Anyone here ever see Nirvana live?

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  • karma defect
    karma defect Posts: 5,483
    No, I saw the drummer though.
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,148
    This is exactly how a Nirvana concert was :lol:

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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,516
    Yeah saw them here in NY Roseland ballroom have to look at stub for the date! While it was a good show it didn’t blow me away 
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  • GlowGirl
    GlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 12,052
    josevolution said:
    Yeah saw them here in NY Roseland ballroom have to look at stub for the date! While it was a good show it didn’t blow me away 
    I miss Roseland. I saw so many good bands there. 
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,516
    GlowGirl said:
    josevolution said:
    Yeah saw them here in NY Roseland ballroom have to look at stub for the date! While it was a good show it didn’t blow me away 
    I miss Roseland. I saw so many good bands there. 
    Yeah def cool vibe to the place i believe the 1st time I went there was for the RHCP with SP and PJ great night 
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,685
    I wuz there too Jose!  Spent a lot of time seeing great shows at Roseland.
    Scalped a ticket outside pre show. Drove back to nj. Picked up my friend. Showed up late. Didn't care about pj (whoops!). All about rhcp then. Caught SP. 
    Later that tour in Portland I think. My friend caught the same show. She said pj stole the show. 

    Thread integrity, never saw nirvana. 
  • Tjm007
    Tjm007 Posts: 189
    3 times in the Uk - 2 Reading Festivals and this time in Edinburgh.

    Was excellent- you could tell they were going to be huge. 

    https://www.livenirvana.com/concerts/91/91-11-29.php
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,887
    I saw them play in Vancouver a few months before Kurt died.   They played the PNE Forum which was this little old jr hockey arena beside the full size NHL Arena (Pacific Coliseum back in those days).  I remember the show being good but not much else.  My only stand out memory was I was crowd surfing and somehow got tossed over the security person when I crossed the rail, I pulled myself up onto the stage, only to be like, oh fuck, and dove back into the pit.

    The stupid shit I did when I was 16 :)

    I've been to so many concerts now that I'm lucky if I can pick out a memory from everyone.  Sometimes at this point I'll forgot I even went to a show (Friend of mine recently started talking about a Jerry Cantrell show we went to at the commodore, and I'm like, no that was at Richard's on Richards, and he's like no, this was another one went too.. sure enough he was right, I've got the stub).  The other hard part was this was 30 years ago now.  Crazy stuff.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,864
    Saw them in Fitchburg MA on Nov 12, 93
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,685
    Zod said:
    I saw them play in Vancouver a few months before Kurt died.   They played the PNE Forum which was this little old jr hockey arena beside the full size NHL Arena (Pacific Coliseum back in those days).  I remember the show being good but not much else.  My only stand out memory was I was crowd surfing and somehow got tossed over the security person when I crossed the rail, I pulled myself up onto the stage, only to be like, oh fuck, and dove back into the pit.

    The stupid shit I did when I was 16 :)

    I've been to so many concerts now that I'm lucky if I can pick out a memory from everyone.  Sometimes at this point I'll forgot I even went to a show (Friend of mine recently started talking about a Jerry Cantrell show we went to at the commodore, and I'm like, no that was at Richard's on Richards, and he's like no, this was another one went too.. sure enough he was right, I've got the stub).  The other hard part was this was 30 years ago now.  Crazy stuff.
    Great story. Write a journal. 
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,749
    Yefa said:
    I saw Nirvana/Breeders/Half Japanese on 11/10/93 in Springfield, MA. It was a very good show. I'd been a Nirvana fan since I heard "Sliver" and was excited to finally see them.
    I was at this show & it blew my mind. 1st time I crowd surfed, and stupidly got up against the rail on the right in front of the speakers & was about 15' away from Novoselic.  (I'm not convinced this isn't why I have problems w/ hearing in my right ear specifically) 

    Highlights for me were Radio Friendly Unit Shifter & Scentless Apprentice... I recall being psyched they played SMLTS as Kurt supposedly only played it if he was enjoying the crowd or the show or something to that effect. 
  • Gibson
    Gibson Chicago Posts: 2,671
    edited November 2024
    Toronto '93. I was 11 and my aunt took me. I wasn't even much of a fan, but she knew I'd come to appreciate it when I got older. The show was a little much for me at the time (loud, intense, etc, and they didn't even play SLTS!) but I'm glad I can say I was there. If was 18 at the time I'd be writing an essay right now about how amazing it was.
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,124
    Gibson said:
    Toronto '93. I was 11 and my aunt took me. I wasn't even much of a fan, but she knew I'd come to appreciate it when I got older. The show was a little much for me at the time (loud, intense, etc, and they didn't even play SLTS!) but I'm glad I can say I was there. If was 18 at the time I'd be writing an essay right now about how amazing it was.
    wow...good stuff

    They weren't on my radar at all other than SLTS videos on MTV...which meant that I didn't find them worthy (like PJ at the time) because if MTV liked them they must not be any good (in my closed mind)

    It wasn't until after Cobain died that I started to dive in deeper. Their first album is still my favorite. Some of the best music to come out of that era in my opinion.
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  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,819
    I saw them twice (three times if you count the 1992 MTV awards)....first time was in 1991 as the middle act on the RHCP/PJ tour.  Second time was headlining on their arena tour.....1993 I think.
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    I never saw them live, but they played Tallahassee, FL when I lived there as a kid. I can remember it being a big deal because the protesters outside made the news the next day. The whole show is on Youtube. 
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  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,031
    Was fortunate to see them one time (Dec.'93)
  • lexicondevil
    lexicondevil Posts: 2,246
    I was in Hawaii waaaay back when and went to a tiny club to see Fishbone. A few days after that, Smashing Pumpkins were gonna play, and days after that Nirvana was scheduled. I really should have postponed my flight home.
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,251
    Today... I listen to Nevermind front to back for the first time ever.
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,887
    bootlegger10 said:
    Today... I listen to Nevermind front to back for the first time ever.

    woah, what was that like?   It's been so long since I got my first copy from Columbia House that I don't really remember my first time spinning it.

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