



It’s incredible that, over 25 years after Kurt Cobain’s death, previously uncirculated Nirvana video continues to pop up. We recently told you about the freshly unearthed 1991 footage, and now we’re here to inform you about a newly uncovered clip, one that dates from the group’s formative years.

In late 1988, Nirvana were still very much a young band. Their first record, the “Love Buzz”/“Big Cheese” 45, which was the inaugural release for the Sup Pop Singles Club, came out in November, and the following month, the Sub Pop 200 compilation was issued, and that included the group’s song “Spank Thru.” Sub Pop 200 was the boldest offering yet from the label, a lavish, limited edition vinyl box set containing twenty songs from twenty bands, pressed on three EPs, with a booklet.







To celebrate the release of Sub Pop 200, a two-night party was held at the Underground, a club in Seattle. On December 28th, the first night, Nirvana opened the sold-out show. An audio recording of their set has been online for years, but no video was known to exist. That all changed this week, when the first song Nirvana played that night, “School,” appeared on YouTube. Footage taken from two different camera angles were edited together and synched with the audience recording, giving us our first glimpse of this early Nirvana performance.







The band are introduced by local poet Steven Jesse Bernstein, and after a bit of tuning, the group launches into “School.” The song would be included on Nirvana’s debut album Bleach, which was being recorded during this period.



Previously on Dangerous Minds:

Blistering, previously unseen Nirvana footage captured the night before ‘Nevermind’ was released

Audio surfaces from a Nirvana acoustic gig that took place in a bar during the ‘Nevermind’ tour

Nirvana playing ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ live for the very last time

