AUDIO
VIDEO
01/06/90 (Saturday) - HUB East Ballroom, University of Washington - Seattle, WA
SOURCE: soundboard audio
RELEASE: Supercolossal Big Muff CD
QUALITY: A
TIME: 45 min
COMMENTS: Kurt and Krist were banned for life from all University of Washington venues for destroying so much gear at this show.
SETLIST: Scoff / Floyd The Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Polly / School / Big Cheese / Sappy / Spank Thru / Molly's Lips / About A Girl / Breed / Been A Son / Negative Creep / Blew
02/12/90 (Monday) - Cattle Club - Sacramento, CA
SOURCE: analog audience audio (Sony WM-D6 / Sony ECM-909) (incomplete)
RELEASE: Play The Fucking Guitar, Man!! CD
QUALITY: A
TIME: 20 min
COMMENTS: The CD release includes only "School," "About A Girl," "Polly," "Molly's Lips," "Sappy," and "Stain."
SETLIST: School / About A Girl / Polly / Molly's Lips / Sappy / Stain
02/14/90 (Wednesday) - Kennel Club - San Francisco, CA
SOURCE: analog audience audio (Sony WM-D3 / ?????) ANA2 > CDR3
QUALITY: A-
TIME: 55 min
COMMENTS: The jam after "Love Buzz" is the riff to the folk song played on 10/12/91. This is the only show in which Krist totally destoys his bass, just before "Blew."
SETLIST: School / Floyd The Barber / Love Buzz / jam / Dive / Sappy / Spank Thru / About A Girl / Scoff / Polly / Breed / Molly's Lips / Been A Son / Stain / Negative Creep / Blew
02/15/90 (Thursday) - Raji's - Hollywood, CA
SOURCE: analog audience audio (Sony TC-D5M / Sony ECM-990F)
QUALITY: A
TIME: 45 min
COMMENTS: This show may be incomplete. In the Screaming Life book, there is a picture of the show, showing the setlist. "Sappy" is listed on the setlist, but does not appear on any versions of the show. Also, pictures of the gig show a demolition of sorts, with Kurt diving into the drum set, and that is not present on any version after "Blew."
SETLIST: School / Floyd The Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Spank Thru / Breed / Scoff / About A Girl / Molly's Lips / Been A Son / Stain / Negative Creep / Blew
02/16/90 (Friday) - Bogart's - Long Beach, CA
SOURCE: analog audience audio (Sony TC-D5 / ?????) VID3 > CDR2
QUALITY: A-
TIME: 45 min
SETLIST: Love Buzz / Floyd The Barber / Scoff / Dive / Sappy / About A Girl / Spank Thru / Breed / School / Been A Son / Stain / Negative Creep / Blew
04/10/90 (Tuesday) - Blind Pig - Ann Arbor, MI
SOURCE: analog audience audio
QUALITY: A
TIME: 50 min
COMMENTS: Kurt jumps into the crowd at the end of "Love Buzz," and Krist jumps into the drum set and pins Chad underneath the set at the end of the show.
SETLIST: School / Floyd The Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Spank Thru / Breed / About A Girl / Big Cheese / Scoff / Molly's Lips / Stain / Been A Son / Negative Creep / Blew
04/16/90 (Monday) - Lee's Palace - Toronto, Canada
SOURCE: analog audience audio
QUALITY: A-
TIME: 60 min
COMMENTS: At the end, Kurt starts throwing bottles at the wall behind Chad, and then the audience starts doing the same, causing Krist to have to be carried off stage because he's barefoot. The venue is actually a club located above Lee's Palace.
SETLIST: School / Floyd The Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Scoff / About A Girl / Breed / Spank Thru / In Bloom / Been A Son / Stain / Negative Creep / Big Cheese / Molly's Lips / Blew
04/17/90 (Tuesday) - Foufounes Électriques - Montréal, Canada
SOURCE: analog audience audio (Sony WM-D6 / ?????)
QUALITY: A
TIME: 60 min
COMMENTS: Better source than official releases.
SETLIST: School / Floyd The Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Scoff / About A Girl / Breed / Spank Thru / In Bloom / Big Cheese / Molly's Lips / Been A Son / Stain / Negative Creep / Blew
04/28/90 (Saturday) - Maxwell's - Hoboken, NJ
SOURCE: analog audience audio (Sony TC-D5M / Nakamichi)
QUALITY: A
TIME: 55 min
COMMENTS: The band was headlining with the Jesus Lizard opening for them, but Kurt admired the other band so much, he asked if Nirvana could open for them, and they subsequently did. According to Sounds magazine, "Sifting" and "Pay To Play" were also played.
SETLIST: School / Floyd The Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Spank Thru / Breed / About A Girl / Big Cheese / In Bloom / Scoff / Stain / Been A Son / Negative Creep / Blew
05/02/90 (Wednesday) - The Milestone - Charlotte, NC
SOURCE: soundboard audio (incomplete) + analog audience audio (incomplete)
QUALITY: A
TIME: 55 min
COMMENTS: The complete version of either source is not circulating. The tape cuts after "Big Cheese," and the audience tape picks up from there. Kurt had bought a new guitar for a low price and suffers the results of buying cheap. He alters the lyrics of "Love Buzz" to express his angst. Krist jams briefly on "Lithium," over three months before its debut, just before "Polly."
SETLIST: Here She Comes Now / Floyd The Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / About A Girl / Polly / Scoff / Pay To Play / Molly's Lips / School / Big Cheese / Spank Thru / In Bloom / Sappy / Been A Son / Stain / Negative Creep / Blew
05/06/90 (Sunday) - Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
SOURCE: soundboard audio
RELEASE: The Masquerade CD
QUALITY: A
TIME: 55 min
COMMENTS: This CD releases is sourced from the soundboard tape and cut into "Love Buzz."
SETLIST: Love Buzz / Floyd The Barber / Scoff / Dive / School / Spank Thru / Breed / About A Girl / Big Cheese / Molly's Lips / Polly / Here She Comes Now / Been A Son / Stain / Negative Creep / Blew
05/13/90 (Sunday) - Duffy's Tavern - Lincoln, NE
SOURCE: soundboard audio
TIME: 55 min
COMMENTS: All CD releases are missing "Blew" but this version is complete.
SETLIST: School / Floyd The Barber / Spank Thru / Scoff / Dive / About A Girl / Breed / Big Cheese / Love Buzz / Here She Comes Now/ Polly / Pay to Play / Been A Son / Stain / Negative Creep / Blew
08/17/90 (Friday) - The Palladium - Hollywood, CA
SOURCE: soundboard audio
QUALITY: A
TIME: 15 min (soundcheck) + 45 min (show) = 60 min
COMMENTS: Complete. During "Love Buzz," Kurt jumped into the audience and allowed members of the crowd to play his guitar for a minute before going back on stage.
SETLIST: soundcheck : In Bloom / Floyd The Barber / Verse Chorus Verse / show : Love Buzz / Floyd The Barber / Scoff / Dive / About A Girl / Spank Thru / Breed / In Bloom / School / Been A Son / Negative Creep / Blew
08/20/90 (Monday) - Crest Theater - Sacramento, CA
SOURCE: analog audience audio (Sony WM-D6 / Sony ECM-909)
QUALITY: A
TIME: 45 min
SETLIST: Love Buzz / Floyd The Barber / Scoff / In Bloom / Spank Thru / About A Girl / Dive / School / Lithium / Been a Son / Negative Creep / Blew
09/22/90 (Saturday) - Motor Sports International and Garage - Seattle, WA
SOURCE: soundboard audio
QUALITY: B+
TIME: 60 min
COMMENTS: This was the only appearence of Dan Peters with Nirvana. Many speculate that the show is cut.
SETLIST: Pay to Play / Blew / Been A Son / Negative Creep / Floyd The Barber / About A Girl / School / Love Buzz / Breed / In Bloom / Scoff / Spank Thru / Sliver / Dive / jam
10/25/90 (Thursday) - Leeds Polytechnic - Leeds, United Kingdom
SOURCE: private video VID4
QUALITY: B+/A
TIME: 65 min
COMMENTS: Kurt improvises lyrics to "School" during the bridge. Bass is very loud. This is a really nice video. The taper shot this from the audience, at the front of the stage slightly to the left of Krist. He frames the shots well, and keeps the focus crisp. There are nice close shots of the band. There aren't any obstructions, although at one point a stage diver heads the tapers way. There are good low generation copies of this circulating. The video is nicely shot, and the band is playing well. But this video is notable for the incredible amount of stage divers. They are totally out of control. There is a continuous line of people running by Kurt and diving off the stage. During Floyd, one of them runs into Kurt, and knocks his guitar strap off. Then his mic gets knocked over. But the strangest thing happens during Big Cheese. A stage diver comes up behind Kurt, puts his arm around him, and grabs Kurt's arm. It looks like he's trying to rip Kurt's guitar off. Kurt gets the guy off him, and then tries to hit the kid with his guitar. The kid jumps off stage, and Kurt looks over at Krist, shaking his head like he can't believe The stage divers are so into the stage diving, they don't even care about the band. They bang into Krist, they bang into Kurt, they don't care. They knock Kurts mic over again in Scoff. In Sliver, someone jumps off Kurts monitor, and knocks it over. At several points in the show, a kid crawls up on stage and says something to Krist. Krist points at him, and then points for the kid to get back in the crowd. When the same kid comes up later in the set, Kurt tries to knock him back into the crowd with his guitar.
SETLIST: Blew / Been A Son / Negative Creep / Stain / Lithium / Spank Thru / Breed / Floyd The Barber / Big Cheese / About A Girl / In Bloom / Scoff / Molly's Lips / Love Buzz / D-7 / Dive / Sliver / School
11/25/90 (Sunday) - The Off Ramp Cafe - Seattle, WA
SOURCE: analog audience audio (????? / Sonic Studios) (incomplete)
RELEASE: A Season In Hell part 1 disc 1 CD
QUALITY: A-
TIME: 70 min
COMMENTS: According to someone who was at the show, the encore was indeed played. The encore has not cirulated yet, and it is not known if it was recorded. While some tapes have surfaced with an altered song order, the order on the CD appears to be correct. The CD is missing the small bit of "Dive" that the band plays before the encore, which all circulating copies are missing.
SETLIST: Aneurysm / Oh, The Guilt / Mr. Moustache / Pay To Play / Breed / Floyd The Barber / About A Girl / Verse Chorus Verse / In Bloom / Swap Meet / Been A Son / Stain / Blew / Sappy / Lithium / School / D-7 / Here She Comes Now / Sliver
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