Nirvana Rare Backstage Interview from 1991

[RideMyGMC]

min 7:30 "You guys wanna come to a party? East End Montreal!"

What total fu%$in pricks...Look at Kurt annoyed out of his fu%$in mind by them Dawson College fratboys.

[RideMyGMC]

min 5:26 "Jesus Christ...Superstar!"

Dave Grohl....XD!!!

[RideMyGMC]

min 0:08 "We´re NOT from Seattle!"

LOL! Kurt rocks. King Buzzo would approve.

[christiannokes]

Do you know what this is guys? This is the closest all of us will come to ever have had to hanging out with these 3 individuals that make up Nirvana. You can not like the band at all (and I won't judge you for have feeling so) but they meant something to a lot of people...and it's so interesting to see how normal they are as people. You can tell that they don't know how to accept fame. That, and part of that, is that they show that they are aware of themselves being on the way to the top. xo

[suzveve]

this is the most insightful video i've seen on what it would be like for them having to talk to absolute total dipshits who have no clue what nirvana musically was all about but were too fucking keen on themselves to care otherwise. yes, it's obviously a joint. that he passes to krist. who blows a massive pume of smoke. "get ooutt!"

[cami88]

@suzveve I was just thinking "Is Kurt rolling a joint???" Ha! Awesome!

[PieceofMindmusic]

@cami88 -no no, that's just rolling tobacco.

[liamMCR]

kurt skinning up

[Libertinedreamful]

@liamMCR i dont blame him! lol

[FuzztoneProductions]

nirvana backstage 1992 was pretty fucking epic

[Redrumhydro]

was kurt drinkin alcohol? and was he rolling up a joint? or that just rolling papers?

[bignick442]

kurt rollin a j

[Methstories]

Haha Nice! Haven't seen this.

[stett99]

i doubt he was even a junkie. media publicity to get kids into drugs.

[alexzzzzzzzz1231234]

ha ha ha were not from seattle ha ha kurt cobain

[vianey8046]

i can't hear shit.

[ShilukITheMongrel]

"Three young guys from Seattle a--"

"WE'RE NOT FROM SEATTLE D<"

lol Kurt's hilarious

[franzfafka]

WE'RE NOT FROM SEATTLE.

I like that Kurt is annoyed by the wanker who said they are.

[third3ye024]

hes rolling a joint!!!!!

[ETWrestlingF]

@third3ye024 It's not a joint, it's a simple cigarette

[Redrumhydro]

@ETWrestlingF how you know?

[ETWrestlingF]

@Redrumhydro I smoke cigarette and joint.

[777jackpot1]

LlOL WERE NOT FROM SEATLLE! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL.

[motorcycleboy45]

Didn't mean to do that!!!!!!!

[mystro810]

I wish there was an underground music scene now like there was back then before Nevermind blew the roof off

[dormantreign]

I herd someone say We just rocked Montreal so i'm guessing that this was taped at a show there. Could be wrong though.

[nosebleed84]

I was 12 years old when I started to listen to Nirvana. It was in 1996. I think the first album i got to know first was in utero, but of course soon after, i got all their cds. I wish i could have seen him live. I remember, one day with a friend, we were curious and we printed his suicide letter to read it, and like, my aunt found that letter in my bag. And she got freaked out and called my dad telling him i was about to kill myself lol. What a dumb ass my aunt was haha

[pot4tots]

HAha kurt smokin a joint on camera i love it lol

[Fedora28]

"We're not from Seattle!" ♥ Rock on Nirvana! :)

[testostrogenitalz]

Yeah... Charles Cross was paid by Courtney to sort of twist the whole perspective on who Kurt really was... a crappy book indeed

[Fedora28]

Come on Kurt...roll that joint! :) ♥ Rock on Nirvana!!!

[skunkx101]

I think I was eight when Kurt died. I remember it though cause my friends were hella bummed and it was raining cause it's Oregon. It was all over the radio. Sad day.

[PeterNooner]

19 years ago, Oh boy I feel old, grunge is still sexy.

[PeterNooner]

19 years ago, Oh boy I feel old, grunge is still sexy.

[xperezx7]

i wish i was back there again im only17 but im sure in the hell a GRUNGEKID

[KakashiTheFirst]

is he drinking off a baby bottle? Lol

[shaunmfsinclair]

Actualy if u listen like u werent the interveiwers ask nirvana if they wanna come to a party with them on the east end of montreal canada so this was after there montreal show in 91 07:36

[FuzztoneProductions]

nirvana and kurt cobain backstage reading festival 1992

[AnaemicSardine]

@FuzztoneProductions thats not reading...

[27kurt1967]

THE SISTERS OF MERCY are playing in the background

[CapitainHiTop]

was this before nevermind was released?

i know they reffered to the new record but im not sure

[saboteur31]

thier playing white wedding in the background hahah i can barley tell!

[jayporks]

Has anyone figured out what band is playing while this is going on? I see Buzz walkin around so I've cancelled out the Melvins

[cnacios]

" i live in the capital of Washington its called Olympia" lol

[Ragdollwasteland333]

Its funny, everybody thinks its Seattle but its really Olympia... As a Washingtonian, its really silly to hear people say that the capital of WA is Seattle... Then there are those people who don't even know that Washington state exist and everytime you say WA state, they think Washington DC. Fun stuff!

[cnacios]

@Ragdollwasteland333 no its funny the way he says it hes like i live in the capital of washington i know its olympia but its funny

[sorenkierkegaard2008]

@Ragdollwasteland333 Probably foreigners, right? Or, those "most U.S. Americans" that kind find the USA on a map, that miss teen south carolina mentioned. Greetings, fellow Washingtonian. Haven't been back in a while. How's Issaquah doing?

[iamamannow]

i live in olympia wa how is that funny

[GuitarLord71]

o and plus he was having trouble lighting the joint. weed is hard to light. tobacco lights up right away.

[GuitarLord71]

i think he has enough money for cigarettes so im gonna go with a joint

[scottelliottmusic]

@GuitarLord71 I dont know man...that looks a lot like a bag of rolling tobacco. Thats a huge amount of pot to carry around so casually. And smoking hand rolled is not strictly about saving money, it tastes a lot better, less chemicals and gives you a HELL of a buzz. Drum will knock you on your ass if you dont smoke regularly. Hand rolled is harder to light since its damp and lacking chemicals that make it burn. Ever notice how cigars go out when not puffed? Tailor mades burn to the filter.

[GuitarLord71]

@scottelliottmusic hmmm cool man, thanks

[third3ye024]

@GuitarLord71 plus it seems he passes it to others. if they are passing cigs, well that not good. lol

[CyT698]

This is exactly why YouTube is the greatest thing ever. I feel like I was once backstage with Nirvana at a gig!

[trevornish000]

is kurt rolling a joint haha

[nookie1307]

sisters of mercy in the background!

[BiancaWT]

thanks

[Jurgeson]

who simgs the song in the background

[nookie1307]

sisters of mercy

[BiancaWT]

who's the band performing?

[nookie1307]

Sisters of mercy the song is called more

[loopiou316]

LOL 5:25 to 5:31

Dave Grohl is LEGEND!!!!!

[MakeWeedLegal]

Agreed! And it's cheaper :P

[sChizOphreine]

Buzzz or not BuzZz  mdr

[pukeonmyshoe2130]

its most likely weed, if he wanted tobacco hed probly buy a pack of cigs instead of buying pappers and tobacco and all that, plus just rolling cigs by hang is stupid man

[SkaterFippe4]

nope, heard someone sayin that he liked self rolled ciggs, and if it were weed, the others would've asked him if they could have a drag xD

[1xCloudStrifex1]

I feel Kurt's pain here, and that makes me feel more intune with Kurt himself as a person...not a musician

[shadyworld666]

thats a good comment.i dont know why everyone gave you a thumbs down.Proabably cuz they think you have no idea what Kurt went through but whatever.I feel sad for him too and I think of him just as another person too and not a famous singer

[mortadelka]

yea-- he was around.. that was ok... what to do ha'''??DIDNT LOOK LIKE A fun party... and Buzz hunging out ...he is relly stupid... like a dork or a pig...

[judettaja]

U all Nirvana freaks should read Everett True´s book.

[grungegopher]

I have, its much better than that pile of shit Charles Cross wrote.

[mattycap1]

@grungegopher what differs it? i loved heavier than heaven

[third3ye024]

@judettaja i have it and read it... very good book

[Kiazil]

@third3ye024 can i borrow it? ha, i want to read it so bad.

[zimonslot]

@judettaja

No. You should read Michael Azerad's book. The ONLY original nirvana biography, written when they all lived!

[grungegopher]

@zimonslot Yeah, but Everett's book is easily the second best after CAYA. And at least he was a close friend of Kurt's, unlike that tool Charles Cross who barely even met Kurt when he was alive.

[zimonslot]

@grungegopher

Cross is a parasite who and sucks all the $ out of dead people and also a self-made Cobainologist

[pukeonmyshoe2130]

i think its pretty cool that kurt rolls a dooby and smokes it in this vid

[TheOnlyThinker]

I wish I was around back then. I'm only 13 but I'm a grungehead.

[nirvana4everify]

I SOLUTE YOU MAN AT MY SCHOOL THE ONLY GRUNGERS GRUNGEHEADS GRUNGEKIDS WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT IS ME AND MY FRIEND DONT EVER QUIT ON GRUNGE DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nirvana4everify]

AND IM 14!!!!!!!!!!!!

[to4ad]

@TheOnlyThinker search the band "45 Caliber (Band)" on facebook and click the like button, they're a band dedicated to bringing back the grunge sound, them and "Cynicaleyes (band)"

[captain5ist]

@TheOnlyThinker same here i'm 14 and i'm a grungehead too

[SgtPepper613]

@captain5ist 16 me too guys

[amygdala51]

How boring-- if I was Kurt I probably would have left..

[odiumimbues]

kurt only appeared bored cuz of depression.. he actually rather be around people even if it was just silence.

[CaveatAudiens]

Can anyone make out what the background song/band is?

Thanks

[alexymaster]

The background song is 'More' by The Sisters of Mercy

[steveo9996]

God i really fancy some weed now

[VPanzerDivisionen]

"...new drummer dave...."i think this clip is from the early months of '90?

[krookroorocket]

"WE'RE NOT FROM SEATTLE."

i bet they got tired of being called "those three guys from seattle.

[dopeywonder]

they really arent from seattle- they are from aberdeen

[krookroorocket]

i fucking realize that

[qwerty887]

now this is a fucking cool video... nirvana before they were the biggest band in the world Kurt is very quiet

[KillYouBefore]

i like grohls "jesus christ superstaaaar" at 5.30 xD

[jazzmanEE]

hey Kurt, roll me a spliff too :)

RIP..we miss you

[Beck436]

They were talking about G.G. Allin

[Boefkick]

hey can i have a beer ?

yeah go ahead

thanks a lot man ! :D

[PeggleMaster000]

i love the beginning! WE"RE NOT FROM SEATTLE!

[lartnapasdelimite]

what's that song playing ?

[skapoosh]

It's not a joint, its not a cigarette, what the fuck does it matter? Kurt just rocks, whatever he's smoking

[skapoosh]

I like Sex!

[acepple95]

i cant understand a word thier saying

[shadyworld666]

in the dictionary they should have a picture of Kurt next to the word 'cool"

[princesskanu]

totally right...or better...they should have is OWN DICTIONARY XD

( to understand this interview.. ;)

[ruckden]

@shadyworld666 "Rather be dead than cool" - Kurt Cabin

[elreptilius]

It´s a joint .

[almightyseancore]

how can you even question if its a joint? he's sitting there rolling it, and not many people cary tobacco in a clear bag.

[krogshede]

Does it realy matter if its a joint or a cigarette,- the man has been dead in 15 years now !!

[Fr33zeBurn]

trust me I smoke roll-ups.

he's rolling himself a nice cigarette.

Kurt didn't smoke weed very often, let alone backstage...

[zippywaite]

where did you hear he didn't smoke often?

and yeah that is a rolled cigarette. Unless he is holding it like a cigarette to sort of conceal it. a lot of people do that.

[Fr33zeBurn]

I've read a few books, he smoked it a lot in his younger years at school but less so after he took up the bad drugs :(

maybe if he'd have smoked more weed he wouldn't have killed himself :(

[zippywaite]

yeah now that u mention it i remember reading in the journals how he says that weed doesnt really do it for him anymore.

I know man. Fuck heroin.

[gaalla]

Yeah man I used to smoke. I've been a junky for six years now and cant kick it. I cant smoke weed anymore, it spins me out and causes crazy paranoia (for me). Opiates make you feel safe, till they're done and they go home...

[wackassegyption]

Try smoking "Strawberry" bud also called "strawberry cough". I don't care how nervous of a person you can be, that shit will make you meditate. ; )

[webbski10I]

lmao

[Cyanicist]

I'm naturally anxious... And for some reason, pot DOES NOT calm me down. I've smoked for almost 5 years now... same thing.

You lucky fucks.

[FunemploymentCrew]

@Cyanicist I know it's weird to reply to a 6 month old comment, but it's rare for me to see another person with the same anxious reaction as I have with smoking weed. u r not alone sir. lol

[skapoosh]

i smoked a sigarette (or whatever it is) with kurt cobain! Cool!!!!

[texasboy040]

You're full of it.

[Love9Killed4Kurt]

lmfao full of shit.

[Kiffmeyer94]

really?it's possible, why not?

[JohNirvana]

I swear it is a joint... I'm from holland! you see Kurt having the lighter infront of the joint?

That's because he's burning off the end of the rice or hemp end.

Otherwise you wouldn't be able to smoke it...

And it's also much longer than a normal cigarette.

[heydanbud]

im from holland! ishnt shat veerd?

[shadyworld666]

Ya I'm sorry for being rude 2.Thx for the response.I just hear a lot of people getting addicted and I can never fully understand why.I guess I just feel really bad for them:)

[hotrod273]

its a truly indescribable feeling...im a recovering junky and i can say there is NOTHING in the world that feels like shooting dope, but thats not really a good thing, which is why it is so fuckin addicting...the only reason i stopped is because i was lucky enough to not die first and hit a bad fuckin bottom, i even traded my car for heroin...thats how addictive that shit is...i do NOT recommend trying it...

[shadyworld666]

im glad ur off it.Een hearing about it freaks me out.theres a lot more to life...i hope

[shadyworld666]

you wana draw a picture?

[dinosaurjr420]

i didnt give a fuck about this interview til Buzz came on

[jousejouse]

lol thats not a joint hes rolling. you can planly see its a rolling tabacco pouch they look EXACTLY like that thing hes pulling it out of. i doudt he put his bud in tabacco pouches lol.

[yootesa1515]

haha aberdeen smells like nucliar vomit duuude it fucken killin me to think about it lolz

[inuterokurt94]

aberdeen 4 ever thx for sharing dude

[Whicol2]

Obviously you've never been there, eh? It's a fucking dump, dude....

[weedis48]

no it was a joint. he would have asked dave 4 a cig if he wanted one. he didnt role his own if he had the option.

[OlbermannSucksDick]

I read everett true's biography and it said that for a period in 1991 kurt rolled his own cigarettes, so that could be what hes rolling.

[10010110101100]

Sisters of Mercy - More

[MisterAtoms]

Anyone know what band/what song is playing in the background? that sounds pretty sick

[MisterAtoms]

and I mean around the 2:30 point when i first noticed it

[chorrohands01]

VERY FUCKN COOL AND INTAMATE

[misterkurdt]

Kurt rolls a joint . . . something I've never seen before =]

[OnewingedAngel69]

i love how kurts just drinking a bottle of vodka strait.

[shadyworld666]

he is?

[slackerqueen13]

HFS- this is the most awesome footage i've seen...and i'm a pretty hardcore fan. never seen it before.

[Kuro40]

Is it my imagination or is king buzzo the only one their who isn't high?

[mylesmedlin55]

their alittle high there

[Tomatmixeragain]

This is after the montral canada show 1991, i got this interview.

[BrodyLuv2]

Buzz,you were then,and still are Bitter and jealous as fuck of Nirvana.

[IricForset]

He seems that way doesnt he.

[BrodyLuv2]

He most definatly does...Sorry About the Thumbs Down,Twas' an accident.

[McDicker96]

lol they referenced the simpsons

this must be way old

[RetroForMe]

I love how the guy said "We're interviewing the Seattle band Nirvana" and Kurt was yelling "We're not from Seattle!" and then Krist (I think it was him, I'm not positive though, the video is almost too dark for me to be sure) said "Aberdeen, Washington. And we're not from there anymore either."

[10010110101100]

found it Sisters of Mercy - More :)

[10010110101100]

Does anyone know the name of background song or band?! I would be so grateful

[Tjacka11]

0:11 Kurt i think: Were not from Seattle!!

XD

[Gjallarhorn73]

Sisters of mercy - More playing in the background

[dbag11]

i want to take a hit off kurts joint, then give him a hug.

[IriePsihonaut]

I love nirvana and I think Kurt did what he thought that's best at the time.He was depressed any way but the heroin made him even more.And the weed is o.k,I smoke it every day and it help's me to calm my depression.I'm not truing to tell you to smoke but if you'r fucked up it will help you to 4get about it 4 a while.

[shadyworld666]

doesnt weed kind of make u think 2 much?like i get even more depressed when im on weed

[PandC21]

ha. "on weed"

[whiteguyinabox]

no your all domb he is dead but he will live on

[lvessels7]

If you read his suicide note he explains why he was going to kill himself... its quite sad... just search for it on the interent you will fin dit.

[blueciel8]

No wonder why he ended things, it's truly possibly that it was the only to get away from all those dumbasses surrounding him all the time.

[benj545]

I really get an idea of how they truely were out of control there, very rock and roll. It's unfortunate that Kurt was surrounded by assholes. When you look back at his work and his gift for singing I think he deserved better. Surrounded by people who were fundementally jealous of him and what Nirvana were accomplishing.

[konheeed]

well i really feel twilighted about kurt

on the one hand i feel sorry for him

on the other hand

why did he get a child and short time later he kills himself?

why?

he looked nice

a blonde guy

[argyleface5]

Its very strange that Kurt used pot quite a bit, considering he was always so nervous. My friend and myself included have anxiety and depression. We both can't enjoy the stuff at all. (not trying to sound like I'm craving for attention or anything.)

[andywarstar]

dude, if you have anxiety and depression, you only have to find the right strain of weed and the right dosage. and don't use bongs. a little puff off a pipe or few vapor hits. cannabis is the best for depression. i've got it sometimes too. you know... kurt would still be alive if i could've turned him on to aloe juice for his stomach and transcendental meditation for his head. oh well... it's not my job to save anyone but me. but that's my words of goodness, take it or leave it.

[andyckybojangles]

your weak for using drugs for depression

[throwherinthewater]

The shit that the docter gives you is still a drug, idiot. And anti-depressants are infinitely more dangerous for you than marijuana. You can over dose on those pills. That's not the case with weed.

[andyckybojangles]

like i said your weak for using any drugs kurts even said in a interview its dumb to take drugs they all eventually get boring an old so stfu about your pills an weed talk its annoying go smoke it an i dont care

[beanchao]

true thing, look at what happened to heath ledger. RIP too

[ase3400]

yeah, thats when you abuse drugs like heroin. weed is fuckin awesome. the only people that don't think so are people that haven't tried it. Kurt was having a good time and in that interview where he said that drugs were bead that was obviously because he didn't want to be seen as a loser in the public's eye, because he wasn't. He was an awsome musician, whether or not he used drugs makes no difference.

[jousejouse]

well drugs are bad lol. nothing wrong with smoking pot but other drugs are horrible. speaking from personal experience.

[StrawPipe]

That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.. Drugs are bad cause you think they are but pot isn't? Weed fucking sucks compared to opiates.. I like how you say drugs are bad just cause you think they are and pot isn't. :\

[jousejouse]

weed isnt fucking addicting. i been smoking weed since i was like 15 and im 23 now sometimes ill go a month without it and not even think about. but im also a opiate and cocaine user (sadly) and its hard to go without those 2 drugs. thats why i say they are bad. what good is there in being addicted to drugs? you probably never even did any drugs and dont know what you talking about. you try getting addicted to opiates and go through the painfull ass withdrawels and tell me that its not bad.

[shadyworld666]

I'm really curious.What's so good about the feeling of opiates and cocaine?What is so good about them?

[virusinsideus]

nothing

@StrawPipe yup i completely agree with you i used to smoke pot all the time and it really sucks now as for opiates thats a different story