LIVE NIRVANA SESSIONS HISTORY ??, 1992 - Cobain residence, Los Angeles, CA, US

  • Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
  • [O] Serve The Servants
  • [O] Very Ape
Source ID Quality Complete Runtime Lowest Gen Tracks Featured Notes
AUD #1a 8.0 0:03:28 Official CD (With The Lights Out)
  • Serve The Servants
  • Very Ape
  • Serve The Servants cuts in.
  • Very Ape has a vocal guide of the chorus melody crudely taped over the end.
AUD #1b 8.0 0:03:24 CD(X)>FLAC
  • Serve The Servants
  • Very Ape
  • This source is also known as "WTLO Reference Disc 7, tracks 9,11."
  • Serve The Servants fades in.
  • Very Ape has a vocal guide of the chorus melody crudely taped over the end.
AUD #1c 8.0 0:01:40 CD(X)>FLAC
  • Serve The Servants
  • This source is also known as "WTLO Reference Disc 15, track 10." Serve The Servants cuts-in but is more complete here than on the other two sources.

These two acoustic demos received posthumous release on the 2004 With The Lights Out box-set. Although the box-set booklet credits both demos as having been recorded in 1993, this label is widely disputed among collectors.

The lyrical content of the Serve The Servants demo seems more light-hearted and less autobiographical than that recorded at Pachyderm Recording Studio, February 12–26, 1993.

Both the lyrics and arrangement of the Very Ape demo appear to significantly pre-date that recorded at BMG Ariola Ltda., January 19–21, 1993; Cobain inelegantly cuts in mid-song with a vocal guide of the chorus melody.

Despite appearing alongside each other on the box-set, it is unclear whether these home demos were in fact recorded together.


© Alex Roberts. Last modified: February 22 2024