Live Nirvana | Concert Chronology | 1993 | October 31, 1993 - James A. Rhodes Arena, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, US

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

Load In: 09:00
Soundcheck: 15:30
Doors: 18:30
Boredoms Showtime: 19:30
Meat Puppets Showtime: 20:15
NIRVANA Showtime: 21:15

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noise jam
Novoselic - ??? Slash
Sweet Child O' Mine jam
Cobain - ??? I challenge you to a guitar solo duel... to the death!
jam
Novoselic - Barney and Slash. Does anybody get my joke? I'm-, I'm-, I'm supposed to be the opposite of Ted Danson. Yeah
Grohl - Thank you, goodnight
Novoselic - And, and, uh, the-, somebody said that PC on my forehead meant personal computer, but it means politically correct. I recycled before there was curb side recycling! I went to better ???
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Novoselic - What are you waiting for? Put it on your head
Drain You
Grohl - Hey Jeff, where are those fucking scissors you promised me, guy
Novoselic - Ooh, that's scary, ooh, ooh, that's scary. That's pathetic, pathetic! We told you once, we told you a thousand times, to keep that shit in the dressing room! Sick! All that progress we made down the drain
Breed
Cobain - This song is off of our first record, it's called Bleach, and if you don't have it, you should buy it
About A Girl
Novoselic - This is like, uh, iced tea. If you-, if I was to give you a sip sometime, you'd throw it back and smash me in the head, and kill me here. That would be-, that would be an exciting Halloween prank. Real blood and guts, forget Friday the 13th and Freddy Kreugger. You wanna say something?
Voice - Fuck you!
Novoselic - Well, that's uh... I don't appreciate that language either. Don't you know who I am? I'm Andy Kaufman
Cobain - Would anybody like to claim this shoe?
Novoselic - Oh, that's right!
Cobain - Let me see your other shoe to prove that you are the owner, and then you can have it back. You'll take it?
Novoselic - No, this is an amputee convention, Kurt
Cobain - Let me see you other foot, to see if it's the same shoe
Novoselic - Beat him, beat him. Hit him, Kurt, hit him. Amputee porno, maybe that's it for the 90's, Kurt's giving uh... a brotherly lecture to this kid about throwing things on stage and listen I know you here to have a good time, but come on man, give me a break. Did you lecture him, Kurt?
Cobain - No, apparently he wasn't the one who threw it, he lost it and then some other asshole threw it. So now, I have to buy him a new pair of shoes. And the asshole who threw it is smiling away you know I'm sure, right there
Heart-Shaped Box
Novoselic - This is a nice sized hall, it's a really nice size. You're good people, come to my house anytime. Mi caso, tu caso. I live in a shanty shack underneath a bridge
Sliver
Grohl - ???
Novoselic - Ooh, that's scary, ooh
Grohl - Woooo ???
Cobain - This is the ghost of Henny Youngman, he's playing cello for us this evening. How many of you people saw Devo? Right, I'm sure you did
Grohl - Right, right
Dumb
Grohl - Aww, no, no, no. This song's called In Bloom
In Bloom
Come As You Are
Novoselic - So Halloween's supposed to be a Satanic holiday, little kids in Batman masks who are worshipping the devil. Little kids in Barney masks
Lithium
Novoselic - ??? SweeTart is like a Satanic communion wafer. So everytime you pick those things up, uh, ???. ??? laced with cocaine. Well, there is an epidemic. William Bennett was right. Where would you be today without him, Kurt?
Cobain - I would be a lot smarter, I think
jam bass jam
Novoselic - That's a Screaming Trees song. Okay
jam bass jam
Grohl - Right, it's just like a Grateful Dead concert
Pennyroyal Tea
School
Novoselic - You're all so kind
Cobain - [coughs directly into the mic]
Polly acoustic
Novoselic - Uh, grunge. Our genre is grunge
Milk It
Novoselic - Those are pretty little angel wings, Kurt. ??? like that. Those are pretty angel wings, ???. Put ??? back. All I can say is my life is pretty plain
Cobain - The Bugaloos, The Bugaloos
Novoselic - ???
Cobain - We're in the air and everywhere
Novoselic - What about ???
Cobain - Flyin' high, flyin' free, flyin' free as a summer breeze
Novoselic - Ba ba ba da ba. Think you're Redd Kross or something?
Cobain - No, it's another band. It's like, Charisma or...?
Grohl - Jellyfish?
Cobain - Jellyfish!
Rape Me
Territorial Pissings
Novoselic - This synonymous on MTV. This is the theme song to our infomercial
Cobain - Krist, John just called you a bastard! Yeah!
All Apologies
Cobain - Thanks, goodnight
ENCORE
Cobain - Arooo, arooo, aroo
Novoselic - Thanks a lot
Cobain - It starts off with that ???. This song was written by The Vaselines, well, not kind-, not exactly, they car-, covered an older song. But they made it a lot better! One, two, three, four
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam acoustic Novoselic on accordion, Grohl on bass
Cobain - Okay. Hey, let's play Dive, Krist. ???
Dive guitar line
Grohl - Hey, check the E
Dive guitar line
Dive
Cobain - What?
On A Plain
Novoselic - You gotta tune these things. Some bands have people that do them for them, we're too cheap
Cobain - [coughs into the mic] Thanks for coming, goodnight
Grohl - Happy Halloween
Serve The Servants
Novoselic - See you all later

AUD #1

Equipment:: Unknown > Unknown
Lowest Generation:: ANA(M) > CDR(1) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:: 93 min / 8.5
Notes:: • Surfaced in February 2001.; • Unfortunately many copies of this source have burning errors such as clicks between the tracks and skips.

AUD #2

Equipment:: Built In > Unknown
Lowest Generation:: ANA(M) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:: 99 min / 6.0
Notes:: • In February 2011 the master tape was circulated.; • "Come As You Are" cuts in.

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The show started with an improvisional intro with the band members in costume for Halloween. Kurt was Barney (with a bottle of Jack Daniel's in his hand, which he apparently chugged through the mask's mesh mouth and the tail tied between the leg), Pat was Slash, Dave was a mummy, and Krist was a white-faced "reverse Ted Danson" with "P.C." on his forehead for "Politically Correct." (The actor Ted Danson had recently been ridiculed for making a public appearance in black-face with his girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg.) At some point, Kurt changed his costume and came back to the stage with fairy wings and a big black moustache drawn on his face.
After "About A Girl", someone in the audience threw a shoe at Kurt. Kurt took the shoe, urinated in it, and then asked who the shoe belonged to. The shoe’s owner replied that it was thrown onstage by someone else. Kurt apologized and said he would have to buy the person a new pair of shoes.