RELEASE : Nirvana.Nevermind.Live.In.Amsterdam.1991.720p.MBluRay.x264-TREBLE
DATE : 2022/06/29
RUNTIME : 1h00m
AUDIO : [FLAC | 2.0] [1.811Kbps]
VIDEO : [920x720]
SUBS : [n/a]
CRF : 17
BITRATE : 2.551 Kb/s
SOURCE : 38.000 Kb/s
GENRE : Grunge
IMDB : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10485250/
RATING : 7.6/10
COMMENT : November of 1991 was a distinct period of Nirvana s career. The grunge band
had just released their second album, Nevermind, on the major label Geffen
and were beginning to see their audiences change. Initially confined to clubs
and small theatres on package tours with established alternative acts like Sonic
Youth and Tad, Nirvana saw their audiences multiply as they moved out of nightclubs
and into larger headlining spaces.
This was the brief period before Nevermind hit number one in America but after
it had originally come out. Smells Like Teen Spirit was omnipresent on alternative
radio and MTV. Nirvana-mania was happening in real time and spreading at a dangerous
rate, even in central Europe, where many countries were still reeling from the cultural
and economic restrictions of the Cold War. It wasn t even two years removed from the
fall of the Berlin Wall when neighbouring country The Netherlands welcomed a
transgressive American act like Nirvana to the Paradiso in Amsterdam on November 25th.
The band were originally supposed to play at the Melkweg club in The Old Hall, but the
venue s 700 person capacity proved too small for the amount of interest generated for
the concert. Instead, the show was moved to the Paradiso, which held over twice as many people.
With no opening act, the band instead played a high energy hour-long set that featured
some of the band s best material from their first two albums. The video starts with a
killer rendition of Aneurysm , the B-side of the Smells Like Teen Spirit single and,
like its A-side, one of the few tracks credited to all three band members. With its
alternating tempos and reliance on screaming, the song was a live favourite of the band s,
although it was largely retired after the extensive Nevermind tour.
Kurt Cobain s is perpetually teetering on the edge of full rasp, having toured almost
non-stop since August. Still, he and the band s rhythm section, bassist Kirst Novoselic
and drummer Dave Grohl are in fine form. The 1991 concerts represent a transition as the
band learn to rely less on their more aggressive Bleach-era songs and find the audiences
responding and singing along to the various Nevermind cuts like Lithium and Come As You Are .
The shows also represent the brief time post-Nevermind that the band performed in standard
E tuning live. Starting in early 1992, the band would play shows tuned a half step down to
Eb, giving the songs a deeper and occasionally darker edge. If you want to hear classic songs
like Breed and Smells Like Teen Spirit in their normal tuning, this is the show to watch.
01. Drain You
02. Aneurysm
03. School
04. Floyd the Barber
05. Smells Like Teen Spirit
06. About a Girl
07. Polly
08. Lithium
09. Sliver
10. Breed
11. Come as You Are
12. Been a Son
13. Negative Creep
14. On a Plain
15. Blew
Encore:
16. Love Buzz (Shocking Blue cover)
17. Territorial Pissings