Nirvana - Saturday Night Live 1992

[1bhawks]

haha, look at kurt stickin the guitar in the amp hahha

[TheActiveChristian]

That's fucking rock and roll man.

[striken4pot]

Snl's greatest musical preformance ever.<PERIOD

[MrBurgundy76]

GOD THIS SONG IS SO FUCKIN PUNK I LOVE IT FUCK YEAH BREAK STUFF

[underlandclub]

I feel sorry for those drums. Being trashed at the end must have seemed like a holiday compared to having the shit beaten out of you by Dave.

[italiaholic]

Awesome

[sucktastic]

It is interesting to note that Mr. Cobain does not grasp the guitar by the neck and wield the instrument in a club like fashion when the band shifts into destruction mode, but instead holds it firmly by the body and utilizes the guitar more like a spear, impaling the unsuspecting amplifiers and then the drums. Intriguing technique, for certain.

[fastmilion]

i love how at 2:48 min dave Grohl protects himself

[LoverElephant97]

Ohmygod this is amazing. Did they ever go back on the show? They must have been the director's nightmare.. first they sing (no offence, but you know it's probably true), one of their worst songs, then they don't even finish it and instead just trash the set and all their gear, and then at the end of the show they start making out with each other on live tv! That, surely is a sign that this was one quality band.

[mseetherh]

@LoverElephant97 They did play the whole song. They played teritorial pissings on live TV a couple of times when the directors of the shows tried to force them to play more "radio friendly" stuff. They'd just go onstage and start playing and nobody had the balls to stop the biggest band in the world (at the time) from doing whatever they wanted. It was a cool time for punk! Not their worst song just one of the less paletable for the masses.

[solidskins]

@mseetherh other words they had alot of better songs

[juanjohnny44]

@mseetherh they were not punk ,its grunge

[ljc9509]

@juanjohnny44 Fuck sake, who cares what it's labelled as, it's kick ass music, stop whining and just enjoy one of the most raw, amazing songs played live ever.

[starsweet4]

@LoverElephant97 yes they performed again in 1993 for in utero

[duken1705]

With that hair, Krist looks like a samurai (:

[stuffandlyrics]

this is nirvana's punk side at its best... And ironically enough it was on nbc

[theleecarter]

this is a different angle

[pearljamporch]

why did they had to destroy their gear at the end of the song? ...it's not necesary, I mean, those things are expensive!

[Deathairoc]

@pearljamporch No its not, grunge artists use gear that is cheap, that strat he's playing is a japanese made squier, and the gear that's trashed is cheap aswell. And hell yes it's neccessary! It's nirvana mother fucker!

[jaflkds23]

he almost kills dave!!! lol

[Aresous]

GoTTa FinD uH WaY. >.>

[NokDwai]

Fun Fact: the first time kurt overdosed was on snl.

[jdougs916]

just plain awesome. love and miss that band so much.

[BlessedConviction]

Epicness. 

[erik6418]

Kur Cobain

[maxysaxy6]

Ey, shut the fuck up wallpaper boy

[WallPapper1000]

that's a fag voice of krist,

[katal06606]

LOL! The crash throwback from Krist!!!

[katal06606]

LOL! The crash throwback from Krist!!!

[greggiebaba]

Best ever performance on SNL

[looboff]

2:46 lol good old Kristi 

[protestsong00]

Flipper shirt, yes

[TheRealAngusturtle]

I have OKDCD (obsessive Kurt Donald Cobain Dissorder)

[Enzeroable]

can anybody tell me who the "host" was on that night? i would love to find this episode on neflix? thanks

[pigfarts992]

@Enzeroable It won't help much as the musical acts don't go on Netflix, just the episodes. The host was Rob Morrow, though.

[heronblackmane]

@Enzeroable Rob Morrow, from the show Northern Exposure

[nirvanrocker]

this the way it was originally broadcast?

[RamTerritory]

looks like Krist just couldn't destroy his bass

[jay73158]

I love how he says once again

[danslatente]

Hey look Kurdt's wearing that "Flipper" shirt that he wears in this pic on the In Utero album and some say it's a warning message from him cuz if you mirror the pic the "LIP" in the word "FLIPPER" comes out as 9 11 with an airplane symbol flying above it. OOOOOH

[truenirvana13]

@akan1234 I was born 1 year after Kurts last performance. WHY!?!?!?!?!

[TNA796]

@truenirvana13 I was born 2 months after he died! :(

[davetherave22]

i never really understood the, smashing up all your equipment at the end of your set, thing that a lot of rock gods do. maybe that's why i'll never be a rock n roll star, and will continue to be just another bitch on a leash wage slave till the day i die a very boring death many years from now.

[kuromaku4063]

カッコよすぎるわ。

[jorpsable]

He didn't get rushed to hospital. He went and did a 2 hour radio interview, went back to the hotel, fucked Courtney, OD'd on china white heroin and had t be resusitated by Courtney at 7 in the morning. First time (of many) that he died.

[jjc19461]

@jorpsable Yes he fucking did. She gave it to him so he wouldnt die, then he went to the hospital

[nirvanaman100]

they are so cool

[ledzepelinfreak]

this is hilarious

[lakerman89]

2:47 Dave dies :(

[ReeseMac]

@lakerman89 2:52....crawling on amplifiers on the left he fell off the amplifiers.

[methodairmoshpit]

Ha, love the FLIPPER shirt.

[feluredhot]

Oh yeah....

[Akan1234]

WHY I WASN'T BORN AT THAT TIME ?!?!?!

[srekazinskas]

Interesting fact: Nirvana was the first band to play SNL twice.

[olivamichael]

Hes wereing the same shirt as on the cover of Come as you are

[TheMaggieEliza]

@AWSOMEPOSSUM16 Yeah, if you look at the inside of Bleach or some early LP's, Kurt's hair is dark brown.

[weasleherpies]

they go hard, i fucking love it.

[mynameismark25]

Auto Destructive Art

[Rocker67ish]

Nirvana is musical freedom. the guys that cant see beyond the theory of music dont apreciate this kind of bands.

Fellas why are so scared to play bad? "you just had to let it go" 

[IcyHotStuntmanMike]

Sorry, but with behavior like this, you guys just aren't going to have a future in music. Especially you, drummer boy!

[ylano1995]

@IcyHotStuntmanMike that "drummer boy" is dave ghrol,, you prob have heard of the Foo Fighters ?? "Drummer Boy" as you call him is the singer/guitarist. good luck with your future stuntman mike

[sk8erdude0906]

@IcyHotStuntmanMike GTFO and quit trolling.

[olivamichael]

@IcyHotStuntmanMike that was probubly the funnyest comments ive read so far

[allsensesaredead]

the greatest thing about Nirvana was how they destroyed everything after every show.

[HappilyWithMonotony]

Looking back...this is probably the roughest most aggressive song played on SNL. Seriously, like...Kurt's voice is shot, so he already sounds a little off topped with just the song itself.

You would never see this on SNL now.

[WarpxD]

He had an overdose after this show, nearly died.

[DaniFilthie]

kurt went right to hospital for overdose right after this show

[breenboyz]

Yea thats rite DAve! Trash the shit outta the stage!

[derekdamned1]

Kurt overdosed after this show......

[ALICEcupofjuceyjayy]

the best of the best RIP KURT <3

[mmartindaniel]

I wonder why Kurt loved to poke amps :)

[shinobikid14]

@mmartindaniel Wouldn't you love to if you had the money to do it?

[grunge1421]

This is so fucking awesome, Nirvana kicks Ass.!

[rodolforops]

so, just as i though, these guys was ALLWAYS wasted

[MrBurgundy76]

The fact that this happened on snl is making me jizz repeatedly

[AWSOMEPOSSUM16]

Where's the makeout scene :\

[RobbieNPalmer]

Fun fact: The very first time Dave Grohl’s mother met Kurt Cobain’s mother was at this Saturday Night Performance.

[phish1085]

i like when krist threw the symbal stand back at dave haha

[LuisRamirez666]

Who was the host?

[moloko5]

@LuisRamirez666 That dude from Northern Exposure

[LuisRamirez666]

@moloko5 TY

[1jessedude]

k his hair was always dark he dyed his hair blond dumb ass but this is a good song

[AWSOMEPOSSUM16]

@1jessedude ....His hair was naturally blonde.

[Flachkopp2]

@AWSOMEPOSSUM16 actually brown ....

[AWSOMEPOSSUM16]

@Flachkopp2 Where da hell are you getting brown from?

[Flachkopp2]

@AWSOMEPOSSUM16 as he was a child he was blond but in ttenager age it gets brown and he bleach his hair

[AWSOMEPOSSUM16]

@Flachkopp2 I never knew that. I shoulda figured that though, his hair was so blonde as a adult theirs no way it was natural.

[RadioJuicebox]

NBC can suck it.

[DamianRproductions]

He OD'd heroin that night after show, Love saved him by giving him some kind of antagonist.

[zmaddyh]

@DamianRproductions Then proceeded to seek out someone to have him killed not even two years later. Ain't she a peach? But yes, that is true of course. Also true was that he was high on heroin during this performance and beforehand, that's why in the beginning pics he looked like he was half-passed out.

[69plus0]

2:4 HEY DAVE I DONT WANT YOUR FUCKING SYMBOL

[69plus0]

@69plus0 2:45

[otherside220]

haha. bet nbc loved this.

[LuisRamirez666]

@otherside220 Yeah, and obviously they let them play any song of their choice not like MTV who didnt allowed them to play "Rape me" on the MTV video music awards

[MrBuzzable]

whoa, notice at 2:51 when somebody's hand is seen supporting the amp while kurt is trying to knock it down

[pharcydebug]

i love it when krist just launches the cymbal back at dave and daves like "owrhghg"!

[34LOLWTF]

oh so krist says that at the beginning lol

[x2REPx]

Kurt doing his WW2 bayonet training.

[xTheFinalSolution]

so badass

[2010SickBoy]

ебать мой хуй!

[gar992000]

how many wool sweaters does Kurt have?? haha

[Mazeros1000]

ебать мой хуй

[leeh19951]

o Kurt estava totalmente drogado nessa apresentação

[buildblackclouds]

This is punk as fuck. Love it.

[methodairmoshpit]

@buildblackclouds Watch FEAR's SNL performance if you can find it... they got their set cut off. That's punk as fuck.

[sliverbreed]

i literally burst out laughing when krist threw the cymbal and stand at dave - RIP Kurt - u live forever

[imsohappywaitnoimnot]

Wait, i feel dumb to ask this but:

Did Kurt really 'die his hair with kool aid'....and if so where did you get the information from?

[sebslop]

Dave is destroying that drum kit

[tim3058]

did you know Kurt overdosed 2 hours after this performance and Courtney love had to revive him by splashing water on his face and punching him in the stomach?

[davidnala123]

This is better than the album version!

[0371998]

your little video!!

update the better sound with this...montage!

and will be HD HIGH SOUND

ya=H

[0371998]

THis BAND DIG INto THE POWER WITH THE PERFEct style, I cannot expect one better Stand for band with all the Full Force....!MEtal scene were sO lucky in the 90'S the attitude and the talent.

HArd COre and PUNk JAw breaker!!!

They have all the INtegrity!!

[XxSicInsanityxX]

hell yes. i love when they break there stuff lol

[escorpionx94]

NIRVANA 4EVER"!! XD

[tmantonym]

0:29 - Dave grohl :O

Awesome!

[StuffedMannequin]

Whenever I watch Nirvana destroy the stage after finishing a song, it just reminds me how much they put some edge to rock and roll at the time.

[SPYLAGO]

Its almost scary to think this happend 19 years ago

[RinkRat20]

Whenever you see the sunburst Jaguar go away and a cheap black and white strat come out, you know it's encore time :)

[Bluevetteboy2012]

@RinkRat20 Yes he never trashed his Jagur or his Mustang! Those were his babies!!!

[TitaniousGrubbs]

@RinkRat20 more like shit's gonna get trashed!

[mrRmac84]

New Music that isn't over saturated with auto tune and songs about nothing: Cast In Cadence

[evilaerocoupe]

ok, he didn't use kool-aid, and no it's not the same sweater from unplugged. this one is blue the unplugged one was green. open the eyes folks!

[Iwillrockuresocksoff]

@evilaerocoupe Yes it is Kool-aid

[theclitcommander1234]

@evilaerocoupe Umm, yeah he did use kool-aid. Read Heavier Than Heaven, its in the first few pages.

[ComptGeorges]

Punks..

[dizzyisme]

dave is so intense on the drums. love nirvana

[hildergarn]

I would hate to be nirvana's equipments.

[RhysieKup]

anyone else notice that he's wearing the exact same sweater from the Unplugged show?

[RebelThoughts]

@RhysieKup Isn't the unplugged one green?

[RhysieKup]

@RebelThoughts no im pretty sure its brown. unless its one shitty shade of green or my eyes are fucked.

[scaffman2162]

@RhysieKup your eyes are seriously fucked up!! its green matey! :-)

[RhysieKup]

@scaffman2162 whatever you say, chapie-doo.

[lithum2010]

poor dave, getting his drums through back.

[FuckDaPolice713]

"Take that you fucking amplifier!"

[ThE90sRuLeD1]

did he really die his hair with kool aid, wouldnt that come out really easy?

[lithum2010]

@ThE90sRuLeD1 yeah he did it with kool aid, its pretty awesome.

[KamikazeProd]

so much angst

[kowtpr187]

anyone who watches this can hopefully go to the shitty def leppar page that joe elliot posted called "Joe Elliot Slams the 90s" and talk to him how bands like (PRIMUS,NIRVANA,soundgarden,Al­ice In Chains,Deftones,Pantera,Jane's Addiction,Megadeth,Helmet,Mari­lyn Manson, Korn,Sepultura,Aphex Twin,Meshuggah,Lamb of God, Converge,311, Red Hot Chilli peppers, Sonic Youth,Dinosaur jr,, Smashing Pumpkins,) never made it out of the 90s!

[thatkidinthecorner11]

That would be awesome, having no doubt about anything they do so they smash everything. Krist throws the crash back at grohl 2:43

[rainmanjones]

He KNEW he was dying................he rocked the last three years of his life like I hope to do my own,,,

[steventylerocks]

thrashing!

[MarkBade]

I think that they realized that it doesn't get more punk or majorly subversive than SNL......At least, I hope they did....AND....the cast during this time was one of the finest.

[petersm69]

Ill have that drum kit..

[RydeMusic]

Wtf happend to music? This is the type of music that rocks. Rihanna can suck Lady Gaga's dick.

[PaintTheSilence94]

@RydeMusic you should post that in every nirvana video :)

[johnniekage]

@RydeMusic ha thats funny i always say that lady gaga is a dude. Fuck the World Nirvana rocks and will be forever missed.

[HanskiTheGreat]

@RydeMusic and then she can have lesbian sex with Justine Bieber.

[jjopassmore]

@RydeMusic hell yes



[badbraaaains]

to the 4 people that liked this video... I HATE YOU

[linuxxe]

Yea, and Kurt Cobain needs you to pick up for him. I'll try once more: nobody on youtube watching Kurt Cobain videos gives a flying toss about what any of "you" think.

[GikeMoldberg]

@linuxxe someone's gotta pick up 4 him. he obviously can't. it's a nirvana vid by the way. they were a band ya know. and why is you in quotations? you might not care. doesn't give you the right to speak for everyone. as soon as others see these two jagoffs saying seether and sum41 are better than nirvana and they only got popular after kurt died, and another guy saying kurt would be into katy perry and that he liked bad pop music like abba. abba is fucking awesome. nothing at all like katy perry

[thesum41s]

@GikeMoldberg no one gives a fuck.

[FooFighterFix]

@GikeMoldberg i'm flattered that you think of me enough to mention me in other comments, but i'd just like to point out that you're misquoting me there. I never said abba is bad pop.

[GikeMoldberg]

@FooFighterFix so you are aware that abba is a great band? good:)

[FooFighterFix]

@GikeMoldberg always have been always will be. As I said, I'm not musically retarded.

[linuxxe]

Shut the fuck up you wankers, nobody on youtube watching Kurt Cobain videos gives a flying toss about what either of you think.

[GikeMoldberg]

@linuxxe i'm picking up for kurt you cocksucking rodent. read the comments b4 you butt your big nose in ya fool. one guy is saying seether and sum 41 are better than nirvana, and the other guy is saying if kurt was alive he'd probably listen to katy perry!! fuck!

[FooFighterFix]

@GikeMoldberg again, I feel like you're abusing my words here. You'd be a good journalist, i'll give you that.

[GikeMoldberg]

she's everything kurt fought against? i'm pretty sure he fought against racism, homophobia, sexism,etc. the same things that she fights against. i doubt he would dislike someone with similar views to his. everything he fought against is a little much. and it's her who dresses up her self and writes her own music. this is funny cause i'm not even a fan.

[thesum41s]

And you just keep proving me right.

[GikeMoldberg]

@thesum41s sum 41 sucks. seether sucks. what other crap do you like, kid?

[thesum41s]

@GikeMoldberg Well how about Metallica, Megadeth, Jimi Hendrix, Audioslave, Rage Against The Machine, Shinedown, Greenday, Pink Floyd, Kansas, AC/DC, Johnny Cash, Disturbed, Godsmack, and many many many many more that you've probably never heard of.

[44eelz]

i like the grainyness in the video, makes it look VHS

[crazzzybeeotch22]

i miss the 90s

[Lif3Music1]

I still have this on video tape the night that it aired. Amazing.

[idekao]

Why do people click on "dislike"... if they don't like... why the fuck are they watchin ???!!! Nirvana rocks ! best band eva !!!

[gayfarmerboy]

@idekao

Simply because it's impossible to know if you do or don't like something until you've heard it. Duh.

[jackasstino83]

fucking kurt lol yeahhh we miss you man

[dgenxboy]

@chinocash it was posted by the official nirvana page