Flashback: Nirvana – Live at Reading, 1991

November 6th, 2009 by Daniel Kreps Leave a reply »

After 17 years, Nirvana’s incredible headlining set from the 1992 Reading Festival was finally (officially) released on CD/DVD as Live at Reading this week. As Rolling Stone previously reported, Kurt Cobain and Co. also played Reading in 1991, performing on the bottom third of the bill on the fest’s first day. Just one year later, they were headlining Reading’s third night. Since you can see all of the ‘92 show on DVD, this week’s Flashback journeys back to the band’s ‘91 Reading with a windblown rendition of “School.” Compare it with “School” from the ‘92 Reading here.

Bonus Flashback: Cobain and Dave Grohl, who also released his Foo Fighters’ Greatest Hits collection/”obituary” this week, rave about Shonen Knife at Reading ‘91:


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Article Source: Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily

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