Dave Grohl says he is considering the release of a Nirvana reunion show that took place following the band’s 2014 induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
After being joined by Joan Jett, Kim Gordon, St. Vincent and Lorde for their live set at New York’s Barclays Center, the rockers headed to an invite-only private event at Saint Vitus, a tiny bar and music venue in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn.
The show started at 2 a.m., with Rock Hall performers Joan Jett, Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) and Annie Clark (a.k.a. St. Vincent) joining Nirvana members Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear for a 19-song set that opened with Jett and the group delivering the iconic 1991 smash, “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
Alongside fellow guests Deer Tick’s John McCauley and J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr., each of the singers performed a few tunes, ending with Gordon; Smear smashed his guitar following “Negative Creep” before being told by a roadie that they had one more song left to do.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Grohl was asked if there were any plans to release the footage of the rare Nirvana gig.
“I don’t know,” says Grohl. “When we realized that we were going to do it, I just called the people from my production company and said, ‘We need to film this,’ and we loaded some cameras in there and and shot it without knowing what would ever come of it. But it would be a shame for that evening to be only a memory and and we’ve got it. And it was great.
“It was cathartic and everybody involved, I think, understood that they were part of something like a dream. I remember playing and looking and seeing Carrie Brownstein in the front row in the pit singing along to every song and, you know, getting to play drums behind Joan Jett or, god, playing ‘School’ or ‘Pennyroyal Tea’ with J Mascis.
“It really was amazing. It was something else. Someday, I’m sure everybody’ll see it.”
Novoselic and Kurt Cobain founded Nirvana in Aberdeen, WA in 1987; following a series of drummers, Grohl joined in 1990 in time to record the group’s breakout album, “Nevermind”, in 1991, with Smear added as a touring rhythm guitarist in 1993.
The three surviving members have rarely reunited on stage since Cobain’s 1994 death; they did regroup for Nirvana’s induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2014.
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