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gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
edited December 2013 in Other Music
Just curious how many of you actually saw Nirvana live. I never did and it's one of my great regrets. But it seems like they didn't have any massive tours. Right?
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    met a guy I work with today, that saw them twice in 92 Europe. was telling me about it.


    i never saw them.
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  • spnoonespnoone Posts: 633
    93 at UB. i just remember it being short on bleach, and kurt stopping to scold someone like ed does.
  • redrawredraw Posts: 1,289
    January '92 here in Oz as support act 4 Violent Femmes
    Great gig!!! :D
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  • JH6056JH6056 Posts: 2,427
    Saw them with 7 Year Bitch in '91, after Nevermind was released but before it was omnipresent. Saw them again in '92, I think with Red Hot Chili Peppers and Disposable Heroes of Hip Hoprisy (Spearhead's Michael Franti's prior band to Spearhead). The '91 show was by far better. Amazing.
  • Gold 26Gold 26 Posts: 676
    I had tickets to see them at the G-Mex in Manchester in April 1994 but as things turned out they never got to play that show. I think I've got the tickets somewhere still.
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    I was too young when they played in my home town in 1992, I was only 7 years old.
    God how I wish I was there. :(
    I missed seeing my favourite band, a band which means so much to me and whose music I am frequently turning to as a source of comfort and release in my battle with depression, anxiety, and loneliness.
    I can not relate to any artist like I relate to Kurt. Reading his life story in books casts similarities to my life and my feelings.
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  • Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    to my knowledge, they never came anywhere close to Winnipeg. And the only time Layne Staley's AIC was opening for Van Hagar. No thanks.

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  • JH6056JH6056 Posts: 2,427
    gabers wrote:
    Just curious how many of you actually saw Nirvana live. I never did and it's one of my great regrets. But it seems like they didn't have any massive tours. Right?

    I once met a guy online who, back in '91, won a radio contest so he got tix and backstage passes for a Nirvana show (I think in the Northwest but I don't remember where exactly). He met the band and got along so well with Kurt, he ended up spending THREE DAYS with them, just hanging out. At least one of those days was not a show day. When I have time I will dig through my emails to see if I saved his story, it was pretty amazing and seems so unusual.

    I've met both Dave and Krist (separately) a couple of times, really cool guys. But never met Kurt. Closest I came was meeting Frances Bean when she was like 3. Oh my heavens does she have Kurt's EYES, including (at the time, less so now) a somewhat "wild animal caught in a trap" look, plus the blue intensity.
  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 4,990
    Saw them play Birmingham in late '93. Butthole Surfers and The Breeders opened. One of the few ticket stubs I didn't keep...not sure what happened to it :fp: Was seminal in making me realize you gotta try to catch the good ones if/when/while you can.

    Set list:

    Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
    Drain You
    Breed
    Serve the Servants
    Come as You Are
    Smells Like Teen Spirit
    Sliver
    Dumb
    In Bloom
    Lithium
    Pennyroyal Tea
    School
    Polly
    Milk It
    Rape Me
    Territorial Pissings
    Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam (The Vaselines cover)
    The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie cover)
    Molly's Lips (The Vaselines cover)
    Scentless Apprentice
    Heart-Shaped Box
    Endless, Nameless
  • JH6056JH6056 Posts: 2,427
    Wow, never thought to look up the set lists... These newfangled internet thingies didn't exist like this back when I was a young headbanger... LOL!

    Looks like my Warfield set list was:

    LIVE NIRVANA TOUR HISTORY:
    10/26/91 - Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA, US

    Set:
    Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam [traditional, cover]
    Aneurysm
    Drain You
    School
    Floyd The Barber
    Smells Like Teen Spirit
    About A Girl
    Polly
    Breed
    Sliver
    Lithium
    Love Buzz [Shocking Blue cover]
    On A Plain
    Negative Creep
    Blew
    Dive
    Rape Me
    Territorial Pissings


    Seems kinda short, but in looking at the gig list, my God do I feel for them they did 5 and 6 shows back to back. Given how things blew up right around this time, no wonder they lost their minds!

    My other show set list, wow, I actually forgot it was also 91, also forgot it was a new year's show... Set list was even shorter:

    LIVE NIRVANA TOUR HISTORY:
    12/31/91 - Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, US

    Set:
    Drain You
    Aneurysm
    School
    Floyd The Barber
    Smells Like Teen Spirit
    About A Girl
    Sliver
    Polly
    Breed
    Come As You Are
    Lithium
    Dumb
    Territorial Pissings
  • HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,160
    January 4, 1994 PNE Forum

    Opening act butthole surfers

    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
    Rape Me
    Territorial Pissings
    Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
    The Man Who Sold The World
    Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
    All Apologies
    On A Plain
    Heart-Shaped Box

    It was an amazing show with fantastic energy ....Kurt really seemed to be enjoying himself ....it was hard to reconcile the events that took place that spring in light of that performance and the space he seemed to be in at that show.
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  • Bronx BombersBronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    Saw them at roseland ballroom in 93

    Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
    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
    Encore:
    Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam
    (The Vaselines cover)
    On a Plain
    Living in Sin
    (Gene Simmons cover) (Intro played by Dave Grohl)
    Scentless Apprentice
    Blew
    Encore 2:
    I Wanna Be Your Dog
    (Iggy and The Stooges cover) (Jam)
  • JH6056JH6056 Posts: 2,427
    Would have LOVED to see that Roseland show, especially with that Iggy "I Wanna Be Your Dog" encore!!! Lucky you!
  • Bronx BombersBronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    JH6056 wrote:
    Would have LOVED to see that Roseland show, especially with that Iggy "I Wanna Be Your Dog" encore!!! Lucky you!

    Great show it was right before they did the mtv unplugged show, shame they're closing the venue I've seen a lot of great acts there over the years.
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    This is the show I missed due to being so young at the time...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXKI6foIf74

    Amazing setlist.
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  • nigelnigel Posts: 267
    Had a ticket for the Brixton Academy gig, scheduled (I think) for the week after Kurt passed away :(
  • Jeff MurrayJeff Murray Posts: 1,259
    I came close... Still pisses me off to this day... I had some friends looking for me in college one day because they had an extra ticket to see them at some SUNY school in South Central NY State. They couldn't find me... all they had to do was turn on the campus radio station as I was on the air!! :evil:
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  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,606
    Gold 26 wrote:
    I had tickets to see them at the G-Mex in Manchester in April 1994 but as things turned out they never got to play that show. I think I've got the tickets somewhere still.
    Same here. I've still got my ticket for the Cardiff show on April 1st 1994, it was cancelled after his coma in Italy. Four days later he was gone for good. So close...
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  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 11,843
    Springfield MA, November 1993 I got up against the rail right in front of the amps. . . . Novoselic was only a few feet away from me. It was phenomenal, I remember headbanging like a maniac when they played Scentless Apprentice. That & Radio Friendly Unit Shifter were my favorite tunes from In Utero, I was so psyched to hear them both. My ears were ringing for days. . . . that may be one huge reason why I'm starting to suffer hearing loss at only 36 years old. Half-Japanese and the Breeders opened that night.

    The "From The Muddy Banks of the Wishka" version of Sliver was recorded at that show.

    1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
    2. Drain You
    3. Breed
    4. Serve the Servants
    5. About a Girl
    6. Heart-Shaped Box
    7. Sliver
    8. Dumb
    9. Come as You Are
    10. In Bloom
    11. Lithium
    12. Pennyroyal Tea
    13. School
    14. Polly
    15. Milk It
    16. Rape Me
    17. Territorial Pissings
    18. Smells Like Teen Spirit
    19. All Apologies Encore:
    20. On a Plain
    21. Scentless Apprentice
    22. Blew
    Jam
  • PearlOfAGirlPearlOfAGirl Posts: 15,993
    JH6056 wrote:
    Would have LOVED to see that Roseland show, especially with that Iggy "I Wanna Be Your Dog" encore!!! Lucky you!
    Me too!! Only seen them on tv playing live, and thought that was awesome.. :mrgreen:

    Wish you were here...
    ♥~RIP Dad
  • FrankieGFrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    I saw Lounge Act (NYC Nirvana Tribute band), does that count?

    I was 4 in 1994... :lol: :x
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  • HGKHGK Posts: 94
    I saw them at William and Mary Hall, 11/07/1993. It was my first concert!
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  • bobasfeetbobasfeet Posts: 1,162
    I saw them on the In Utero tour. Breeders opened.
  • pookasnakepookasnake Posts: 161
    Saw them at the Denver Coliseum on December 18, 1993 with the Melvins and the Breeders. I remember ditching school to wait in line when tickets went on sale! ;)

    Setlist:
    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
    Pennyroyal Tea
    School
    Polly
    Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle
    Milk It
    Rape Me
    Territorial Pissings
    Encore:
    The Man Who Sold the World
    (David Bowie cover)
    All Apologies
    On a Plain
    Heart-Shaped Box
    Blew
    If I knew where it was, I would take you there....

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  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    So it sounds like they did make the rounds a few times before Kurt ended the band. :(

    From what live footage I've seen of them they seemed to have a stellar live show. Especially for those of us who appreciated them for more than their radio hits.
  • rmartin70rmartin70 Posts: 64
    I saw them New Years Eve 1991 with Pearl Jam and the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Cow Palace.
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  • withflyingcolorswithflyingcolors Posts: 505
    Shit, so jealous of you all...I was 11-13 when they played these shows. Not that I would gave ever been able to go but I will have to look up if they came to Providence.
  • jammerfalljammerfall Posts: 908
    Numerous times. One of the great things about living between Portland and Seattle in the late 80's-early 90's.
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  • Frankie79Frankie79 Cornwall, UK Posts: 203
    My Uncle saw them in Paris not sure which year. I was too young to go to a big show but I still remember the buzz and shock on the school bus as the news spread of Kurts death. I think I was 14 then
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  • pjamfreakpjamfreak Posts: 44
    jjflash said:

    Saw them play Birmingham in late '93. Butthole Surfers and The Breeders opened. One of the few ticket stubs I didn't keep...not sure what happened to it :fp: Was seminal in making me realize you gotta try to catch the good ones if/when/while you can.

    Set list:

    Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
    Drain You
    Breed
    Serve the Servants
    Come as You Are
    Smells Like Teen Spirit
    Sliver
    Dumb
    In Bloom
    Lithium
    Pennyroyal Tea
    School
    Polly
    Milk It
    Rape Me
    Territorial Pissings
    Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam (The Vaselines cover)
    The Man Who Sold the World (David Bowie cover)
    Molly's Lips (The Vaselines cover)
    Scentless Apprentice
    Heart-Shaped Box
    Endless, Nameless

    According to the logic of that tour, Jesus doesn't want me for a sunbeam was played instead of Molly's Lips. The guy who was an attendee and gave the setlist to LN community in 2002 passed away and wasn't sure. Do you clearly remember if Molly's lips or Jesus doesn't want me for a sunbeam was played that night ? Both are Vaselines covers. Thanks

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