Live Nirvana | Concert Chronology | 1993 | November 05, 1993 - Alumni Arena, University at Buffalo, Amherst, NY, US

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NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
- Krist Novoselic (bass)
- Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals)
- Pat Smear (guitar)
- Lori Goldston (cello)
John Duncan (guitar)
Seiichi Yamamoto (guitar)
Yamatsuka Eye (guitar)
Yoshimi P-WE (trumpet)

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)

Kathleen Duffy

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

Yamamoto - ??? ???
Voice - So, do you know which song he's going to do?
Novoselic - What song do you want to do Yamamoto?
Voice - ???
Yamamoto - ???
Voice - Which song do you-, is up to you
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter Duncan on guitar and Yamamoto on guitar

Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Drain You
Breed
Grohl - Thanks
Serve The Servants
Novoselic - ??? I'm gonna-, the security people pull people out of the audience, just seems to me like it's just making more of a problem, you know? Just... they're gonna writhe around like, uh, goldfish in a sea anemone kinda... don't flip me off! C'mon, well, no, fuck you, what's that. I haven't been in a fight since the fifth grade. I'm a lover not a fighter
Cobain - Hey Krist, every crumb for himself. I said every crumb for himself
About A Girl
Novoselic - My loyal friend, Kurt Cobain
Heart-Shaped Box
Novoselic - Nice to be here within the walls of knowledge, whenever my ??? at college
Sliver
Dumb
Novoselic - I remember ??? mac and cheese. ???
In Bloom part of
Cobain - Hey, you guys in yellow, just get out of here. This is ridiculous, you're completely fucking up everybodies enjoyment right at the front by standing up and hauling them over by their necks. There's nothing they can do about it! It-, it's not their fault. They're not trying to come up here, you're pulling them over. Listen, it's just...
Novoselic - I'd like to introduce a very special guest, Gerry Garcia!
Grohl - Where's my insulin?
Novoselic - Ladies and Gentlemen, Grace Slick. Afron Zephelis Junior
Cobain - Okay, from now on, if you're injured or hurt, just try to get up on top of people and and, and um, swim your way to the security people, but from now on no one gets on top of everybodies shoulders and swims around if you're not hurt, because they think that's a sign of distress and it's just fucking up the whole show, it's just really dumb. It's not that much fun anyhow
Novoselic - It's passe anyhow
Cobain - Yeah, don't you know what's in, what's hot and what's not?
Novoselic - Last year, it's last year
Cobain - It's just... do it somewhere else, they're just gonna pull you over after a while and everyone is gonna get mad and start punching each other and it's just stupid, alright? And if you don't like it, go the fuck home, we got your money
Come As You Are
Lithium
Pennyroyal Tea
School
Polly acoustic
Novoselic - Ladies and gentlemen, Ringo Starr
Cobain - ??? another ???
Milk It
Rape Me
Territorial Pissings
Novoselic - Never been to Buffalo before
All Apologies
ENCORE
Grohl - Hey, Krist!
Novoselic - Where's ???
Grohl - Krist, Krist!
Blew
On A Plain
Smells Like Teen Spirit jam Yamatsuka Eye on vocals, Yoshimi P-WE on trumpet, Novoselic on accordion
Novoselic - ???

AUD #1

Equipment:: Unknown > Unknown
Lowest Generation:: ANA(x) > DAT(x) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:: 90 min / 7.0
Notes:: • In June 2016 an unknown generation tape was circuladed. Although it is unknown generation, it's lower than previous "ANA(2)" versions.; • Those were 2nd generation cassette copies of this DAT, processed with studio EQ and effects at the DAT to cassette dubbing stage.; • There are short dropouts during "In Bloom" and just before "Blew".

AMT CLIP #1 incomplete

Equipment:: Unknown > Unknown
Lowest Generation:: TV > VHS(x)
Length / Sound Quality:: 44 sec / ??
Notes:: • Broadcasted in the Japanese TV documentary Music For Psychological Liberation.; • Short clip of "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" from the soundcheck and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" jam.; • Not circulating widely.

SBD #1

It is rumored that the show was recorded.

AMT #2

It is rumored that the show was recorded.

AMT #3

It is rumored that the show was recorded.

According to a newspaper review, Nirvana played for a crowd of about 7,500.
During the soundcheck, Krist, Pat, "Big" John Duncan, and the Boredoms' Yamamoto Seiichi jammed on "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter."
Kurt stopped "In Bloom" to yell at the security staff for being rough with people in the front of the crowd.
Joined by the Boredoms, the Meat Puppets, and Cali DeWitt, the band jammed on "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at the end of the show, featuring horns and the Boredoms' Yamatsuka Eye on vocals.