally cancelled as Kurt's death put an end to any lingering hopes that the band may continue.

The Verdict

The tour has undoubtedly been clouded by Kurt's subsequent death. The search for answers as to why someone who had so much could possibly see no future in his life, has often distorted many of the facts of Kurt's life and this is no exception. We through the recordings that fans have made, can see a different picture, we can hear the great shows in Paris and Rennes and we can also see the poorer performances and general lack of interest that marred the Italian tour. We may never know what Nirvana would have become in the passing years, but at least in this authors humble opinion, this tour proves that despite, the Heroin addiction, the internal band unrest; Nirvana on their day could still be a truly great band.

Matt Seward's personal Best Performance List from this tour: (note this may not correspond exactly with the stated ratings of the concerts because his criteria are weighted slightly differently)

02/14/94 Le Zenith, Paris, France
02/16/94 Salle Omnisport, Rennes, France
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02/12/94 Zénith Oméga, Toulon, France
02/21/94 Palasport, Modena, Italy
03/01/94 Terminal 1, Flughafen München-Riem, Munich, Germany
02/08/94 Pabellón de Deportes del Real Madrid, Madrid, Spain
02/09/94 Palau Municipal dels Esports de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
02/18/94 Le Summun, Grenoble, France
02/27/94 Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia
02/25/94 Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy
02/24/94 Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy
02/22/94 Palagacchio, Rome, Italy
02/23/94 RAI Studios (Tunnel), Italy

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If this isn't a sign that Travis Kelce is "Down Bad"…

Taylor Swift fans went wild on social upon zooming in on a photo that appears to show Kelce's cell phone lock screen. That lock screen image, Swifties believe, is a picture of the Kansas City Chiefs tight end with Swift in Singapore.

The never-before-seen photo of Kelce's alleged phone first surfaced on TikTok over the weekend, the snap appeared to be taken while his cell was charging on a countertop. The lock screen featured an image of what seemed to be Kelce and Swift, both 34, taken from behind. The couple held hands as they looked up at Singapore's stunning Gardens by the Bay attraction. Notably, it looked like a brightened version of the same picture Swift included in her video montage promoting the #FortnightChallenge back in April.

"They're the cutest fr," wrote the TikTok user who uploaded the footage of Kelce's alleged phone.

"I'm dead he's so obsessed 😭❤️🌷," commented a fan.

"I'm throwing up i'm crying i am sobbing," gushed another user.

"Aw travis i have her as my wallpaper too," a third person joked.

Dozens of Singaporeans — and those who were excited to travel there — were also thrilled that their country was essentially given such a stellar shout-out.

"That looks like it's in Singapore pls tell me it is bc I'm going there this year and I can stand in the exact same spot she did," penned a Swiftie.

Over on X (formerly known as Twitter ), the fan reaction was the same.

"WHAT TRAVIS KELCE'S WALLPAPER IS OF HIM AND TAYLOR AT GARDENS BY THE BAY IN SINGAPORE?!?!" a fan tweeted on Monday, June 3. "if this is true, hell yea 😭😭😭."

Swift and Kelce were in Singapore in March. The Grammy winner performed multiple Eras Tour shows in the country at the time, while Kelce — fresh off his latest Super Bowl win — joined the "Maroon" artist for the trip.

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Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs (L) celebrates with Taylor Swift after defeating the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship Game at M&T Bank Stadium on January 28, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. Five months later, Kelce made headlines when a photo of the alleged lock screen on his phone went viral.

Watch Liam Gallagher’s official footage of kicking off ‘Definitely Maybe’ anniversary tour in Sheffield

It kicked off over the weekend

Liam Gallagher has shared official footage from his ‘Definitely Maybe’ anniversary tour on the opening night in Sheffield.

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He kicked off his 30th anniversary tour over the weekend playing every song from the iconic 1994 album with his band – several of which were the first time ever he’s performed them outside of Oasis – along with B-sides from that era.

Now, he has shared snippets from the night in footage which you can view below.

Captioned: “Sheffield it’s been too fucking long 1.6.24,” the clip kicks off with the build up to the show as Gallagher prepares to come on stage.

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It then shows snippets of a host of Oasis’ classic tracks being performed by Gallagher including ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Star’, ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’ and ‘Slide Away’.

The night began with album opener ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Star’, after which Gallagher and his band performed the songs in a different sequence from its tracklist. Last week (May 22), Gallagher confirmed that he would not be performing the album in order as he “can’t be singing ‘Live Forever’ [four] songs into the set.”

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Taylor Swift performed 'Fifteen' on Sunday night in Lyon, France, and had the sweetest reaction to a lyric she wrote as a teenager.

Taylor Swift had a sweet reaction to a lyric in her song, "Fifteen," that fans immediately connected to Travis Kelce .

On Sunday, the 34-year-old singer hit the stage at Groupama Stadium in Lyon, France, and opted to perform a mashup of "Fifteen" from Fearless and "You're on Your Own, Kid" from Midnights on the piano during the surprise song portion of the evening. Swift typically does one song on piano and one on guitar and fans do not know which combination of songs and from which albums they will get ahead of time.

While performing "Fifteen," attendees were keen to watch Swift closely as the song -- which she wrote as a teenager -- mentions a high school relationship, first-time heartbreak and a love interest "on the football team."

"In your life, you'll do things / Greater than dating the boy on the football team / I didn't know it at fifteen," she sings in the song and in videos posted online from the live show.

In one post on TikTok, Swift can be seen adorably blushing and giddily smiling as the audience goes wild at the line.

Furthermore, fans have drawn a parallel to the song's lyrics and Swift's current relationship with the 34-year-old Kansas City Chiefs tight end, which began in the late summer of 2023, shortly before she made her debut at a Chiefs game in September.

"Back then I swore I was gonna marry him someday / But I realized some bigger dreams of mine," she sings, referencing her aspirations of becoming a singer.

"She did all the greater things THEN dated the boy on the football team," one fan wrote in a TikTok comment.

"Sooooo high school 💕💕💕," another fan added, mentioning the song off The Tortured Poets Department that many think is about Kelce .

"I don't think we have ever seen her this happy I really do have a gut feeling he is the one," wrote a third.

As this was happening in France, other inquiring minds were getting to the bottom of Swift and Kelce's relationship stateside. Over the weekend, Jason Sudeikis chatted with Kelce at the 2024 Big Slick Celebrity Weekend in Kansas City, Missouri, and asked the Chiefs player the question many are wondering during a skit.

"Travis, real talk, just the guys here," he quipped. "When are you gonna make an honest woman out of her?"

"Taylor doesn't need to be working anymore," Sudeikis added, prompting Kelce to smile and grab his beard while avoiding the question.

The question from Sudeikis came just weeks after ET reported that the singer and the football player may be hearing wedding bells in the future.

"Taylor and Travis are doing amazing, and their loved ones see an engagement coming sooner than later," a source told ET in May. "They make a great match and there's no question about that."

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