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Ben Yakas
Published Apr 11, 2014
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After the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Ceremony finished up last night at Barclays Center (more on that soon!), the surviving members of Nirvana—Dave Grohl, Pat Smear, and Krist Novoselic—headed over to the 350-capacity Saint Vitus venue in Greenpoint to play a secret show around 2:30 a.m. They brought along many of the same performers who joined them at Barclays, including Annie Clark (of St. Vincent), Joan Jett, Kim Gordon, J Mascis (of Dino Jr.) and John McCauley (of Deer Tick) to perform a 16-song set. Check out a few clips below.
Fred Pessaro of Noisey was there, and wrote:
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 fucking guitar god. Kim's vocal only performance of "Aneurysm" was similarly 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?
Check out the full set list below:
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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