Live Nirvana | Concert Chronology | 1990 | September 22, 1990 - Motor Sports International Garage, Seattle, WA, US

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NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
- Krist Novoselic (bass)
- Dan Peters (drums)

Craig Montgomery (sound engineer)

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Cobain - Good morning breakfast lovers
Stay Away
Blew
Been A Son
Negative Creep
Floyd The Barber
About A Girl
School
Novoselic - Whatever you do, don't smoke
Love Buzz
Novoselic - Thanks a lot, here's a new song. Here's a new song for the people, for the people to enjoy. I hope you all sincerely, like the song, it is-, you are very wonderful pe-, people
Breed part of
Novoselic - Please, please, there are, there are some people in the back, you know, maybe they wanna, like, just kinda watch a show. 'Cause things are getting unplugged. Fek, fek. I'm gonna tell ya how it is. They killed him dead, man
Cobain - Hey
Voice - Tell them quit, make all stage divers quit
Cobain - Oh, you can't make 'em do that. I just wanna kiss and hug everyone of ya
Voice - Just let 'em ???
Cobain - Okay
Novoselic - Ready? In Bloom?
In Bloom
Novoselic - Thanks a lot
Montgomery - Hey Kurt. Kurt, this is Craig, the disembodied voice, could you take some of the uh, ultra-high squeal off, please?
Voice - Ultra-high squeal
Cobain - Off what?
Montgomery - Off the guitar
Cobain - Okay
Voice - Danny
Novoselic - Can I have some stage lights, please?
Sweet Home Alabama guitar line
Scoff
Novoselic - Is the sound okay Craig? Cool. Can I have some stage lights?
Spank Thru
Voice - ???
Cobain - Sir? Sir? Could you, could you stand right here? Yeah right there, thank you. Okay, this song is gonna be on our new single, on Sub Pop, it'll be out really soon
Sliver
Dive
Cobain - Goodnight
Novoselic - Life sometimes is like a rollercoaster ride. Sometimes is little good, sometimes is real bad, but you don't let that get you down, no way senor Peter. When I'm at the pearly gates and I see you up above that judges stand, I will say 'I gave that bum a nickel, a nickel I did not have', and I will be spared from purgatory and many, many different punishments. I will not be placed in limbo, because when you are in limbo, there will be a big rug that you must dance to the Chubby Checker songs and it is hell
Paper Cuts bass line
jam

AUD #1

Equipment:: Built In > JVC
Lowest Generation:: ANA(1) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:: 50 min / 9.0
Notes:: • Circulated in April 2017.; • Cut in "About A Girl" and after "Sliver".

AMT #1a incomplete

Equipment:: Unknown > Unknown
Lowest Generation:: Official DVD [With The Lights Out]
Length / Sound Quality:: 10 min / 8.0
Notes:: • Includes only "School" and the end-of-show jam.

AMT #1b

Equipment:: Unknown > Unknown
Lowest Generation:: VHS(1) > MKV
Length / Sound Quality:: 51 min / 7.5
Notes:: • Circulated in April 2018.

AMT #2 Incomplete

A clip, Super 8, of the end-of-show jam from a different angle appears in the edited 03/20/90 "Lithium" music video.

AUD #2

It is rumored that the show was recorded.

AUD #3

The taper lost the tape many years ago and doesn't remember making any copies.

SBD #1

It is rumored that the show was recorded.

This was the only show with Dan Peters on drums.
Dave Grohl was in the audience.
At the end of the concert Kurt Cobain smashed his Aria Pro II beyond repair.
Some sources report more songs were played, but this seems unlikely. Cobain can be seen in AMT #1 smashing his kit at the end of the show.
The band aborted "Breed" at the bridge of the song.