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Nirvana live 10/25/90 - Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds, UK
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0:00 Intro
0:44 Blew
4:04 Been A Son
6:15 Negative Creep
8:35 (Random Jam)
9:08 Stain
11:50 Lithium
16:10 Spank Thru
19:18 Breed
23:02 Floyd The Barber
25:35 Big Cheese (25:55 Kurt mad AF)
29:33 About A Girl
32:24 In Bloom
36:51 Scoff
40:55 "We get to play with The Vaselines tommorow. You know who they are?"
41:05 Molly's Lips
44:23 Love Buzz
48:35 D-7
52:08 Dive
55:46 Sliver
57:57 School

[@qquube]

0:00 Intro 0:44 Blew 4:04 Been A Son 6:15 Negative Creep 8:35 (Random Jam) 9:08 Stain 11:50 Lithium 16:10 Spank Thru 19:18 Breed 23:02 Floyd The Barber 25:35 Big Cheese (25:55 Kurt mad AF) 29:33 About A Girl 32:24 In Bloom 36:51 Scoff 40:55 "We get to play with The Vaselines tommorow. You know who they are?" 41:05 Molly's Lips 44:23 Love Buzz 48:35 D-7 52:08 Dive 55:46 Sliver 57:57 School

[@nicks2319]

Thanks!

[@qquube]

I gotchu ;)

[@fredmartins297]

Thanks man

[@Andfrr1]

Leo ee

[@andrewmichael8940]

XD when hits dude with his guitar

[@troglobb]

I love how kurt doesnt even hesitate for one second to use his guitar as a weapon on any hostile encounter

[@Oxherder]

@@vonclohk507thanks for sharing bruv! Also, he ABSOLUTELY hesitated. 100% hesitation. But love the original intention. Long Live Kurdt!

[@PurpleBled]

Lol he did that entirely as a joke you can see him smiling and swaying around, seconds before you can see krist blow a kiss to someone on stage

[@PurpleBled]

and it was nowhere close to anyone in the audience or even the person who was on the stage at the time, he did it like an older brother pretending to hit you when they get annoyed so you'd calm down a bit.

[@Randomblurbz]

​@Oxherder You clearly haven't seen Love Buzz on Live Tonight Sold Out. Also the guy here was away before Kurt had chance. You're obviously a newbie.

[@exeveche1979]

School is such a badass song!🤟🏻

[@dynjarren8355]

So this is what an early Pen Cap Chew show was like! One blond dude screaming his head off most of the show. One long haired dude bashing the drums hard and one really tall dude playing bass. Luckily, they had good songs and Kurt had a versatile singing voice. He would go from smooth to rough in a heartbeat. The crazy thing is there were actually a few songs played that would end up on Nevermind later. No one knew at the time that Kurt would come up with that juggernaut of an album. You can hear bits and pieces in these early shows like Polly, Lithium, Breed, and In Bloom. It was like a preview of coming attractions but no one knew what a classic album Kurt would deliver later. Then when it came out, they exploded in popularity. Suddenly they were huge and the biggest and hottest band in the world. Then they put out one more album and imploded. Kind of an abrupt and bad ending. No one could predict Kurt’s demise either. What a tragic waste of life and talent.

[@scruffyp9480]

Imagine hearing these songs completely fresh in a small venue with nirvana just smashing it out.

[@omgnoob89]

I know right? If I ever could time travel I would definitely visit a Nirvana concert before they were famous. Hearing my favorite band in a small venue? Would be a dream come true.

[@SocialBurn140]

THIS. Small venue over all of their most known shows.

[@martinsberzins7804]

Just fucking walking in a random venue because one of your friends called you to see that “Nirvana band”. Meh, whatever… But you have nothing else to do so why not. Tickets are cheap, you’re young and bored so why not and then boom! This shit happens and you are never the same. World is such a weird place

[@Pacerdoodle]

Some people don’t have to imagine because they were there! Can you imagine that? Fuckk wish I was there.

[@joshuayettou9032]

​@@vonclohk507The 9:30 Club in Washington DC? Oh man that's gotta sting! They say "everything happens for a reason" but I can't any good reasons for that! Did you ever get to see them before Kurt passed?

[@KarmilaLeeTap]

12:09 Wtf is krist doing?!. hahahaha.

[@inshambles2]

kristing everywhere

[@enkiea8322]

Glad Krist chose punk rock over playing in the European basketball league.

[@fedbumoz987]

Holy lord that is funny!!!

[@jasoncochran2702]

I'm sure he got to see so much more..playing bass rather than basketball

[@ViestursSamts]

Lol, great comment!

[@Kaleidoflux]

Yes

[@dynjarren8355]

It would not have made a difference as Bass players are a dime a dozen. Easily replaced!

[@shanemyers7546]

This is Nirvana at its best. So raw, intense, and always kicking ass. Rip Kurt

[@volkssturm9694]

absolutely , this is top 3 all time live by Nirvana....the sound and video quality really adds to it...brings me back totally.

[@breal1183]

Watch the show from Trees in Dallas. Its bizarre chaos from beginning to end lol.

[@ejcmaestro6520]

You should watch their performance in kapu in linz austria that was freaking powerful. The intensity, the headbanging, the passion and the amount of energy is off the charts.

[@ajg5138]

Right, like at the beginning when Kurt is playing the intro for Blew, your just watching this skinny blonde kid seemingly summon Satan

[@Stayaway234]

If this is what you think of when nirvana was at their best when performing shows and touring,watch their”Bleach”1989-1990 tours especially blind pig and Chicago 1989

[@papasitoman]

This stuff was sooo hard to find in the 90's. I don't think kids today appreciate how rare this stuff was/is. Awesome to watch it all finally.

[@francisbegbie1008]

you got mtv live and loud, mtv music awards 92 , saturday night live , it was rare to see any concert footage back then

[@jps4uce]

Even more rare now

[@joshuayettou9032]

​@@asharpbflat7179Lizzo? Damn 🙄😩 😂

[@asharpbflat7179]

@@joshuayettou9032 my favorite artist for years has been Santigold. When I'm not listening to new stuff I listen to Alice in chains more than Nirvana. And I do my own music. And yeah Lizzo is cool 😎😉😋🤩

[@joshuayettou9032]

@@asharpbflat7179 Never heard of Santigold. I'll check it out. Hey I don't judge for people's taste in music. I'm sure the Death Metal I listen to is terrible to most people, so hey... to each their own!

[@Tomnedreb]

Really cool to hear with such good quality after all these years. 1990 was a great live era for Nirvana too. Good set too with a mix of songs from both Bleach and Nevermind (and Hormoaning).

[@rheeallen1]

dude I have seen your videos your great

[@johnkarol7]

Hola XD

[@dlrickstevens9584]

@@ghostyhyper4131 bro every nirvana video he is in the comment section!!

[@ceststuffed6809]

@@dlrickstevens9584 hes the nirvana fan ceo

[@thethirdgeneration1738]

Man, this stuff was great. I left Seattle Tacoma in 88, right when these guys were just firing up locally up there, before they broke big. I saw them at pier 70 in Seattle before anyone really knew who they were. It wasn’t until 1991 when I was back East in Nashville I heard Never mind on the radio and realised who they were that I flipped out!! SOB it’s them!

[@jovanniee.5985]

27:35 my mans life almost flashed before his eyes 😂

[@MexicanSeafood88]

lmao

[@ibelieveinsomething3895]

No shit! Kurt Cobain at his best! Defending his territory. That guy was soooo scared

[@haileykcdean]

lol. I think he thought they were hecklers from the audience until realizing that they were from the venue, trying to keep the audience off the stage. Close call though.

[@natbarton755]

Kurt’s guitar tone in this show is honestly one of the best I’ve ever heard from Nirvana.

[@clintjones9848]

Dig the bass solo on been a son too.

[@michaelclyburn5858]

Whoever filmed this, thank you.

[@geraldbustos]

26:20 Here Krist is trying to follow the music with the interruptions that Kurt had. I don't know if Krist is out of focus by what happened or not listening well to what Kurt sings because he is playing the chorus in the verse and the verse in the chorus hahaha even Kurt scream the song looking to Krist. 26:42 Then Kurt walks over and shows him the chords he's playing in a way of saying "Hey, we're in this part." Hahaha nice curiosities. Sorry for my english 😂

[@t-bo2734]

Your English is quite good.

[@nenadcrnac3472]

Have you seen rehersal for Unplugged show?On the Man who sold the world Kris on intro was played chorus line...yeah,sometimes he made a goofs like this but it's funny..

[@queenanneslace5085]

Yeah kurt even stopped singing and walked over there to show him where they were in the song, it was kinda cute

[@shadowhunter2846]

Hahaha yes this is nice 😁✌️

[@mattdams4205]

but if your ingles is fine, why the hell do you apologize?

[@trentfox1106]

24:42 Kurt spits at the guy that messed him up 🤣

[@ejcmaestro6520]

To be honest with you before they're famous their performances especially kurt is absolutely intense not even death metal bands can rival their intensity.

[@mlipkin1]

Feel like this is their best period, with Dave Grohl and the Nevermind songs, but before they were famous. The Bleach stuff sounds incredible here.

[@joshuayettou9032]

​@@mlipkin1I think Nirvana was pretty amazing during the In Utero tour with the Cellos, Harps, etc being played along with songs like "Dumb", "All Apologies", "Something in the Way", "Polly", etc. Just superb stuff there. Also the 91' Reading Festival was pretty epic!

[@mlipkin1]

Yeah, those performances are great. Maybe an unpopular opinion here, but I feel like they really lose something on the big stage, where they can't lock in with the audience and with one another the way they do here. And I feel like the fact that they were still recognizably part of a "scene" at this point both helped ground them and, in a video like this, underline what's so special about them. All that said, the In Utero performances really are great, gonna go check them out right now. . @@joshuayettou9032

[@mlipkin1]

Pretty impressed by the professionalism in this video, too! No banter, straight to it, plug the upcoming gig 2/3 of the way through. Pros.

[@joshuayettou9032]

@@mlipkin1 Agreed 👍🏼💯. MUCH better than most modern smartphone recordings that sound terrible, take bad angles, don't record the entire set list, etc. It's also quite impressive how this person managed to sneak in such a huge recording device!?

[@greyculture9112]

You're in pre-school again, YOU'RE IN POLYTECHNIC AGGAAAAAIIIINNNNN

[@toddmckenzie0420]

At 5:03 is Grohl's doppelgänger! lol!

[@davegsux]

but what if Dave, as the incredible drummer that he is, not only can play drums while keeping a steady beat but also can stagedive at the same time? is there anything that our Davey boy can't do?!

[@brightoneasterling9304]

lol wtf? is it chad on the drums then? im in awe

[@davegsux]

BHE GamingandSketches No, it's just that Dave Grohl can bend the fabric of space-time with his mad drumming skillz

[@brightoneasterling9304]

you know i always suspected it was true i just never had video evidence

[@Gabriella-vo4oh]

when you are SUCH a good drummer that you can play and stagedive at the same time! Grohl is a legend and his daughters are the next ones to be amazing musicians!

[@dannyortega382]

this video looks and sounds very good. the angle is perfect too. whoever recorded this is awesome

[@charliesphantom6362]

Kurt probably appreciated the freedom of space from the camera being right in his face.

[@EricKlein]

It's amateur for sure, but the cameraperson here did incredible work. the zoom in and outs, they clearly knew the songs. bravo.

[@deadroses19]

Idk if they knew the songs, in bloom only came out in 91

[@cobussy]

@@deadroses19 could’ve been someone within their group recording, meaning they’d be familiar with the unreleased tracks

[@101Volts]

@@cobussyProbably. L7 were at this show if it's the show I'm thinking of, and one of the members was shooting some other footage from back stage. ... Mostly at Krist's rear end at first, maybe for the first minute or two out of five.

[@chrisbriggs5818]

Hard to believe this was 30 years ago man. Damn.

[@TheMentalblockrock]

Hard to believe I was the same age as Kurt then.

[@dontask6863]

Time just freaking flys by man. Haha Love that energy though. Nothing came close to that power and angst. Haha cheers

[@julianmorris9951]

Teenage angst has paid off well now I’m 52😂 shit I really am 52 and time goes fast!!!!! really enjoyed this vid!!! I was lucky enough to be at reading in ‘92! nice to look back on it but can’t believe it’s like 28 years ago!!!☹️

[@Atomicunderware]

Hard to imagine that thirty years before this The Beatles barely existed and it seemed like ancient history. Getting old is freaky.

[@andypandy6969]

I was 2 when this took place.. i was born 20 years too late.

[@spaceorbison]

As small and skinny as he was Kurt was tough as shit

[@MrZap0689]

And then just about a year later.... They become one of the biggest influential bands ever til this date

[@mylegsasleep1934]

I always think about that. It’s always such a trip to watch these old pre nevermind shows where they introduce nevermind songs and the audience have never heard them yet. I wish he didn’t die. He had more music in him..

[@ametyste0992]

@@mylegsasleep1934 I agree. You are polish fan? 👍

[@volkssturm9694]

@@mylegsasleep1934 absolutely, I am Polish as well BTW. I grew up with Nirvana, Gen X here, I even saw them when I was 17 , 1993 at Roseland when they were doing an experimental pre In Utero tour, Kurt had Over dosed right before the show, they still played very well although you can tell Kurt was F'd up. But yeah, Nirvana has been so influential in my life, I truly wish he was still alive. Courtney was at least partially responsible.

[@imissthecomfortinbeingsad5204]

See, now THIS is the frontman of Nirvana the media REFUSES to cover, such energy and enthusiasm! 10/10

[@mattkierkegaard9403]

iMissTheComfort InBeingSad: yeah before the heroin

[@billyakins53]

Matt Kierkegaard ......... WRONG.., HE WAS ON AND ACTIVELY USING HEROIN AT THIS POINT TOO. HEROIN/OPIATE ADDICTION, (OR FOR THAT MATTER, ANY ADDICTION) DOESN'T MAKE YOU A BAD PERSON OR HORRIBLE PERSON AND YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOOT UP, (INJECT), BEFORE GOING INTO THEIR VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS AND MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE MORE THAN LIKELY GOOD PEOPLE JUST WITH BAD ADDICTIONS. AND, IMO NIRVANA'S SOUND WAS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY KURT AND HIS HERON/OPIATES USE. AND I PROBABLY JUST PISSED ALOT OF KC FANS OFF, BUT IT'S TRUE.

[@glen366]

What are you talking about? Back then NME were all over this

[@robs6372]

@@billyakins53 You nailed it man. I'm a former addict (and I consider myself a good person just got caught up in a bad world at the time, attribute alot of it to my doctor too) but been clean for 8 years now. I only wish Kurt got the help he needed cause he's crying out for it in alot of his songs. You're right the music was heavily influenced by the opiate use.

[@laynestaley1871]

@Billyakins wow you really hit that home I'm just a few days clean but I was one of those people. Im not a bad guy I just been through alot

[@rychcorporhate]

25:55 "Kurt Mad AF" that's because that guy tried to steal Kurt's Wallet twice... Once during the Third Verse of "Floyd the Barber" at 24:43 You can see he was trying to reach In Kurt's left back pocket to steal his wallet, though Kurt's wallet was in right back pocket. Which is why you see Kurt spit at him before he jumped off the stage. Then he tried again during the beginning of "Big Cheese" which you listed as Kurt Mad AF at 25:55 but Kurt was ready for him this time, which is why Kurt duck under when that guy put his arm around Kurt, and kicked him and semi-hit him with the guitar before he got off the stage again. But after these 2 failed attempts you don't see him anymore either he got ejected from the venue, or he gave up trying to steal Kurt's wallet and stopped coming up on stage. But that's a real piece of shit move going to a bands show, and then come up on stage and then try to rob them... Real scumbag.

[@elenixatz]

I think he was trying to unstrap his guitar..

[@rychcorporhate]

@@elenixatz he could of but why would you try more then once to unstrap the guitar? Trying to reach in his back pocket to steal his wallet seems more likeable.

[@elenixatz]

Maybe you're right.. however it is so weird trying to steal someone on stage! Twice! However I admire Kurt's reflects! Both times! And he just keeps in singing..lol

[@rychcorporhate]

@@elenixatz Absolutely, Kurt had good reflects like you can obviously see Kurt has his wallet in his back right pocket hooked up to one of those wallet chains, but that guy kept trying to reach for the back of Kurt's left pocket. First time during Floyd the Barber Kurt Spits on him, and the second time when he tried to pull the trick of putting you arm around someone while snatching their wallet with your other hand, but Kurt was prepared and ducked down and got out of it in seconds and then kicked the guy and went to hit him with the guitar meanwhile still going back to sing...but becuz of him most of Big Cheese got fucked up, as Kurt's playing the Verse and Krist and Dave are playing the Chorus and when Kurt plays the Chorus Krist and Dave are playing the Verse which cause Kurt to just stop singing the second verse as their timing is way off, and then waited to get back in time with each other....

[@fullthrottle2008]

Yeah, the security at this venue was always a bit lax as I recall but I suspect Kurt was used to playing in some dives, he looks like he handled it well

[@donnix6931]

I just love Krists bass sound in this recording, hammering away on that Gibson ripper or grabber perhaps??He has such a fat ass sound it's incredible, he is the reason I started playing bass. Grohl is just pounding the everlasting hell out of that kit. U.K. Was not ready for this

[@JNLink80]

Ripper

[@tetw1978]

That's not grohl

[@LongAct94]

@@tetw1978 That's Dave

[@LongAct94]

@@tetw1978 There are literally videos of them in the UK too

[@LongAct94]

@@tetw1978 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnPRgGl4bL2seJI

[@jtwilliams8895]

Great show! Stagediving is great, but after 4 or 5 times, I'm not catching you anymore. It gets tiring AF

[@rhomahno8878]

You couldn't even have this anymore. Everyone would break their mobile phones and be whinging all fucking night about it

[@mikeygabbard9268]

After the first time getting kicked in the head by a stage diver, I quit catching them and just grabbed their shoes so I could throw something at the band.

[@drewa1999]

For sure....at that pace/qty, I am surprised there's anyone in the crowd to land on!

[@negativeindustrial]

@@drewa1999 Twice I’ve seen a kid severely injured by stage diving. The first time was in 1990 at a club in Houston where a kid climbed the speaker cabinets at the corners of the stage where he was about twenty-five feet in the air and he came backwards down. Since he was so high up, the crowd just opened up and he landed head first on the concrete. The sound of his neck breaking was loud enough for the whole crowd to hear over the music. The second time was at Lollapalooza ‘93 during Ministry’s set and the kid had a very severe back injury. The band never stopped playing but the lead singer, Al Jourgenson, pointed at him and laughed maniacally through the microphone as they took him away on a stretcher. I had three cracked ribs and gashes on my legs from a barbed wire fence that had been pulled down and ended up in the pit. It shredded my brand new Ministry shirt I had just bought. I stitched it back up and proudly wore that shirt throughout the rest of High School and college like it was a souvenir of war. That was one of the best shows I ever attended.

[@sillypengie2052]

@@negativeindustrial Thanks for sharing. There is footage of a guy stage diving at an early FUGAZI show and the whole pit just moved away. Had to have gotten really hurt. Always wondered if that show promted Ian to ban aggressive moshing/stage diving. Dinosaur Jr had a great pit when I saw them. Everyone was just having fun, not trying to hurt anyone. Only downside was a dude spilled a can of beer down my back. Not sure how he thought open beer and moshing fit together. My shirt from that show is now proudly full of holes.

[@patriciatodd4886]

Sooo happy to hear D-7!! I've only seen one other video of it played live!! Love the fast part....Kurt totally jams!!

[@fagelein7967]

Definitely at reading

[@indo604]

25:51 “dam these kids” 25:54 “just wait krist” 25:57 “revenge on jacket man”

[@pared1986]

1990: punk rock nirvana at their prime 💯👀

[@krisfrederick5001]

This is absolutely great quality, I've seen so much footage but, this is just a perfect blend of their set list, pre-super stardom and intimacy. Edit: Half of those kids never landed on hands, just concrete.

[@charliesphantom6362]

Only a few broken wrists. Lol

[@nicksivds]

Wow!! They were in rare form on this night!!!!! One of the best Nirvana shows i have ever seen.

[@justinmarshall3131]

Bet Dave never needed the gym either he just went for it on every show and session, one of the best rock drummers ever in my opinion. Simple beats butwith super whip crack snare and the most intelligently placed fills, especially a bit later in his tenure. Fills can sometimes be misplaced and too busy but his are sublime and later on became hooks in their own right

[@marked4death076]

love the way he goes all out, makes me want to play some drums everytime i watch nirvana haha

[@hurkamur1]

Hard to believe he had only been in the band for a month at this point. This is my all time favorite nirvana show.

[@8484dalton]

47:58 "We're not gonna do a fucking rock star encore" 57:36 (comes back and does a fucking rock star encore) 😂

[@jules8159]

Is the word encore a thing in English ? I’m French and intringued 😂

[@robertkelly5515]

It's a real privalige to see such RARE Nirvana footage, Kurt just TOTALLY ROCKS, I lLOVE his anger and rage, tormented with the constraints of his Aberdeen upbringing. If he did commit suicide it's truly tragic, I bet he was a lovely sweet guy, so fragile though.Keep on rocking the digital world Kurt, Your music is eternal, we all Love you.

[@TheMentalblockrock]

Courtney had a lot to do with it!

[@bruh-gn5kc]

If? No he *did* commit suicide, tragically.

[@TheMentalblockrock]

@@bruh-gn5kc you really think it was suicide????

[@bruh-gn5kc]

@@TheMentalblockrock you really believing conspiracy theories??

[@TheMentalblockrock]

@@bruh-gn5kc As Kurdt himself said ; "Just because you're paranoid, it don't mean they're not after you". Well he was mentally disturbed and THEY WERE after him!

[@RazorDirt]

Anyone else catch Kurt Cobain spitting on the guy who messed with his guitar at 24:43 ?

[@drboltzman1674]

He turn off the pedal of Kurt cobain

[@jaydenvandersluys8477]

No, he was trying to reach into Kurt’s left pocket to try and get his wallet

[@ygoraguiar1760]

@@jaydenvandersluys8477 is the same guy in 25:55

[@jaydenvandersluys8477]

Ygor Aguiar yeah

[@MelchizedekKohen]

as he was getting on stage he put his hands down to get up he switched pedal off look how kurdt looks at his guitar and then looks at the dude and spits there is always one duchebag that fucks with the guys playing pity kurdt did not connect with the guitar on the same guys head 🤪

[@xonzndrex]

This concert gives me a very strange but beautiful feeling, like stomach pain and nerves but a feeling of ecstasy and happiness

[@borispadilla5229]

This show is a beautiful mess...From pre-drama Nirvana to the out of control crowd. Glorious!

[@carlb.3082]

59:26 Dave looses his drum stick, lol.

[@necromboy84]

Excitement of the moment hahahaha

[@andy267]

Dave only joined nirvana in 1990

[@AndyMcPandy]

I was at the Nottingham show that week and can confirm it was fucking glorious.

[@brandonfleming7118]

I love Nirvana in 1990. Nevermind was being cooked up but it still had that Bleach sound to it.

[@rychcorporhate]

44:25 "I Wanna Be a Double-Naught Spy Uncle Jed" (a line from an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies).

[@nedflanders5302]

Dancing Tony!

[@Randomblurbz]

Legend. Love to see an interview with him. Not sure what happened to him.

[@simonyoung9807]

The perfect 3 piece band - I saw them in London on this tour. Fantastic. Unique.

[@fadedjate7230]

Man do they even do concerts like these anymore with the stage diving? And the audience acting like maniacs?

[@OrangeYTT]

Hardcore shows do

[@TehGoldd]

Look up title fight live shows from 2013-14 it was like this on steroids

[@Diggerdog2nd]

No offence to Chad but Dave definitely took them to another level. The drums are more tight.

[@SalDOWN]

Dave was a punkrock drummer, Chad was a metal drummer, it's like Scott vs Travis in Blink 182... I like Chad better though.

[@Diggerdog2nd]

Dave & Travis were in punk rock bands but neither is a typical punk rock drummer. Both are far beyond any other punks. If anything Dave is the closest thing to John Bonham since Bonham. I see your point about Chad. He leans toward metal.

[@SalDOWN]

Travis was before Blink 182 in The Aquabats ska-punk band, but it doesn't matter. Chad was a drummer with an underground sound, Dave had capability to take Nirvana to the mainstream w/ his drumming style. ^ ^

[@everest88]

Yeah... Did you hear "Big Cheese"...? Yeah, Dave did horrible... In a song like this...Chad does way better... Their both equally great drummers...

[@ant0586]

@@everest88 For me, songs like School and Negative Creep Dave took to another level. So much more powerful

[@russellcarstens7124]

Outstanding. It's a blessing and curse for me to watch these, though, being that I was too young to know about Nirvana. It makes me legit bummed that I missed out on this era. Does anyone else feel the same? Can you imagine being at this show? What a cathartic release! Even the intro is madness, Kurt riffing and building up that energy. At their peak, these guys were so powerful.

[@siriusastrogeek]

I wish I was a little older so I could have gone to the concerts and shows. But luckily I had my radio, the cassettes & CDs. Also watched Nirvana on MTV back when they actually played music videos, interviewed the bands and had a wonderful show called MTV Unplugged. God, I miss Kurt and all the good old days.

[@anthonysmith8946]

I feel the same way about Jimi

[@messybuttons7525]

Most did not see them at their peak. As early as 92 drugs crept in and ruined Kurt’s energy. Very very very few people saw Nirvana at their best, and even if you were alive then, you probably would’ve seen them at their worst or known about them only a couple of years before m Kurt died.

[@thefeelcompany]

Classic British crowd from this era being onto such a good band. So much banter between audience and band. It was a ‘in it together’ thing. Now you get shushed. Health and safety ruined live shows.

[@charliesphantom6362]

God I know

[@acethegreat3963]

These videos are important for nirvana and their legacy. I was born 2 years after he died so I don't have the knowledge of the impact they had on culture besides what is shown in documentaries, but they aren't the best way to truly understand the band. I personally had nirvana all wrong just going by what I saw in docs. All they cover was the impact nevermind had, how fame affected them, and his suicide. As for Kurt cobain the guy, he is grossly misrepresented in most documentaries I've seen. He's painted as this scared, meek, fragile, sad, and always cynical guy who hated everything, but seeing some lesser known interviews on KZbin show different. Videos like this when he was hungry and passionate do the same. The fame and drugs got to him in the latter years but the way history paints it made me believe that was just him. I'm glad to see that wasn't the case. These old concert videos have become my favorite to watch because you get to see the love and passion he had for music and performing before it became tainted to him by the media.

[@TOURLADAIOS]

You are on point young man. Hi from an older fan of Nirvana from Greece.

[@ChrisMoi]

Beautifully said.

[@CS-mo7xp]

11:10 someone in the crowd actually shouts for Lithium. a year before it came out.. impressive!

[@Kurty94]

They were playing it a lot in 1990

[@CS-mo7xp]

@@Kurty94 probably...not the kind of track where you can guess the title from the lyrics though.

[@cannon_kelly]

@@CS-mo7xp yeah true he doesn’t say lithium at all in the song

[@glen366]

@@cannon_kelly there was a bootleg of the demo going around from march 1990 sessions

[@jasonpeters9716]

It really is...

[@jennsawyer221]

We just witnessed a glitch in the Matrix at 5:04 , that was Dave Grohl stage diving .

[@ryankittow377]

No liar it’s his double ganger

[@TheWizard-yo8uv]

He went back in time to stage dive at his own gig

[@matthewrenshaw]

Jesus I thought this same thing!

[@jennsawyer221]

Seriously though . Like omg did any of them. Krist, Kurt, or Dave not ever notice this? . Does Dave have a twin brother?

[@dooley8746]

I was looking for this comment! I was there live and I was so confused for a few seconds when that happened lmao But it was just the way the stage diver had his face positioned. He closed his mouth once on the ground and they didn't look so much alike anymore, but I was wtf-ing for a good 10 seconds at the time! Dude was super cool. I talked to him and he said that yeah he knew he could do a good Dave Grohl impression and that's why he got up on the stage. I told him omg you really do and good job because it messed me all the way up. He was happy that someone noticed and we had a good laugh. Pretty sure that's why the camera pans left right after the guy jumps down, probably annoyed the camera guy, because the guy walked right towards the camera (just barely offscreen to the right and only because the camera pans left) and then I had this convo with him and a few other people were watching me talk to him and laughing along too because they obviously saw it too. Around 6:03 you can see Kurt glance over and then walk over to Krist and he asked "What's going on?" and Krist says "IDK" I told the stage diver I think we're disrupting and he said "oops" and walked away!

[@GageAune]

Kurt and the band, didn’t care if a few people came on stage, and jumped off, but if a ton of people come on at once, an while different story.

[@marked4death076]

Haha right? Kurt aint having it

[@digiteliostudio8084]

Back in the day it was simple; just don’t interfere or linger too long. Easy rules for stage diving.

[@johnpoffenbarger8688]

@@marked4death076 Yeah, and most of those people busy stage diving probably later on wished they had paid a little more attention to the band's actual performance....

[@dinosaursfor4709]

Cara que foda, a cada dia descubro um show novo do NIRVANA no YT.

[@ghostyetiradio]

23:09 epic recovery

[@negativeindustrial]

Not really. Took him way longer than it should have

[@sadieadler3065]

@@negativeindustrial ok it took him a sec to get the strap back on but the second it was he started playing again without missing a beat

[@err0r104]

@@ibelieveinsomething3895 he's not being a hater calm down

[@ibelieveinsomething3895]

@@err0r104 Actually you are right. Thx. I will erase that comment! Peace! ✌

[@J3TTXZ]

The disrespect level

[@NAIVADA]

"Big Cheese" hilarious the way Kris totally ignores Kurt, even as he yells the lyrics so that he realizes he's playing the wrong part haha there's also that leatherjacket fuka, trying to get some luv from the singer, poor Kurdtito lol

[@stillben]

Thought he was trying to get the plectrum

[@thewedge8823]

WTF was that at big cheese??? they are all playing different parts of the song at the same time LOL

[@cannon_kelly]

That’s nirvana for ya

[@TheMentalblockrock]

DELIBERATE!

[@owenlinski]

This is incredible footage of the band at a crucial time! Thanks.

[@scotscub76]

Love how into it Kurt is here. It's like he's having fun. 🤩 Compare this to MTV live n loud 1994, he just looks so past it with everything on that footage.

[@stevelondon4111]

@@scotscub76 I had the same thought.

[@1Mannco]

Good raw Nirvana show of early years. Yeah, Kurt looks so much stronger, younger and healthy here. How after a few years later and lots of boos and drugs can literally take you down.

[@adriantrinidad1296]

that’s why i noticed, he has much more passion here before he hit the big stages. at times he’s just talking to the mic instead of singing in his bigger shows 😂

[@marked4death076]

​@@scotscub76 true, although they played a tight set on that show as well, probably thanks to pat

[@volkssturm9694]

Out of the close to 50 or so Nirvana concerts on KZbin Ive seen over the years this I would have to say is def. top 5, maybe top 3- that year 1990 with the new addition of Grohl really took the band to the next level. They were explosive, raw and passionate. You can see how much Kurt loved performing, he was totally in the zone 110% intensity level. This setlist is nearly perfect, all these songs they play are amongst my favorite form Nirvana, very nice additions of the lesser played Stain, spank thru, D7, dive. On top of that, the crowd was totally into it and this video quality is superb for the era. Ill be watching this over and over thats for sure.

[@edybocman76]

This sound great is like actually be there

[@ruthdixon7807]

I was at this one. Saw them a year earlier too at the duchess of york, that place really shaped my youth and introduced me to so many bands.

[@thatwasprettyneat]

That's awesome

[@boddahboddah3131]

17:11 pff best drummer

[@MasonAnderson-d8v]

True Chad was the best drummer for Nirvana

[@boddahboddah3131]

@@MasonAnderson-d8v there is Dave hahaha

[@MasonAnderson-d8v]

​@@boddahboddah3131oh my bad lol

[@morningstar3679]

activate god mode 49:50

[@camilomorales4785]

hahah

[@punkanonimo307]

JAJAJAJAJAJA

[@dankmheems290]

When kids crowd surf at a festival these days the security look like they delivering babies to the sidelines. Back then 3 dudes just picked you up and chucked you back in lol.

[@miklovale2270]

5:03 almost freaked for a second there I thought that was Dave, like then who tf playing the drums

[@elenixatz]

Me too lol

[@ABCDyeahyeahyeah]

Dave’s lost twin LMAO.

[@travisrynning1264]

Kurt was totally getting pissed off at the stage divers lol hit that one guy with his guitar and kicked him in the ass lol

[@swisscheeseplease97]

Yea they kept messing with his guitar, and his pedals. That would piss any musician off

[@MelchizedekKohen]

love kurdts suggested guitar violence couple of times he almost put someone into the next dimension with a dunt to the heed ✌👂👀👂

[@koberaney2196]

the energy and passion in this time period, is a treat to see

[@Makminah_]

The only time that Dave had a pre-scream setup where the ride in the middle instead being in right side where the floor tom usually is.

[@bogdanbaraban899]

Wow! Haven’t noticed that before your comment! Such setup fits punk rock much more than his later setup. It’s so strange he moved ride to his right side later.

[@kevenrowe2958]

Great Eye

[@Makminah_]

@@bogdanbaraban899 he had that setup mostly on his scream days

[@Makminah_]

@@kevenrowe2958 I am always aware haha

[@yummyklown9226]

If you ever feel like you're useless, just think about how Krist's Microphone feels.

[@william4661]

Even worse: Krist's microphone was there to witness it all. We were not.

[@dimebag77]

Kurts ideal gig, raw and small he was buzzing, 😊

[@Tomnedreb]

Back in 2023, and still love this!

[@carinajohansson8696]

Love nirvana so much Kurts voice is out of this world raw and soft at The same time he was and is a genius love that man so much ❤️❤️❤️🚶🎸🎸🎸🚶🚶

[@kaamos79]

I think Cobain had some serious identity crisis pretty much from the beginning: he wanted to be punk, loved the ethos and the idea, but his own creative compass pointed him in another direction - Some formidable pop aesthetics, some things you'd have a hard describe calling anything other then pretty decent and inventive heavy metal...

[@sephrockaicras9370]

No Fucking Phones! GREAT!

[@Oliver-dt2uf]

ther best show

[@Above_fast]

Bro on foyld the barber when they push the mic over and nock his guitar strap off I would literally push them

[@kennybakken]

This Kurt is amazing !

[@soulslip]

That “random jam” sounds a lot like “Nobody Knows I’m New Wave (“Unknown”) from ‘92... imho

[@edwinslater1888]

The audio is so good wtf

[@grungepuppy8411]

hey, I'm super, SUPER sorry to self-promote, but we're (as in Grunge Puppy) trying to bring back grunge and we just released new music! We're working on an album and any feedback by fellow grunge fans would be GREATLY appreciated! Check out our channel for our songs, we're also on al platforms! You can email us or comment your feedback! Again sorry for self-promoting, but I'd rather have grunge fans review our music than angsty teenagers who like Cardi B and stuff, lol- complete garbage.

[@samyandkitty8399]

My mate Fiona Dunn is mid audience, she’s now one of the uks best architects

[@oakenclient]

wild to quote Krist, "It's a small world. It's actually a big world. It's more of a medium sized world actually."

[@PeterHegestand]

It looks like kurt have the same guitar strap as Stevie Ray Vaughan:-)

[@WilliamHBonney617]

All those morons on stage assaulting the band and messing with the equipment etc, would not have been trying to do that a year or 18 months later, after the band took off. At this time they could not have known what was to follow.

[@stephenphillipsmith]

A crappy anecodote, but the first time I heard of Nirvana was standing drunk in a kebab shop at 2.30 in the morning. I'd just left the local indy club and bumped into some of the bigger boys from school who had just got back from this gig. That moment changed everything for me.

[@BlumpMusic]

Damn, this is heavy!! Sounds even more powerful now than it did back in 1990. I wish Nirvana was still around. RIP Kurt

[@charlescubar1126]

This is amazing 👍👍👍

[@andyspencer5956]

Was there. Exactly 1yr to the day since we saw them at the Duchess of York supporting Tad. The next time was when they headlined Reading 92

[@stevelondon4111]

I saw Nirvana 3 times but I still wish I was at this show. So exciting!

[@Redley95]

3 times ? Youre the luckiest man alive .

[@Veni_Vidi_Vortice]

Didn't realise they had twenty five months in a year back then. That's fucked up.

[@Revoltmetal420]

Looks amazing,love this concert,definitely all the elements of an epic punk show are here. Just hate the habitual line steppers touching Kurt...Rule#1 Never touch the talent unless its to hand them a lit joint.

[@ShaneBermingham616]

58:30 into the shadow realm

[@OrangeYTT]

ouch, don't dive into the pit lmao

[@isKull]

this was a whole 3 decades ago

[@mikesgarage18]

Not that long ago really...

[@tahasiddiqui3629]

@@mikesgarage18 well that was 10 years before i was born

[@nathanblindt]

@@tahasiddiqui3629 8 for me bud

[@stella-vu8vh]

crazy how much time has changed and how anybody can make a professional sounding record now

[@sloburnjo]

"I'm gonna be a double ought spy, Uncle Jed" 😁 Kurt quoting Jethro Bodine of ' The Beverly Hillbillies' 😁@44:22

[@kskslslslsoooao]

Dave looses a stick at 59:27

[@uoihou]

))))))))

[@elenixatz]

The guy with the skirt is dancing Tony?

[@damianreid2452]

Just a year before they went stratospheric.

[@evilending2627]

59:55 “You”re at polytechnic agaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnn!!!!!!” 😂😂😂 🏫

[@MrTechnodude4life]

That roll at 17:12 is insane

[@clancykobane9102]

thank chad channing.

[@MrTechnodude4life]

Clancy Coburn Which show did he do it at?

[@imissthecomfortinbeingsad5204]

Clancy Coburn Sorry but Channing never made it sound like THAT, much slower and sloppier than Grohl, just saying.

[@imissthecomfortinbeingsad5204]

Grohl made this song his bitch, end of story. No-one has done it better, regardless of who wrote the part. Dave just sounds a THOUSAND times better doing it. #)

[@MrTechnodude4life]

@@somynamesrobbieparker1413 but it wasn't tho

[@BridgeIsSky]

0:00 Intro 0:44 Blew 4:04 Been A Son 6:15 Negative Creep 8:35 (Random Jam) 9:08 Stain 11:50 Lithium 16:10 Spank Thru 19:18 Breed 23:02 Floyd The Barber 25:35 Big Cheese (25:55 Kurt mad AF) 29:33 About A Girl 32:24 In Bloom 36:51 Scoff 40:55 "We get to play with The Vaselines tommorow. You know who they are?" 41:05 Molly's Lips 44:23 Love Buzz 48:35 D-7 52:08 Dive 55:46 Sliver 57:57 School

[@slatt9145]

1:39 epic dance move

[@benjaminhs]

Pissed off Kurt is the Best