nirvana Blog and Journals

by Paul Cashmere

Nirvana

'Nirvana Live at Reading' is being prepared for a November DVD release.

The band played a 90 minute set at the well-known music English music festival on August 30,1992, not long after breaking worldwide with 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.

Nirvana headlined the festival that year on a bill with Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Public Enemy, Teenage Fanclub and The Wonderstuff.

Lead singer Kurt Cobain came on stage in a wheelchair for that event. Already, the stories of his abuse were weekly news.

Their performance was described as "good but not exciting". The obligatory smashing of the instruments was described as "carefully orchestrated".

Regardless, the performance was historic and is coming soon to a lounge-room near you.

The setlist featured Breed / Drain You / Aneurysm / School / Sliver / In Bloom / Come As You Are / Lithium / About A Girl / Tourette's / Polly / Lounge Act / Smells Like Teen Spirit / On A Plain / Negative Creep / Been A Son / All Apologies / Blew / Dumb / Stay Away / Spank Thru / Love Buzz / The Money Will Roll Right In / D-7 / Territorial Pissings -> destruction jam / National Anthem