Live Nirvana | Concert Chronology | 1993 | August 06, 1993 - King Performance Center (Mia Zapata Fund Benefit), Seattle, WA, US

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

Alex MacLeod (tour manager)
Earnie Bailey (guitar technician)

No Info

Load In: …:…
Soundcheck: …:…
Doors: 20:30
Hell's Smells Showtime: …:…
7 Year Bitch: CANCELLED
Kill Sybil: …:…
Voodoo Gearshift Showtime: …:…
TAD Showtime: …:…
NIRVANA Showtime: …:…

No Info

Novoselic - ??? we're gonna raise reward money
Cobain - For a detective. I think that's where the money is going to tonight. To hire a private detective, a PI
Voice - ???
Novoselic - ??? scrupulous characters hopefully s-, associate with other, like, opportunistic, unscrupulous characters and turn the motherfucker in. ???
Cobain - We're gonna play some new songs tonight
Scentless Apprentice false start
Cobain - Who starts this one? You? You start it?
Scentless Apprentice
Novoselic - Okay, friends, here's an old one
School false start
School
Grohl - Here's a new song
Milk It
Grohl - Thanks
Drain You
Grohl - ???
Aneurysm
Heart-Shaped Box
Cobain - Their back on style
Grohl - Can someone open a window, please?
Cobain - Remember parachute pants?
Novoselic - Remember The Safety Dance?
The Safety Dance jam
Cobain - Oh, Krist! ??? the Led Zeppelin song we're going to play?
No Quarter
Seasons In The Sun Grohl briefly on vocals
Pennyroyal Tea
unknown song

AUD CLIP #1a incomplete

Equipment:: Unknown > Unknown
Lowest Generation:: Unknown > MP3
Length / Sound Quality:: 50 sec / 7.5
Notes:: • Features a jam on the "Men Without Hats" song "Safety Dance" and some band banter about playing a Led Zeppelin song.; • This clip surfaced on a shop-bought bootleg cassette of 09/01/91.; • The master is believed to be complete.

AUD CLIP #1b incomplete

Equipment:: Unknown > Unknown
Lowest Generation:: Unknown > MP3
Length / Sound Quality:: 15 sec / 7.5
Notes:: • Features a tiny portion of "Seasons In The Sun".; • This clip was posted anonymously on the internet and we suspect that both clips are from the same, unsurfaced source.; • The master is believed to be complete.

AMT #1 incomplete

Equipment:: Unknown > Unknown
Lowest Generation:: 8MM(M) > VHS(1) > YouTube
Length / Sound Quality:: 19:38 min / ?
Notes:: • Posted on YouTube on August 6th, 2023.; • Shot in front of the stage.; • Includes "Scentless Apprentice", "School", "Milk It" (video glitch within, but no video lost), "Drain You" (cut within), "Aneurysm" (cuts out), "No Quarter" (cuts in, cut within, and cuts out), and "Seasons In The Sun" (cuts in, cut within, and cuts out) only.; • The master of this tape was reportedly sent to MTV.; • This is believed to be all that was recorded because the taper's camera battery died.

AUD #2

It is rumored that the show was recorded in DAT.

SBD #1

It was once rumored that this show was going to be released on an unofficial CD, but it never happened.

AMT #2

It is rumored that the show was recorded.

AMT #3

It is rumored that the show was recorded.

The band played this show as an unannounced "special guest".
This was the band's last show as a trio.
Dave Grohl played on TAD's drum kit.
The band jammed on "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats.
During "Seasons In The Sun", the band ended the song by playing it in fast, "punk" way, with Dave on vocals.
According to some attendees, the unknown song played at the end of the show is the same unknown song that was played at the end of 11/12/93 and 12/29/93 show.
Since the show was running late, Krist had to use Kurt Danielson from Tad's bass rig. There was no time to move the bass rig to Krist's side of the stage, so Kurt's rig was set up on Krist's usual side. When Kurt was handed his guitar and told that they would have to play on opposite sides of the stage, he expressed concern and said they had never played that way before (although they did on at least 08/24/91). With the exception of Saturday Night Live, Kurt and Krist maintained their new sides of the stage at all future shows.