I was there. In front, stage left. I see my head. After the last song they carried Kurt surfing overhead from the stage, halfway to the back of the club. Then he walked over to the bar, sat on the floor fiddled with his shoelaces and talked to us for about 15 minutes,,,,stuff like saving the planet, and our music and our bands. After, as Kurt walked away a few feet I said his name, and gave a peace sign....you know he walked right back up to me, looked me straight in the eyes and said....yea, exactly....peace!!! That was magic!....then came Nevermind a few months later.....but that night I just knew they were great. Thanks again for all the music Nirvana....PEACE
September 26th, 1991. Nevermind was only 2 days old, and it hadn't exploded yet. This is unreal....I don't think anybody in the crowd had any idea Nirvana was about to be one of the biggest bands in the world in only a few months. They are still playing like a grunge band from soggy Aberdeen Washington, in a dive bar somewhere hidden in an alleyway. Really unique time, makes this footage very meaningful. It's the end days of life as these 3 guys knew it
Watching this, realizing it is just before Nevermind explosion, you can see the band hitting on all cylinders. Kurt is really into his performance as well. He even realizes the band is onto something and the crowd energy is electric. This is a rare glimpse pre-fame at Nirvana at their peak.
The next night on the 27th they would play City Gardens in Trenton NJ which WAS a legendary punk venue. My parents would drive me there for shows and they had no idea what type of place it was lol. Missed Nirvana that night because I didn’t know who they were. Two nights later Kurt and Dave watched themselves on MTV for the first time from a Pittsburgh hotel room when 120 minutes played Smell Like Teen Spirit for the first time.
Scruffy P Hmmm... anything more satisfying? Well let's see now. How about having that beautiful pile of luck 1 has in getting chance to see this little known show of the pre-dawn Nevermind era & go even 1 step further for this Nirvana fan here (yours truly). That is wait until your fav track is to play. That track here, at least among all of what's found within this setlist, would be Aneurysm. Then just scream out in joy as luck would have it, the video just happens to falter out ONLY right after Aneurysm is to have started playing. And then Voila! Right when the track is coming to its end does the video just miraculously start to work fine again! I mean WOW! Talk about satisfaction at its finest!
I was in my second year of college a mile away on this night. A bunch of metal heads/punk dudes on my floor asked me if i wanted to go see this new band Nirvana ? This one dude kept saying they are going to be huge some day and that i really should go. I said No. I went and had pizza in New Haven instead with some others on the floor. After Nevermind broke huge, i was asked for the next two years by some of those dudes, how my pizza was ?
I fucking love this video. It's right before they got really huge and you can really feel their energy, like "holy shit guys we're actually doing it!!" When they start Polly at 43:35 there's that guy in the crowd who screams "POLLY WANNA CRACKER!" and then starts singing along with Kurt and Kurt starts laughing, like he's so amazed that someone actually knows his lyrics. I love this era of the band because it's before fame made them jaded and cynical.
I was literally just commenting that it's insane that less than 1 year after this show they were on stage at the VMA'S calling out Axl Rose and Kurt was probably the biggest rock star on the planet. This guy at this little club in New Haven was a rock God a few months after this. Trippy. That happened FAST.
grateful for the person who suffered watching this through a lens, new school style, for my enjoyment almost 28 years later. thank you for your sacrifice. one of the best videos ive ever seen on youtube.
Di-fuckig-tto. My sentiments exactly. A few minutes into it I thought it may start to get a little boring, 10-15 seconds later I forgot all about that though!
I love how no one freaks out when Kurt kicks into SLTS, lol. 4 months later and you wouldn't even hear the drums kick in, over the crowd, once he started playing that riff.
funny, people out here in washington act like they own this band. esp. seattlites. they were from aberdeen, the armpit of the pacific NW and seattle "scoffed" at them when they first attempted seattle. this show was on the other side of the nation in fucking new haven CT (pizza mecca of the usa), b4 nevermind dropped. kris novaselich, even tho he says like he doesnt remember it now, was quoted as saying this was among if not his fav. all time show. we were there en masse. kurt put 25 of us on the g list, prompting the rightfully pissed promoter to "ban" them from any further shows there. not that it mattered. they were playing huge venues next month instead of seedy old ex-stripper bars. good times. kurt wasnt on dope at this show. all we could get for him was cough syrup.
@@sidneylacroix204 Nope, Ohana is 100% correct. I remember things went absolutely apeshit for Nirvana in October of 1991. It took only a few weeks for "Teen Spirit" to start getting video/airplay. I think I had the CD maxi-single of Teen Spirit...not sure if it came out ahead of Nevermind.
@@deepfocus888 yup... I had just moved in with a friend after high school... his brother had just bought NM... I still remember hearing Nameless Endless for the first time. When I got my first CD it wasn't on it...seems they cut it for a while at least
I've got a teleport mat which I just throw on the floor and it takes me anywhere I want dude......haven't u got yours yet? Available from all top retailers....
This reminds me of when I DIDN'T go see them right around the same time in Athens Ga at the 40 Watt. Have regretted it ever since. And to this day I don't even know WHY I didn't. I went to shows all the time. Arrrrrgh.
Yah I love those chords. ' really super simple chord progression, but no.one had(at least as far as im.aware) used it. Almost has a surf/spy feel to it...
I never saw Nirvana,my old band played with 'Scream' the band D.Grohl used to be in.. I've always had a bit of respect for Nirvana, but this gig,,,,,wow. Kurt killed it on the vocals. Wish I was at this gig,at this time period, etc,,,,
this is one off the most important music videos i have ever watched. just before nevermind , tiny crowd, and the happiest Kurt ever was. he wanted to be like the melvins, black flag etc. and would have been happy to slowly build up a reputation over 20 years, instead we all know what happend and nevermind shattered him as he felt like a sellout. unfortunately what he didn't realize was he was such an artful composers and beautiful at phrasing his songs that he was never going to be a long term underground band, the music spoke to us all in our teens at the time across the world !
he was so talented, he had the looks and the hooks, a perfect storm. He was a natural and surpassed them bands he loved but never saw himself as a talented creative person and felt like a fraud.
Timestamps (Might not totally be accurate) 0:52 - Hello 1:01 - Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam 4:07 - Here She Comes Now 10:27 - D-7 14:35 - Aneurysm 19:37 - Drain You 23:11 - School 25:45 - Floyd the Barber 28:16 - About a Girl 31:11 - Love Buzz 34:51 - Smells Like Teen Spirit 39:44 - Assholes 40:05 - Breed 43:42 - Polly 46:25 - Spank Thru 50:25 - Sliver 53:42 - Blew (Jam) 57:51 - Blew (the song for real) 1:01:21 - Been a Son 1:03:20 - Negative Creep 1:05:52 - Endless, Nameless
Kurt played the same in a room at Krist moms house facing the wall with 4 people there. Same intensity and level. It didn’t matter how many people listened. He was an real artist.
@@Georgeanne17 You could tell by 93 and 94 Kurt was burned out and most of the intensity was gone. His addiction and stomach ailments were getting the better of him.
@jason210ification true, after nevermind they had like 800 people trying to get into 200 capacity clubs and had to move to bigger veneus out of necessity.
Most of his interviews, the heavier than heaven biograohy, pretty much knowing anything more than his name means you know that's true. He hated being famous and all its oressures , it's one of the reasons he killed himself
In case you are unaware... “Here She Comes Now” is a Velvet Underground song written by Lou Reed. Everyone may already know that, just giving a VU shout out. Peace.
This was shot under very difficult circumstances by the great larry geyselaers. Without his trusty camcorder a lot of Connecticut area shows would be lost to history.long live kurdt
@@MindsetMastery75 They never played the Tune Inn. I played there once. All ages show. Also I think Malcolm Tent filmed this and Fernando Pinto booked this gig.
Hmmmm... I always thought Malcolm Tent, owner of that record shop Trash American Style, shot this. Side note: after Googling Larry's name, I see he won 1.7 million bucks on a quick pick in 1985.
I was backstage at this concert. I was President of the US at the time and had just landed on Air Force 1, nearby. The toilet on the plane was blocked, so myself and 4 secret service guys commandeered the toilets in this venue. I bumped into Kurt backstage and we talked about music and I showed him some of my songs. I didn't directly give him permission to use them, but I guess I never exactly said he couldn't, so I was okay with what happened next. Anyways, they got the toilets fixed, and I went back to just being the plain old President. But I'm proud to have been involved in the events depicted in this video.
This is simply unbelievable… I’m 44, lived through this era, never saw that show before, i’m just blown away. Pure, raw energy, before the storm chew them up. What a performance😳🤯
A little behind the scenes info. During the day of this show, Nirvana rolled up to FMC Associates in Watertown, CT at 12:00 pm. They had a dead Ampeg SVT bass head, brought to US to fix. We had to overnight parts etc to fix it. Meantime the band was hanging out in our shop till we could locate from the music Stores we did repairs for a bass Amp for them to rent for the Moon show. We located a new Ampeg SVT from Brian Guitars on Amity rd in New Haven however he wouldn't rent to them! (afraid never see it again). So we rented in our shops name and paid Brian's telling the band we would add it to there bill. Curt was so positive about things then. He was telling us they where going to be really big. He gave us an original copy of SLTS with the original cover. Dave was just mellow, mostly practicing on a pillow in our lounge. Don't remember much about Chris that day. My Partner Rich followed the bus down to New Haven to get the amp head from Brian's. Then went to the Moon. U had to stay to close the shop do I never went. Next day we finished the repair on Chris's Amo head and the once again came back to FMC to get it. The bill with all the charges was around $300 . Kurt happily Wrote us a check from their tour support account. We said goodbye and the band was off. I guess Brian's was right about renting to them. That check bounced, a further testament that tour lost money! Great to finally see the show I missed!
I actually think this is JUST a little bit too small to be ideal for Nirvana. This is the right-size club for like a shitty but lovable punk band, where the playing isn't very good but you're there for just the chaotic energy. Nirvana on the other hand, possessed some of that energy, but could actually play, and had great songs, haha...just using the drums as an example, the combination of Dave being too cramped along with his drums not being mic'd properly means he can't really NAIL some of those awesome gorilla drum fills he does, and it takes away from their overall power a little bit. I'd say maybe double the size of this venue, still GA only (obviously) would be perfect for them.
@@Ohbubbano Haha, this is true, this is true...I have no doubt that had Cobain lived, they would've started doing 'secret' gigs under different names, or unannounced impulsive ones, at smaller venues. There is nothing like seeing a band equipped to play a huge venue in an environment intimate enough for a local band...I got to see Radiohead, for example, on a special tour they did to roadtest then-new material--it was nowhere near THIS small, but it was standing room only, and I got right in front of the stage...something special.
The drums kicking in on School is my favorite part of any show where it's on the setlist. The way Kurt throws himself and the way the crowd just goes crazy is amazing
One of those bands that simply had it all.Great songs, great image, great musicianship, a kick ass drummer, a vocalist that you could recognize after one note...Listen to that rasp in his voice. He's not even screaming. It was as if he could press a pedal and get the rasp on his voice at will as he did on his guitar distortion pedal.
12truk great image in the context of music industry is a distinctive image that helps sell the band by making them stand out. They also set fashion trends that are alive to this day. That's a great image for rock, not a well tailored suit.
+Fer Abra I get what you mean. Anyway the whole point in Nirvana is that paradoxically, their image is just that they actually gave a shit to their image. They would just wear poor broken clothes because they didn't spend any money in buying "rockstar" clothes.
12truk Exactly. Not giving a shit about their clothes and buying them in the thrift shop made them stand out. They made Michael Jackson seem outdated in his "rockstar" clothes overnight, and defined what a rockstar looked like in the 90s. Great image.
+Fer Abra Yep, exactly. But what I meant is that they didn't do that intentionally. They were just being themselves. Then the media tried to bring a fashion out of it and that's actually one of the things that Kurt, Krist and Dave hated the most. They weren't up there because of fashion, they were just making music and having fun.
Nirvana were masters of the challenging setlist, which are a complete delight to the hardcore fan 30 years later.. Thanks to whoever filmed this, the internet and youtube, between the 3 of those things it means these tiny gigs can be enjoyed by 1 million+ people all around the world, instead of just the 500 or 1000 people who were there watching this live
I was there. The Moon held probably about 100, and that included the people squeezed into the back room with the bar and pool table. It was a fun night. BTW, Smashing Pumpkins opened for Screaming Trees at the same venue in an afternoon show.
@@sethp1624 Of course... we all prefer him on the drums, but it was Nirvana. We all gotta grow and follow our path, it is just Dave's path is in public and appeals to lots and lots of people.
People who don't know shit about actually playing drums like to say things like that. Moddest Mouse was good but lacks the finesse and crazy tightness Grohl has, he isn't boring it's simple and effective, less is more and playing exactly what the song requires, with fucking cool licks. He is one of the greatest rock drummers or all time. I see your video and raise you with thew entire of Them Crooked Vultures ;P
Honestly this is possibly the best set list that I've seen nirvana perform, out of the hundreds of videos that I've seen, when you start the set with the Vaseline and here she comes now oh man the list keeps on getting better and better. This was the Nirvana show to see live right here.
Unreal. I was obsessed with nirvana. Expanded my musical interest since then, but I will always love nirvana. Really wish I could have experienced them live. Just imagine being there - lethal.
Anyone think is strange they started the show with 3 covers? What a band. Kurt was a great front man. That voice! Dave was a ferocious drummer. Krist was a great bass player. Will a band this great ever come along again? One of these days..we need another Kurt. Badly.
+David Boguzes Absolutely agree David. Just as Kurt spoke back so many years ago "Parents and children like the same music these days and that's frightening to us" We need another Kurt/Grunge/Nirvana to explode and mix everything up just as it were to happen way back in 1990 cheers mate :)
we(me) are currently writing 7 songs at the moment so it will be a while haha, plus my drummer is going in the army soon so we will need a new drummer But one day yes to that haha
HANDS DOWN...My number 1 favorite video of nirvana that exist on the internet. What a kick ass performance in such a simple environment. THIS is what Nirvana was all about. I could feel the vibe of the room. My wife, son and I danced to the whole show. Amazing. Thanks for posting
43:52 You can see Kurt grinning and then crack up at the guy screaming along to the song. Bittersweet cuz if it had stayed around this level of hype I feel things could've went differently for Kurt, I hate even thinking things like that but I can't help it watching these pre Nirvanamania gigs. Krist said something along the same lines too.
If you told all the people at this show that this band would end up being the biggest band in the world, nobody would have believed it. This really is incredible footage and proof that anything can happen. The songs off of Nevermind are just really catchy without being cheesy. These guys were grinding for years for no money. They make a great video with a great song and the rest is history. I’m really glad I saw this today, thank you for posting it.
I think one of great mythos with Nirvana is the idea that heir shows are these legendary gigs. I mean I watch this video like it's some legendary concert preserved 23 years later. A lot of fans consider this one of their better shows from 1991 and you can see why. The band sounds good and the setlist is pretty great. But the reality was, just like the shows my band does, it was in a small club probably on a week night and they were just another cool Rock band. Just another night. But little did they know. Little did anybody know that by 1992 - the world was there's for the taking.
he was actually laughing because he thought of a funny joke that he heard earlier today about turkey abortions. i was at the hospital when kurt was born, i would know......
Woah. I’ve been on a Nirvana binge and feel like I’ve seen almost every video but this ones a gem. They sounded so great from the start and teen spirit was played so perfectly, his “hey” sounded just like the studio version. To witness that must’ve been magic. Thanks for sharing this one!❤️🤘🏼
Me as well. I've seen it on here for a while but decided to finally watch it. I was thinking it would be shitty quality but I was definitely wrong about that lol Dave's drums are fucking cannons!
Yet again I will mention during " Drain you" love the " hand gestures" towards the build up of Kurts amazing scream! !! This place reminds me of the Stone Pony in Asbury Park NJ!!!
i feel like if u listen to one of these songs, if you're mind is open enough, you could slip into another dimension-like continuum and become enlightened with the noise kurts spirit resinates on your showered self.
@@davecarsley8773 I am just over 50 now. No reason to lie. At the end of the show a bunch of kids carried Kurt into the bathroom and some guy propositioned Kurt. Kurt wasn't having any of that though.
I was back in my dorm a couple mikes away studying for an Econ quiz during this show. Ugh. I had actually seen them earlier in the summer in Hollywood and figured I’d be a good student it being my freshman year and all. After watching this I got a pit in my stomach over having made such a poor choice. At least I got a chance to see them earlier that year-had I not done that I couldn’t live with myself. There are so damn good in this video. I caught them at the Palladium in Hollywood where the lineup was Hole, Nirvana and Dinosaur Jr. - an epic show.
I was at this show. Me, Byl and Johny had a bunch of vodka and Jägermeister and drank with Kurt right through the first 2 bands. He got about 20 of us on the pest list which is why Fernando banned them from the club thereafter. Bad move. I'm yelling "Donkey show" just prior to the Vasolines cover. I'm pretty sure acid was involved as well. After the fruit throwing at the beginning, everyone was just trying to stay on their feet from the fruit slime all over the floor but from the camera angle it looks like dancing. Great fucking show.
I would add that he played 'Spank thru' and every weird song we could think of asking him to play. He also did not play 'In Bloom' by specific request and even claimed that he didn't remember how to play it. LOL.
davefusa We were collecting their bootlegs before Nevermind came out. The Subpop catalog from 1989 listed the Bleach album with the comment, "they have they're own van and they are going to make us filthy rich." I'm sure they had NO fucking clue just how true that statement was.
It really is an amazing time to be alive. Being able to watch a live performance of a band long gone and feeling like you are part of the crowd. Great footage.
5:54 that scream gives me chills! I love the way they play this song, it sounds so Sonic Youth. I just love his energy during the whole set. Damn, I wish I was a little bit older and I would have definitely been at all their shows. I was only 11 then!
So soon after Teen Spirit was released - the insane fame and success hasn't quite hit them yet, they're not totally jaded by it, and they're playing the song note for note like the original, as close as possible, which is something you didn't see much once they broke out the way they did. This is incredible.
Actually they played it well ive noticed at many venues it was played in a sarcastic manner for the big shows or for tv. Miami in late 93 show they did a great job playing it.
went around town the entire week b4 the show telling folks they really ought to do thems a favor and check out this band. i still hear back from the people who blew it off about what idjits they were :)
Fawking Awesome!!!!! Would Have Loved to Have seen Nirvana...But Unfortunatly I Was too DAMN Young,i was 10 and a half here...Every Nirvana Show is a Great Nirvana Show!!!!
The camera was right behind me and I never saw it.... I'd say that it was a big ass secret and the guy is thinking at the time that his cam will be jacked if the bouncer sees him. I figured he was ducking someone when it goes black to the floor too.... speaking of, I'm still floored this exists
@@TheLobsterBisque Live close to new haven and was shocked that Nirvana played not only in new haven but that it is considered one of the best shows ever. Building torn down I think
I've seen probably 100 different performances of Teen Spirit. And this is the only one I've seen where Kurt says "Group" instead of "Tribe." My gosh, what a great freaking show. One of the best I've seen.
Everyone probably knows this but in the linear notes to the Lithium single the official lyrics were printed and it was supposed to be tribe. I always assumed he said group on the record by mistake, as he usually just made shit up anyways, musical genius that Kurt was.
Nevermind was released on 09/24/91 two days prior to this concert and the video for Smell's Like Teen Spirit debuted on MTV's 120 Minutes on 09/29/91, three days after.
imagine you think rock and roll is spandex, hairspray, and wacky ballads. then you hear this. wow. magical moment in music history. they brought magic back to rock.
I was there. In front, stage left. I see my head. After the last song they carried Kurt surfing overhead from the stage, halfway to the back of the club. Then he walked over to the bar, sat on the floor fiddled with his shoelaces and talked to us for about 15 minutes,,,,stuff like saving the planet, and our music and our bands. After, as Kurt walked away a few feet I said his name, and gave a peace sign....you know he walked right back up to me, looked me straight in the eyes and said....yea, exactly....peace!!! That was magic!....then came Nevermind a few months later.....but that night I just knew they were great. Thanks again for all the music Nirvana....PEACE
This is so sweet! He sounds so nice!
Two words......gentile soul. He took on a lot.
You lucky, lucky person!:'0
lucky fuck.
woah dude that's fucking crazy cool!
I shot this video, and it was quite a task just getting the footage that exists. Nice to see it getting so much love.
u r epic if u r not lying.
thank u
Hellz yea!
dude ur amazing thanj you for preserving this fossil
Yeah... You and about 6 other people in this comment section shot this video.
@@davecarsley8773 this is the internet so I'll believe him
21:27 dude with the hands is hilarious. He’s on point.
Someone had an encounter with some fungi before this show, that's for sure!🤣😆
im fucking crying thats hilarious
He's controlling the goings on with wizardry
hell yeah h is. he knows that tune intimately
he just is influenced by a white powder...
Sugar Glass
Apparently everyone who attended this show is in the comment section of this video.
i was outside in the parking lot smoking cigarettes
@@DirtyDirkDiggler priorities man.
@@chanceishikawa1699 i'm just kidding man...
Ian Maguire yea I was joking along 😂👌🏽
People make shut up and post it.... Yeah right, you were there
The entire population of new haven 1991 is in this comment section
that made me laugh
Hahahaha
I'm only 25 and even I was there
Steve Ross asked me to go. I declined.
I don't regret that at all.
Fuck me.
I’m 13 but i went to nirvana like 3 years ago
September 26th, 1991. Nevermind was only 2 days old, and it hadn't exploded yet. This is unreal....I don't think anybody in the crowd had any idea Nirvana was about to be one of the biggest bands in the world in only a few months. They are still playing like a grunge band from soggy Aberdeen Washington, in a dive bar somewhere hidden in an alleyway. Really unique time, makes this footage very meaningful. It's the end days of life as these 3 guys knew it
Kurt would of preferred it at the way. He liked playing in the clubs. And feeling the love.
Watching this, realizing it is just before Nevermind explosion, you can see the band hitting on all cylinders. Kurt is really into his performance as well. He even realizes the band is onto something and the crowd energy is electric. This is a rare glimpse pre-fame at Nirvana at their peak.
The next night on the 27th they would play City Gardens in Trenton NJ which WAS a legendary punk venue. My parents would drive me there for shows and they had no idea what type of place it was lol. Missed Nirvana that night because I didn’t know who they were. Two nights later Kurt and Dave watched themselves on MTV for the first time from a Pittsburgh hotel room when 120 minutes played Smell Like Teen Spirit for the first time.
Cap cuz nevermind was already 2 days old in this video
@@oliverb.8995What cap?
Is there anything more satisfying than stumbling across a nirvana gig you haven't seen yet?
Fuckn luv it!!!
Scruffy P An even more, listening to the all time songs like breed & smells like teen spirit and noticing that they weren't even known by that time
Scruffy P Hmmm... anything more satisfying? Well let's see now. How about having that beautiful pile of luck 1 has in getting chance to see this little known show of the pre-dawn Nevermind era & go even 1 step further for this Nirvana fan here (yours truly). That is wait until your fav track is to play. That track here, at least among all of what's found within this setlist, would be Aneurysm. Then just scream out in joy as luck would have it, the video just happens to falter out ONLY right after Aneurysm is to have started playing. And then Voila! Right when the track is coming to its end does the video just miraculously start to work fine again! I mean WOW! Talk about satisfaction at its finest!
Scruffy P nope, there isn't
Scruffy P Damn I know that feeling...
I was in my second year of college a mile away on this night. A bunch of metal heads/punk dudes on my floor asked me if i wanted to go see this new band Nirvana ? This one dude kept saying they are going to be huge some day and that i really should go. I said No. I went and had pizza in New Haven instead with some others on the floor. After Nevermind broke huge, i was asked for the next two years by some of those dudes, how my pizza was ?
Motley Fan How was your pizza?
I wish I had a college experience like that. I take it this was not at Yale.
Missed opportunity. Not gonna make fun of you, just so sorry you missed it.
That had to have been some bomb ass pizza if you passed on Nirvana for some pizza.
Whoops!!!!
I fucking love this video. It's right before they got really huge and you can really feel their energy, like "holy shit guys we're actually doing it!!" When they start Polly at 43:35 there's that guy in the crowd who screams "POLLY WANNA CRACKER!" and then starts singing along with Kurt and Kurt starts laughing, like he's so amazed that someone actually knows his lyrics. I love this era of the band because it's before fame made them jaded and cynical.
I love that part!
Kurt was great singer soothing voice
Yeah, and before the second verse this guy in the crowd screams "POLLY SAID" (wrong line) and Kurt continues with "Polly said a cracker" haha
Nevermind had been out for two days.
I was literally just commenting that it's insane that less than 1 year after this show they were on stage at the VMA'S calling out Axl Rose and Kurt was probably the biggest rock star on the planet. This guy at this little club in New Haven was a rock God a few months after this. Trippy. That happened FAST.
grateful for the person who suffered watching this through a lens, new school style, for my enjoyment almost 28 years later. thank you for your sacrifice. one of the best videos ive ever seen on youtube.
And he probably could have made a small fortune by licensing it through the band for release. He is a good dude for not.
Agreed
That would be Malcolm Tent, legendary Connecticut record store owner of Trash American Style.
Di-fuckig-tto. My sentiments exactly. A few minutes into it I thought it may start to get a little boring, 10-15 seconds later I forgot all about that though!
also.. I think the audio is pretty damn good, considering?!
I love how no one freaks out when Kurt kicks into SLTS, lol. 4 months later and you wouldn't even hear the drums kick in, over the crowd, once he started playing that riff.
1991 was a hell of a year for these 3 gentlemen
1995 was bitter.
@@edwardlagrossa1246 tf?
@@edwaaard46 what hes saying it was a bad year for them because of kurt cobains death
@@Guitar_Jams Kurt died in 94
@@bullock4211 He means it was bitter because of the aftermath of his death, they were Most likely still in deep morning
When he said "our real fans" at the mtv awards, these were the fans he was talking about
funny, people out here in washington act like they own this band. esp. seattlites. they were from aberdeen, the armpit of the pacific NW and seattle "scoffed" at them when they first attempted seattle. this show was on the other side of the nation in fucking new haven CT (pizza mecca of the usa), b4 nevermind dropped. kris novaselich, even tho he says like he doesnt remember it now, was quoted as saying this was among if not his fav. all time show. we were there en masse. kurt put 25 of us on the g list, prompting the rightfully pissed promoter to "ban" them from any further shows there. not that it mattered. they were playing huge venues next month instead of seedy old ex-stripper bars. good times. kurt wasnt on dope at this show. all we could get for him was cough syrup.
no he was talking about the ones from the show in Denver Colorado dec.93. trust me i was there at the hospital when Kurt was born, i would know...
That's right!
Amanda Garza oh shut up you don’t know shit.
*woooosh*
This show was two days after Nevermind was released. They had no idea how life was about to change.
Nirvana had already toured Europe and america by this point
@@Chickenbone263 Meaning what? I'm not following you.
@@sidneylacroix204 Nope, Ohana is 100% correct. I remember things went absolutely apeshit for Nirvana in October of 1991. It took only a few weeks for "Teen Spirit" to start getting video/airplay. I think I had the CD maxi-single of Teen Spirit...not sure if it came out ahead of Nevermind.
@@deepfocus888 yup... I had just moved in with a friend after high school... his brother had just bought NM... I still remember hearing Nameless Endless for the first time. When I got my first CD it wasn't on it...seems they cut it for a while at least
The video was on Mtv ahead of the album drop.
0:59 Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
4:07 Here She Comes Now
10:26 D-7
14:35 Aneurysm
19:26 Drain You
23:11 School
25:45 Floyd The Barber
28:15 About A Girl
31:11 Love Buzz
34:50 Smells Like Teen Spirit
40:04 Breed
43:35 Polly
46:25 Spank Thru
50:25 Sliver
53:43 Blew (jam)
57:59 Blew
1:01:22 Been A Son
1:03:20 Negative Creep
1:05:50 Endless, Nameless
👌
Because that’s what hero’s do
Hero
Good job
Thank you kind sir
i know what to do, when i get a time machine ;)
Nicolas Jarpa dont forget me
Nicolas Jarpa me too
Me toooo!!!!
I've got a teleport mat which I just throw on the floor and it takes me anywhere I want dude......haven't u got yours yet? Available from all top retailers....
Kill love rite after beans birth?
How I wish I was there, Nirvana playing in small room just for you. These people are gifted!
no unfortunately they arent very gifted. their organs tasted just like all the rest....
So do I
Me too!!!
Yes it was a concert for Mensa members only
There are great bands playing right now all over the world just as good. Stop worshiping, start attending.
The first 'hey' he does at 36:12 is so in sync with his guitar, it sounds amazing it's so satisfying
Fuck me. You’re right. The first one he does is so In sync
what a great catch. it sounds like the album
it is lmao
Love Kurt's energy in 1991. he was a lot more passionate here before he got tired of being famous and the drugs got bad
"The drugs got bad." How poetic.
This reminds me of when I DIDN'T go see them right around the same time in Athens Ga at the 40 Watt. Have regretted it ever since. And to this day I don't even know WHY I didn't. I went to shows all the time.
Arrrrrgh.
Never seen another drummer with the intensity that dave has , unreal !
There are many Dave lombardo and Eloy casagrande to start.
@@asht0n785 still don’t feel that punch that Dave has
Coady Willis from the two piece band (lead drummer and bass guitar) Big Business goes 1000mph all the time
The breed drumroll is so fucking powerful it gives me zaps through my spinal cord
@@Billygk25 the thing is not the speed, is the violence
Man, the intro to Aneurysm gives me goosebumps. Insane energy.
Yah I love those chords. ' really super simple chord progression, but no.one had(at least as far as im.aware) used it. Almost has a surf/spy feel to it...
It’s the build up…and then that energy release, amazing. The audience felt it too
I never saw Nirvana,my old band played with 'Scream' the band D.Grohl used to be in.. I've always had a bit of respect for Nirvana, but this gig,,,,,wow. Kurt killed it on the vocals. Wish I was at this gig,at this time period, etc,,,,
Every time
this is one off the most important music videos i have ever watched. just before nevermind , tiny crowd, and the happiest Kurt ever was. he wanted to be like the melvins, black flag etc. and would have been happy to slowly build up a reputation over 20 years, instead we all know what happend and nevermind shattered him as he felt like a sellout. unfortunately what he didn't realize was he was such an artful composers and beautiful at phrasing his songs that he was never going to be a long term underground band, the music spoke to us all in our teens at the time across the world !
2 days after NEVERMIND Album!
he was so talented, he had the looks and the hooks, a perfect storm. He was a natural and surpassed them bands he loved but never saw himself as a talented creative person and felt like a fraud.
this is so true :(
Stefano Magaddino dude, you have shit in your head :)
I don't think he was ever that happy. He suffered from reality, like me.
Timestamps (Might not totally be accurate)
0:52 - Hello
1:01 - Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam
4:07 - Here She Comes Now
10:27 - D-7
14:35 - Aneurysm
19:37 - Drain You
23:11 - School
25:45 - Floyd the Barber
28:16 - About a Girl
31:11 - Love Buzz
34:51 - Smells Like Teen Spirit
39:44 - Assholes
40:05 - Breed
43:42 - Polly
46:25 - Spank Thru
50:25 - Sliver
53:42 - Blew (Jam)
57:51 - Blew (the song for real)
1:01:21 - Been a Son
1:03:20 - Negative Creep
1:05:52 - Endless, Nameless
Thank you ❤
@@Georgeanne17 You’re welcome!
Mai boi, mai hero
Thank you
This is a moment in music history. One of those shows that catches lightening. That atmosphere is so charged its still passing photons today.
Man, Kurt put so much effort into shows in 1991 and prior
Kurt played the same in a room at Krist moms house facing the wall with 4 people there. Same intensity and level. It didn’t matter how many people listened. He was an real artist.
@@Georgeanne17 You could tell by 93 and 94 Kurt was burned out and most of the intensity was gone. His addiction and stomach ailments were getting the better of him.
Honestly i dont like shows bigger then this one. Its perfect. The crowd is with the band the stage is small and the sound is in your face
By SNL in 1992 he was all junked up
@jason210ification true, after nevermind they had like 800 people trying to get into 200 capacity clubs and had to move to bigger veneus out of necessity.
52:35 - Krist: ''Hey, anybody here go to Yale?''
Audience: ''NO!''
Dave: ''Yeah, you look too stupid.''
That's how it was, and is, in New Haven... the clubs are right by Yale... I will always prefer the clubs ;)
Krist is the one who asks if anyone goes to Yale
Krist asked the question and Dave said you look too stupid
@@zaqwertyfish i think it was dave
This is nice to see them in a small venue like this one. Kurt always preferred the small clubs over the huge stadiums.
Most of his interviews, the heavier than heaven biograohy, pretty much knowing anything more than his name means you know that's true. He hated being famous and all its oressures , it's one of the reasons he killed himself
@@charliecavness
BS, in his diaries and Journals he walkways wanted to be a big rockstar, he just couldn’t handle it sadly.
The Moon was actually an alternative bar. not abnormal to see trans and cross dressers there
Here She Comes Now is such an underrated track.
Gives me chills
In case you are unaware... “Here She Comes Now” is a Velvet Underground song written by Lou Reed. Everyone may already know that, just giving a VU shout out. Peace.
the song is melodic gold i love it to death, especially when kurts guitar cut out and krist and dave did that beautiful rythem part
My favorite rendition thus far even though the guitar seemed to fade out but it was great. 🤩👍👍👍
its a cover of a song the velvet underground
I finally know what it’s like to be at a nirvana show. Oh my god. This is amazing.
They seemed happier to play small venues. Makes sense with their sound.
This was shot under very difficult circumstances by the great larry geyselaers. Without his trusty camcorder a lot of Connecticut area shows would be lost to history.long live kurdt
Was this at the the "Tune Inn"?
@@MindsetMastery75 They never played the Tune Inn. I played there once. All ages show. Also I think Malcolm Tent filmed this and Fernando Pinto booked this gig.
@@toad8840 Yeah.
Hmmmm... I always thought Malcolm Tent, owner of that record shop Trash American Style, shot this. Side note: after Googling Larry's name, I see he won 1.7 million bucks on a quick pick in 1985.
big salute to geyselaers!
I was backstage at this concert. I was President of the US at the time and had just landed on Air Force 1, nearby. The toilet on the plane was blocked, so myself and 4 secret service guys commandeered the toilets in this venue. I bumped into Kurt backstage and we talked about music and I showed him some of my songs. I didn't directly give him permission to use them, but I guess I never exactly said he couldn't, so I was okay with what happened next.
Anyways, they got the toilets fixed, and I went back to just being the plain old President. But I'm proud to have been involved in the events depicted in this video.
Ash Scott it’s true. i was the toilets
Don't let 'em change ya
@@user-uc4mh4ej2v You, me, and everyone else in these comments!
This is simply unbelievable…
I’m 44, lived through this era, never saw that show before, i’m just blown away. Pure, raw energy, before the storm chew them up.
What a performance😳🤯
A little behind the scenes info. During the day of this show, Nirvana rolled up to FMC Associates in Watertown, CT at 12:00 pm. They had a dead Ampeg SVT bass head, brought to US to fix. We had to overnight parts etc to fix it. Meantime the band was hanging out in our shop till we could locate from the music Stores we did repairs for a bass Amp for them to rent for the Moon show. We located a new Ampeg SVT from Brian Guitars on Amity rd in New Haven however he wouldn't rent to them! (afraid never see it again). So we rented in our shops name and paid Brian's telling the band we would add it to there bill. Curt was so positive about things then. He was telling us they where going to be really big. He gave us an original copy of SLTS with the original cover. Dave was just mellow, mostly practicing on a pillow in our lounge. Don't remember much about Chris that day. My Partner Rich followed the bus down to New Haven to get the amp head from Brian's. Then went to the Moon. U had to stay to close the shop do I never went. Next day we finished the repair on Chris's Amo head and the once again came back to FMC to get it. The bill with all the charges was around $300 . Kurt happily
Wrote us a check from their tour support account. We said goodbye and the band was off. I guess Brian's was right about renting to them. That check bounced, a further testament that tour lost money! Great to finally see the show I missed!
Thanks for sharing man! I love hearing this stuff. You should hit up Courtney for the $300.
Kurt’s signature on the check is definitely worth more than that $300 now. Great story!
Do you have that check stub with Kurt's signature? That would be a helluva collector's item!
this right here is why i love youtube. live music and stories like that. thank you for sharing Gary
If you still had that cancelled check you could probably sell it for more than $300.
THIS VIDEO IS A TREASURE.......1991...THE BEGGING OF 90S..THE BEST ERA TO LIVE....MUSIC MOVIES PEOPLE....EVERYTHING WAS IN THE PEAK ..
Great set and perfect size club for them. Probably their prime. May be the best bootleg video I have ever seen of Nirvana🤘🏻
no the perfect sized club is a littlw bit bigger than a baseball bat
I actually think this is JUST a little bit too small to be ideal for Nirvana. This is the right-size club for like a shitty but lovable punk band, where the playing isn't very good but you're there for just the chaotic energy. Nirvana on the other hand, possessed some of that energy, but could actually play, and had great songs, haha...just using the drums as an example, the combination of Dave being too cramped along with his drums not being mic'd properly means he can't really NAIL some of those awesome gorilla drum fills he does, and it takes away from their overall power a little bit. I'd say maybe double the size of this venue, still GA only (obviously) would be perfect for them.
@@mywhychromosome still if we were all there, we would be losin our minds 👾
@@Ohbubbano Haha, this is true, this is true...I have no doubt that had Cobain lived, they would've started doing 'secret' gigs under different names, or unannounced impulsive ones, at smaller venues. There is nothing like seeing a band equipped to play a huge venue in an environment intimate enough for a local band...I got to see Radiohead, for example, on a special tour they did to roadtest then-new material--it was nowhere near THIS small, but it was standing room only, and I got right in front of the stage...something special.
yeah, they liked smaller spaces instead of large halls for the shows
Who needs perfect audio and 1080p footage and DVDs when you have this? This is amazing.
The sheer rawness of it makes you feel like you're right there. Love it!
The drums kicking in on School is my favorite part of any show where it's on the setlist. The way Kurt throws himself and the way the crowd just goes crazy is amazing
One of the Best ever Nirvana shows, just love that set!
Tomnedreb agreed, this is one of my all time favs
Tomnedreb I subbed to u
Tomnedreb This truly is one of the best of their shows!
Tomnedreb definitely 100%
Tomnedreb Yes mate. It's actually my favourite. He looks healthy which makes me happy to see.
One of those bands that simply had it all.Great songs, great image, great musicianship, a kick ass drummer, a vocalist that you could recognize after one note...Listen to that rasp in his voice. He's not even screaming. It was as if he could press a pedal and get the rasp on his voice at will as he did on his guitar distortion pedal.
+Fer Abra Would like to know your meaning for "great image" haha Nirvana weren't best known for having a great image.
12truk great image in the context of music industry is a distinctive image that helps sell the band by making them stand out. They also set fashion trends that are alive to this day. That's a great image for rock, not a well tailored suit.
+Fer Abra
I get what you mean. Anyway the whole point in Nirvana is that paradoxically, their image is just that they actually gave a shit to their image. They would just wear poor broken clothes because they didn't spend any money in buying "rockstar" clothes.
12truk Exactly. Not giving a shit about their clothes and buying them in the thrift shop made them stand out. They made Michael Jackson seem outdated in his "rockstar" clothes overnight, and defined what a rockstar looked like in the 90s. Great image.
+Fer Abra Yep, exactly. But what I meant is that they didn't do that intentionally. They were just being themselves. Then the media tried to bring a fashion out of it and that's actually one of the things that Kurt, Krist and Dave hated the most. They weren't up there because of fashion, they were just making music and having fun.
Nirvana were masters of the challenging setlist, which are a complete delight to the hardcore fan 30 years later.. Thanks to whoever filmed this, the internet and youtube, between the 3 of those things it means these tiny gigs can be enjoyed by 1 million+ people all around the world, instead of just the 500 or 1000 people who were there watching this live
More like 30
I was there. The Moon held probably about 100, and that included the people squeezed into the back room with the bar and pool table. It was a fun night. BTW, Smashing Pumpkins opened for Screaming Trees at the same venue in an afternoon show.
That bass line on Love Buzz, Krist was a beast!!!!!
he still is :)
Lost Leopards No, Dave is a breast! A tit! 😃
Yeah !!!
It was awfully nice of Jim Henson to lend Animal to fill in on drums! What a beast!!!!
Russell Mostrom Ha!! best comment by far!
Head way down and arms a flailing! Lol
I wish he would play drums more these days. I preferred him on drums myself. Can you imagine the energy it must take to play like that?
@@sethp1624 Of course... we all prefer him on the drums, but it was Nirvana. We all gotta grow and follow our path, it is just Dave's path is in public and appeals to lots and lots of people.
😂🤣😂🤣 that's exactly what i thought !!
This is literally days before Nirvana would become famous..
To whomever filmed this, thanks a lot.
and thats how the drums are played, kids
Dave's fun to watch but he's kind of a boring drummer.
Here's something much more interesting ruclips.net/video/Gl9vGHVT_Xs/видео.html
People who don't know shit about actually playing drums like to say things like that. Moddest Mouse was good but lacks the finesse and crazy tightness Grohl has, he isn't boring it's simple and effective, less is more and playing exactly what the song requires, with fucking cool licks. He is one of the greatest rock drummers or all time. I see your video and raise you with thew entire of Them Crooked Vultures ;P
@ZeeTeeVee HAHAHHAAHA lame joke
@ZeeTeeVee sure daddy
@ZeeTeeVee puss
Honestly this is possibly the best set list that I've seen nirvana perform, out of the hundreds of videos that I've seen, when you start the set with the Vaseline and here she comes now oh man the list keeps on getting better and better. This was the Nirvana show to see live right here.
Unreal. I was obsessed with nirvana. Expanded my musical interest since then, but I will always love nirvana. Really wish I could have experienced them live. Just imagine being there - lethal.
Anyone think is strange they started the show with 3 covers? What a band. Kurt was a great front man. That voice! Dave was a ferocious drummer. Krist was a great bass player. Will a band this great ever come along again? One of these days..we need another Kurt. Badly.
+David Boguzes Dude I'm working on it, the band I'm in has nirvana, punk and fast rock sound. haha but you can't beat kurt dude
+David Boguzes Absolutely agree David. Just as Kurt spoke back so many years ago "Parents and children like the same music these days and that's frightening to us" We need another Kurt/Grunge/Nirvana to explode and mix everything up just as it were to happen way back in 1990 cheers mate :)
+Demn Guyz can u post your band playing
we(me) are currently writing 7 songs at the moment so it will be a while haha, plus my drummer is going in the army soon so we will need a new drummer
But one day yes to that haha
+Demn Guyz ok I will be waiting I support you
HANDS DOWN...My number 1 favorite video of nirvana that exist on the internet. What a kick ass performance in such a simple environment. THIS is what Nirvana was all about. I could feel the vibe of the room. My wife, son and I danced to the whole show. Amazing. Thanks for posting
This was Kurt idea of a bend, small clubs and close with people.
Me too! I know what you mean the energy is insane here, truly dynamite
43:52 You can see Kurt grinning and then crack up at the guy screaming along to the song. Bittersweet cuz if it had stayed around this level of hype I feel things could've went differently for Kurt, I hate even thinking things like that but I can't help it watching these pre Nirvanamania gigs. Krist said something along the same lines too.
I feel like after they became very huge he wasn’t feeling the same as these small gigs use dot
@Gatefold Lovers because polly existed way before nevermind. You can check it out here on yt. Lots of early nirvana songs.
this video is a treasure of unspeakable importance to rock n roll and all nirvana fans ..thank you for putting out for all to view..
If you told all the people at this show that this band would end up being the biggest band in the world, nobody would have believed it. This really is incredible footage and proof that anything can happen. The songs off of Nevermind are just really catchy without being cheesy. These guys were grinding for years for no money. They make a great video with a great song and the rest is history. I’m really glad I saw this today, thank you for posting it.
look at the good old days, people socializing enjoying live music together and not on their phones!
I think one of great mythos with Nirvana is the idea that heir shows are these legendary gigs. I mean I watch this video like it's some legendary concert preserved 23 years later. A lot of fans consider this one of their better shows from 1991 and you can see why. The band sounds good and the setlist is pretty great. But the reality was, just like the shows my band does, it was in a small club probably on a week night and they were just another cool Rock band. Just another night. But little did they know. Little did anybody know that by 1992 - the world was there's for the taking.
HappilyWithMonotony crazy how stuff like that happens it’s literally a lottery
Nirvana was one of the greatest bands that will ever hit in our lifetime we should be so grateful to be apart of such talent and success!!
During Polly Kurt laughs when a guy from the crowd sings too.
Did he say in one verse? "Polly says her crack hurts"lol
Lol
he was actually laughing because he thought of a funny joke that he heard earlier today about turkey abortions. i was at the hospital when kurt was born, i would know......
@@amandagarza3524 😂
And that guy is me...good days..
44:36 that guy is the first real nirvana fan
Yeah but he fucked up kurt
@@dayglownick5493 hahahaha good spot. What I wouldn't do to "fuck up kurt" :(
Polly said a cracker XD
Woah. I’ve been on a Nirvana binge and feel like I’ve seen almost every video but this ones a gem. They sounded so great from the start and teen spirit was played so perfectly, his “hey” sounded just like the studio version. To witness that must’ve been magic. Thanks for sharing this one!❤️🤘🏼
This might be my favorite nirvana show.
shut up steve
Dallas: ruclips.net/video/kiZ_OaAAggI/видео.html
This is mine before paramount show
This audio is amazing. I cant believe ive never seen this. How is not a major release? This show is crackling with energy ✌
I shot this video. It was a good time, remember it well…
awesome man.
Me too!
This is one of the best nirvana shows I've seen! The energy is juicy
your kitty looka juicy mmm im hungry now
Nirvana fan since 92 and I'm just seeing this?
Yeah me too..its super rare dude 😁👍
Welcome to the Internet!
Some shit on here is worth your life
Me as well. I've seen it on here for a while but decided to finally watch it. I was thinking it would be shitty quality but I was definitely wrong about that lol Dave's drums are fucking cannons!
Same
Two days after the release of Nevermind. A band on fire. A band on top of the world.
Yet again I will mention during " Drain you" love the " hand gestures" towards the build up of Kurts amazing scream! !! This place reminds me of the Stone Pony in Asbury Park NJ!!!
the.best lead singer ever. and he was only with us for 4 years
He was 27
Either way . No one better since
He was only 4? Rip
kurt died when he was 4 years old
Fuck! Imagine what he could have achieved had he survived toddlerhood.
Que música tan natural.es como yo y por eso me gusta su presentación en vivo 🎉
here she comes now is a moment. Kurt ripped holes through the universe.
i feel like if u listen to one of these songs, if you're mind is open enough, you could slip into another dimension-like continuum and become enlightened with the noise kurts spirit resinates on your showered self.
+drinkingpoolwater is full of magic my brother, to me remember my childhood , pretty awesome
this is the best comment ever man
one of the best covers and the only time I see it is in this concert
Glad he was a fan of velvet underground - best band of the 60s to me. Loud reed fucking killed it man. That vans supersedes every band on earth
Kurt looks like he's enjoying himself.....
He was.
@mrtrex01 hmm I see...
@mrtrex01 FFS, STOP . lol
@765Dmar Johnson SOURCE .
Of course ! This is right before David geffen drove him crazy and overworked him to death
Obrigado por essa gravação, saudações do Brasil 🇧🇷, Nirvana é atemporal!
Kurt Cobain
Krist Novoselic
Dave grohl
That space was so small. Honestly...that dance floor doesn't go back very far. I can't believe I saw them so close up.
That's because you didn't
@@davecarsley8773 I am just over 50 now. No reason to lie. At the end of the show a bunch of kids carried Kurt into the bathroom and some guy propositioned Kurt. Kurt wasn't having any of that though.
@@4021971 "propositioned" as in a gay kind of way? Just curious, no homophobe
@@alextryniski8597 Yes, in a gay way. Kurt was cool about it, but gave the gay guy an emphatic NO.
One of the best live performances I ve ever seen.
I was back in my dorm a couple mikes away studying for an Econ quiz during this show. Ugh. I had actually seen them earlier in the summer in Hollywood and figured I’d be a good student it being my freshman year and all. After watching this I got a pit in my stomach over having made such a poor choice. At least I got a chance to see them earlier that year-had I not done that I couldn’t live with myself. There are so damn good in this video. I caught them at the Palladium in Hollywood where the lineup was Hole, Nirvana and Dinosaur Jr. - an epic show.
no recess...
well.. this is absolute GOLD!
First time I´m watching this show wowww ecstatic
😇👊💖💋
I remember I was there. I was in the middle of the stage holding the mic
I was at this show. Me, Byl and Johny had a bunch of vodka and Jägermeister and drank with Kurt right through the first 2 bands. He got about 20 of us on the pest list which is why Fernando banned them from the club thereafter. Bad move. I'm yelling "Donkey show" just prior to the Vasolines cover. I'm pretty sure acid was involved as well. After the fruit throwing at the beginning, everyone was just trying to stay on their feet from the fruit slime all over the floor but from the camera angle it looks like dancing. Great fucking show.
I would add that he played 'Spank thru' and every weird song we could think of asking him to play. He also did not play 'In Bloom' by specific request and even claimed that he didn't remember how to play it. LOL.
how did you byl and johny know about this band before nevermind ?
Just like there is underground music today, there was a whole cultural movement of underground music by then. With its own shows, its own clubs etc.
dummytree yup. LOL
davefusa We were collecting their bootlegs before Nevermind came out. The Subpop catalog from 1989 listed the Bleach album with the comment, "they have they're own van and they are going to make us filthy rich." I'm sure they had NO fucking clue just how true that statement was.
The best small venue Concert of Nirvana i've heard after listening to over 100 live shows
I've always felt the same but wondered if I was too biased to judge. You can't imagine how thrilled I was to see this boot surface in the early 2000s
Jake Quickel
It already circulated back in the 90s :)
It really is an amazing time to be alive. Being able to watch a live performance of a band long gone and feeling like you are part of the crowd. Great footage.
5:54 that scream gives me chills! I love the way they play this song, it sounds so Sonic Youth. I just love his energy during the whole set. Damn, I wish I was a little bit older and I would have definitely been at all their shows. I was only 11 then!
So soon after Teen Spirit was released - the insane fame and success hasn't quite hit them yet, they're not totally jaded by it, and they're playing the song note for note like the original, as close as possible, which is something you didn't see much once they broke out the way they did. This is incredible.
Actually they played it well ive noticed at many venues it was played in a sarcastic manner for the big shows or for tv. Miami in late 93 show they did a great job playing it.
I shot the video, and I was there. after the show I shook the bands hands and Kurt gave me his guitar. - believe me, it's the internet.
To be in that crowd would be................ NIRVANA!
went around town the entire week b4 the show telling folks they really ought to do thems a favor and check out this band. i still hear back from the people who blew it off about what idjits they were :)
that was corny. why dont you make like a sheepherder and get the flock out...
I've never been in so much pain
Fawking Awesome!!!!! Would Have Loved to Have seen Nirvana...But Unfortunatly I Was too DAMN Young,i was 10 and a half here...Every Nirvana Show is a Great Nirvana Show!!!!
So awesome that none of the band ever look at the camera, what a gem.
The camera was right behind me and I never saw it.... I'd say that it was a big ass secret and the guy is thinking at the time that his cam will be jacked if the bouncer sees him. I figured he was ducking someone when it goes black to the floor too.... speaking of, I'm still floored this exists
@@TheLobsterBisque Live close to new haven and was shocked that Nirvana played not only in new haven but that it is considered one of the best shows ever. Building torn down I think
Teen Spirit almost made me shed a tear. IDK, i guess it's been a while since i've seen Kurt & here he is at his peak, amazing.
I'm feeling sad as I watch Kurt Cobain video's. Those were the best years of my life.
this era of Nirvana is by far the best. late 91. nothing is better or ever will be
Saw them a few months later in Kilburn, London. I was 14. Changed my life.
This energy is so pure and intense! This is how music should make you feel, alive, and reaching all the corners you didn't know you wanted to go.
Wow this is awesome. I just realized this show was recorded 2 days after Nevermind was released on 9/24/91
I've seen probably 100 different performances of Teen Spirit. And this is the only one I've seen where Kurt says "Group" instead of "Tribe."
My gosh, what a great freaking show. One of the best I've seen.
He said "group" instead of "tribe" at quite a few shows at the beginning of this Fall tour. Boston, Montreal, Providence, NYC just to name a few.
Everyone probably knows this but in the linear notes to the Lithium single the official lyrics were printed and it was supposed to be tribe. I always assumed he said group on the record by mistake, as he usually just made shit up anyways, musical genius that Kurt was.
No offense but teen spirit is one of my least favorite nirvana songs I like drain you and high school just my opinion (I’m trolling teen spirit is ok)
@@zeppi9342 You're not trolling, you're just a dumb ass annoying hipster.
thank you to the one who shoot this.. love kurt so much!
I love you so much it makes me sick. .
One of my favorite shows they did...magical
Nevermind was released on 09/24/91 two days prior to this concert and the video for Smell's Like Teen Spirit debuted on MTV's 120 Minutes on 09/29/91, three days after.
Although Smell's Like Teen Spirit had been playing on college radio stations for about two weeks when this concert took place.
imagine you think rock and roll is spandex, hairspray, and wacky ballads. then you hear this. wow. magical moment in music history. they brought magic back to rock.
thanks for uploading .....long live “NIRVANA” the angels 👼 of rock .....!!!
To whom ever recorded this show....man you are an absolute ⭐......👍👊👏👏👏👏👏 we thank you dearly
Especially considering how big camcorders were in '91.