LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology July 23, 1993 - Roseland Ballroom (New Music Seminar), New York, NY, US
Artist
- NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
- Krist Novoselic (bass)
- Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals)
- John Duncan (guitar)
- Lori Goldston (cello)
Crew
- Alex MacLeod (tour manager)
- Jeff Mason (production manager)
- Craig Overbay (sound engineer)
- Ian Beveridge (monitor engineer)
- Earnie Bailey (guitar technician)
- Barrett Jones (drum technician)
Buyer
- No Info
Schedule
- Load In
- …:…
- Soundcheck
- …:…
- Doors
- 20:00
- Jesus Lizard Showtime
- …:…
- NIRVANA Showtime
- …:…
Soundcheck
- No Info
Set
- Serve The Servants
- Scentless Apprentice
- School
- Breed
- Lithium
- Come As You Are
- Milk It
- Drain You Duncan on second guitar
- tourette's Duncan on second guitar
- Aneurysm Duncan on second guitar
- Very Ape Duncan on second guitar
- Blew
- Heart-Shaped Box
- Rape Me
- Territorial Pissings
- All Apologies
- Polly acoustic
- Dumb acoustic
- Something In The Way acoustic
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night? acoustic
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Endless, Nameless
Set Range
Circulating Recordings
AUD #1
- Equipment:
- Olympus ME-1S > Sony TCD-D7
- Lowest Generation:
- DAT(M) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 95 min / 8.0
- Notes:
- • Commonly mislabeled as "Sonic Studios DSM-6S > Sony TCD-D7".
- • It's uncertain if a real "Sonic Studios DSM-6S > Sony TCD-D7" recording of this show exists.
AUD #2
- Equipment:
- Core Sound Binaural > Sony TCD-D7
- Lowest Generation:
- DAT(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 98 min / 7.5
- Notes:
- • Has several volume drops during "Dumb" (taper adjusting recording levels).
AUD #3
- Equipment:
- Sonic Studios DSM-13 > Sony TCD-D3
- Lowest Generation:
- DAT(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 90 min / 7.0
- Notes:
- • In April 2007 a DAT(1) of this source was circulated.
- • This source was recorded from the mosh pit.
AUD #4 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Unofficial CD [I Hate Myself And I Want To Die]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 74 min / 9.0
- Notes:
- • Missing most of "Aneurysm", all of "Blew" and "Territorial Pissings".
- • The order of "Something In The Way" and "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" is swapped on the unofficial CD.
SBD #1 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Sony TCD-D3
- Lowest Generation:
- DAT(2) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 44 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Missing everything before "Scentless Apprentice", which cuts in, and everything after "Rape Me", which cuts out.
- • It is rumoured that this soundboard recording was made by stealth (without permission) and the circulating audio includes all that was recorded because the taper's batteries died.
PRO #1 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- VHS(x) > Youtube
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 13:30 min / ??
- Notes:
- • Video surfaced online January 2020.
- • Single camera PRO-shot video, shot from the back, with open mic audio.
- • The original audio of this source was highly distorted and was replaced with AUD #4.
- • Includes only "Breed" (cuts in), "Lithium", "Come As You Are" "Milk It" and "Drain You" (cuts in, cut and cuts out).
- • MTV also recorded part of "School", which was featured in MTV’s Tribute to NIRVANA (mislabeled as “Scentless Apprentice”) and first aired in 1994, but such footage is missing from this source.
PRO CLIP #1 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- TV > VHS(1) > DVDR
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 01 min / 9.5
- Notes:
- • Single camera PRO-shot video, shot from the back, with soundboard audio and extra ambiance.
- • Brodcast on The Week In Rock on October 2, 1993.
- • Feature clips of "Milk It" (audio and video), "School" (video) and "Come As You Are" (audio) only.
- • Has an interview over the audio.
Uncirculated Recordings
No Info
Notes
- Kurt overdosed on heroin minutes before the show, but was revived and able to play.
- This was the first show with Lori Goldston on cello.
- This was the only show with "Big" John Duncan on second guitar. He played on "Drain You," "tourette's," "Aneurysm," and "Very Ape."
Press Reviews
- Review from a UK magazine called "Melody Maker", published on July 31st, 1993.
- Review from a UK magazine called "New Music Express (NME)", published on July 31st, 1993.
- Review from a UK magazine called "New Music Express (NME)", published on August 7th, 1993.
- Review from a German magazine called "Metal Hammer", published in September 1993.
- Review from a German magazine called "Musik Express", published in September 1993.
- Review from a US newspaper called the "New York Times", published on July 26th, 1993.
- Review from a US newspaper called the "Pittsburg Post-Gazette", published on July 30th, 1993.
- Review from a US newspaper called "Newsday", published on July 26th, 1993.