Įnglish music journalist Everett True, a friend of Cobain's, described the Paramount show as 'the end of an era' that showed that 'incontrovertibly, Nirvana was now big news'. Cobain had invited Ian Dickson and Nikki McClure, two friends of his from Olympia, Washington, to dance onstage, and they wore shirts that read 'Girl' and 'Boy', respectively.

The show was filmed by a video crew the band's co-manager, John Silva, had hired for $250,000. The show also featured a cover of ' Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam' by Scottish rock band the Vaselines, and an early version of ' Rape Me', which Cobain wrote while Nevermind was being mixed. Nirvana's Paramount performance featured a typical set list of the time, with material from Nevermind and the band's 1989 debut album Bleach, as well as set list regulars ' Aneurysm', ' Been a Son' and the 1990 single, ' Sliver'. The Paramount show was attended by approximately 2,800 people, making it the largest audience the band played to during the first part of the Nevermind tour. The Seattle show, which also featured American rock band Bikini Kill on the bill, also had to be moved from the smaller Moore Theatre to the Paramount due to the demand for tickets. However, the surprising success of the band's second album, Nevermind, which had been released the previous month, led to Nirvana being moved to the headlining spot. The three concerts, which also featured shows in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia, had been booked two months earlier and were originally to feature Mudhoney as the headliners. Nirvana's Paramount performance was the third of three shows in the Pacific Northwest with fellow Seattle band Mudhoney, and the final show of the North American leg of their Nevermind tour before the band departed for Europe. The concert was released for the first time on vinyl in April 2019. The Blu-ray features uncompressed 48 kHz/24-bit sound.Īs well as the standalone DVD and Blu-ray releases, a DVD along with a CD audio version of the show are available packaged together as part of the limited edition Super Deluxe box set reissue of the Nevermind album. Recorded five weeks after the release of Nevermind, the footage is taken from the only Nirvana show to be shot on 16 mm film.

It features the band's live performance at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, Washington on October 31, 1991.

It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc as part of the 20th anniversary of the band's second album and mainstream breakthrough, Nevermind. Live at the Paramount is a live video and album by American rock band Nirvana, released in September 2011. OctoParamount Theatre, Seattle, Washington

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