Nirvana played Brooklyn last night

[KevinNYC]

After getting inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear joined a group of friends and played a bar out in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

SETLIST: "NIRVANA" 4/10/2014
Smells Like Teen Spirit (with Joan Jett)
Breed (with Joan Jett)
In Bloom (with Joan Jett)
Territorial Pissings (with Joan Jett)
Drain You (with J. Mascis Dinosaur Jr)
Penny Royal Tea (with J. Mascis)
School (with J. Mascis)
Lithium (with Annie Clark St. Vitus)
About A Girl (with Annie Clark)
Heart Shaped Box (with Annie Clark)
Serve the Servantsm (with John Mccaluey Deer Tick)
Scentless Apprentice (with John Mccaluey)
Tourette's (with John Mccaluey)
Aneurysm (with Kim Gordon)
Negative Creep (with Kim Gordon)
Moist ****** (with Kim Gordon)

[nathanjizzle]

was this impromptu or prearranged?

[KevinNYC]

Photos and clips (http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/04/nirvana_guests.html#more)

Google Nirvana and ST. Vitus for more info.
http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/news/54744/73ef2e92.png

[KevinNYC]

was this impromptu or prearranged?

I'm sure that it was prearranged and completely unannounced. Bar is like two miles from my house. Started at 2:30am and they played until 4am.

Bars in NYC close at 4am, and supposedly they close the bar down early and kicked everyone out for a "video shoot."

[KevinNYC]

I SAW NIRVANA PLAY TO TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE. (http://noisey.vice.com/blog/nirvana-saint-vitus-april-10-2014-review) IN 2014.
First of all, I'm pretty hammered, which is only semi-acceptable in the real world. But that's not where I came from. The place that I just left was total fantasy, where an all-star cast of musicians gathered around to help eulogize and celebrate a great band that disappeared a little too soon. With booze. And lots of it. Oh yeah, they played a shit ton of songs too. And it has been a long, long, long time.

Directly after their induction into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, and Krist Novoselic trucked it on over to Saint Vitus, a 230 cap room in Brooklyn to play an intimate, invite only show of all Nirvana songs at the venue. I heard about the set at around 9PM that night, and confirmed with several sources before leaving the Godflesh show I was attending (yes, one legendary band for another) to head over. I was lucky and made it in. Most did not.

After setting up tons upon tons of gear, more than I have ever seen in the popular Brooklyn venue, Grohl, Smear, and Novoselic took the stage with Joan Jett and kicked it off the right way with "Smells like Teen Spirit." The room full of jaded invite-only attendees went ****ing apeshit, understandably. Jett gave tribute to the fallen Kurt Cobain on stage, as did all of the guest stars throughout the night: Mascis (Dinosaur Jr), Annie Clark (St. Vincent), John Mccauley (Deer Tick), and Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth). The 15+ song set spanned the entirety of Nirvana's career, with breaks to swap out vocalists/guitarists and for quick, whispered lessons on how the songs went. Maccauley and Grohl seemed the most prepared, but to be fair maybe the pint glass of Makers Mark was Novoselic's handicap. ....

...That's the middle part of completely different song," Dave Grohl quipped to Novoselic, smiling before breaking into another track.

Everyone was seemingly zonked out of their minds at the venue, including a teetering Annie Clark and a giggly crowd pogoing along to the Seattle band's classic output. I joined, and tried my best not to slam into Mascis, Carrie Brownstein, Butch Vig, Jack Endino and countless others as I maneuvered around the venue. I did OK, but was too knee deep in whiskey to really take score.

Hands down the best moments go to mega-ripper J Mascis, who tore through "School" and "Penny Royal Tea," solos and all. What a ****ing guitar god. Kim's vocal only performance of "Aneurysm" was similiarly badass and inspired.

In all, an insane evening that I never thought I would ever see in my lifetime; the members of Nirvana reforming to play their old favorites. It was all a big, whiskey-soaked dream. Shit this cool doesn't happen in real life, does it?

[KevinNYC]

http://assets.noisey.com/content-images/contentimage/29201/nirvana-2.jpg

http://assets.noisey.com/content-images/contentimage/29202/nirvana-set-list.jpg

[KevinNYC]

This bar is on the ass end of Greenpoint. (https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=saint+vitus+brooklyn&fb=1&gl=us&hq=st+vitus+bar&cid=15540135510530563327&ei=S-ZHU8SBHNXLsATM7IHYBw&ved=0CKgBEPwS) However, one block away is a loft hotel (http://www.theboxhousehotel.com/) which might be the kind of place I would want to stay if I was going to be until 5 or 6 am the night before.
TWO BEDROOM DUPLEX SUITE (SLEEPS 6)

This Suite features 16 ft. ceilings, a curved translucent glass block wall, large living room area with a full-size pullout sofa and writing desk, a spiral staircase leading to a lofted bedroom area: 1 bedroom with a king-size bed, 1 bedroom with a queen-size bed, flat screen televisions with premium cable channels, kitchen with dishware, bathroom with stand-up shower.

Maybe I should go stalk the lobby like a groupie.

[9erempiree]

One of my favorite childhood bands and Joan Jett playing with them.:applause:

Would still smash her.

I hope I can find this on YT.

[niko]

That must have been cool. I saw the Pumpkins do this once, for one of the later albums which escapes me. It was an album review party but they didn't play more than one song from it. I heard about it at like 9pm, we went over and my friend "knew one of the people there" (she was a rock groupie) and we got in.

Not much better than a secret album review party with a hot girl who is an obsessive rock chick.

[KevinNYC]

One of my favorite childhood bands and Joan Jett playing with them.:applause:

Would still smash her.

I hope I can find this on YT.

Yeah, there's some clips up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cshKaiIL-wo

[9erempiree]

Those attending, I hope they know what they were witnessing.

[KevinNYC]

Those attending, I hope they know what they were witnessing.

I would guess that everyone attending either knew or was with someone who knew the band.

[AlphaWolf24]

Must have been surreal.


everybody can dig on Nirvana

[BasedTom]

Amazing.

[KevinNYC]

I just ordered lunch and the delivery guy had a bunch of tattoos and interesting hair, so I said. Did you hear what happened at St. Vitus? He says, "I can't believe it, I live five blocks from there. My friend got in some how and he said it was amazing."

So we traded some Nirvana stories for a bit. He said Bleach was the reason he got into music.

[Derka]

Liked Nirvana, didn't go crazy for them. Nevertheless, this looks like it was amazing.

[russwest0]

I'd give my left nut....

[KevinNYC]

I'm enjoying this.
http://www.reverbnation.com/thenevermindorchestra/song/15722217-lithium

If Nirvana were a New Orleans horn band.

[KevinNYC]

http://assets.noisey.com/content-images/contentimage/29201/nirvana-2.jpg


Just saw this guy on the street.

[16X]

It's not Nirvana without Cobain.

[KevinNYC]

It's not Nirvana without Cobain.
As long as Pat Smear is on the stage, you're good to go.

[Duggrr]

J Mascis :rockon:

[KevinNYC]

J Mascis :rockon:

Yeah, I had to ask myself, is that J Mascis or is that some guy who wants us to think he's J Mascis.

It was J Mascis.



Just saw a dude at the Spurs game wearing this shirt
http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m8Ia3g1zHav4dMwsFW54UiA.jpg

[Crystallas]

Saw them live when Kurt was alive. Solid show. I had a thing in my 20s to hunt down and see as many concerts as possible. I'm glad this is one.

[BasedTom]

Yeah, I had to ask myself, is that J Mascis or is that some guy who wants us to think he's J Mascis.

It was J Mascis.



Just saw a dude at the Spurs game wearing this shirt
http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m8Ia3g1zHav4dMwsFW54UiA.jpg
That's a pretty sweet shirt

[East_Stone_Ya]

Must have been surreal.


everybody can dig on Nirvana

:whatever:

[TheMan]

I don't get all the fuss, no Kurt Cobain, no Nirvana :confusedshrug:

[BigBoss]

This is as Nirvana, as Stone Temple Pilots is with Chester Bennington