By Ohio Malone, Adventurer / BSU Archaeology TA
October 13th, 1989. A little-known band called Nirvana is on tour with a hot up-and-coming funk-punk band called 24-7 Spyz. The third stop of the tour is none other than Boise, Idaho at an ancient venue called The Zoo. A tablet from these times was recently discovered, which we believe may have been a primitive show flyer. Check out this other inscription, transferred from a lost and forgotten chronicle called the Idaho Statesman. Roughly translated, it describes the bands on the bill and predicts the event will be “like going to the circus.”
This show may have had some significance to the natives’ culture. Of course, nobody from that time is alive today, we only have scant evidence from ruins and folklore to go off of. The legend tells of Nirvana, who were scheduled for a 30-minute set, played for at least 40 minutes with no signs of slowing down. An enraged sound guy kicked over the drum set and forcefully removed the trio from the stage. A lot of stage gear was damaged in the process, so the sound guy throttled frontman Kurt Cobain before throwing him out as well.
Kurt Cobain is a prominent demigod in old Pacific Northwest folklore, and this story is not surprising considering some of the other legends. He was known for inventing a whole new kind of music, but also for his goofy sense of humor and propensity for getting in fights. They believed that he was completely invincible, until he was murdered by his wife at the height of his career. ■
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