Fan request, large images of Cobain from the MTV Unplugged show, 1993.

MTV Unplugged, 1993 - Photo of Kurt taken during the rehearsals.

MTV Unplugged, 1993.

11/18/93 - Kurt Cobain at rehearsals in the Sony Music Studios for MTV Unplugged in New York.

11/18/93 - MTV Unplugged.

Kurt Cobain: “OK, yeah but On A Plain’s tuned down to a D. Let’s just play them back to back, who cares, they can edit it differently, this is a television show!”

12/12/93 - “All Apologies” premieres on MTV.

“The Man Who Sold The World” - MTV Unplugged, 1993.

Today in 1993, Nirvana performed at the Sony Music Studios in New York, NY (MTV Unplugged).  The band arrived for rehearsal which lasted around three hours and mostly consisted of tuning their instruments.  Later in their actual set, they played short jams on many songs, including “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Negative Creep,” “Sliver,” “In Bloom,” “Scentless Apprentice,” and “Serve The Servants.”  Order Here.

11/18/93 - “Polly”, MTV Unplugged (rehearsals).

11/17/93 - MTV Unplugged (rehearsals) set list including “Been A Son”, “Sliver”, “Serve The Servants”, “Verse Chorus Verse”, “Rape Me”, “Heart-Shaped Box”, & “Smells Like Teen Spirit (w/ Tori Amos on piano)”.  Kurt marked out the ones that he thought wouldn’t work.

Today in 1993, Nirvana did their first rehearsal of songs for the MTV Unplugged show in Weehawken, NJ.  These were not professionally recorded.