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LIVE NIRVANA SESSIONS HISTORY:
September 25, 1993 - Studio 8H, NBC Studios, New York, NY, US
Artist
- NIRVANA
- Cobain, Kurt (vocals, guitar)
- Grohl, Dave (drums, backing vocals)
- Novoselic, Krist (bass)
- Smear, Pat (guitar)
Soundcheck
- [X] Heart-Shaped Box
- [X] Rape Me
Set
- [U] Heart-Shaped Box
- [O] Rape Me
Transmission
- 09/25/93, NBC, Saturday Night Live
Best available sources
| Source | Quality | Complete | Runtime | Lowest Gen | Tracks Featured | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRO #1 | 9.5 | Yes | 0:09:22; 0:07:52 |
TV>VHS(1)>DVDR;
TV>VHS(1)>FLAC |
• Heart-Shaped Box • Rape Me |
Original, live broadcast. Features different camera angles than PRO #2a/b. Audio is a live mix by Jay Vicari. |
| PRO #2a | 9.5 | Yes | 0:09:03; 0:07:51 |
DTV>DVDR; DTV>DIG8(1)>FLAC |
• Heart-Shaped Box • Rape Me |
Re-broadcast. Features different camera angles than PRO #1. Audio is a remix by Jay Vicari. |
| PRO #2b | 10.0 | No | 0:02:50; 0:02:55 |
Official DVD (Various Artists - Saturday Night Live: 25 Years Of Music, Volume 4); Official CD (Various Artists - Saturday Night Live: 25 Years Of Musical Performances, Volume 2) |
• Rape Me | Features different camera angles than PRO #1. Audio is a remix by Jay Vicari. DVD version has voice-over on outro. This source is less complete than PRO #2a, but is considered to be of superior quality overall. |
Notes
NIRVANA publicist, Jim Merlis, recalled a few tense moments backstage, prior to the Saturday Night Live taping. Everyone was incredibly high strung, because it's
live and 10 minutes before the performance no one knew where Kurt was. It
turned out that he and Courtney were in Ru Paul's dressing room. It was just
very nerve-wracking - everyone was there, the head of Geffen, everyone's wives,
journalists. During rehearsals, Adam Sandler did his Eddie Vedder
impersonation, but it didn't end up on the show. Courtney was really offended
by it because she didn't want [Pearl Jam] to think they were responsible for
it. It didn't air on the show because of time, but everyone thought NIRVANA had
it killed, but they didn't.
(1)
Following this performance, the band dispense with long-time soundman, Craig Montgomery. I mean on SNL, I don't really do the sound, I just go there and I help the show's mixer do the
sound, but I didn't think there was anything wrong with it,
Montgomery protested. I went down to the
rehearsal space in Seattle after that and I could tell there was something
negative about the vibe, and people were angry with me. And Kurt, this is
totally not like him at all to care about the sound, he said,
(1)What happened at
Saturday Night Live? I'm not saying that you did bad sound, but people are
telling me that it didn't sound good on TV.
References
- Bozillo, Carrie, 2000. Eyewitness Nirvana: The Day-By-Day Chronicle. Carlton Books. ↑