LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology December 30, 1993 - Great Western Forum, Inglewood, CA, US

  • NIRVANA
    • Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
    • Krist Novoselic (bass)
    • Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals)
    • Pat Smear (guitar)
    • Lori Goldston (cello)
  • Bobcat Goldthwait (master of ceremonies)
  • 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)
  • Avalon Attractions / Goldenvoice Productions
    • Brian Murphy
    • Nick Masters
    • Danny O'Brien
    • Joe Barry
Load In
08:00
Soundcheck
15:30
Doors
18:00
Chokebore Showtime
20:00
Butthole Surfers Showtime
20:45
NIRVANA Showtime
21:45
  1. No Info
  1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
  2. Drain You
  3. Breed
  4. Serve The Servants
  5. Come As You Are
  6. Smells Like Teen Spirit
  7. Sliver
  8. Dumb
  9. In Bloom
  10. About A Girl
  11. Lithium
  12. Pennyroyal Tea
  13. School
  14. Polly acoustic
  15. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
  16. Rape Me
  17. Territorial Pissings
  18. ENCORE
  19. Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam acoustic Novoselic on accordian, Grohl on bass
  20. The Man Who Sold The World
  21. All Apologies
  22. On A Plain
  23. Heart-Shaped Box
  24. Blew
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.

No Info

  • According to a newspaper review, Nirvana played for a crowd of about 13,000.
  • 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".
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