Live Nirvana | Concert Chronology | 1990 | May 01, 1990

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NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
- Krist Novoselic (bass)
- Chad Channing (drums)

Craig Montgomery (sound engineer)

Frank Heath

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Doors: 22:00
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NIRVANA Showtime: …:…

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Novoselic - Yahoo, yahoo! There's guys ??? There's gonna, there's gonna be a lot of rock and roll
Cobain - Check, check. Hi. Ch-
School
Channing - Thanks! ???, man
Novoselic - Thanks a lot
Channing - Meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, wow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow. Yeah
Floyd The Barber
Channing - Thanks
Love Buzz
Channing - Thanks
Cobain - Thanks
Novoselic - Thanks a lot, we got a new record coming out in September. We'll play a few songs tonight, this next songs a new song
Dive
Channing - Thanks
Spank Thru
Channing - Thanks
Cobain - Thanks
Channing - Oooh. ???
Novoselic - New song
Breed
Channing - Thanks
Novoselic - You ever, drive through a lightning storm, thunderstorm, tune your AM radio to like, no channel? It's really far, it's, enhances everything. So does LSD, but it's nothing like LSD, you know what I mean? But is LSD like a AM radio with, tuned to no station? Cshhhh. Commercial, 'this is your brain', there's an egg and there's a frying pan. 'This is drugs, this is your brain on drugs'. 'Just say no', says whoever. We're too busy saying 'yeah!'. We're not NWA though
Channing - Broom, broom, broom
About A Girl
Channing - Thanks
Novoselic - Thanks a lot
Channing - ???
Novoselic - We have gremlins accompanying us all over the United States, fuck our shit up. Thanks a lot. We're, we're nothing you little fucker
Scoff
Channing - Thanks
Novoselic - Part of the program where we break things a lot. Is there anybody going to listen to my story? Do you wanna hear my story? Yeah, it's about, uh, fucked up equipment. See, there's this band, right, and they should take care of their stuff better. Maybe they shouldn't drive through heavy rain and have water every, over everything, or...
Channing - Yeah?
Novoselic - We used to take turtle wax and, uh, Armor All and, Armor All all our equipment, foam everything, put everything in, pads and stuff, and like I used to wear like, what, what are those things you wear, tuxedo? What are those things called? I used to wear a cumberbund so I wouldn't scratch the back of my guitar. It's no joke, there's people who do that, it's really weird. Yeah, right here, what would you call this? A cumber-garter, right? Yeah, we can pretend like it's a wedding or something and I can pull it off and whoever catches it is the next to get married, or the next one not to scratch their guitar, one of the two. Como? Or get laid, really? When's the last time since your last lay, brother? You don't have to admit that, this isn't Oprah Winfrey or something. On today's Oprah, or Sally, or, or, or what's that with the mo- Dolrado. Celibacy, can it work for you. Celibacy, it's kind of like, a monk thing. It's spiritual or cosmic. It's, and it's, it's a hell on bumpy roads
Channing - I'd love to do a shaving your head. La, la, la
Big Cheese
Channing - Thanks
Novoselic - Hey Tim, we need the drums turned up in the monitors, and vocals, por favor. For us, for us, please
In Bloom
Novoselic - What ??? we get?
Polly
Channing - Thanks
Novoselic - I keep like... move your hair like... oh I don't have any hair ??? You wanna beer?
Stain
Been A Son
Negative Creep
Blew

AUD #1 incomplete

Equipment:: Unknown > Unknown (micro-cassette)
Lowest Generation:: ANA(x) > MP3 [128kbps] > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:: 33:54 min / 6.5
Notes:: • Originally circulated in August 2016, upgrade circulated on May 10th, 2024.; • Missing "School', "Floyd The Barber", "Dive" and "Spank Thru".; • "Love Buzz" cuts in and cuts out, "Breed" cuts in, "About A Girl" cuts in, "Scoff" is cut within and "Polly" cuts in.; • Almost all between song banter is cut out.

SBD #1a incomplete

Equipment:: Soundboard > Unknown
Lowest Generation:: ANA(1) > CDR(1) > FLAC [January 2008]
Length / Sound Quality:: 45:55 min / 9.0
Notes:: • Circulated in January 2008.; • Circulated as ANA(M) > CDR(1) but the correct generation of this source is ANA(1) or ANA(2).; • The master tape is believed to be complete but was lost years ago.; • Has a minor cut between every song.; • It does also have some minor dropouts throughout the recording.; • "Stain" cuts out and "Been A Son", "Negative Creep" and "Blew" is missing.

SBD #1b incomplete

Equipment:: Soundboard > Unknown
Lowest Generation:: ANA(2) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:: 44:07 min / ?
Notes:: • Circulated in May 2022.; • The master tape is believed to be complete but was lost years ago.; • Does not have any of the cuts that are present on SBD #1a.; • The sound quality is a little deteriorated during "Polly".; • There's a dropout during "Polly" and the recording cuts out after the song finishes.

No Info

There were about 100 people at the show, according to the venue.
The band trashed an amplifier during their set.

Review from a US newspaper called "The Chapel Hill", published on May 10th, 1990.

LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology May 01, 1990 - Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC, US

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AUD #1 incomplete

SBD #1a incomplete

SBD #1b incomplete

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