LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology December 30, 1993 - Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA, US
Artist
- NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
- Krist Novoselic (bass)
- Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals)
- Pat Smear (guitar)
- Lori Goldston (cello)
- Bobcat Goldthwait (master of ceremonies)
Crew
- 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)
- Earnie Bailey (guitar technician)
- Mike Dalke (drum technician)
- Ed Swink (stage manager)
- Allan Bagley (Pro Show sound crew)
- Tom Pfaeffle (Pro Show sound crew)
- Niko Vonk (Pro Show sound crew)
- Mike Lamb (LSD lighting crew)
- Pat Connolly (LSD lighting crew)
- Gary Vaspol (LSD lighting crew)
Buyer
- Avalon Attractions / Goldenvoice Productions
- Brian Murphy
- Nick Masters
- Danny O'Brien
- Joe Barry
Schedule
- Load In
- 08:00
- Soundcheck
- 15:30
- Doors
- 18:00
- Chokebore Showtime
- 20:00
- Butthole Surfers Showtime
- 20:45
- NIRVANA Showtime
- 21:45
Soundcheck
- No Info
Set
- Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
- Drain You
- Breed
- Serve The Servants
- Come As You Are
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Sliver
- Dumb
- In Bloom
- About A Girl
- Lithium
- Pennyroyal Tea
- School
- Polly acoustic
- Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
- Rape Me
- Territorial Pissings
- ENCORE
- Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam acoustic Novoselic on accordian, Grohl on bass
- The Man Who Sold The World
- All Apologies
- On A Plain
- Heart-Shaped Box
- Blew
Set Range
Circulating Recordings
AUD #1
- Equipment:
- Sonic Studios DSM-6 > Sony TCD-D7
- Lowest Generation:
- DAT(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 96:52 min / 7.5
- Notes:
- • The taper forgot to use his attenuator so the microphones overloaded causing distortion.
AUD #2 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Sony PC-62 > Sony WM-D3
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(M) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 99:14 min / 8.0
- Notes:
- • In February 2015 the master tape was circulated.
- • "Pennyroyal Tea" cuts in due to a tape flip and the recording cuts off during "Blew" due to a tape swap.
AUD #3
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(2) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 92:45 min / 8.5
- Notes:
- • Circulated in January 2011.
SBD #1 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official CD [From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 4:41 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Includes only "Heart-Shaped Box".
SBD #2 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Unofficial CD [Outcesticide 2022] > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 3:44 min / ?
- Notes:
- • Surfaced in February 2022 via the "Outcesticide 2022" bootleg CD.
- • Includes "The Man Who Sold The World" only.
SBD #3
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official CD [In Utero - 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 93:40 min / ?
- Notes:
- • Remixed using AI stems by Jack Endino in 2023.
AMT #1
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- VHS(1) > DVDR/FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 98:24 min / 8.0
- Notes:
- • Amateur video, shot from a slightly elevated position from the centre of the audience, fairly far back.
- • The VHS(1) used for both audio and video transfer has a few small dropouts throughout the show.
AMT #2a incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- VHS(1) > DVDR/CDR
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 70:13 min / 8.5
- Notes:
- • Surfaced in November 2002.
- • Missing "Polly" and everything after "On A Plain.
- • Has cuts in the intro, "Dumb", "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle", "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam", and "On A Plain".
- • The first 50 minutes is shot from the back and middle-back of the venue. The remaining 20 minutes is shot from Cobain's side of the stage (and is mostly unobstructed).
- • The circulating video likely includes all that was recorded because the taper's batteries died.
- • A clip without audio has been broadcast on the VH1 special The Rise and Fall of Kurt Cobain.
AMT #2b incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- MASTER > YouTube
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 15:01 min / ?
- Notes:
- • Shot by Dave Markey, sourced from a video uploaded on YouTube on December 2013.
- • Includes only "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam" (cut within), "The Man Who Sold The World", "All Apologies" and "On A Plain" (cuts out) only.
- • "On A Plain" cuts out earlier on this source compared to AMT #1a.
- • The picture quality suffers from YouTube's compression but the audio is clearer than AMT #2a.
Uncirculated Recordings
No Info
Notes
- According to a newspaper review, Nirvana played for a crowd of about 13,000. It was also a sold out crowd (of 13,186 people), according to Pollstar magazine.
- During the end-of-show destruction, Kurt used one of the angel's arms to play his guitar at one point. He then left the stage and returned with a drill, which he drove into his guitar before picking it up and spinning it over his head. Meanwhile, Krist started singing The Kinks' "You Really Got Me".
Press Reviews
- Review from a US newspaper called the "Rutland Daily Herald", published on January 4th, 1994.
- Review from a US newspaper called "The Los Angeles Times", published on January 1st, 1994.
- Review from a US newspaper called "News Pilot", published on January 1st, 1994.
Memorabilia
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