Nirvana - Full SNL Rehearsal (Audio Remixed) Studio 8H, NBC Studios, NY 1993 September 23

Nirvana’s full Saturday Night Live rehearsal with remixed and remastered audio (PRO #1) at Studio 8H of NBC Studios in New York, New York on September 23rd, 1993. This is Pat Smear’s first appearance with the band. Thanks to 3:11 Scentless Apprentice Riff 4:45 Heart-Shaped Box (Take 1) 13:41 Love Buzz Riff 15:46 Rape Me (Intro) 16:42 Heart-Shaped Box (Take 2) 25:26 Pennyroyal Tea Riff? 29:43 Rape Me (Full) 32:36 Trailer Shoot (With Charles Barkley) Performance Notes This was not broadcasted on TV, but was leaked, most likely by an employee. Both songs that were performed two days later on SNL were played. Heart-Shaped Box was played twice and Rape Me only once fully. Kurt starts playing Rape Me the first time only to be stopped by Krist and Pat who, I speculate, thought they would be playing Heart-Shaped Box again and were still in drop D tuning. There is a lot of down time between songs where you can hear Kurt play a couple of riffs such as Scentless Apprentice, Love Buzz, and All Apologies. Remixing Notes The overall performance was too quiet so I boosted the overall volume. I also increased the guitars and boosted the bass a tiny bit. I also slightly increased the snare and kick of drums. Lastly, I evened out the volume of vocal performance as it was too loud in some parts and too quiet in others. During the time between songs I decreased, but could not completely remove, the buzz from the open mics. #nirvana #nirvanalive #kurtcobain #davegrohl #kristnovoselic #patsmear #remixed #remastered #snl #heartshapedbox #heartshapedboxlive #rapeme #rapemelive #saturdaynightlive #nirvana1993 #snl1993 #charlesbarkley #nirvanasnl