Customer Reviews
Absolutely Brilliant! - By: pinkfairyice, 11 Jul 2008 
This DVD is a definite MUST for any nirvana fan, or someone wanting to get into their music. It has some brilliant shows/gigs of some of their best songs. Trust me, you won't be bored! It reallly makes you feel part of the scene, like you are at the concerts. A great DVD to watch with some mates, or to rave by yourself to.... ;)
It contains (a few entertaining might a say) interviews & some footage that the band had shot themselves on a home movie camera.
Yes, I would say that Cobain is probably drunk (or worse) in a few of the performances, but it makes it more entertaining!
Good DVD but perhaps not better than MTV Unplugged - By: Sebastijan Toncinic, 01 May 2008 
Live shows have always used to impress a lot of people. This DVD is significant! All that matters about Nirvana is here. At least to me. As I just wanted to say don't hesitate to buy this DVD edition even case you love In Utero & the following Nirvana albums more than I do. This is almost a complete Nirvana edition with the songs that can be found on Nevermind and/or the albums that have preceeded Nevermind & the footage which are alll right from the Nirvana 1991-92 Nevermind tour. It is just so simply great DVD! There are lots of extras & the interviews with the band members sharing their music devoted opinion about the world & the music in general back those years. The complete track list & the extras also can be seen on Amazon web page so I wouldn't name alll these right here. Kurt had plans of his own about the Live!Tonight!Sold Out & those came real. The quality is superb! Buy this one together with the MTV Unplugged edition. You will alll love at least one of these!
A long time waiting but worth it!!! - By: P. Goodman, 10 Jan 2007 I bought this on video when it first came out, & since the DVD revolution have hoped it would be realeased on those flashy discs. It hasn't disappointed & the magic is still there. Also it is nice to see some additional material included too.
For those who haven't watched this, it is an essential dvd to own for any grunger. If you are a Nirvana fan buy it!! There isn't much video material available of Nirvana so this is a must buy. Let's hope they bring out an official recording of the unplugged gig too!
close to perfection - By: Mrs. Alison M. Percival, 02 Dec 2006 Finallly a nirvana live dvd which sums up the pure awesomeness of nirvanas live shows. The picture & sound quality are top notch with a few exeptions. The interviews are excellent & give a good view of the bands perspective on life & the music industry. Best nivana dvd to date but i was slightly dissapointed with the amount of bonus footage.
No kidding, this is the best music video I have seen in my life - By: m.bison, 26 Nov 2006 I remember watching `Live! Tonight! Sold out!' at the peak of being a Nirvana fan & it was an amazing experience. If you are a Nirvana fan, then this is a great watch; but if you are a MASSIVE Nirvana fan, then this is so good it will make you crazy. I was expecting a concert style show with the band playing a set list of songs (which, if you look at the back cover of the case, is what you'll expect, too), but, because Kurt was behind the making of the video (there were no DVDs in 1993), we get something so much better. I get the feeling that Nirvana's record company wanted to cash in on Nirvana's popularity at the time & put out a simple live video to showcase the band live. Nirvana, however, probably thought that if they had to release a live video, then they would use it as an opportunity to make some points.
It starts off with an advert for a group of yuppie, pony-tailed consultants who are supposedly the cogs behind the live shows of any slick, well-oiled, big permed hair, Kiss make-up, big drum, mainstream rock band. This is exactly what Nirvana hated about rock - the commercialisation of it; the way that cutting loose & raging about something had become so contrived & phoney. The concert then looks like its about to get going as we see the band play a great version of `Aneurysm' in a smalll, intimate venue. At this point, you sit back, get comfortable, & look at the case to see what songs are coming next ... but then, at exactly the halfway point of the song, we cut to the band dressed in women's clothes & playing `Aneurysm' in a huge outdoor arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The vocals & the sound are no way near as good & it's as if the band is using the contrast to say 'this is why we hate playing at huge venues'.
The entire film chops & changes between various live performance of the supposed set list & interviews with the band. With the songs, the band have a number of surprises up their sleeve, & these will make your jaw drop ... & then make you grin. An old performance of `Love Buzz' seems to be going along as normal, but then Kurt dives into the crowd & smashes his guitar in the face of a bouncer. Krist confronts Kurt about this on stage & you see Kurt earnestly trying to get a point across to Krist. If you've read some Nirvana books, you'll know that the bouncer had been threatening him from the crowd alll night & Kurt was simply pre-empting an attack. Other standouts include the screaming performance of `Territorial P*******' on the old Jonathan Ross show when the shocked host had just announced that Nirvana would be playing the milder 'Lithium' & the Top of the Pops performance of `Smells Like Teen Spirit' when the band sabotage the song, hilariously change the lyrics & blatantly mime playing their instruments.
The interviews & intermittent footage of the band messing around is equallly as funny. No one reallly appreciated just how funny Nirvana was - for example, you see Kurt playing on his junkie image by frailly entering the Reading Festival stage in a wheelchair & a big blonde overgrown wig. He slowly pulls himself up out of the wheelchair by the microphone stand, faintly sings `Some say love is a river ...' & then collapses. The audience realise he is having some fun when he gets up & rips into `Breed' at full force. There are lots of other funny clips & also some very insightful moments when Kurt talks about the music, the industry & how he likes to write vague, open lyrics.
All in alll, this is probably the best & most unique music video I have ever seen in my life. It's sad to think that no act in the music industry today would be creative enough to do something like this and, therefore, it is a great reminder of how special Nirvana was.
