LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology April 09, 1993 - Cow Palace (Tresnjevka Women's Group Benefit), Daly City, CA, US
Artist
- NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
- Krist Novoselic (bass)
- Dave Grohl (drums)
Crew
- Alex MacLeod (tour manager)
- Jeff Mason (production manager)
- Susanne Sasic (lighting director)
- Craig Montgomery (sound engineer)
- Barrett Jones (monitor engineer & drum technician)
- Earnie Bailey (guitar technician)
- Dave Stevens (Pro Show sound crew)
- Allan Bagley (Pro Show sound crew)
- Nico Vonk (Pro Show sound crew)
Buyer
- Bill Graham Presents
Schedule
- Load In
- 09:00
- Soundcheck
- 13:00
- Doors
- 19:00
- Breeders Set
- 19:00
- Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy Set
- 19:50
- L7 Set
- 20:45
- NIRVANA Set
- 21:50
Soundcheck
- No Info
Set
- Rape Me
- School
- Breed
- Sliver
- Come As You Are
- Milk It
- About A Girl
- Lithium
- Dumb
- Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
- Serve The Servants
- Aneurysm
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Territorial Pissings
- Blew
- All Apologies
- Heart-Shaped Box
- Scentless Apprentice
- Something In The Way
- Negative Creep
- Been A Son
- Dive
- Love Buzz
- Endless, Nameless
Set Range
Circulating Recordings
AUD #1
- Equipment:
- Sony PC-62 > Sony WM-D3
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(M) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 90 min / 8.0
- Notes:
- • Has cuts in "Blew" and "Heart-Shaped Box".
- • "Rape Me" and part of "School" sound considerably worse than the rest of the show.
AUD #2
- Equipment:
- Sony PC-62 > Sony WM-D3
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(M) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 90 min / 8.5
- Notes:
- • The master tape was circulated in September 2006.
- • Has a short dropout at the beginning of "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
- • "Endless, Nameless" cuts in and has a cut.
AUD #3
- Equipment:
- Sonic Studios DSM-6 > Sony WM-D6
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(M) > DAT(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 90 min / 9.0
- Notes:
- • In May 2007 an ANA(M) > DAT version was circulated.
AUD #4
- Equipment:
- Sonic Studios DSM-3 > Sony TCD-D3
- Lowest Generation:
- DAT(M) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 93 min / 8.5
- Notes:
- • Surfaced in October 2004.
AUD #5
- Equipment:
- Sony ECM-939 > Sony TCD-D3
- Lowest Generation:
- DAT(M) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 91 min / 8.0
- Notes:
- • Circulated in February 2015.
SBD #1 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown (DAT)
- Lowest Generation:
- Unofficial CD [Outcesticide 2022] > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 3:30 min / ?
- Notes:
- • Surfaced in February 2022 via the "Outcesticide 2022" bootleg CD.
- • Includes "Serve The Servants" only.
AMT #1
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- HI8(M) > DVD > MKV
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 93 min / 7.5
- Notes:
- • Amateur video, shot from an elevated position on the left of the venue fairly far back.
- • Master transfer was circulated April 2020.
PRO #1 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- VHS(x) > MP4
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 11:27 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Video surfaced online April 2020
- • Single camera PRO-shot video from the back of the stage, with soundboard audio.
- • Includes only "School" (cuts in), "Breed" (cuts out), "Dumb" (cuts out), a very brief clip of the start of "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle" (cuts out), "Serve The Servants" (cuts in and out), a very brief clip of the intro "Territorial Pissings" (cuts out), "Blew", part of Krist's speech, "Something In The Way" (cuts in) and "Negative Creep" (cuts out).
- • There is crossfade between songs. Clips of "School", "Something In The Way" and a very brief clip of "Blew" were broadcast on MTV News on April 17, 1993.
Uncirculated Recordings
No Info
Notes
No Info
Press Reviews
- Review from a US newspaper called "The Press Democrat", published on April 12th, 1993.
- Review from a US newspaper called the "Oakland Tribune", published on April 11th, 1993.
- Review from a US newspaper called the "Los Angeles Times", published on April 12th, 1993.
- Review from a US newspaper called the "San Francisco Examiner", published on April 12th, 1993.
- Review from a US newspaper called "The California Aggie", published on April 15th, 1993.
- Review from a UK magazine called "Melody Maker", published on May 1st, 1993.
Memorabilia
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