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Phil and I went to see Nirvana. The show was at the MECCA Auditorium, and this was the first show I'd seen there that didn't have seats on the floor.
The openers were Jawbreaker and Mudhoney. I do not remember them at all. Probably because I slept through much of the second one. Then we moved out to the floor.
Phil and I split up right away. I stayed where I was, more or less, and Phil forced his way up to the front. He ended up being pushed up against the people who were pushed up against the railing. He loved it.
When the moshing started - one giant mosh, rather than just a mosh pit - I was a little worried about my glasses. I wanted to see the show, so I left them on. I figured I'd have warning that things were getting hairy. I did not. They were whacked right off. Fortunately, I found them again. I left them off for a bit, but decided that was a freak occurrence, since I was nowhere near being hit in the head after that. I put them back on. They were soon knocked off again. Both times it was a clean shot. Came from behind, just the glasses. No blow to the head that knocked the glasses off. Just the whack. Someone had done it on purpose. I found them again, but they were trashed.
So I don't have much in the way of visual memories of the show. I remember Pat Smear's red, white and blue acoustic guitar. I remember the mannequin with all the organs showing and the angel wings, at the top of the backdrop. That's about it.
We were moshing pretty good, but when "Breed" started, third song in, I went wild. I was jumping up and down - pogoing, in the parlance - and got worn out. I barely made it to the end of the song. I staggered out for some water, rested a bit and went back in, but I was wrecked for the rest of the night.
Set list, found online:
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter • Drain You • Breed • Serve The Servants • Heart-Shaped Box • Sliver • Dumb • In Bloom • Come As You Are • Lithium • Pennyroyal Tea • School • jam • Polly • Milk It • Rape Me • Territorial Pissings • Smells Like Teen Spirit • All Apologies • Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam • Something In The Way • On A Plain • Scentless Apprentice • Blew • Endless, Nameless
The openers were Jawbreaker and Mudhoney. I do not remember them at all. Probably because I slept through much of the second one. Then we moved out to the floor.
Phil and I split up right away. I stayed where I was, more or less, and Phil forced his way up to the front. He ended up being pushed up against the people who were pushed up against the railing. He loved it.
When the moshing started - one giant mosh, rather than just a mosh pit - I was a little worried about my glasses. I wanted to see the show, so I left them on. I figured I'd have warning that things were getting hairy. I did not. They were whacked right off. Fortunately, I found them again. I left them off for a bit, but decided that was a freak occurrence, since I was nowhere near being hit in the head after that. I put them back on. They were soon knocked off again. Both times it was a clean shot. Came from behind, just the glasses. No blow to the head that knocked the glasses off. Just the whack. Someone had done it on purpose. I found them again, but they were trashed.
So I don't have much in the way of visual memories of the show. I remember Pat Smear's red, white and blue acoustic guitar. I remember the mannequin with all the organs showing and the angel wings, at the top of the backdrop. That's about it.
We were moshing pretty good, but when "Breed" started, third song in, I went wild. I was jumping up and down - pogoing, in the parlance - and got worn out. I barely made it to the end of the song. I staggered out for some water, rested a bit and went back in, but I was wrecked for the rest of the night.
Set list, found online:
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter • Drain You • Breed • Serve The Servants • Heart-Shaped Box • Sliver • Dumb • In Bloom • Come As You Are • Lithium • Pennyroyal Tea • School • jam • Polly • Milk It • Rape Me • Territorial Pissings • Smells Like Teen Spirit • All Apologies • Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam • Something In The Way • On A Plain • Scentless Apprentice • Blew • Endless, Nameless
