I
t was the summer of 1989 and a little-know rock outfit from Washington,
Nirvana
, had just released their their debut studio album, Bleach .
It was cut for around $600 at Jack Endino's studio and featured the raw energy of Kurt Cobain and crew dolling out their signature underground rock style, which would later be dubbed grunge .
" Bleach is more than a historical curiosity since it does have its share of great songs, but it isn't a lost classic—it's a debut from a band that shows potential but haven't yet achieved it."
.
For the album's promotion, Nirvana embarked on a West Coast tour and, on June 27, 1989, sandwiched between gigs in Tempe and San Antonio, the band descended in Santa Fe to perform an all-ages show.
The setting was the
Rockin' T.P.
a now gone divey club located behind La Quinta Inn on Cerrillos Road.
Based on
of a member of opening band
27 Devils Joking
, only about 17 people checked out the show:
It went a little something like this:
Portrait by Thomas Mikael / flyer via GigPosters.com / video via YouTube/Curmodgeon NIRVANA
Santa Fe Reporter