Happy Anniversary to the greatest band to ever walk this earth. 20 years ago this weekend they played their first show at the Off Ramp in Seattle. Still playing under the name of Mookie Blaylock they ran through a setlist of 8 tracks.
@grungereport on Twitter posted up the full show in individual videos on youtube last night and you can see the rawness of this fledgling outfit. The highlight for me is at the beginning of Alive. Before the song begins you can hear someone lady in the crowd harassing them "play something" etc. If only she knew what she was about to listen to for the first time. When Stone struck those opening notes, history was made as this song, along with Smells Like Teen Spirit was to change the face of rock/alternative music forever. No way could she have known, with her disrespect of this new band, that she was about to hear THE voice of the nineties...."Son, she said.....have I got a little story for you....what you thought was your daddy was nothing but a...."
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