Watch: Nirvana played at this Sydney club in 1992

The Annandale Hotel at 17 Parramatta Road in the inner-west Sydney suburb of Annandale was one of Australia's most beloved live music venues and the place where Nirvana performed during their 1992 Australian tour. The show was filmed and portions of the footage have circulated widely among Nirvana fans as a document of the band during their most commercially successful and personally turbulent period -- months after Nevermind had broken through globally and Kurt Cobain was already finding the weight of that success difficult to carry.

The Annandale Hotel opened as a live music venue in the early 1980s and became the anchor of Sydney's alternative rock scene for three decades. Its timber-floored bandroom held a few hundred people at capacity, and its intimacy made it ideal for touring acts wanting to connect directly with an audience. Alongside Nirvana, the venue hosted international and Australian acts including Nick Cave, The Pogues, and countless others at various stages of their careers. It was genuinely beloved -- the kind of venue that a city only recognises as irreplaceable after it's gone.

The Annandale Hotel closed as a live music venue in 2013 and subsequently reopened in a different form. At the time of its closure it had been operating for over thirty years and was considered one of the finest small rock venues in the country. Its loss was mourned by the Sydney music community. The building at 17 Parramatta Road still stands in Annandale, a short ride from the city centre.