Live Nirvana | Concert Chronology | 1991 | October 25, 1991 - The Palace (Rock for Choice Benefit), Hollywood, CA, US

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NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
- Krist Novoselic (bass)
- Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals)

Monty Lee Wilkes (tour manager)
Craig Montgomery (sound engineer)
Myles Kennedy (monitor engineer & drum technician)
Nic Close (guitar technician)

Goldenvoice Productions
- Paul Tollett

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MC - Thanks for coming. Just sos you know, uh, all of your hard earned, greasy greenbacks are going to support the uh, Fund for the Feminist Majority. So, they're going to be fighting to keep abortion legal, and they're going to be fighting to get more women into administration, and go out and register to vote. Let's get the sack of lion shit pushed out of the office. Here's Nirvana
Grohl - Hi
Cobain - Keep your fuckin' laws off my sister's body
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
Aneurysm
Grohl - ???
Drain You
School
Floyd The Barber
Novoselic - Thanks a lot. Thanks for-, thanks for coming. As you know, this is no ordinary show. It's a show to help keep abortion legal and one of the reasons why the abortion issue is just the tip of the iceberg, it's a big issue, is because it seems like the government of the United States is into control. They wanna control abortion, they wanna control marijuana laws, they wanna control your privacy, and it is wrong. Do you have all of these yellow-ribbon, flag-waving, TV-watching idiots saying America is number 1, but listen to this. In education, America is number 16, 17, we're way down the ladder, right? So, what they're saying is more control and less education and that's a recipe for disaster, because the, the less there are free thinking, informed people, the more they can oppose their greedy, materialistic, back-scratching favor-type corrupt government prophecists to screw up the whole planet, not this country, and that's why you have to stand up on this issue and it doesn't matter if, if you think abortion is wrong, don't have one, because, you know, we're not gonna come into your church and say, you know, do this or that, that's not right, you know? Whatever you believe and it's a woman's issue too, because it's a woman's body, so I'm saying be educated and think about the issue and be educated in general, because that's what the United States needs and smash your TV set, because that's the opiate
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Grohl - So, there's a show tomorrow night at Jabberjaw uh, Melvins are playing with Wool and Spoon and you guys should go. It's at 9:30 and uh, it should prove to be the best show you'll ever seen in your life
About A Girl
Polly
Breed
Grohl - Woah, what?
Novoselic - ??? jumping around up here, right, and this whole stage is like black rubber, and I'm playing barefoot and the lights are cooking that rubber, I mean, tootsies are baking, ooooh! Is that doctor reputable?
Sliver
Love Buzz
Lithium guitar line
Lithium
Novoselic - Thanks a lot. We're gonna do Been A Son, right?
Cobain - Sure
Grohl - This song's called Been A Son
Been A Son
On A Plain
Grohl - Thank you
Novoselic - This song's for William Rehnquist
Negative Creep
Novoselic - Okay, I usually you don't get this political at shows, but tonight's a special event. Remember, this is, everybody paid money here to help keep abortion legal, like what I was talking about earlier. It's the tip of the iceberg, but remember, it was last November there was a coup in Russia, right? And all this capitalist circus was saying, 'hey, it's a triumph of capitalism over communism' and to a little degree that's true, but what it was about, it was about human spirit against totalitarianism and Stalinism and people made a difference. So, don't get whitewashed about this communism's a failure, saying, you know that's debatable, but that was a police state and the United States is getting that way. So, we gotta fight back while we still have a chance
Blew
Novoselic - Thanks a lot, you guys were totally great and remember stay educated and uh, revolution wasn't last November, but a few months ago, people power, show the man
Voice - [tongue clicking] hey, uh. Hey, kiddies, don't go... Nirvana posters, ten bucks, signed, in the lobby, buy now
ENCORE
Novoselic - ...humerous. You're all too kind. I feel like Jello Biafra, but he has a lot to say too, so you knowm he's probably more qualified than I am, but you know, just don't read uh, USA Today or Time or Newsweek and all that propaganda rags and you might, like, steer clear of all the distortion. What was that? It was a middle finger then peace, so what, what, translate that. What's that?
Voice - Nirvana fucking rip!
Novoselic - Wait, no, this person has something to say, give him a chance
Voice - Come on dude, go
Voice - fucking don't, don't ignore the papers man, just read them but fuckin' have your own opinion, you know and fuckin keep playin' the tunes, dude
Novoselic - I don't know, you know, I'm not responsible for bombing 150,000 people in Iraq in January, it's the truth. Go ahead and break my heart like everybody with a yellow ribbon did
Rape Me
Novoselic - Thanks a lot, call me Jello Biafra or call me Lenny Bruce or call me whoever edits the National Review, but all I gotta say is this...
Territorial Pissings
Novoselic - See you Sunday

AUD #1

Equipment:: Unknown > Unknown
Lowest Generation:: ANA(M) > DAT(2) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:: 64 min / 8.0
Notes:: • A new transfer was circulated in May 2007, replacing the old transfer which contains many pops throughout the recording.; • Missing the host's introduction and there is a cut in "Love Buzz", "Been A Son" cuts out and "On A Plain" cuts in.; • Some between-song banter is also missing.

AUD #2

Equipment:: Sony PC-62 > Sony WM-D3
Lowest Generation:: ANA(1) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:: 63 min / 9.0
Notes:: • Surfaced in June 2005.; • There is some static on the first few songs and "On A Plain" is cut (due to tape flip).; • 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.

SBD #1

Equipment:: Soundboard > Sony TCD-D3
Lowest Generation:: DAT(M) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:: 66 min / 9.5
Notes:: • A transfer of the master tape was circulated in November 2006.

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Krist ranted about politics throughout the show.

Review from a USA newspaper called the "Los Angeles Times", published on October 28th, 1991.

LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology October 25, 1991 - The Palace (Rock for Choice Benefit), Hollywood, CA, US

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