I will never get to see them liveš
To all the people that went to see Nirvana live back in the '90s, what was it like?
Question/RequestI was there.
I couldn't wait to see them play!
Acoustically, it was one of the worst shows I've ever been to.
I'm glad the Michigan State Fairgrounds Colleseum is gone forever. It was the first and last show I ever saw in that building.
Yeah, it was a huge monstrosity and I wonder why they played there. I guess they couldnāt do theaters anymore. My uncle told me he helped building something there. I think thereās an Amazon there now.
I was just thinking that show was my one opportunity to see them live. I wanted to go but my mom wouldn't let me.
I didn't know it was happening until after the show. And afterwards, all these people were like, "hey, did you go see Nirvana?". I had no idea. I missed Huggy Bear play in Bowling Green for the same reasons. Everyone said they thought i would have known, and I'm like, who cares if you thought I knew?? Tell me anyways, lol
My friend, who is like a few years younger than me had the same thing happen. But his mom worked at the venue too. This is in Kalamazoo so it was either the day before or after Detroit. Iām so glad we got to the Detroit show as our ride canceled like the day before.
I was there too. How the fuck is it that the first comment I see features the one and only show I saw. It was October 29, 1993. After the Meat Puppets (didnāt see the Boredoms) I found my friend who had acid. I dosed my entire group and I was in the pit for almost the entire show. I was directly under Kurt at one point and was trying to get him to notice me just to smile at my hero. The pit was savage, but Kurt just stared straight ahead and was kind of dead eyed. The bouncer (dickhead) at the strip club we both worked at threw a tennis shoe at Cobain, which hit his guitar. Kurt was pissed and left the stage. There was no encore because of that fucking shoe.
Thereās a full recording of the show on YouTube. I wouldāve decked that security guard for that. You donāt throw a show at an artist you paid to see.
He was 6ā4ā, ridiculous muscles, and a kickboxing champion. There wasnāt much my 5ā9ā overweight no muscles, no kickboxing body could do to him.
Iād like to quote the part in Michael Azerradās book Come As You Are that talks about Krist and Kurtās short-lived CCR cover band:
āThe band split after bassist, Steve Instant Newman, attacked Cobain with a vacuum cleaner; Cobain responded by braining Newman with a 2Ć4.ā
Now there might not be a 2x4 just laying around at a venue so u might have to get resourceful
Omg. I just commented about that. Iāve never known anything about who threw the shoe. you have helped completes a formativeteenage memory. I agree it. Itās wild that the Detroit show is the top comment that was a pretty epic night for a 16-year-old.
Kurt chainging the lyrics to "Smells like teen spirit" is such a Kurt thing to do.
Kurt forgetting his lyrics was also a Kurt thing to do. I saw Nirvana many times. I knew Courtney in High School, she was older but same group of people. I even dated a girl who later dated Kurt. After Nevermind it was rough for Kurt. He developed a heroin addiction and as time passed it was obvious it was affecting him. The guy was a chronic rehearsed. Nirvana rehearsed five days a week when not touring. When touring they played a lot. The last time I saw them was in ā93. Kurt forgot quite a few lyrics or screwed them up. I knew it was not going to end well. At the end I think he realized he was in a hole with no way he could see to get out. He had a 400 dollar a day habit. That was back then. He had the money to keep doing that as long as he lived. I knew people who saw him shoot what seemed like a full syringe on one fix. The couple of times I met him he was pretty cool. I knew these 2 brothers who went to High School with him. They were bullying dicks. He said they were always that way. A lot of people don't realize before Nevermind Nirvana got a lot of flack on the Northwest. They were accused of ripping off other bands. Negative Creep is said to be a rip off of Mudhoneyās āSweet Young Thing.ā I can see the resembles. That happens. People write songs that resemble the artists they listen to. Kurt was always aware of that and worried he was doing that. He even thought he ripped off the Pixies with Smells Like Teen Spirit. He didn't. It's too bad. I think if he could have got clean and his life straightened out a bit the next record he made could have been epic.
Thanks for sharing that ! What was Courtney like in high school?
If I remember right she was a trust fund kid. She was like everyone in the group of people I hung out with. Going to the Met to dance to New Wave, going to punk shows like Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, E-13, and many others.
What were boredoms like?
They played first and were very loud in an avant- garde sort of way. Kids were into it and jumping into the crowd and moshing in the front.
was smells like teen spirit done acoustically? wish there was any video of them doing that song acoustically
No that song was not acoustic. It was basically 2 or 3 songs like in their unplugged form. I know āJesus Wants me for a sunbeamā and maybe dumb or penny royal?
Do you remember any of the lyrics about GM?
I really donāt sorry. Oh the other thing I remember is that he started playing āRape Meā but a bunch of kids barged up front cause they thought he was starting āTeen Spirit.ā Stupid kidsā¦
oh man, boredoms? what was that like??
did the boredoms just make noise their whole set?
You know Iāve seen them twice and I donāt remember. I think they have songs but thereās just too much of a language barrier.
Yes. More or less. We kinda loved it, but the main crowd was getting angry/restless.
I'm guessing it was something like this
I was there. Someone through a shoe and hit Kurt in the face. He put his guitar down. Chucked the shoe back. Finished the song angrily and then walked off stage prob a couple songs early.
I was lucky enough to see them as openers twice (for Sonic Youth, and Dinosaur Jr., respectively).
After the first show I went out and bought Bleach on both CD and cassette the very next day.
They were mesmerizing. One of the only bands Iāve seen where I was able to remember a song after only hearing it once.
Seing nirvana and sy and prime Dinosaur jr... man you've lived a good life
Seen some good shows, thatās for sure.
The first song I learned the lyrics of was Ā«Ā In BloomĀ Ā»
As a non-English speaker at the time, I only later realised the irony.
Imagine Nirvana an openerā¦ i hate you.
Love you , just jealous. Lol
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Hollywood Palladium?
I went to both of those. Dave Grohl wasnāt in the band yet for the first show. They had Dale from Melvins.
Mine was The Crest in Sacramento. Dale was still in when they opened for SY. Legend has it that that was the night they called Dave to join.
Yeah that was around when Dive came out and I think they recorded that with Dave.
Thanks for sharing!
I saw them open for Din. Jr. in Santa Cruz. I had never heard of them. I bought Bleach the next day as well. I wrote them a letter because I wondered where I could find a song they played that I vaguely remembered. Something about Polly. I got a form letter back that they had all autographed. I still have it.
Thatās amazing. When I saw them open for Dino Jr. Polly was the first song they played.
My friends band Olivelawn played a few shows with them on that dinosaur jr. tour. They played in TJ at iguanas, San Diego and I think San Francisco.
93 University of Buffalo Basketball ball arena was sold out as general admission. No one was sat in the bleachers. Floor was so tight, could even shuffle your feet.
The Boredoms opened, and wow I wasn't prepared
Nirvana was a blur. "Drain You" was so good. The encore was "on a plain" and "blew".
at one point, the Boredoms joined Nirvana and total chaos
I was there too. Cobain stopped in the middle of In Bloom to confront the security guards, who were being excessively rough with the crowd. I remember the crazy jam at the end too
My best friend and I went together. We were 13.
So jealous
I couldnāt go to the show bechase I had to work. Overnight shift at a gas station on the highway. Around 1 or 2 am a bus pulls up, guy steps off, comes in asking for cigarettes. Shockingly we didn't sell them. He sees me smoking, asks if he could bum one, I say no (sorry but I got asked constantly because my the owner refused to sell cigarettes in a freaking gas station). He leaves. My bud says āknow who that was? Krist Novascelic.ā Oops sorry bro.
yooo i didnāt know they played at UB thatās fucking awesome actually
wow boredoms on stage w nirvana must have been incredible
Saw them at Hollywood Rock Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
It was raw, energetic.Ā
Epic gigā¦
Saw them open for the chili peppers a couple months after nevermind was released. So grateful to have witnessed the greatness. There was a genuine tangible excitement surrounding the band at the time as is the case with all things new. The place really came to life for Nirvana which at that time were only a couple months removed from Nevermind being released and were not yet a globally known entity. It was a very exciting time to be a fan.
That was an exciting time, wasn't it? That was when the Chili Peppers were still kind of on top of the world, and Nirvana were just coming up, and everyone was just going nuts for them. I would have killed to have seen that tour/show.
In late 1991 the Peppers were yet to be on top of the world. BSSM had been released, but they didnāt take off to ātop of the worldā status till 1992, when Under the bridge was a hit. I didnāt see them live, but remember reading an article, that they were second on the bill, but had overtaken the RHCP in popularity because Teen Spirit had just exploded.
Saw them on MTV, music awards, it was amazing
I never got to see them, but my dad saw them at Club Babyhead in Providence, RI, on September 25, 1991. It was the day after Nevermind came out, and according to him, it wasn't a great gig due to Kurt's amp exploding in the middle of the set.
Audio recording right here: https://youtu.be/aanZBWC2dQs?si=KCWwI9ZnejCekkKZ
This is awesome. Ty for sharing!
Babyhead was small! I saw some shows there in the mid-90ās.
Played with them once in France somewhere, like a mini festival thing. 92 I think. They were headlining we went on before them. (Curve) they were fucking brilliant. We travelled with them on the same plane to the gig. Saw them a few times in UK too. Always brilliant. Good times.
You were/are in Curve? I always liked your band! In 1992, you would have been touring to support the Doppelganger record, yes? Such a great album!
Yh, DoppelgƤnger. Bit of a blur but def remember those shows. Glad you dig the record. Horror Head was always my fave song on that.
No fuckin way your in curve??
Yh. Turn up the bass.
Dean Garcia! Welcome to Reddit!
Cheers. Nice to be here.
Holy fuck, I fucking love Curve!
Dean Garcia IN THE HOUSE
Yo!! Still alive to tell the tale. Remarkable tbh.
Thanks for sharing it!!!
1993 in Toronto. It was too late.
Explain why? He passed in 1994
Exactly. 93 was towards the end of nirvana when they were producing albums through major studios and playing damn arenas and shit lol. Was very much past the glory days. Don't get me wrong though still dope to have seen nirvana live in any version.
Awesome bro. Totally jealous. I was on east coast. They didnt come towards ny often and I was 11. Damn
So they sold out? Donāt be one if those people. Dave Grohl talked about people like that on Conan OāBrien. They did what they always did and people took notice eventually. They made big business eventually but didnāt change who they were for that to happen.
I was also at the Toronto show, drove seven hours to get there! It was great to see them finally. It did seem like Kurt was ādiminished.ā Which I assumed had something to do with his addiction. But still, glad I went. Theyāve been such an important band for me.
Saw them in at the Roseland ballroom in NYC in 93 - in utero tour.
It was just shocking to me at the time despite how famous they were it just felt like they were this little house band. I feel like they preferred playing to smaller crowds
Legendary set, Iām so jealous!
Was it the July or November show?
They played the Roseland twice in 1993. The first show was the New Music Seminar before In Utero came out, and the second show was on the In Utero tour with Pat.
November. I remember it being cold
Nice! You got to see Nirvana just 3 days before they did MTV Unplugged. It would have actually been their last full-length electric gig in NYC.
Audio recording right here: https://youtu.be/jGZti_1fvV4?si=udU2L9KIYSnR1O-I
I saw them 3?times on Bleach Tour. At the Palace in Hollywood maybe a month after Nevermind came out.
Woah. During Bleach? What was that like?
Friday Feb 16 Bogarts in Long Beach CA with TAD 1990
In high school, I caught the In Utero tour, and got pretty close, deep into the mosh pit. Pat Smear played rhythm guitar, and at the time I was like "who is this guy?" lol. Kurt just stood in one place like a stick and went through the set, staring into space. And still, absolutely brilliant.
The whole second half of the show was a blur, literally. My glasses came off of my sweaty face during a slow verse, just as the fast chorus came in. Everybody in the crowd started bouncing like pogo sticks, and they were smashed to smithereens.
I'm sad that I didn't get to see the guys in the band more clearly, but I became lost in the chaotic swirl of color and incredible music.
Later, I had to get my car towed because I was blind as a bat and backed one wheel off of a two foot concrete lip.
One of my favorite nights ever.
Haha, I'm sure there were a lot of people who didn't know who Pat was.
What show was it that you were at?
I saw them at Maxwellās in Hoboken, 1990. I actually went to see the Jesus Lizard, who were opening up. Didnāt know much about Nirvana. Kurt broke a string and had to restring his guitar between songs, and I heckled them about getting a backup guitar, to which Krist Novoselic snapped back that I should buy them one. This was over a year before Nevermind came out. Iāll still never forget hearing āBreedā being played live for what was probably one of the first times. After the guitar intro, when the drums come in, it basically steamrollered the whole room. They looked young a really nervous, but man they really crushed that show.
Who played drums?
I honestly donāt remember if it was Grohl or their old drummer. I didnāt really know them at the time, so I probably didnāt notice.
Chad Channing - https://www.livenirvana.com/concerts/90/90-04-28.php
Saw them once in the summer of 1993. Got to see them cover the safety dance and seasons in the sun. It was magical.
You went to the Mia Zapata show?!!
Yea it was hot as shit but fun
Not my story, but my dad saw them at St. Andrews Hall in Ann Arbor in 1991. Krist recognized my dad and his friend because they saw them previously at the Blind Pig the year before. After the show they got invited by Krist and Dave to go bowling in Detroit, but they both declined because they had work in the morning. Dad says he regrets it of course. Kurt was hanging out in the tour bus the whole time unfortunately, so they didn't meet him.
Saw them on their last tour. I was 15, tripping balls on blotter acid, and paranoid about getting my ass kicked by any number of the myriad Michigan rednecks at Wings Stadium who were mad because they came to hear "Teen Spirit" but never got to because Kurt was awesome like that. I think he was pissed at how the crowd booed The Boredoms, who opened, along with The Meat Puppets. Great show, from what little I remember, though it was so packed on the floor that you pretty much had to crowd surf just to get some oxygen. My dad made me go to school the next day. I think I made it to second period before I realized that I was covered in scrapes and bruises. Five months later, Kurt was dead and it was all over.
Wings Stadium! Yep. Thatās in my town. Small ass seats and I can imagine that crowd!
I recently started going back there off and on, pretty much just to hit up Green Light Music. You got any other good record stores up there?
I think there are only two. One is called satellite.
Best story in the thread
I saw them at the Roseland Ballroom in NY in late 1993. It was insane. Kurt was pretty deep in his addiction at that point. That said it was one of the most memorable experiences of my life
About half of my reddit comments are about the different shows I saw them (from Feb 89 - Dec 93). Best recorded show was Paramount Halloween 91, but my favorites ones were when they played my campus and we were right up close diving off the stage ourselves. Fantastic experiences.
Is that when he had purple hair and they filmed the āLithiumā video?
Saw them at their final show ever in Seattle. He started the show off with radio friendly unit shifter, smoking a cigarette rocking out and spitting the cigarette out at the last second before he needed to sing. Also, when they did smells like teen spirit, he said this is the song that put Seattle on the map.
Chicago, Cabaret Metro, Nevermind tour. Incredibly loud, incredibly tight. Had never heard Mollyās Lips until seeing them that night live and it was soooo good. Kurt said just about nothing except āthank youā but Krist kept bending down to Kurtās mike saying goofy shit. Dave broke his first drum set and Kurt was smiling for that whole endeavor. The line to get in (or more likely to not get in) went for blocks. We stood in it for a minute before realizing that since we had tickets we could just go up to the front door and get in. I bought tix before the SLTS video went crazy cuz a guy who is nowadays a straight up guru had turned me onto Bleach a year earlier. RIP Kurt
It was so awesome, I cried.
damn a trans person that actually saw nirvana live thatās so cool
What do you mean lots of LGBTQ+ people saw nirvana live. Like that was a huge part of nirvanas demographic. You were probably more likely to spot trans kids in the wild at nirvana and the likes shows than anywhere else
Not great a few times, but also very cool. Saw them at Eddies in Brum UK, (brill!) then Reading Festival, then Hummingbird in Brum, (not as good) then Wolverhampton (terrible), and then the second Reading Festival that everyone knows of which was also brill!
Had tickets to see them at Aston Villa Leisure Centre in Brum in 94 but that didnāt happen. Bizarrely Iām going to see the Foos at Villa (but the actual football ground/arena) in June.
seeing them at Edwards No8 is very cool, i have to say! loved that place.
I was there the Halloween it burned down ā¹ļø
Saw them in Pittsburgh in 1990 with sonic youth and tad..was hooked with Nirvana ever since...my dad was a sonic youth fan ..I was 12 or 13 during the time.
Your dad fucking rules
My 16 year old self went to the Barney show in Akron at the J.A.R. Arena on Halloween night. Boredoms, Meat Puppets and Nirvana. I've been to hundreds of concerts since but that was the best concert of my life.
I screamed every song like a Swiftie - it was amazing!
Loud, energetic, powerful. Awesome
Lucky you man.
Thatās what I imagine they would have been like I was born in 1994 GOTTEM
Oh, guess we are on the same boat then
No but I know a few people that got to see them live and said they were great. I have met Pat Smear and Dave Grohl though and they were super chill.
Yes Man, please throw general oliver from the Dam.
Wow, you blew up the robot army? That makes things veryā¦challenging! Yeah, very challenging!
Cathartic
I'm pretty sure some people saw them during the 80s
ITT: lies
Saw them in '91 right before they exploded and it was both amazing and completely obvious at the same time. I say obvious because it was basically just rock and roll, the return thereof, picking up where it left off and going the next step. That's what was refreshing about it. Those were my thoughts at the end of the show.
There were no cellphones
saw them twiceā cleveland and detroit. the pit was memorable. so much energy in that room, great show.
I saw Kurt get hit right in the face by a shoe that some asshat threw, but he plowed on. This is a pretty decent audience recording of the event. Listen to at least the first 1:40... https://youtu.be/G1EJ8IOwU9g?si=kJqa9sGxIEBegoQJ
edit: words
Pretty damn nifty!!
F'n wish I could be on this list.
Only person I know who saw them live was a buddyās mom at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago 10/25/1993
94 with the Breeders opening. Awesome show. Someone got grabby with a girl crowd surfing. Krist stopped the show or in between songs told dudes to knock that shit off. Girl standing next to me got kicked by a dude crowd surfing. So she punched him in the face lol. Wallace Civic Center MA.
This was Nov. 93, I saw them in Springfield right before this show.
Amazing energy. We were all our own outcasts with no judgement. Music so loud your ears hurt. He was incredible on stage. Once in a lifetime experience
Reading '92. Amazing.Ā
I saw them play in my college dining hall in 1990. I'd never heard of them -- practically no one had. Kurt came out wearing a dress, which rubbed me wrong at first: I thought they were just being weird for the sake of being weird, which I disliked. But they put on a hell of a show, with Kurt wading out into the audience and crowd-surfing during an extended guitar solo. He was an absolutely mesmerizing performer, completely lost in the music and the moment.
They concluded the show with the traditional smashing of guitars. (I remember wondering how the hell a band playing college dining halls could afford to do that.)
I pretty much forgot about that show for decades; I was really drunk at the time, and I saw a lot of shows back then.
I later became a big Nirvana fan, but I didn't even think about the random band I'd seen a year before "Smells Like Teen Spirit" hit MTV. I didn't connect the dots until someone posted pics from the show on FB, and it brought the whole thing flooding back.
I saw them in 1990 at the Masquerade in Ybor City, Fla. They were great. No more than say 100 people there maybe less. I was a fan already so I knew the songs they played off Bleach and Blew. At the end of the set they sat at the edge of the stage and talked to people and sold shirts, which I bought and unfortunately lost many years ago. They were very cool. Kurt was soft spoken but very nice.
This is a bit off topic but, my dad saw Curt's last show in Seattle before he died, he'd seen nirvana about 2-3 times. Later on when he was working for a lumber company he delivered to Curt's old house, it's really cool hearing all of his stories from growing up in Everett and all the soon to be famous grunge and rock bands he saw.
I was on mescaline, but it seemed great at a the time. One thing I did learn at that show was that play dough is not for biting.
My aunt was supposed to see them until the incident...
What a great story.
A friend from school came from Raymond, WA and his dad was at the house show on Nussbaum Road. I asked him about it and he said he thought they were terrible.
Iāve been by the place a couple of times, that whole stretch of the state is pretty depressing, Raymond always gives me the creeps.
I saw them at the '90/91 new year's show at the San Francisco Cow Palace. Red Hot Chili Peppers were the headliners, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam was the first opener - a lineup for the ages. The whole show was amazing, all 3 bands were incredible. I loved being there at such a pivotal time in music history. The Cow Palace is a pretty big arena and I don't think Nevermind had been out very long at the time. Everyone went nuts for Smells Like Teen Spirit. It wasn't until later that I fully understood how historical the show was.
The closest I got to nirvana in person was 10 miles away when they played in Edinburgh in late 1991, I was 6
I can only tell the story of my friends parents buying me a ticket and my parents wouldnāt let me go. I was 11 so I kinda get it.
Haven't seen anyone mention kansas city, Oct 21 1993. But it was a pretty great show. They were my favorite band at the time so I was super stoked. There's a pretty good audio bootleg of this show floating around.
Nirvana was the first concert I ever attended, and it was amazing, although it set a high bar for future concerts, both the performance, and the cost. (I think I paid $17.50). It was Wednesday, December 8th, 1993, in Oklahoma City. I was front and center, very close to the band, and I was getting smashed and destroyed by the writhing mosh pit, but I didnāt care. I was a tiny 14 year old at the time, so it was pretty painful and hard to breathe, as everyone towered over me.
My dad saw them in the 80ās and he bought me my first Nirvana cd when I was a kid, it was my first cd of any band. Heās an OG and Nirvana has always been my fav band ever since. My dad still has the ticket stub framed
I saw them in the UK a few times, before and after Nevermind. Twice in Birmingham, once in Manchester and twice at Reading Festival. It was an exciting time and they were the crown kings of the movement but I honestly thought there were better grunge and alternative bands at the time that paved the way for Nirvana's success. I preferred them live prior to Nevermind in much smaller venues, the gigs were chaotic and fun but as soon as Teen Spirit came out it became a little clinical (and cynical), they appeared like rabbits in the headlights and their sound didn't suit the venues they were now playing. It was awful when he died but I'm glad Nirvana ceased to be and that they didn't end up like Pearl Jam.
Phoenix, Arizona - the show sounded bad.
If it was on the In Utero tour, then there is a recording of this show: https://youtu.be/kO6MP5AbrNo?si=nTS9IuPDX-2PDQTh
Interview after the show: https://youtu.be/8N3cJEpahV8?si=aZdPA8Dwv9BimJQu
Legendary
San Diego Dec 1993
Itās the show where they played the Unknown Jam as their last song
Saw them at the Great Western Forum in 93. Glorious.
What do you think
I think that they used to be caothic, energica and awsome
Anyone here go to the off ramp show where they had one of their best set lists ever, the 1990 one
I swear to God this ai shit keeps being reposted at least once a week, just make this a pinned thread at this point
Reading festival 1991 4pm š„š„š„
Saw them Jan 1, 1994. The Butthole Surfers opened. Bobcat Goldthwait hosted, and did comedy sets in between bands. Amazing show, they sounded really good, and played a perfect set (no teen spirit) Amazing experience.Ā
92 Sydney Big Day Out. My ex wanted to see them and im glad I listened to her.
Second loudest band I've seen from my recollection(SOAD was first) and they rocked out. Toronto in 93, still have the concert shirt I got that night too!
LOUD! I remember everyone being drunk too.
A number of my friends went and saw them and always complained about the sound. "They sound like garbage," "their opening acts sounded better," "they need to fire their sound guy!", etc. So I never went. At the time, it didn't seem like I was missing anything. Honestly, I preferred Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. It felt like Nirvana was always going to be there, so I could see them later. Sadly, that was not the case. The complaints of people about their sound is so strange, because I can't reconcile that with what I hear on bootlegs and YouTube. Anyway, not much of a story, but maybe adds some color to the conversation.
It was.....nirvana
I saw them in Massachusetts in 1993 I think. It was a big hockey stadium and I was kind of far away. The Breeders and Half Japanese opened. I remember the band had tiny amp stacks on stage as a gag, I guess? There were mannequins with angel wings on stage like the In Utero cover. Kurt got mad that people were throwing things and threatened to play guitar feedback for the rest of the show.
Dallas, TX Dec '93 with Breeders and Shonen Knife. Rode in the back of a pick up truck (COLD!) to get there. We had seats, but the show was famous for the ground being an ice rink covered with plywood that people removed. I was 15 so don't remember in vivid detail...but it was loud and exactly what I wanted and expected. So sad that he died just a few months after. Epic highs and epic lows.
Saw them at Cats Cradle in NC and it was fucking loudĀ
90
I'm from Seattle, saw them here and there, could not stand Kurt, actively avoided their shows. In the way, way back, we all thought we were going to live forever..I honestly would have paid more attention if I had known. Sounds kind of dumb, but it's true.
Isnāt this pic from pre 1990?
Sweeeeet!!
Closest you could get perhaps, the Live At the Paramount show was filmed and and then made into HD format. It's their only show filmed in celluloid. I had the HD file and it was amazing 10 yrs ago. I can imagine it on one of today's TV's.
I saw them at the Vatican in Houston before Nevermind broke. It was a fun show and Kurt messed up the solo on Teen Spirit which I maintain he did on purpose. Remember seeing a buddy who I ran into at the hard rock clubs earlier. He was surprised that when he got there Nirvana was already on. All the shows we saw Backstage or After Dark, headliner didnāt go on til close to midnight. Weird how all that changed when grunge took off.
Well, to start. Rajiās was in a commercial basement and this show was after the huge huge huge Northridge Earthquake. Great little venue for a long time. Iāll guess. Behind the tall guy and about 5 feet back(?) definitely center of bodies crowded it was standing room only. I was obsessed with the danger. The venue was braced FLOOR TO THE CEILING UP metal posts and bars. One was diagonal. Absolutely dumb shit but the fire Marshall was busy helping people in crushed homes, wasnāt there and wonāt be there. 1st time I saw them was loud, sweaty and we all could have died then LOL. I was stage right, great view of all three, Kurtās jump in to the drum kit, smashing his guitar and I was gone, into the night and to my carā¦other shows were way less dangerous.
Addingā¦and the shoe! š
LOUD
Imagine it was mind blowing
I saw them at the Masquerade in Atlanta I want to say 1990 the show is up on YouTube if you want to see.
Incredible band. The room I remember just being so hot and how everyone was hyped. I almost wanted the crowd to stop hooping and hollaring and such.
I saw them a few times. They kicked ass and were LOUD.
I was fifteen years old and went to an all ages show in Palmer Auditorum in Davenport Iowa on the In Utero Tour. It was October 22, 1993. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yEbo6bqBXI It was a sea of flannel shirts. It smelled like marijuana, beer, and a sweaty locker room. People were packed into the center of the auditorium, moshing. It was hard to keep your footing. Senior jocks from my high school were asking me to lift them up to crowd surf. This was especially hilarious during "In Bloom" given the subject matter. I must have lifted this one asshole 20 times to crowd surf. My ears hurt at the end- I was physically drained by the end of it from being body checked by so many people. When it was over, the outside world felt so cold and I was amazed by how hot the auditorium was.
Del Mar Fairgrounds (O'Brien Pavilion}: Pearl Jam>Nirvana>RHCP and I don't think tickets were more than $20, maybe less.
Good show overall, but the thing that sticks out most in my mind was Eddie Vedder climbing the speaker stacks and then up a pillar into the rafters so high up if he fell he would have killed anyone he landed on, while the rest of the band kept playing while peeking straight up. If he'd lost his grip I can't imagine how much it would have altered things.
I hope everyone that got to see them is having a bad day today.
saw them in Oklahoma City in 1993, tickets were $18. If i remember it seems they had 5 bands open for them, they didn't play until well after midnight. One opening band, i believe it was Shohen Knife but can't confirm, they were get booed by a group and Cobain almost cancelled the concert over it. We had a T style safety barrier in a very small building. it broke halfway through it, girlfriend passed out due to heat and being smashed against barrier. It was a very personal concert, i bet there wasn't more than a few hundred people that could fit in the building. It was the Transportation building at the OKC FairGrounds. Iven been to more comfortable concerts, but this one just seemed personal. good times....
I saw them during the In Utero tour. It was basically a civic center show...so we were a good distance. It was my first concert. All i can remmeber was how loud it was...and how different it sounded from the album. The stage setup was pretty cool. I think i was just overwhelmed.
I wish I saw them with Jawbreaker. š
Saw them in Detroit at the now defunct fairgrounds site. 1993 I believe. It was mostly a by the numbers show. Boredoms and Meatpuppets opened. There was an acoustic mini set. Kurt changed some of the lyrics of āTeen Spiritā to lyrics about General Motors.