The Nirvana Video Guide

Date/Place:12/21/88 Hoquiam, WA
Venue:Hoquiam Eagles Hall
Quality: PRI-1/2 [25 min.] / PRI-2 [40 min.]
Running Time:20 min, 40 min. (Full show approx 50-60 min.)

Set List [20 min. version]: / School / Floyd The Barber / Paper Cuts / Mexican Seafood / Spank Thru / Love Buzz / Aero Zeppelin /

Set List [40 min. version]: / School / Love Buzz / Floyd the Barber / Mr. Moustache / Paper Cuts / Mexican Seafood / Spank Thru / Aero Zeppelin / Siftings /

Comments: Performing as Ted, Ed & Fred... the full show [Conatining the extra songs, 'Hairspray Queen', 'Immigrant Song', 'Run Rabbit Run' & 'Blew'] has not surfaced yet. However, the visuals of what is available are an interesting treat, showing Krist play in his underwear to an audience that appears to be under 50 people or so.

Date/Place:06/25/89 Los Angeles, CA
Venue:Rhino Records
Quality: PRI-1/2
Running Time: 45 min.

Set List: / School/ Floyd The Barber / Love Buzz / Big Cheese / About A Girl / Sifting / Spank Thru / Dive/ Polly / Negative Creep/ Blew /

Comments: With jason everman. Footage shown on mtv's tribute.

Date/Place: 07/12/89 Philadelphia, PA
Venue: JC Dobbs
Quality: PRI-2, PRI-3
Running Time: 60 min

Set List: / School / Floyd The Barber / Love Buzz / Scoff / About A Girl / Spank Thru / Paper Cuts / Mr. Moustache / Big Cheese / Polly / Sifting / Blandest / Dive / Negative Creep/ Blew /

Comments: Performing with Jason Everman, steady shot from the back of the club. Unfortunately, some of the songs keep cutting out briefly. Some copies are missing blandest. Lots of low generation copies are floating around, but a better copy has finally surfaced...

Date/Place:07/18/89 New York City, NY
Venue:Pyramid Club (New Music Seminar)
Quality:PRI-3/4
Running Time: 20 min.

Set List: / School / Floyd the Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Blew /

Comments:A rollicking set featuring guitarist Jason Everman. (who is also on the previous 2 reviews). A drunk gets on stage during Floyd, managing to yell "fucking shit" and get in everyone's way, before being thrown off by Everman, who, in classic macho-dude style, proceeds to go down after him (along with Kurt and Krist). Kurt also sings some different lyrics on Dive. Unfortunately, the only copies are very generated... and cut in and out of Black & White.

Date/Place:09/01/89 Tijuana, Mexico
Venue: Iguana's
Quality: PRO-2
Time: 35 min.

Set List: School / Love Buzz / Floyd the Barber / Scoff / Spank Thru / About a Girl / Breed / Been a Son / Stain / Negative Creep / Blew /

Comments:A good set, featured on this heavily edited 3-cam video. Kurt's pretty enthusiastic... destroying two guitars.

Date/Place:09/09/89 Chicago, IL
Venue:Cabaret Metro
Quality: PRI-1
Running Time: 35 min.

Set List: School / Scoff / Love Buzz / Floyd The Barber / Dive / Polly / Big Cheese / Spank Thru / Aboutt A Girl /

Comments: Great picture and sound quality, especially considering it's from '89. Too bad it's incomplete. The complete 60 minute version is supposedly floating around. If anyone has info on it, PLEASE contact me.

Date/Place:09/13/89 Denver, CO
Venue:Gothic Theater
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time: 50 min

Set List: / School / Scoff / Love Buzz / Floyd The Barber / Dive / Polly / Big Cheese / About A Girl / Born In A Junkyard / Even In His Youth / Breed / Spank Thru / Stain / Been A Son / Negative Creep / Blew /

Comments: Shot mostly from the side of the stage, with a lot of moving around in the middle to get a different perspective. They perform the much less common song, "Junkyard", which is a nice treat.

Date/Place:11/03/89 Utrecht, Holland
Venue:Tivoli
Quality: ???
Running Time: 60 min

Set List: / School / Scoff / Love Buzz / Floyd the Barber / Dive / Polly / Big Cheese / About a Girl / Mr. Moustache / Breed / Spank Thru / Been A Son / Stain / Negative Creep / Blew /

Comments: Really good version of Polly. Complete audio is pieced together thanks to this video. this video has just started ciruclating in the ntsc format.

Date/Place:11/20/89 Linz, Austria
Venue:The Kapu
Quality: PRI-1
Running Time: 48 min

Set List: /[Tuning-Jam] / School / Scoff / Love Buzz / Floyd The Barber / Dive / Polly / Big Cheese / Spank Thru / Molly's Lips / Breed / Stain / Been A Son / Negative Creep / Blew / Verse Chorus Verse /

Comments: Great Picture quality, steady, tripod-like shots and excellent zooms... best shots of Chad Channing so far. Unfortunately, the sound is somewhat distorted, but not enough to ruin this otherwise great show. Kurt explains how to Play Molly's Lips after Krist rambles on about the Vaselines... Krist also pisses off the audience at one point with a joke about being in Australia and not seeing any kangaroos. Krist is actually very active at this show... taking over the vocals to "Scoff" briefly, while Kurt has guitar trouble.

Date/Place:11/26/89 Mezzago, Italy
Venue: The Bloom
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time:30 min

Set List: (tape Opens w/ Tad) / High On The Hog / ???Tad Song??? / School / Love Buzz / Big Cheese /

Comments:The video of this show is incomplete, but it does contain a rare event where Kurt goes onstage with Tad after lead singer Tad Doyle passes out. Nirvana's set (most of which has been cut), begins after the unknown Tad song.

Date/Place:01/20/90 Tacoma, WA
Venue: Legends
Quality: PRI-3
Running Time:60 min

Set List: / School / Floyd the Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Scoff / All You Need Is Love (bit) / If I Fell / About a Girl / Big Cheese / Molly's Lips / Born In A Junkyard / Spank Thru / Breed / Stain / Been a Son / Sweet Home Alabama / Negative Creep / Blew /

Comments: Shot from the side of the stage, the quality is unfortunately pretty poor. Mostly in B&W, the picture keeps cutting in and out up until "Molly's Lips" when it clears up. Luckily the sound is the best thing about it (even though it's not great), since after a fight breaks out, Krist starts singing Beatles songs, and later the band does a brief but memorable rendition of Lynard Skynard's "Sweet Home Alabama" for the "rednecks" in the audience. Definitely one of the more memorable shows...

Date/Place:??/??/90 San Francisco, CA
Venue:Kennel Club
Quality: ???
Running Time: 50 min

Set List: ???

Comments:

Date/Place:02/12/90 Sacramento, CA
Venue:Cattle Club
Quality: PRI-1
Running Time:45 min

Set List: / Love buzz / Floyd The Barber / School / About A Girl / Dive / Polly / Molly's Lips / Sappy (Verse Chorus Verse) / Scoff / Breed / Been A Son / Stain / Negative Creep / Blew /

Comment: Shot from the side of the stage, there are great close ups of the band. Unfortunately the club's pretty dark, so it's a little hard to see at times.. but the picture itself is clear and steady and the sound's great. Kurt's quite enthusiastic and has a couple of really cool guitar solos, despite some guitar troubles. Definitely a fun set.

Date/Place:02/16/90 Long Beach, CA
Venue:Bogart's
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time:40 min

Set List: / Love buzz / Floyd The Barber / Scoff / Dive / Verse Chorus Verse / About A Girl / Spank Thru / Breed / School / Been A Son / Stain / Negative Creep /

Comments: Shot from the back, the sound is pretty good but the picture quality has suffered some. The dark atmosphere of the club doesn't help either. Still, it is a steady, unobstructed view with a nice early version of VCV.

Date/Place: 2/19/90 Phoenix, Arizona
Venue: The Mason Jar
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time: 55 min.

Set List: / Intro / School / Floyd The Barber / Scoff / Dive / Polly / Spank Thru / Breed / About A Girl / Been A Son / Stain / Negative Creep / Blew / Molly's Lips / Love Buzz /

Comments: shot from the foot of the stage, good close ups of the band. although krist doesn't always fit in the picture. Drawbacks, the audio (mainly bass) is slightly distorted. Krist is particuarily funny on this eve. He opens the show by announcing "hi, we're a motley crue cover band" and once again, strips down to his undies... Kurt has his moments too, inviting the audience up on stage at one point.

Date/Place:04/10/90 Ann Arbor, MI
Venue:Blind Pig
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time: 48min.

Set List: / School / Floyd the Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Spank Thru / Immodium (Breed) / About a Girl / Big Cheese / Scoff / Molly's Lips / Stain / Been a Son / Negative Creep / Blew /

Comments: At The End, Krist Nearly Kills Himself When He Dives Into The Drums. Active Crowd.

Date/Place: 04/20/90 Olympia, WA
Venue: Evergreen Video Shoot
Quality: PRO-1, PRO-2
Running Time: 15 min.

Set List: / School / Big Cheese / Lithium / Floyd the Barber /

Comments:Lithium is quite a different version here. This is not a live concert, it's a video shoot with a lot of special effects and outtakes from the '70s... PRO-1 versions have recently surfaced, but most copies are somewhat generated.

Date/Place:05/06/90 Atlanta, GA
Venue: Masquerade
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time: 55 min.

Set List: / 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 /

Comments: Kurt's all over the place and some nice guitar solos are filmed. Shot from on and around the stage... steady, but pretty generated picture. Nice version "Here She Comes Now" too. 99.9% of the audios are from this video.

Date/Place: 04/17/91 Seattle, WA
Venue: OK Hotel
Quality: PRI-3/4
Running Time: 65 min

Set List: / Polly / Big Cheese / Turnaround / Love Buzz / D-7 / Blew/ Been A Son/ Stain / Negative Creep / Wild Thing Jam / About A Girl / Brief Dazed & Confused [just Krist on bass] / Breed / Floyd The Barber / In His Room / Smells Like Teen Spirit / School / Dive / Territorial Pissings / Sliver /

Comments:A great set, great show, although captured with horrible quality. The band plays a hoard of rarities to an active crowd. Lyrics are frequently ad-libbed. It is a shame that this great moment of the pre-Nevermind era isn't any better quality-wise.

Date/Place:08/20/91 Cork, Ireland
Venue: Sir Henry's
Quality: ???
Running Time: ???

Set List: ???

Comments:A great show, featuring the falsetto version of Negative Creep. First show of their European tour with Sonic Youth. The video has finally surfaced, but is pretty hard to come across.

Date/Place:08/23/91 Reading, England
Venue: Reading Festival
Quality: Pri-2
Running Time: 40 min.

Set List: / School / Floyd The Barber / Drain You / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Come As You Are / Sliver / Molly's Lips / Love Buzz / Negative Creep / The End / Blew / Endless, Nameless /

Comments:A great set, featuring a duet with former Vaselines/current Eugenius lead singer Eugene Kelly. The band also launches into an uncommon performance of the Doors' "The End". Some videos are incomplete.

Date/Place:08/24/91 Koln, Germany
Venue:Monster of Spex
Quality: PRI-1
Running Time: 30 min.

Set List: / Polly / Drain You / Floyd the Barber / Sliver / School / Breed / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Territorial Pissings / Negative Creep /

Comments: The sound is very good, with a steady, unobstucted view. From their European tour with Sonic Youth.

Date/Place:08/27/91 Bremen, Germany
Venue:Aladin
Quality: ???
Running Time: 30-45?? min.

Set List: / Something in the Way / Negative Creep / Been a Son / Blew / Polly / Pennyroyal Tea / Rape Me / School / Smells Like Teen Spirit / In Bloom / Come As You Are / Floyd the Barber / Endless Nameless and Guitar Smashing /

Comments:

Date/Place:09/01/91 Rotterdam, Holland
Venue: Doelen
Quality: PRI-1
Running Time: 45 min.

Set List: Polly / Drain You / School / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Come As You Are / About a Girl / Breed / Sliver / In Bloom / Been a Son / Negative Creep

Comments:Starts off with a harrowing acoustic Polly, and great for the rest of the night. The band is totally drunk by the end of the set, which exacerbates their already excessive equipment smashing at the end. Last show of their 9 date tour with Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr.

Date/Place:09/16/91 Seattle, WA
Venue:Beehive Record Store
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time: 45 min

Set List: / Drain You / Improvisation / Breed / Floyd The Barber / Polly / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Come As You Are / School/ Territorial Pissings / Blew / Negative Creep/ Been A Son / Something In The Way / Stain /

Comments: There are proably 30 different versions of this out there, judging by the # of cameras you can see. the full version is shot from the right side of the stage, and is in the front row. the vocals are a little low. All complete audios are from this video.

Date/Place:09/20/91 Toronto, Ont
Venue:The Opera House
Quality:PRI-1
Running Time: 60 min.

Set List: / Aneurysm / Drain you / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Polly / School / Sliver / Floyd The Barber / About A Girl / Breed / Territorial Pissings / Pennyroyal Tea / Blew / Negative Creep / Been A Son / Something In The Way / Endless, Nameless /

Comments:Cool slo-mo type special effects, nice Pennyroyal Tea.

Date/Place:09/26/91 New Haven, CT
Venue: The Moon
Quality: PRI-2/PRI-2/3
Running Time: 60min./45 min.

Set List: Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam / Here She Comes Now / D-7 / Aneurysm / Drain You / School / Floyd the Barber / About a Girl / Love Buzz / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Breed / Polly / Spank Thru / Sliver / Blew / Been a Son / Negative Creep / Endless, Nameless

Comments:Krist and Dave do a mostly instrumental Blew (with Dave doing some lyrics), while Kurt has guitar problems and Krist ends up doing a bass solo in Here She Comes Now because of more guitar problems. Unfortunatly most of the copies circulating end with 'Polly'.

Date/Place:09/27/91 Trenton, NJ
Venue: City Gardens
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time:65 min.

Set List: Aneurysm / D-7 / Drain You / School / Floyd The Barber / Sliver / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Polly / About A Girl / Blew / Been A Son / Something In The Way / Negative Creep / Endless Nameless /

Comments: terrible sound, the picture's OK but not great. Some versions are missing close to 10 minutes, clipped from the beginning and the end.

Date/Place:10/11/91 Detroit, MI
Venue: St. Andrews Hall
Quality: PRI-1
Running Time: 90 min

Set List: Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam / Aneurysm / Drain You / School / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About a Girl / Breed / Polly / Sliver / Pennyroyal Tea / Love Buzz / Come As You Are / Blew / Negative Creep / Been a Son / On a Plain / Lithium / Territorial Pissings / Rape Me / Something in the Way / Endless, Nameless

Comments: Dead Center, Like Tripod Shot. Tiny Stage, Kurt And Krist Can't Be More Than Five Yards Apart.

Date/Place:10/19/91 Dallas, TX
Venue:Trees Club
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time: 75 min

Set List: Formaldehyde / Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam / Aneurysm / Drain You / School / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About a Girl / Polly / Breed / Sliver / Love Buzz / Pennyroyal Tea / Negative Creep / On a Plain / Blew / Lithium / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings

Comments: The infamous show with the fight during "Love Buzz" that was featured on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!. The Video was shot from the side of the stage. Good, steady, unobstructed view (except by Krist at times). The show was a technical nightmare, but still enjoyable. Features an early "Rape Me" and "Pennyroyal Tea". Picture OK, Sound pretty bad.

Date/Place:10/31/91 Seattle, WA
Venue: Paramount Theater
Quality: PRO
Running Time: ??

Set List: / Jesus wants me for a sunbeam / Aneuysm / Drain you / school / floyd the barber / smells like teen spirit / about a girl / polly / breed / sliver / love buzz / lithium / been a son / negative creep / on a plain / blew / rape me / territorial pissings / endless, nameless /

Comments: Clips of the show appear on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! as well as the "Lithium" video, however, the actual concert hasn't surfaced yet.

Date/Place:11/05/91 London, England
Venue:Astoria Theatre
Quality: PRI-3
Running Time: 75 min.

Set List: Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam / Aneurysm / Drain You / School / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About a Girl / Polly / Breed / Sliver / Lithium / Love Buzz / Come As You Are / Been a Son / Negative Creep / On a Plain / Blew / Dumb / Pennyroyal Tea / Endless, Nameless

Comments:A decent show, featuring an early Pennyroyal Tea... Steady, unobstructed view, however, the copies floating around are very generated. The sound's pretty distorted, it's more for the serious collectors.

Date/Place:11/08/91 London, England
Venue:The World
Quality: PRO-1
Running Time: 5 min.

Set List: Smells Like Teen Spirit

Comments: Nirvana's first live television performance.

Date/Place:11/13/91 Munich, Germany
Venue:Nachtwerk
Quality: Pri-2
Running Time: 60 min.

Set List: / Drain You / Aneurysm / School / Floyd The Barber / Jam / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About A Girl / Polly / Lithium / Sliver / Breed / Come As You Are / Been A Son / Negative Creep / On A plain / Blew / Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam [Electric] / Spank Thru / Territorial Pissings /

Comments: Steady shot, nice zooms at times.. but the tape unfortunately cuts in and out occationally. Cool 'Spank Thru'.

Date/Place:11/14/91 Vienna, Austria
Venue: The Arena
Quality: ???
Running Time: 75 min.

Set List: / Drain you / Aneurysm / Floyd The Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About A Girl / Polly / Lithium / Breed / Sliver / Come As You Are / Been A Son / Negative Creep / On A Plain / Blew / Rape Me / Spank Thru / Molly's Lips / Territorisl Pissings /

Comments:Kurt's voice holds up nicely, but his guitar playing is terrible..many mistakes. But worthwhile nonetheless. Audios are from the video.

Date/Place:11/19/91 Rome, Italy
Venue: Castle Theatre
Quality: PRO-1
Running Time: 55 min

Set List: Drain You / Aneurysm / School / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About a Girl / Polly / Lithium / Sliver / Come As You Are / Breed / Been a Son / Negative Creep / On a Plain / Blew / Rape Me / Spank Thru / Territorial Pissings

Comments: Some videos are missing "Drain You".

Date/Place:11-20-91 Barciella, Italy
Venue:Kriptonite
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time: 70 min.

Set LIst: / Drain You / Aneurysm /School / Floyd The Barber / About A Girl / Polly / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Lithium / Come As You Are / Sliver / Breed / Been A Son / Negative Creep / Something In The Way / On A Plain / Blew / Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam / In Bloom / Territorial Pissings.

Comments: Very good Audience recording and excellent sound.

Date/Place: 11/21/91 Bologna, Italy
Venue: ???
Quality: PRI
Running Time: ??

Set List: / Drain you / Aneurysm / School / Floyd The Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About A Girl / Polly / Lithium / Breed / Sliver / In Bloom / Been A Son / Negative Creep / On A Plain/ Blew/ Talk To Me / It Takes A Time (Oh, The Guilt) / Territorial Pissings /

Comments:

Date/Place:11/24/91 Gent, Belgium
Venue: Vooruit
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time:60 min.

Set List: / Drain you / Aneurysm / School / Floyd The Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Curmudgeon / Oh, The Guilt / Lithium / Sliver / About A Girl / Polly / Talk To Me / The End/ Been A Son/ Negative Creep/ On A Plain-improvisation / On A Plain /

Comments:One of the all-time rarities shows with quite a few funny moments. Steady, like tripod, shot from the second balcony, but there are no closeups and the club is pretty dark. The video is incomplete and doesn't contain 'Where Did You Sleep Last Night'. Overall it's still a great show, well worth seeing!

Date:11/25/91 Amsterdam, Holland
Venue:Paradiso
Quality: PRO-2/3
Time:40 min.

Set List:/ Lithium / Breed / Polly / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Love Buzz / Territorial Pissings /

Comments: Clips from this show were featured on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!. The sound's pretty good and the songs are interspersed with interview footage. Most copies are pretty generated. There is also 12 minute version is floating around that's missing the songs, "Lithium" and "Polly", but It's more generated than the longer version. "School", "Been A SOn" and "Blew" were performed but haven't surfaced on video yet.

Date/Place:11/27/91 Birmingham, England
Venue:The Hummingbird
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time: 45 min.

Set List: / Drain You / Aneurysm / Floyd The Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About A Girl / Polly / Lithium / Sliver/ Been A Son / On A Plain / Negative Creep / Endless Nameless

Comments: Good video, very steady although there are sometimes a few obstructions. Shot from left side of stage. Excellent sound, comparable to the audio.

Date/Place:11/28/91 London, England
Venue:Top Of The Pops
Quality: PRO
Running Time: 5 min.

Set List: Smells Like Teen Spirit [Gothic Version]

Date/Place: 12/02/91 Newcastle, England
Venue:The Mayfair
Quality: PRI-?
Running Time: 55min.

Set List: coming soon

Comments: coming soon

Date/Place: 12/03/91 Nottingham, England
Venue:Rock City
Quality: PRO-1
Running Time: 20 min.

Set List: / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Interview / Drain You / Interview / Sliver / Interview / Been A Son / Interview / Come As You Are / Interview /

Comments:A few songs on "Pure Rock" Japan TV special, but they're not complete... Some of the interview footage is featured on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

Date/Place:12/06/91 London, England
Venue:The Jonathan Ross Show
Quality: PRO
Running Time: 5 min.

Set List: Territorial Pissings

Date/Place:01/10/92 New York City, NY
Venue: MTV Studios
Quality: PRO-1
Running Time: 20 min.

Set List: / Drain You / Polly / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Territorial Pissings /

Comments: Still shown on occassion as seperate videos on MTV...

Date/Place:01/11/92 New York City, NY
Venue: Saturday Night Live
Quality: PRO-1
Running Time: 10 min.

Set List: Smells Like Teen Spirit / Territorial Pissings

Comments: Great set, after which they proceeded to destroy the stage. During the original broadcast, Krist kissed Kurt during the end credits, which was cut out from future airings, along with much of Kurt.

Date/Place: 01/31/92 Melbourne, Aus
Venue: The Palace
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time: 65 min

Set List: / Aneurysm/ Drain You / School / Sliver / About A Girl / Lithium / Come As You Are / Breed / Polly / Lounge Act / In Bloom / Love Buzz / D7 / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Negative Creep / Been A Son / Blew / On A Plain / Territorial Pissings /

Comments:Good versions of Lounge Act and D-7

Date/Place: 2/6/92 Sydney, Australia
Venue: Coogee Bay Hotel
Quality: PRI-2/3
Running Time: 60 min

Set List: jesus wants me/ aneurysm/ school/ drain you/ caya/ lithium/ about a girl/ sliver/ breed/ polly/ slts/ where did you sleep/ love buzz/ on a plain/ blew/ demolition

Comments: The copies circulating are pretty generated, but not as bad as the 1/20/90 or the 4/17/91 shows. Mostly in B&W, the color appears as if it wants to come back towards the end. Shot from the floor, it's basically steady but there are heads blocking a good deal of the view.

Date/Place: 2/7/92 Sydney, Australia
Venue: Selinas Bar
Quality: PRI-3/4
Running Time: 55 min

Set List: aneurysm/ school/ drain you/ come as you are/ lithium/ about a girl/ smells like teen spirit/ sliver/ breed/ polly/ love buzz/ lounge act/ on a plain/ blew/ Encore: all apologies/ negative creep/ territorial pissings.

Comments: This really is a terribly low gen copy that has mainly deteriorated into black and white and there are some really annoying cuts between and during some of the last songs (ie. blew, negative creep and territorial pissing). It was filmed from the back of the hall resulting in some obstruction but there are still some good clear shots. Its saving graces are that the sound is pretty good and that this appears to be the actual time the band premiered "All Apologies" which incidentally is in full.

Date/Place: 02/17/92 Kawasaki, Japan
Venue:Club Citta
Quality: PRI-1
Running Time: ???

Set list: / Negative Creep / Been A Son / On A Plain / Something In The Way / Blew / Come As You Are / Lithium / Breed / Territorial Pissings / Sliver / About A Girl / School / Aneurysm / Love Buzz / Polly / Lounge Act / Drain you / Smells Like Teen Spirit /

Comments: "Something In The Way" is featured on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

Date/Place: 02/22/92 Honolulu, Hawaii
Venue:Pink's Garage
Quality: PR0-1
Running Time: ???

Set list: ????

Comments: "Negative Creep" is featured on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!Another one I have nothing else to go on. Contact me on if you have any information.

Date/Place:6/21/92 Dublin, Ireland
Venue: The Point
Quality: PRI-1
Running Time: 55 min.

Set list: / Aneurysm/ Drain You/ Stay Away / School / Sliver / In Bloom / Breed / About A Girl / Polly / Lithium / Blew / Been A Son / On A Plain / Negative Creep / Come As You Are / Smells Like Teen Spirit /

Comments: It cuts out on "Teen Spirit".. supposedly a complete 70 min. version is available, but I haven't come across it yet. The sound's pretty good and the picture is clear and steady. A fun show with a very enthusiastic audience.

Date/Place:6/26/92 Roskilde, Denmark
Venue: Roskilde Festival
Quality: PRI
Running Time: 75 min.

Set list: / Aneurysm/ Drain You/ Stay Away / Sliver / School / In Bloom / Breed / About A Girl / Scoff / Polly / Lithium / Blew / Been A Son / On A Plain / Swap Meet / Negative Creep / Something In The Way / Come As You Are / Love Buzz / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Territorial Pissings /

Comments: hard to find...

Date/Place:6/27/92 Turku, Finland
Venue: Ruisrock Festival
Quality: PRI-1/2
Running Time: 75 min.

Set list: / Aneurysm/ Drain You/ Stay Away/ Sliver/ School/ In Bloom/ Breed / About A Girl / Scoff / Polly / Lithium / Blew / Been A Son / On A Plain / Swap Meet / Negative Creep / Come As You Are / Love Buzz / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Territorial Pissings /

Comments: Hard To Find

Date/Place:6/28/92 Oslo, Norway
Venue: Isle Of Calf Festival
Quality: PRI-1/2
Running Time: 70 min.

Set list: / Aneurysm / Drain You / Stay Away / Sliver / School / In Bloom / Breed / About A Girl / Scoff / Polly / Lithium / Blew / Been A Son / On A Plain / Love Buzz/ Smells Like Teen Spirit / Territorial Pissings /

Comments: Shot from the crowd, some heads are in the pic, but don't block the view. A bit shakey for my taste though. The sounds pretty decent and the picture quality is crisp, but over-exposed, so the band tends to get bleached out. The show itself is pretty good, but nothing out of the ordinary..

Date/Place: 08/30/92 Reading, England
Venue: The Reading Festival
Quality: PRO-2/3, PRI-2
Running Time: PRO 12 min, PRI 95 min [complete]

Set List: The Rose [brief intro] / Breed / Drain You / Aneurysm / School / Sliver / In Bloom / Come As You Are / Lithium / About a Girl / The Eagle Has Landed (aka 'Tourettes') / Polly / Lounge Act / Smells Like Teen Spirit / On A Plain / Negative Creep / Been a Son / All Apologies / Blew / Dumb / Stay Away / Spank Thru / Love Buzz / The Money Will Roll Right In / D-7 / Territorial Pissings / Demolition w/ Star Spangled Banner /

Comments:Kurt comes onstage in a wheelchair wearing a medical smock and wig, showing off his wry sence of humor. Lots of chat including a dedication to Courtney and Frances, as well as a birthday wish for Dave's mom. Great show shot from down front. Too bad it couldn't be filmed from a less active area! Some songs are pretty difficult to watch.

The PRO video only contains the songs "Come As You Are", "Lithium" and "In Bloom" and most copies are pretty generated.

Date/Place:09/08/92 Los Angeles, CA
Venue: MTV Music Awards
Quality: PRO-1
Running Time: 4 min.

Set list: Rape Me [a few chords] / Lithium

Comments: "Rape Me" was cut from later airings for being "too controversal". Towards the end of "Lithium", Chris threw his bass up in the air and on the way down it hit him on the head. Kurt was busy falling all over Dave and his drums.

Date/Place: 09/10/92 Portland, OR
Venue:Portland Meadows
Quality: PRO-1 ?
Running Time: ???

Set List:/ Breed / Drain You / Aneurysm / School / In Bloom / Come As You Are / Lithium / About A Girl / Tourette's / Polly / Lounge Act / Smells Like Teen Spirit / On A Plain / Been A Son / All Apologies / Blew / Stay Away / D-7 / Love Buzz / Rape Me / Territoorial Pissings /

Comments: Clips featured at the end demolition of 'Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! It has to be out there somewhere!

Date/Place: 09/11/92 Seattle, WA
Venue:Seattle Coliseum
Quality: PRO-?
Running Time: ???

Set List: Very hard to find

Comments:

Date/Place:01/16/93 Sao Palo, Brazil
Venue: Morumbi Stadium
Quality: PRO-1
Running Time: ???

Set List: ???

Comments: Taped by MTV Brazil, this one is impossible to find!! It contains covers of "Seasons In The Sun" and "Rio".

Date/Place:01/23/93 Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Venue: Apoetose Stadium
Quality: PRO-1
Running Time: 100 min.

Set List: Formaldehyde / School / Drain You / Breed / Sliver / In Bloom / Come as you Are / Love Buzz / Lithium / Polly / About a Girl / Smells Like Teen Spirit / On a Plain / Negative Creep / Been a Son / Blew /Heart-Shaped Box / Scentless Apprentice / Dive / Lounge Act / Aneurysm / Territorial Pissings

Comments: Words are often changed, "Polly" includes several humorous plugs for Hollywood Rock Cigarettes, Flea joins them on trumpet for "Smells like Teen Spirit", Kurt goes off for a 17 minute version of "Scentless Apprentice" and for the encore, Dave comes out sporting a bra, and Kurt a dress and tiarra. This is a show unique in all respects. It is not to be missed....

Date/Place:04/09/93 San Francisco, CA
Venue: Cow Palace (Bos.Rape Benefit)
Quality: PRI-2/3
Running Time: 95 min.

Set List: Rape Me / School / Breed / Sliver / Come As You Are / Milk It / About a Girl / Lithium / Dumb / Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle / Serve the Servants / Aneurysm / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Territorial Pissings / Blew / All Apologies / Heart-Shaped Box / Scentless Apprentice / Something in the Way / Negative Creep / Been a Son / Dive / Love Buzz / Endless, Nameless (with extended intro) /

Comments: The copies floating around are pretty generated and the sound's not great, but it is a steady, unobstructed view shot from the balcony. Kurt's somewhat sedate, although he's funny at the end when he ties Krist up (or tries to anyway...)

Date/Place:7/23/93 New York City, NY !!NEW VIDEO!!
Venue: Roseland
Quality: PRO-1
Running Time: approx 75min.

Set List: / Serve The Servants / Scentless Apprentice / School / Breed / Lithium / Come As You Are / Milk It / Drain You / Tourette's / Aneurysm / Very Ape / Heart-Shaped Box / Blew / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / All Apologies/ Polly/ Dumb/ Where Did You Sleep / Something In The Way/ Smells Like Teen Spirit / Endless, Nameless /

Comments:This just surfaced. It was taped by MTV.

Date/Place:09/25/93 New York, NY
Venue:Saturday Night Live / Rehersals
Quality: PRO-1
Running Time: 10 min. / 40min.

Set List: Heart-Shaped Box / Rape Me

Comments: Great performances. The rehearsals have some funny footage of Nirvana and Charles Barkley during the ad promo shoot.

Date/Place:11/02/93 Montreal, Que
Venue:Verdun Auditorium
Quality: PRI-2/3
Running Time: 85 min

Set List: / Radio Friendly Unit Shifters / Drain You / Breed / Serve the Servants / About A Girl / Heart-Shaped Box / Sliver / Dumb / In Bloom / Come As You Are / Lithium / Pennyroyal Tea / School / Polly / Milk It / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / Smells Like Teen Spirit / All Apologies / On A Plain / Scentless Apprentice / Blew /

Comments: Average show... steady shot, but the copies are pretty generated... Sound's not great.

Date/Place:11/04/93 Toronto, Ontario
Venue: Maple Leaf Gardens
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time: 90 min

Set List: Drain You / Breed / About a Girl / Heart-shaped Box / Sliver / Sliver / Dumb / In Bloom / Come As You Are / Lithium / Pennyroyal Tea / School / Polly / Milk It / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / All Apologies / Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam / On a Plain / Scentless Apprentice / Blew / Noise

Comments: A pretty good show.

Date/Place:11/09/93 Bethlehem, PA
Venue: Stabler Arena, Lehigh University
Quality: PRI-1
Running Time: 90 min

Songs: Radio Friendly Unit Shifters / Drain You / Breed / Serve the Servants / About a Girl / Heart-Shaped Box / Sliver / Dumb / Come as You Are / Lithium / Pennyroyal Tea / School / Polly / Milk It / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / Smells Like Teen Spirit / All Apologies / Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam / In Bloom / On a Plain / Scentless Apprentice / Blew

Comments: A great show. The band plays with a lot of enthusiasm.

Date/Place:11/18/93 New York City, NY
Venue: Sony Studios
Quality: PRO-1
Running Time: 70 min.

Set List: About a Girl / Come As You Are / Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam / Dumb / Man Who Sold The World / Pennyroyal Tea / Polly / On a Plain / Plateau / Lake of Fire / All Apologies / Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

Comments: MTV does not broadcast the complete show. An uncut version is available with the missing songs, "Something In The Way" and "Oh Me" (a Meat Puppets cover). Some fun extra dialog not included anywhere else is also on the uncut version.

Date/Place:11/27/93 St. Petersburg, FL
Venue: Bayfront Ampitheater
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time: 95 min.

Set List: Radio Friendly Unit Shifters / Drain You / Breed / Serve the Servants / About a Girl / Heart-Shaped Box / Sliver / Dumb / In Bloom / Come As You Are / Lithium / Pennyroyal Tea / School / Polly / Kurt's Guitar Solo / Milk It / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam / All Apologies / On A Plain (opening chords only) /

Comments: The video cuts out after the start of 'On A Plain'. You Can Rarely See The Band since The Taper Taped From The Pit. At least the sound quality's pretty good.

Date/Place: 12/2/93 Tallahassee, FL
Venue: Tall-Leon Civic Center
Quality: PRI-?
Running Time: ??

Set List: Radio Friendly Unit Shifters / 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 / Frances Farmer... / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam / The Man Who Sold The World / All Apologies / On A Plain / Scentless Apprentice / Heart-Shaped Box / Blew /

Comments: All audios are from the video, which is being hoarded!

Date/Place:12/17/93 Seattle, WA
Venue: Pier 47
Quality: PRO-1 [incomplete], PRI-1 to PRI-3[complete]
Running Time: PRO 45 min, PRI 71 min.

Set List: Radio Friendly Unit Shifters / Drain You / Breed / Serve the Servants / Rape Me / Heart-Shaped Box / Pennyroyal Tea / Scentless Apprentice / Lithium / Sounds of Destortion

Comments: Parts of the show, contained in the PRO version, were used for MTV's 'Live & Loud'. There are about 6 or 7 more songs that weren't aired.

Date/Place:12/29/93 San Diego, CA
Venue: San Diego Sports Arena
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time: 95 min.

Set List: 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 / Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle / Milk It / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam / The Man Who Sold The World / All Apologies / Heart-Shaped Box / Blew / Jam - demolition /

Comments:Kurt is all over the place.. Nice guitar solo on his back. The band closes with some weird jam lyrics. Nice, unobstructed, relatively steady shot. Definitely one of the better shows available. All analog copies are from the video.

Date/Place:12/30/93 Los Angeles, CA
Venue: Great Western Forum
Quality: PRI-1
Running Time: 100 min.

Set List: Radio Friendly Unit Shifters / Drain You / Breed / Serve the Servants / Heart- shaped Box / Sliver / Dumb / In Bloom / Come As You Are / Lithium / Pennyroyal Tea / School / Polly / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / Smells Like Teen Spirit / All Apologies / Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam / On a Plain / Blew / Endless, Nameless

Comments:: The show starts off with an introduction by Bobcat Goldthwait... The highlight is the end though... Kurt has a blast.. knocking off the In Utero Angel's head with his guitar before proceeding to destroy the hell out of his guitar with the help of a drill. It's worth getting the video just to see the end... Shot from the back with great zooms. some copies floating around are worse than others, but the overall picture quality is pretty decent, does have a few 'glitches'.

Date/Place: 12/31/93 Oakland, CA
Venue: Oakland Coliseum Arena
Quality: PRI-1
Running Time: 110 min.

Set List: Radio Friendly Unit Shifters / 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 / Frances Farmer Will Haver Her Revenge On Seattle / Milk It / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam / Where Did You Sleep Last Night? / Man Who Sold The World / All Apologies / Scentless Apprentice / Heart-Shaped Box / Blew

Comments: A great set, featuring an unusual New Year's Countdown. Great sound and zooms, nice coverage of the light show. Shot from the balcony and basically pretty steady. Kurt's rather enthusiastic as well...

Date/Place: 02/04/94 Paris, France
Venue: Nulle Part A - TV
Quality: PRO-1
Running Time: 10 min

Set List: / Rape Me / Pennyroyal Tea / Drain You /

Comments:A hysterical moment as they actually perform dressed up, complete with matching vests and ties (a must see to believe). Fabulous quality, good performance.

Date/Place: 02/06/94 Cascais, Portugal
Venue: Pavilhao Dramatico
Quality: PRO-1
Running Time: 5 min

Set List: ???

Comments:

Date/Place: 02/12/94 Toulon,France
Venue: Zenith Omega
Quality: PRI-2
Running Time: 90 min.

Set List: Radio Friendly Unit Shifters / Drain You / Breed / Come As You Are / Serve the Servants / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Sliver / Dumb / In Bloom / About a Girl / Lithium / Pennyroyal Tea / School / Polly / Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle / Very Ape / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam / The Man Who Sold the World (electric) / All Apologies / On a Plain / Scentless Apprentice / Heart-Shaped Box /

Comments:A good set, the picture quality is pretty good, sound is ok, and it gets shakey at times.

Date/Place:02/21/94 Modena, Italy
Venue: Palasport
Quality: PRI-1/2
Running Time: 90 min.

Set List: / 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 / Very Ape / Lounge Act / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam / Man Who Sold The World / All Apologies / On A Plain / Scentless Apprentice / Heart-Shaped Box

Comments: Steady shot, good close ups & sound. Kurt's in a goofy mood this show.... even playful with the audience at times.

Date/Place: 02/22/94 Rome, Italy
Venu: Palagacchio
Quality: PRI-1/2, PRO-1
Running Time: PRI-80 min, PRO-45 min

Set List: [PRI Version] - / Radio Friendly Unit Shift / 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 / Very Ape / Lounge Act / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / All Apologies / On a Plain / Scentless Apprentice / Heart-Shaped Box / Improvisation

Set List: [PRO Version] - News + Videos + Interviews + Smells Like Teen Spirit / Lithium / Pennyroyal Tea / Rape Me /

Comments: Krist is fairly talkative and funny, making some hilarious comments about bootleggers. Kurt seems kind of out of it, as the events of this period would indicate... he isn't even on stage for the end 'improv', (poorly mislabelled as 'demolition' on most CDs, since it's sorely lacking the destruction of anything).

The songs on the PRO version are not complete... Special broadcast in April/May?? '94

Date/Place:02/23/94 Rome, Italy
Venue: Tunnel TV, RAI Studios
Quality: PRO-2/3
Running Time: 10 min.

Set List: / Dumb / Serve the Servants /

Comments: The Picture is pretty generated... has drop out and a few 'glitches', but the sound's good.

Date/Place:02/24/94 Milan,Italy
Venue:Palatrussardi
Quality: PRI / ???
Running Time: 90 min.

Set List: Radio Friendly Unit Shifters / 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 / Very Ape / Lounge Act / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / All Apologies / On a Plain / Blew / Heart-Shaped Box

Comments: Average

Date/Place: 02/25/94 Milan,Italy
Venue: Palatrussardi
Quality: PRI-2/3 (various)
Running Time: 90 min.

Set LIst: Radio Friendly Unit Shifters / 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 / Francis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle / Verse Chorus Verse / Rape Me / Territorial Pissings / All Apologies / On a Plain / Scentless Apprentice / Heart-Shaped Box

Comments: Kurt's very sedate in this show, even sitting on a nearby chair during what should have been a lively guitar solo. There are a number of versions floating around of this Vid. (As Many As 4) Including 2 That Are Circulating Pretty Heavily. The one shot from the side is the most common. Some are pretty shakey, others are slightly better.

Date/Place:02/27/94 Ljubjana, Slovenia
Venue: ???
Quality: PRO-?
Running Time: ???

Set LIst: ???

Comments: An extremely hoarded analog version is reportedly out there somewhere!

Date/Place:03/01/94 Munich, Germany
Venue: Terminal Einz
Quality:PRO-2
Running Time: 15min.

Set List: / Radio Friendly Unit Shifter / My Best Friend's Girl (Cover of The Cars song) / Drain You /

Comments: Nirvana's final performance... As they left the stage, Kurt claimed they'd be right back, but never were. It was taped by a German television station, but it hasn't surfaced yet.

Ratings Key:

The ratings are based on a combination of picture quality, sound quality and recording quality. For example, a steady, unobstructed show of excellent quality would be a PRI-1 where as an obstructed, unsteady show of the same sound and picture quality will rate a PRI-2.

1-Excellent             PRO=Professionally shot
2-Good                  PRI=Privately Shot
3-Fair
4-Pretty Bad