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Programme Title: Past Present and Future
Broadcast Date/s: 02/07/94
Length: 23 Minutes
Notes: This special is an interesting look back at the band's activity and events of the previous years. Almost all this footage bar a small section was used for MTV's tribute program shown later in the year, making this pretty much redundant from a collector's point of view. The promos are all only short clips used to illustrate the interviews.

There are several interviews featured in this special all except interview (3) are featured in short clips, some re-occurring more than once. Interview (3) is actually 3 separate interviews with each member of the band who discuss the band's career up to this point; this acts as a narrative for the special. This was recorded 12/13/93 in Seattle, WA. Of the other interviews;

Interview (1) is Dave and Krist from 09/23/91, Axis Nightclub, Boston, MA.
Interview (2) is the whole band from 08/23/91, Reading Festival, Reading, UK.
Interview (4) is done in September 1992 and is the band sitting by a swimming pool with Kurt holding Frances.
Interview (5) is Kurt from January 1993 in Rio de Janeiro.

There are also numerous amounts of live footage all shown in shortened form. The dates and songs played are outlined below.

06/23/89 Rhino Records, Westwood, CA.
Songs Featured: Sifting
02/09/90 Pine Street Theater, Portland, OR.
Songs Featured: Molly's Lips
04/26/90 Pyramid Club, New York, NY.
Songs Features: About A Girl
08/21/91 St Henry's Pub, Cork, Ireland.
Songs Featured: Negative Creep, Smells Like Teen Spirit
08/23/91 Reading Festival, Reading, UK.
Songs Featured: School
09/09/92 MTV Video Music Awards Los Angeles, CA.
Songs Featured: Lithium (N.B. is missing the Rape Me introduction)
09/11/92 Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA.
Songs Featured: Rape Me
10/18/93 Veterans Memorial Stadium, Phoenix, AZ.
Songs Featured: Serve The Servants
11/18/93 MTV Unplugged New York, NY.
Songs Featured: About A Girl (2), All Apologies
12/13/93 Pier 48, Seattle WA.
Songs Featured: Drain You, Pennyroyal Tea, Destruction

Content: Interview (1) / Interview (2) / Sifting* / Interview (3) / Melvins Interview / About A Girl * / Molly's Lips* / Big Cheese (Promo)* / Michael Azzerad Interview / School* / Backstage Clip (oranges)* / Home Video (on the street)* / Negative Creep* / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Thurston Moore Interview / Backstage Clip (bottle smashing)* / Smells Like Teen Spirit (Tori Amos) / Lithium (MTV Video) / Collecting Award (1992 MTV Awards) / Collecting Award (1993 MTV Awards) / Interview (4) / Serve The Servants* / Rape Me* / Interview (5) / About A Girl (2)* / All Apologies* / Drain You* / Pennyroyal Tea* / Destruction*

Programme Title: Unknown
Broadcast Date/s: 02/94
Length: 2 Minutes
Notes: This features brief footage from 02/06/94, Pavilhao Dramatico, Cascais, Portugal. Also included are interviews with fans that went to the show.

Content: Interviews (w/ fans) / Smells Like Teen Spirit*

Programme Title: Unknown (BIG)
Broadcast Date/s: Unknown
Length: 3 Minutes
Notes: This is the multi-camera version of Rape Me from 02/06/94, Pavilhao Dramatico, Cascais, Portugal.

Content: Rape Me

Programme Title: Unknown (MCM)
Broadcast Date/s: Unknown
Length: 3 Minutes
Notes: This is the single camera version of Rape Me from 02/06/94, Pavilhao Dramatico, Cascais, Portugal, broadcast by French TV station MCM.

Content: Rape Me

Programme Title: Tunnel
Broadcast Date/s: 02/27/94
Length: 8 Minutes
Notes: This is a TV recording taped on 02/23/94 but shown on the date above. It features some brief comedy sketch at the end that is rather bizarre.

Content: Serve The Servants / Dumb

Programme Title: Izvan Struje
Broadcast Date/s: Sometime in 1994
Length: 30 Minutes
Notes: The backstage clips are just the crew setting up and are of no real interest. The special also features live footage from the Melvins. All the live footage both of the Melvins and Nirvana as well as the interviews came from 02/27/94, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The interview is with Krist and is in Croatian.

Content: Backstage Clips / Melvins Interview / Radio Friendly Unit Shifter / Drain You / Breed / Interview

Programme Title: MTV News at Night
Broadcast Date/s: 03/04/94
Length: 1 Minute
Notes: Report of Kurt being in a coma after the Rome incident and a live clip from 02/27/94, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Content: News Report / Rape Me*

Programme Title: MTV News Weekend Edition
Broadcast Date: 03/05/94, 03/94
Length: 5 Minutes
Notes: This is a news report about the atrocities in Croatia. It features an interview with Krist and live clips from 02/27/94, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Headbangers Ball also repeated the report a few days later.

Content: News Report / Interview / Rape Me* / All Apologies* / Interviews (w/ fans)

Programme Title: ABC News
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 2 Minutes
Notes: Features brief clips of Lithium from 08/30/92, Reading Festival, Reading, UK and All Apologies from 11/18/93, MTV Unplugged, New York, NY.

Content: News Report / Lithium* / All Apologies*

Programme Title: Channel 7 News (San Francisco TV News)
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 7 Minutes
Notes: Drain You is from 12/10/93, Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St Paul, MN. The Serve The Servants clip is from the rehearsals of the 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle, WA, concert.

Content: News Report / Drain You* / Serve The Servants*

Programme Title: Channel 9 News
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 1 Minute
Notes: Includes both a clip of the band rehearsing before their 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle, WA, concert and Drain You from 12/10/93, Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St Paul, MN. The interview is Kurt and Courtney being stopped before the 1993 MTV Music Awards that took place on 09/02/93. Kurt when asked how he liked fatherhood simply pretended not to understand the question and walked off.

Content: News Report / Sound Check Clip* / Drain You*

Programme Title: City TV News (6pm Bulletin)
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 3 Minutes
Notes: Heart Shaped Box comes from 11/04/93, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada. The interview was recorded in August 1993 by the Puget Sound river. This is the same interview used in the Much Music tribute, 05/02/94.

Content: News Report / Heart Shaped Box* / Interview

Programme Title: City TV News (11pm)
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 2 Minutes
Notes: Heart Shaped Box comes from 11/04/93, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada. The interview was recorded in August 1993 by the Puget Sound river. This is the same interview used in the Much Music tribute 05/02/94. This is slightly different from the 6 pm bulletin in that it is slightly shorter and has some interviews with fans.

Content: News Report / Heart Shaped Box* / Interview

Programme Title: CNN News
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 1 Minute
Notes: Brief news report on Kurt's death features pictures from the sound check of 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle, WA and from 12/10/93, Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St Paul, MN.

Content: News Report / Sound Check Clip* / Drain You*

Programme Title: A Current Affair
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 2 Minutes
Notes: School is from 09/01/91, De Doelen, Rotterdam, Holland.

Content: News Report / School* / Smells Like Teen Spirit (Promo)*

Programme Title: E-News Weekly
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 7 Minutes
Notes: An extended news report into Kurt's death, but with no footage of any real interest. All Apologies and Pennyroyal Tea are from 11/18/93, MTV Unplugged, New York, NY. Rape Me is from 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle, WA. Lithium is from 9/9/92, MTV Music Awards, Los Angeles, CA.

Content: News Report / Journalist Interviews / All Apologies* / Rape Me* / Lithium* / Pennyroyal Tea*

Programme Title: Entertainment Tonight
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 2 Minutes
Notes: Heart Shaped Box is taken from 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle, WA. Pennyroyal Tea is taken from the rehearsals for the aforementioned show. Lithium is taken from 09/09/92, MTV Music Awards, Los Angeles, CA.

Content: News Report / Heart Shaped Box* / Pennyroyal Tea* / Lithium* / Smells Like Teen Spirit (Promo)*

Programme Title: Komo News
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 10 Minutes
Notes: Come As You Are and Breed are taken from 01/07/94, Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA. Territorial Pissings and Smells Like Teen Spirit is taken from 01/11/92, Saturday Night Live, NBC Studios, New York, NY. The statement by Krist is different from anything I have heard before although not particularly enlightening. Heart Shaped Box is taken from 09/25/93, Saturday Night Live, NBC Studios, New York, NY.

Content: News Report / Come As You Are* / Heart Shaped Box (Promo)* / Territorial Pissings* / Smells Like Teen Spirit* / Krist Novoselic Statement / Wendy O'Connor Statement / Heart Shaped Box* / Breed*

Programme Title: MTV News
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 5 Minutes
Notes: The interview and live clips are taken from 10/18/93, Phoenix, AZ. The Michael Azzerad interview was conducted shortly after Kurt's body was found.

Content: Pennyroyal Tea* / Interview / Serve The Servants* / Drain You* / School* / Michael Azzerad Interview

Programme Title: Much Music
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 2 Minutes
Notes: Heart Shaped Box comes from 11/04/93, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada. The interview was recorded in August 1993 by the Puget Sound River. This is the same interview used in the Much Music tribute, 05/02/94.

Content: Heart Shaped Box (Promo)* / Interview / Heart Shaped Box*

Programme Title: NBC News
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 2 Minutes
Notes: News report featuring some live clips of the band. Heart Shaped Box and Rape Me are taken from 09/25/93, Saturday Night Live, NBC Studios, New York, NY. All Apologies (1) is taken from 11/18/93, MTV Unplugged, New York, NY. All Apologies (2) is taken from 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle, WA.

Content: Heart Shaped Box* / All Apologies (1)* / All Apologies (2)* / Rape Me*

Programme Title: Sky News (9:30pm)
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 30 Seconds
Notes: All Apologies is taken from 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle, WA.

Content: News Report / All Apologies*

Programme Title: Sky News
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 1 Minute
Notes: Rape Me is taken from the rehearsals of the band's 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle, WA concert.

Content: News Report / Rape Me*

Programme Title: Unknown
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 1 Minute
Notes: Drain You clip is from 12/10/93, Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St Paul, MN.

Content: News Report / Drain You*

Programme Title: Unknown
Broadcast Date/s: 04/08/94
Length: 3 Minutes
Notes: Lithium is from 09/09/92, MTV Music Awards, Los Angeles, CA. The Drain You clip is from 12/10/93, Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St Paul, MN.

Content: News Report / Heart Shaped Box (Promo)* / Lithium* / Come As You Are (Promo)* / Michael Azzerad Interview / Sound Check Clip / Drain You*

Programme Title: CNN Entertainment News
Broadcast Date/s: 04/94
Length: 2 Minutes
Notes: This is a news report, which includes a retrospective on the band's career. Its main interest is centred on the backstage clip, which is from 09/02/93, MTV Music Awards and features Kurt bottle feeding Frances. The rehearsal clip which is the same rehearsal clip shown on many other news reports which is taken from the rehearsals for the bands 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle, WA. This clip however unlike the others actually has sound although no discernible song can be heard.

Content: News Report / Smells Like Teen Spirit (Promo)* / Come As You Are (Promo)* / Michael Azerrad Interview / Lithium* / Backstage Clip* / Rehearsal Clip* / Heart Shaped Box (Promo)*

Programme Title: ITN News
Broadcast Date/s: 04/09/94
Length: 2 Minutes
Notes: The In Bloom clip is credited as coming from MTV Europe so it is likely that the clip comes from 02/27/94, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Rape Me is taken from the rehearsals for 12/13/93 Pier 48, Seattle, WA.

Content: News Report / In Bloom* / Rape Me*

Programme Title: MTV News
Broadcast Date/s: 04/09/94
Length: 3 Minutes
Notes: Territorial Pissings is taken from 02/27/94, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Content: News Report / Territorial Pissings*

Programme Title: Sunrise (Sky News)
Broadcast Date/s: 04/09/94
Length: 5 Minutes
Notes: All Apologies is from 11/18/93, MTV Unplugged, New York, NY. Rape Me is from the rehearsals for the Live and Loud concert which took place on 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle, WA. The interview is with The Times' (UK Newspaper) music correspondent David Sinclair and talks about what Kurt's death meant in musical terms.

Content: News Report / All Apologies* / Rape Me* / Journalist Interview

Programme Title: American Journal
Broadcast Date/s: 04/94
Length: 5 Minutes
Notes: The main item of interest here is the Hank Harrison (Courtney Love's father) described as a "Psychologist" he says nothing of any real interest. About A Girl is from 11/18/93, MTV Unplugged New York, NY.

Content: News Report / All Apologies* / About A Girl* / Hank Harrison Interview

Programme Title: MTV News
Broadcast Date/s: 04/94
Length: 6 Minutes
Notes: Serve The Servants is from 10/18/93, Veterans Memorial Stadium, Phoenix, AZ. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter is from 12/10/93, Roy Wilkins Auditorium, St Paul, MN. Clips from this program were later used for the tribute program shown on 06/03/94.

Content: News Report / Serve The Servants* / Radio Friendly Unit Shifter* / David Fricke Interview

Programme Title: TFI News
Broadcast Date/s: 04/94
Length: 2 Minutes
Notes: The interview is from 08/93 and is the same as the one used for the Metal Express and Fax O programs. Rape Me is taken from the rehearsals for 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle, WA. Serve The Servants is taken from 10/18/93, Veterans Memorial Stadium, Phoenix, AZ. Pennyroyal Tea is taken from 02/14/94, Le Zenith, Paris, France.

Content: News Report / Rape Me* / Serve The Servants* / Interview / Pennyroyal Tea*

Programme Title: Unknown (French TV News)
Broadcast Date/s: 04/94
Length: 2 Minutes
Notes: The interview is from 08/93 and is the same as the one used for the Metal Express and Fax O programs. Rape Me is taken from the rehearsals for 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle, WA.

Content: News Report / Interview / Rape Me*

Programme Title: Unknown
Broadcast Date/s: 04/94
Length: 6 Minutes
Notes: This was broadcast on French TV, interesting as it has a clip of Rape Me from the sound check of 12/13/91, Pier 48, Seattle, WA

Content: News Report / Interview / Rape Me*

Programme Title: A Current Affair
Broadcast Date/s: 04/12/94
Length: 5 Minutes
Notes: This is a program about an apparent copycat suicide that occurred shortly after Kurt's death. Essentially this program implies that Kurt's death may lead other young people to take their own lives. Although it may now seem like a massive overreaction now there was serious concern at the time that Kurt's death may lead to many copycat suicides. Love Buzz is taken from what appears to be a fairly high generation video of the bands 10/19/91, Trees Club, Dallas, TX concert and is of little interest.

Content: Love Buzz* / Johnny Rotten Interview / Beverly Cobain Interview

Programme Title: American Journal
Broadcast Date/s: 04/94
Length: 5 Minutes
Notes: This contains video clips from Nirvana's first attempts at music video, playing in a local electronics store with their recently recorded demo tape playing in the background, recorded on 01/24/88. The special also features an interview with the guy who taped them (Eric Harder) and a clip of him giving it to a grieving and distressed Courtney.

Content: If You Must* / Paper Cuts*

Programme Title: Kurt Cobain Remembered
Broadcast Date/s: 04/94, 05/02/94
Length: 112 Minutes
Notes: The presenter mentions that this has been shown before a week before Kurt's death and states that the original broadcast is different to this one (hence the date above). The special itself has a strong focus on the issues surrounding Kurt's suicide, with interviews from counsellors, etc, aimed at young people finding it difficult to cope with Kurt's death, this takes up much of the special. There are also interviews with fans on Kurt's death and suicide and depression in general. The initial interviews with Gillian Gaar, Greg Kot et al are very brief comments by journalists and members of other groups on the band with a few dating back to the Nevermind era, some rather more insightful than others. There are 3 different interviews with the band, interviews (1) is recorded in Toronto on 09/20/91, interview (2) was recorded in Foufounes �lectriques, Montreal on 09/21/91. These feature Nirvana at their most difficult and sarcastic, though often very funny in places. Interview (3) was recorded in August 1993 in Seattle to the background of the harbour and features an interview with Kurt that is as interesting and insightful as I have seen. There is also some live footage with Something In The Way and Endless Nameless clips from 09/20/91, The Opera House, Toronto, Canada and 3 live songs from 11/25/91, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland: Breed, Love Buzz and Territorial Pissings.

Content: Gillian Gaar Interview / Greg Kot Interview / Phil Anselmo Interview / Gary Lee Conner Interview / Eugene Kelly Interview / Smells Like Teen Spirit (Tori Amos) / Courtney Love Interview / Joe Perry Interview / Smells Like Teen Spirit (Promo) / Interview (1) / Breed / In Bloom (1990 Promo) / Something In The Way / Interview (2) / Love Buzz / Interview (3) / Sliver (Promo) / Come As You Are (Promo) / Endless Nameless / Heart Shaped Box (Promo) / Territorial Pissings / In Bloom (Promo) / Memorial Footage

Programme Title: Noisy Mothers Tribute to Kurt
Broadcast Date/s: 04/20/94
Length: 18 Minutes
Notes: At the start of the program there is an on screen text biography of the band. Interview (1) is the Raw Power interview from 01/06/93. Interview (2) is the Raw Power interview from 03/21/92. Interview (3) is the Raw Power interview from 09/05/92. All of these interviews are shorter than the they appear in the Raw Power programmes. The journalist interview is with Cathi Unsworth journalist with Melody Maker recorded sometime in 1992.

Content: Smells Like Teen Spirit (Promo) / Interview (1) / Come As You Are (Promo) / Journalist Interview / Interview (2) / Lithium (Promo) / Interview (3) / In Bloom (Promo) / Heart Shaped Box (Promo) / Buzzcocks Interview

Programme Title: Video Music Special
Broadcast Date/s: 04/94
Length: 43 Minutes
Notes: The footage featured is interspersed with biographical sections featuring stills of a written biography with Incesticede playing in the background. There are 2 interviews in this tribute: interview (1) is taken from 11/02/91, Headbangers Ball; interview (2) is the band standing around in what appears to be a backstage area, the interviewer speaks in broken English and the band often finishes his sentences by reading them off the clip board. The live songs are shown rather oddly with the first half of Smells Like Teen Spirit leading into the second half of Lithium and the first half of Pennyroyal Tea leading into the second half of Rape Me (strange!). These are taken from 02/22/94, Palagaccio, Rome, Italy. All promos are shown in full.

Content: Interview / Come As You Are (Promo) / Interview (1) / Lithium (Promo) / Interview (1) / In Bloom (Promo) / Interview (2) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (Promo) / Interview (2) / Sliver (Promo) / Interview (1) / Heart Shaped Box (Promo) / Interview (2) / Smells Like Teen Spirit* / Lithium* / Pennyroyal Tea* / Rape Me*

Programme Title: DR TV1 Tribute
Broadcast Date/s: 04/94
Length: 27 Minutes
Notes: Interview (1) is from 11/02/91, Headbangers Ball. Interview (2) is from 06/26/92, Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark. This interview is the one with the band sitting on the back of the stage. On A Plain and Sliver are taken from 06/26/92, Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark. All Apologies is taken from 11/18/93, MTV Unplugged, New York, NY.

Content: Lithium (Promo)* / Interview (1) / Come As You Are (Promo) / Interview (2) / On A Plain / Sliver* / Heart Shaped Box (Promo) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (Promo) / All Apologies

Programme Title: RTP 2 "A Tribute"
Broadcast Date/s: Sometime in 1994
Length: 26 Minutes
Notes: Interview (1) is from 11/02/91, Headbangers Ball. Interview (2) is from 09/23/91, Axis Nightclub, Boston, MA. The Man Who Sold The World is from 11/18/93, MTV Unplugged, New York, NY. Smells Like Teen Spirit is from 09/23/91, Axis Nightclub, Boston, MA. About A Girl is from 10/31/91, Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA.

Content: Aneurysm (Promo) / Interview (1) / Lithium (Promo) / The Man Who Sold The World / Interview (2) / Smells Like Teen Spirit* / About A Girl / Heart Shaped Box (Promo)

Programme Title: Viva Tribute
Broadcast Date/s: Sometime in 1994
Length: 54 Minutes
Notes: This was a German tribute to the band that featured footage of the final Nirvana show: 03/01/94, Terminal 1, Munich, Germany.

Content: Radio Friendly Unit Shifter / My Best Friend's Girl / Drain You / Promos / Interviews

Programme Title: Swedish Nirvana Tribute
Broadcast Date/s: Sometime in 1994
Length: 18 Minutes
Notes: Drain You and Aneurysm are from 06/30/92, Stockholm, Sweden. Interview (1) is the same one used in the Swedish Nirvana special and was recorded 06/92 in Sweden. Interview (2) is from 06/26/92, Roskilde Festival, Rosklilde, Denmark and is the band sitting backstage. Lithium is from 06/26/92, Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark.

Content: Drain You* / Interview / Smells Like Teen Spirit (Promo) / Aneurysm* / Lithium

Programme Title: MTV Nirvana Tribute
Broadcast Date/s: 06/03/94, 04/95
Length: 90 Minutes
Notes: This being an MTV profile is rather difficult to list as some clips appear more than once and interviews crop up again throughout the video (which would make the content list a mess) for this reason I have only listed the first showing of the featured item. Basically this special is an enlarged version of Past Present and Future with extra footage thrown in. The band interviews and live footage in this video are outlined in detail below.

Of the other footage Kurt's bottle smashing and Dave grabbing oranges from the backstage buffet are taken from 1991: The Year That Punk Broke video. Dave and Krist out and about in London is taken from Krist's home video of the 1990 European tour (for further details of this please check out Live Nirvana's Inside The Horror Movie). There is also brief home video clips of Kurt feeding Frances shown in the credits. All promos are shown in full except Big Cheese, which is just a short clip.

There are several interviews featured in this special all except interview 3 feature in short clips. Interview (3) is Nirvana's Past Present and Future profile, recorded 12/13/93 in Seattle, WA and acts as a narrative for the special. Of the other interviews:

Interview (1) is Dave and Krist from 09/23/91, Axis Nightclub, Boston, MA.
Interview (2) is the whole band from 08/23/91, Reading Festival, Reading, UK.
Interview (4) is done in September 1992 and is the band sitting by a swimming pool with Kurt holding Frances.
Interview (5) is Kurt from January 1993 in Rio de Janeiro.
Interview (6) is from September 1993 with the band sitting on stools.
Interview (7) is the band sitting on a sofa recorded 10/18/93, Veterans Memorial Stadium, Phoenix, AZ.

There are also numerous amounts of live footage all shown in shortened form unless indicated. The dates and songs played are outlined below.

06/23/89, Rhino Records, Westwood, CA.
Songs Featured: Sifting
04/26/90 Pyramid Club, New York, NY
Songs Features: About A Girl
02/09/90, Pine Street Theater, Portland, OR
Songs Featured: Molly's Lips
08/21/91, St Henry's Pub, Cork, Ireland.
Songs Featured: Negative Creep, Smells Like Teen Spirit
08/23/91, Reading Festival, Reading, UK.
Songs Featured: School, Endless Nameless
01/10/92, MTV Studios, New York, NY.
Songs Featured: Smells Like Teen Spirit (2), Polly (Full), Drain You (Full)
07/23/93, Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY.
Songs Featured: Scentless Apprentice
09/09/92, MTV Video Music Awards, Los Angeles, CA.
Songs Featured: Lithium (N.B. is missing the Rape Me Introduction)
09/11/92, Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA.
Songs Featured: Breed, Rape Me
10/18/93, Veterans Memorial Stadium, Phoenix, AZ.
Songs Featured: Serve The Servants, Sliver, School (2), Pennyroyal Tea
11/18/93, MTV Unplugged, New York, NY.
Songs Featured: About A Girl (2), All Apologies
12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle WA.
Songs Featured: Heart Shaped Box, Destruction
02/27/94, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Songs Featured: In Bloom

Content: Interview (1) / Interview (2) / Sifting* / Interview (3) / Melvins Interview / About A Girl * / Molly's Lips* / Big Cheese (Promo)* / In Bloom (1990 Promo) / Michael Azzerad Interview / School (1)* / Backstage clip* / Home Video clip* / Negative Creep* / Smells Like Teen Spirit (1) / Backstage Clips (bottle smashing)* / Smells Like Teen Spirit (Promo) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (2)* / Come As You Are (Promo) / Drain You / Lithium (Promo) / Polly / Lithium* / Accepting Awards / Breed* / Interview (4) / Endless Nameless* / In Bloom (Promo) / Sliver (Promo) / Interview (5) / Heart Shaped Box (Promo) / Serve The Servants* / Rape Me* / Interview (6) / Pennyroyal Tea* / Scentless Apprentice* / Interview (7) / About A Girl (2)* / All Apologies* / Heart Shaped Box* / Destruction* / In Bloom* / MTV News clips 04/08/94 / David Fricke Interview / Henry Rollins interview / Clips from Memorial Service / Home Video Clips

Programme Title: Metal Express
Broadcast Date/s: 07/18/94
Length: 5 Minutes
Notes: Lithium is taken from 02/14/94, Le Zenith, Paris, France.

Content: Lithium

Programme Title: Metal Express
Broadcast Date/s: 07/94
Length: 17 Minutes
Notes: There are 3 interviews contained in this special. Interview (1) is Kurt recorded by the Seattle waterfront in August 1993 (this is not the same interview as the Much Music interview that is shown on many specials). Interview (2) is Krist recorded inside a house and interview (3) is Dave recorded in a similar environment. Of the live footage Milk It is taken from 07/23/93, Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY. The destruction clips are from 12/07/91, Transmusicalles Festival, Rennes, France (there is no sound for the clips just All Apologies from In Utero dubbed in the background). Smells Like Teen Spirit is taken from 08/20/91, St Henry's Pub, Cork, Ireland. Serve The Servants is taken from 10/18/93, Veterans Memorial Stadium, Phoenix, AZ. Pennyroyal Tea and Rape Me are taken from 02/14/94, Le Zenith, Paris, France.

Content: Interview (1) / Milk It* / Destruction Clips* / Interview (2) / Backstage Clips* / Interview (3) / Smells Like Teen Spirit* / Pennyroyal Tea* / Serve The Servants* / All Apologies* / Rape Me

Programme Title: Video Music Awards
Broadcast Date/s: 09/09/94
Length: 7 Minutes
Notes: Nirvana once again win the award for Best Alternative Video. The remainder of the band collect the award and Dave says a few brief, but moving, words saying that he misses Kurt. Later in the show there is a tribute shown about the band introduced by Krist. The tribute is very nice, including some previously unseen home video footage of a young Kurt who appears to be not much more than 15. Kurt stares into a mirror, selects a cake (he is later seen throwing the rejected cakes into a lake), jumps around with his guitar and we see the one of Kurt's infamous turtles swimming in a tank. Of the other footage Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam and Oh Me are from 11/18/93, MTV Unplugged, New York, NY. The backstage clips are taken from 1991: The Year Punk Broke. On A Plain is from 01/10/92 MTV, Studios, New York, NY. The destruction is from 12/13/93, Pier 48, Seattle, WA. Endless Nameless is from 08/23/91, Reading Festival, Reading, UK.

Content: Collecting Award / Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam* / Home Video Footage* / Backstage Clips* / Oh Me* / On A Plain* / Destruction* / Endless Nameless*

Programme Title: Nardwaur Interview
Broadcast Date/s: Sometime in 1994
Length: 19 Minutes
Notes: A rather strange backstage interview with the band and a clip of Hole performing Pennyroyal Tea. The footage is clearly amateur and was recorded backstage after Nirvana's concert in Vancouver, BC, 01/04/94. It also features a clip of Radio Friendly Unit Shifter and Lithium from 12/13/93, Seattle, WA. The clips have no sound, but merely act as a background to the interview. At the end of the interview there is an interview with Courtney recorded in a bar in Vancouver, BC on 11/15/94.

Content: Interview

Title: Nirvana: Live Tonight! Sold Out!
Release Date: 11/15/94
Length: 83 Minutes
Notes: Although not a television broadcast, much of the footage on this official home video release comes from television broadcasts across the globe. Parts of this video have in fact been broadcast in Taiwan in 1997 on Channel V.

Contents: Click here to read our second-by-second guide to this video.

Programme Title: MTV Year in Rock
Broadcast Date/s: 12/16/94
Length: 7 Minutes
Notes: This is another of the many small tributes MTV gave to the band in 1994. Interview (1) a portion of Kurt's interview for Past Present and Future recorded 12/13/93 in Seattle, WA. Interview (2) is from 10/18/93, Veterans Memorial Stadium, Phoenix, AZ. The home video footage is Kurt and Courtney feeding Frances. The Courtney interview is from 09/01/94 and is conducted with Kurt Loader. The award acceptance is from the 09/08/94, MTV Video Music Awards. Drain You is taken from 10/18/93, Veterans Memorial Stadium, Phoenix, AZ. In Bloom is taken from 02/27/94, Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, Slovenia. About A Girl is taken from 11/18/93, MTV Unplugged, New York, NY.

Content: Interview (1) / Drain You* / Interview (2) / In Bloom* / Home Video Footage / Courtney Interview / David Fricke Interview / Accepting Award / About A Girl*