1991: THE YEAR PUNK BROKE
   
TRACK LIST:

  artist title
1. Sonic Youth Schizophrenia
2. Nirvana Negative Creep
3. Sonic Youth Brother James
4. Nirvana School
5. Sonic Youth Teenage Riot
6. Dinosaur Jr. Freak Scene
7. Babes in Toyland Dustcake Boy
8. Sonic Youth Dirty Boots
9. Nirvana Endless, Nameless
10. Sonic Youth I Love Her All The Time
11. Gumball Pre
12. Dinosaur Jr. The Wagon
13. Sonic Youth Mote
14. Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit
15. The Ramones Commando
16. Sonic Youth Kool Thing
17. Nirvana Polly
18. Sonic Youth Expressway To Yr Skull
 

NOTES

  • Video "rockumentary" filmed by Dave Markey on August 1991 European tour w/ Nirvana. Originally released on VHS in 1993, a DVD reissue finally arrived in 2011 after almost a decade of issues, mostly tied to the Nirvana legacy.
  • The NIRVANA collectors site LiveNIRVANA.com has a pretty thorough run-through, focusing more on the Nirvana content, but it's still a great reference point. Also, enjoy Markey's tour diary.
  • I did some investigating with recordings from this tour to determine the source for the audio of every song used in the film (which often does not actually match the show used for the visual):

  • Schizophrenia - 08/27/91 Bremen
  • Brother James - 08/24/91 Koln
  • Teenage Riot - 09/01/91 Rotterdam
  • Dirty Boots - 08/24/91 Koln
  • I Love Her - 08/24/91 Koln
  • interstitial expressway coda - 08/27/91 Bremen
  • Mote - 08/30/91 Nuremburg
  • post-ramones - pre-BroJames beats 08/24/91 Koln
  • Kool Thing - 08/24/91 Koln
  • Expressway - 09/01/91 Rotterdam

    DVD REISSUE

    The DVD contains the original film with "a visually restored picture and newly remastered sound in uncompressed PCM stereo along with over 60 minutes of unreleased bonus footage."

    The extras are:

    "(This Is Known As) THE BLUES SCALE" - a 40-minute bonus film that Dave Markey edited out of unused footage from the tour. It contains the following songs:

  • Inhuman - ??
  • White Kross - 08/27/91 Bremen
  • Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit - 08/24/91 Koln
  • In Bloom (Nirvana) - 09/01/91 Rotterdam
  • Eric's Trip - 09/01/91 Rotterdam
  • Chapel Hill - 08/27/91 Bremen

    BROKEN PUNK - 12 Years After - 15-minute Q&A recorded in August 2003 at a showing of 1991: TYPB and the first public viewing of "Blues Scale", if I recall correctly(?). Dave Markey, Thurston, Lee, Steve, and J Mascis are in attendance.

    ROUGH EDITS - This is a rough edit of "Mote" as used in the film, but it includes the segue into "Flower". Though much of the footage is from soundcheck, I'm pretty sure the audio is from the live take since Thurston introduces "Flower" and you can hear whistling/shouting. I've determined that this was taken from the 08/30/91 Nuremburg, Germany gig @ the Serenadenhof, one of the few shows not surfaced from this tour. (5:42)

    TEENAGE RIOT (ALT EDIT) - this is more like the whole film condensed into one video with "Teenage Riot" as the soundtrack, rather than an alternate edit of what appears in the film. It's very cool and has lots of unseen footage of all bands! (4:26)

    TRAILER - a trailer for the film. (2:12)

    Unfortunately, the rumored audio commentary is not included.

    The DVD main menu contains the beginning of "Teenage Riot" ("hey, did you know that punk rock finally broke in '91?") on a short loop with footage from the film and options to PLAY (the film in its entirety), SCENES (chapter selection), BACKSTAGE (bonus features), and SUBTITLES (language options). SCENES menu 1 plays "Schizophrenia" on the soundtrack, SCENES menu 2 plays "Freak Scene", SCENES menu 3 plays "Dirty Boots", SCENES menu 4 plays "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and SCENES menu 5 plays "Polly". The BACKSTAGE menu has the 6 extras, "Kool Thing" plays on a loop. The SUBTITLES menu is silent and loopless and features three pics of the band and one of King Louie. All selections are made by moving an anarchy symbol to your choice.

    RELEASE INFO

    VIDEO

    RELEASE DATE
    ORIGIN
    LABEL
    CATALOG #
    04/13/93
    US
    DGC/Geffen
    GEV-39518
    NOTES: VHS (NTSC)
    1993
    Canada
    Geffen Home Video
    DGCV-39518
    NOTES: VHS (NTSC)
    1993
    UK
    Geffen
    GEV39518
    NOTES: VHS (PAL?)
    ?
    Japan
    ?
    LR-2601
    NOTES: Japanese Laserdisc release.
    09/13/11
    US
    DGC/Universal
    B0015940-09
    NOTES: DVD reissue with bonus material
     
    INFO NEEDED FOR THIS RELEASE

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