Image credits
- Nirvana at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards. Photo: P.B. Rage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Love Buzz / Big Cheese front cover, 1988. Photo: Alice Wheeler. Public domain in the US.
- Kurt Cobain, Aberdeen police booking photo, 1986. Public domain in the US.
- Text panel made for this site. Not the original poster.
- This collage is shared under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Concert
Nirvana, September 22, 1990, Motor Sports International Garage, Seattle
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Image credits
- Nirvana at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards. Photo: P.B. Rage, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Love Buzz / Big Cheese front cover, 1988. Photo: Alice Wheeler. Public domain in the US.
- Kurt Cobain, Aberdeen police booking photo, 1986. Public domain in the US.
- Text panel made for this site. Not the original poster.
- This collage is shared under CC BY-SA 2.0.
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What did they play?
The exact setlist was not found in the checked sources. A handwritten setlist appears in photos, but its songs aren't listed here yet.
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Soundboard audio and professional video were reported, but the checked sources did not confirm them.
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Billed as an all ages, $8 / $10 show. Not confirmed in the checked sources.
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The night
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- Date
Saturday, September 22, 1990
- Venue
Motor Sports International Garage, Seattle, WA, USA
A former garage at Minor and Howell streets, now demolished.
- Bands that night
Melvins, Nirvana, Dwarves, Derelicts
- Drummer
Dan Peters, from Mudhoney
His first and only gig with Nirvana.
- Dave Grohl
In the audience, not in the band yet
He arrived in Seattle that afternoon and joined the band after this show.
- Attendance
About 1,500 people
Packed beyond capacity. Nirvana's biggest gig in Seattle so far. There was no stage security.
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The show took place on September 22, 1990.
The venue was the Motor Sports International Garage, Seattle, WA.
The venue was a former garage at Minor and Howell streets, now demolished.
Melvins, Nirvana, Dwarves and Derelicts played that night.
Dan Peters of Mudhoney played drums. It was his first and only gig with Nirvana.
Dave Grohl arrived in Seattle that afternoon and was in the audience.
Dave Grohl joined the band after this show.
About 1,500 people attended, packed beyond capacity, with no stage security.
It was Nirvana's biggest gig in Seattle so far.
The poster billed it as an all ages, $8 / $10 show.
Not confirmed in the checked sources.Soundboard audio and professional video exist.
Not confirmed. The LiveNirvana concert chronology lists the soundboard as rumored and the circulating video as amateur.
ConcertArchives lists this show but could not be read when the sources were checked, so no fact above cites it.
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