Saturday night, Dave Grohl and fellow Nirvana bandmates Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear reunited for a one-f benefit concert in Los Angeles, according to Spin.
Performing at Art Elysium’s Heaven Is Rock and Roll gala, the group was joined by Beck and St. Vincent.
The set was only five songs in length and included some Nirvana’s most popular tracks. The night began with “Lithium,” followed by “In Bloom,” “Been a Son,” and “Heart-Shaped Box.” The performance was capped f with a cover David Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World,” which Nirvana famously covered during their MTV Unplugged in New York set.
For “Heart-Shaped Box,” Grohl introduced his 13-year-old daughter who helped the group perform by taking lead.
This is the third time the band has reunited in recent years, having performed at the Rock and Roll Hall Fame induction ceremony in 2014 as well as at Cal Jam 2018.
Nirvana released three albums (Bleach, Nevermind, and In Utero) during their seven active years. Their explosion onto the mainstream after the release their 1991 album, Nevermind, helped launch grunge into a world-wide known genre that defined the sound the ’90s and put Seattle on the map as a music scene.