Live Nirvana | Concert Chronology | 1993 | October 30, 1993

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NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar, drums)
- Krist Novoselic (bass)
- Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals, guitar)
- Pat Smear (guitar)
- Lori Goldston (cello)

Alex MacLeod (tour manager)
Jeff Mason (production manager)
Kelly Nase (tour accountant)
Susanne Sasic (lighting designer)
Craig Overbay (sound engineer)
Ian Beveridge (monitor engineer)
Jim Vincent (guitar technician)
John Duncan (guitar technician)
Mike Dalke (drum technician)
Ed Swink (stage manager)
Dave Stevens (Pro Show sound crew)
Allan Bagley (Pro Show sound crew)
Tom Pfaeffle (Pro Show sound crew)
Spike Brant (LSD lighting crew)
Mike Lamb (LSD lighting crew)
Pat Connolly (LSD lighting crew)
Gary Vaspol (LSD lighting crew)

Belkin Productions
- Michael Belkin
- Steve Liberators

Load In: 09:00
Soundcheck: 15:30
Doors: 18:30
Boredoms Showtime: 20:00
Meat Puppets Showtime: 20:45
NIRVANA Showtime: 21:45

note Cobain on drums, Grohl on guitar.

Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Cobain - Chad, where the hell are you?
Grohl - Hey, hey
Cobain - We really want you to come up here, so try to make it over. I dunno whether you want me to come up on this side or that side, I don't remember, but try to come over okay?
Drain You
Breed
Serve The Servants
Cobain - This is our-, this is a song off our first record, that Chad Channing was on and he wanted to come up and see us
About A Girl
Grohl - C'mon Chad, don't be shy
Novoselic - Thanks a lot. It's a nice place, nice crowd, nice furniture, nice decorations, nice floral motif with touches of powder blue. Basket full of pot pouri
Heart-Shaped Box
Sliver
Dumb
Cobain - Chad
Grohl - Chad, dude get up here because, Golly. I don't even know you and I want you to come up here! In Bloom?
In Bloom
Come As You Are
Lithium
Novoselic - Was that Michel Angelo's creation with God? Michel Angelo's creation?
Pennyroyal Tea
Grohl - Chad?
Novoselic - Okay
Cobain - Okay
Novoselic - Chad, we're gonna force you to coming right up now, playing a song with us
Grohl - Chad
Novoselic - So come up now
Cobain - We're not playing until you come up here
Audience - Chad, Chad, Chad, Chad!
Cobain - Can I have a cigarette?
Audience - Chad, Chad, Chad, Chad!
Cobain - You'd better do it louder he might have his earplugs in
Grohl - I'm not playing this next song, Chad is and, and-, so he'd better get up here. Hey Susanne, turn on the house lights, so that we can spot him? House lights?
Cobain - Yeah, Susanne, turn on the house lights
Down On The Street jam
Novoselic - We sure know how to keep a show rolling! Excitement around every turn, it's like a rollercoaster, it's a funhouse, funhouse
Rape Me
Cobain - Let's do Polly now
Polly acoustic
Cobain - Let's do uh, Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam. This is a song that was written by The Vaselines, they're from Scotland
Novoselic - A jumper
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam acoustic Novoselic on accordion, Grohl on bass
Cobain - Thanks
Grohl - What are we doing?
Cobain - What?
Novoselic - Last-, first couple of times we went to um, Ventura, Ohio, we've always had weird experiences, like getting our windows bashed out of our van and stuff. What is it, what is it with Ohio? Does Ohio rock? Laser beam, are you gonna try and damage our corneas or something? My laser beam or is that a metaphor for a penis? Like this is some kind of presentation and you're gonna point out things, you know?
Grohl - Or us
Novoselic - Or a scope, that's a pistol, he's gotta gun! Gun is another metaphor for penis
Milk It
Territorial Pissings
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Novoselic - Chewing gum's the worst
All Apologies
Cobain - Thank you
ENCORE
Novoselic - Thanks a lot
Cobain - Hey Chad, we're really sorry if we freaked you out or embarrassed you or anything, we'd really like you to come backstage and say 'Hi' to us after the show, but we'd really like you to play a song, we'd like you to play School with us, if you could? It's probably the last song so... if you have enough time to get up here, we'd really appreciate it
On A Plain
Scentless Apprentice
Blew
Cobain - Thank you
Novoselic - Thanks a lot
Cobain - This song's off our first album, it's dedicated to Chad
School
Cobain - Thank you
Novoselic - Drive careful on the snow and ice

AUD #1

Equipment:: Sony ECM-909 > Sony WM-D6C
Lowest Generation:: ANA(M) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:: 98 min / 8.5
Notes:: • The master tape was transferred in January 2007.

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During the soundcheck Kurt played drums and Dave played guitar.
Nirvana played to a crowd of about 6,000, according to a review.
The band thought that Chad Channing was in the audience and tried to coax him into coming up onstage and playing.
After "Pennyroyal Tea," the show was stopped, and Krist and Kurt jammed on "Down On The Street" by The Stooges while waiting for Chad to come up and play "School." Chad didn't come up, so they skipped "School," ultimately playing it at the end of the show without him.
As it turns out, Chad wasn't even at the show.

Review from a USA newspaper called "Dayton Daily News", published on November 2nd, 1993.

LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology October 30, 1993 - Hara Arena, Dayton, OH, US

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