History WebVideo / NirvanaTheBandTheShow

*** Matt explains in a candid interview that they're able to get away with this, even during their run on the Vice Network (which included plots involving the Star Wars Movie series and speedrunning 007 Goldeneye for the Nintendo 64) by making them so intrinsically tied to the plot, they can't feasibly be separated from the show. Almost every reference that's made is tied in some way to the episode's plot.
*** As an example: Matt and Jay watch [[Film/JurassicPark Jurassic Park]] early in an episode, while talking about how cool and collected [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Samuel L. Jackson]] looks while smoking a cigarette in one of the scenes, leading to Matt believing that [[ComicallyMissingthePoint Smoking cigarettes will help them keep calm while executing their plan]] later in the episode, leading to them getting addicted to nicotine to close out the episode.

* TitleTheAdaptation: Parodied. "Nirvana the Band" is the name of the duo, but the lack of punctuation intentionally makes it appear to read ''Music/{{Nirvana}}: The Band: The Show''. This is likewise applicable to its former web page, Nirvana the Band the Show the Website.

The web series was produced from 2007-2009. [[LongTitle Nirvana the Band the Show the Website]] is now defunct and the web series is officially offline.

** "Basically it's hard because right now [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow I only have a double jump...]]"

%%* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Jay is ususally, but not always, the straight man.

*** As an example: Matt and Jay watch [[Film/JurassicPark Jurassic Park]] early in an episode, while talking about how cool and collected [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Samuel L. Jackson]] looks while smoking a cigarette in one of the scenes, leading to Matt believing that [[ComicallyMissingthePoint Smoking cigarettes will help them keep calm while executing their plan]] later in the episode, leading to them getting adicted to nicotine to close out the episode.

* AffectionateParody: Scattered all over the place, but most notably in the title sequences. Except for the first and last episodes, every episode's opening credits is a parody.
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler:Parodied in the last episode.]]

* BerserkButton: "I curse the hole."

* BreathlessNonSequitur: Matt has '''several''' of these moments.

** Right after this moment, Matt starts talking about his haircut out of nowhere.

* TheCameo: Ronnie Hawkins in "The Band."

* ChaoticStupid: Matt, to a degree.

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Jay to Matt, occasionally.
-->"How old are you? How old. Are you."

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: "Look at the camera men behind me."
* DescriptionCut: "We can't use a Beatles song." Followed immediately by a montage of Matt and Jay racing to the Rivoli to the Beatles' "Helter Skelter."

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Oh so many moments when they're trying to track down the booking book.
-->"Why are we making these phone calls ''outdoors''?"
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: "It's fine, it's domestic violence."

* FantasticRacism: Matt kind of hits it out of the park with how many racist things he's said in the show.
* FlashbackCut: "The Basement" and "The Band" are full of these.
* GameMusic: [[JustForFun/OneofUs Jay]] covers many a video game song in their short series "The Piano Sessions," including the Mario Bros. theme, The Legend of Zelda, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario 64, and more.
** In the adventure "Update Day," Jay sings a song to the theme of the Wii Shopping Channel music [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3rlJDhObe8 entirely made up of Virtual Wii titles]].

* HaHaHaNo: Jay does this without any context whatsoever in "The Bday."
* HilariousOuttakes: Twenty minutes of them can be found on their website in the Deleted Scenes section.
** Because of the "real" style of the show, a great deal of off-takes [[ThrowItIn were just used in the final cut]].

* LeFilmArtistique: The adventure "Just Matt."
* {{Neologism}}: They both call each other a "pussard".
-->"You roofed it. You roofed a ''brick.''"
* NoFourthWall: There is and isn't one; they both look at the camera, talk to the camera men, and the camera men themselves are even in some of the shots.

* PaperThinDisguise: Matt's attempt to dress as Vince Valence, and Jay's [[FantasticRacism Hasidic Jew]] outfit.

* RashomonStyle: [[http://nirvanathebandtheshow.com/hobbies.html?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=420&width=480 Hobbies]].
-->"Both of our stories end with you being a loser."
* RunningGag: "Basically it's hard because right now [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaChroniclesOfSorrow I only have a double jump...]]"

* StraightManAndWiseGuy: Jay is ususally, but not always, the straight man.
* TwoGamersOnACouch: Their DVD menu, and a little bit in "The Buzz".

* WritingAroundTrademarks: "Nirvana...the Band?"
** Although throughout the whole series there is a callous disregard for any sort of copyright infringement, punctuated in the deleted scene, "Mountain". Jay says, "This, right here, is ''Film/TheEdge.''" ...immediate cut to ''The Edge'' in its entirety.
*** The same thing happens in Piano Session "Dragon."

-->-'''Jay [=McCarrol=]''', test-reading the band's press kit

Nirvana the Band consists of friends Matt Johnson and Jay [=McCarrol=]; Nirvana the Band the Show is their 10 episode webseries, produced over 2007-2009. The show follows their misadventures trying to get their band--Matt improvising to Jay's piano-playing--booked at the Rivoli, a local dive. HilarityEnsues when they come up against minor and often self-created issues in getting themselves booked and decide to resolve them through usually illegal means. The series is shot in a fake documentary style.

It became a television show premiering on February 2, 2017 on Viceland, currently airing it's 2nd season with a 3rd season planned for the future. The 1st season and premiering episodes is currently available on Viceland's [[https://video.vice.com/en_ca/show/nirvanna-the-band-the-show website]] (with a Canadian cable provider, [[LateExportForYou the 2nd season is currently unavailable outside Canada]]). 1st season can be bought on iTunes ([[https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-show/id1195984822 US]] and [[https://itunes.apple.com/ca/tv-season/nirvanna-the-band-the-show-season-1/id1195984822 Canada]]).

The entire webseries unfortunately cannot be seen on their [[http://www.nirvanathebandtheshow.com website,]] [[LongTitle Nirvana the Band the Show the Website]].

* GameMusic: [[OneofUs Jay]] covers many a video game song in their short series "The Piano Sessions," including the Mario Bros. theme, The Legend of Zelda, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario 64, and more.

It became a television show premiering on February 2, 2017 on Viceland, currently airing it's 2nd season and a 3rd season planned for the future. The 1st season is currently available on Viceland's website (Canada) and iTunes (US and Canada).

The entire webseries can be seen on their [[http://www.nirvanathebandtheshow.com website,]] [[LongTitle Nirvana the Band the Show the Website]].

The entire series can be seen on their [[http://www.nirvanathebandtheshow.com website,]] [[LongTitle Nirvana the Band the Show the Website]].

-->Matt: Maybe you won't! [[MediumAwareness Maybe we're gonna cut]], and then be in the apartment, you'll have done nothing, and I'll be putting these photos on a board. {{SEGA}}!

** Music from [[ChronoTrigger Chrono Trigger]] and {{Megaman}} are used in the series.

** Although throughout the whole series there is a callous disregard for any sort of copyright infringement, punctuated in the deleted scene, "Mountain". Jay says, "This, right here, is TheEdge." ...immediate cut to TheEdge in its entirety.

** In the Piano Sessions, every episode starts with Matt trying to do some sort of cleaning/repairing activity (always with kitchen gloves on). He asks Jay for help, and all Jay does is play a song that is nostalgic for them both.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Jay's practicing doing Vince Valence's voice, Matt points out that they have to [[LampshadeHanging mention the camera guys]] who will be following Matt into the office for the break-in. Jay doesn't seem to get this and repeatedly says, "look at the camera men behind me."

* CanadaEh: It takes place in, and proudly showcases, Toronto.

Nirvana the Band consists of friends Matt Johnson and Jay [=McCarrol=]; Nirvana the Band the Show is their 10 episode webseries, produced over 2007-2009. The show follows their misadventures trying to get their band--Matt improvising to Jay's piano-playing--booked at the Rivoli, a local dive. HilarityEnsues when they come up against minor issues in getting themselves booked (sometimes self-created issues) and decide to resolve them through wild (and usually illegal) means. The series is shot in a fake documentary style.

* AffectionateParody: Scattered all over the place, but most notable in the title sequences. Except for the first and last episodes, every episode's opening credits is a parody.

* PaperThinDisguise: Matt's attempt to dress as Vince Valence.

** In Nirvana the Band the Show the Adventures "Update Day," Jay sings a song to the theme of the Wii Shopping Channel music entirely made up of Virtual Wii titles.

* CallBack: The series opens with Matt saying he wants to open their first show by slowing pointing at a halo of red lights around him while Jay plays a rousing number on the piano. [[spoiler:This is exactly how they open their live show in the last episode.]]

* Improv: The entire series is improvised.

* RunningGag: "Basically it's hard because I only have a double jump..."

* GameMusic: [[OneofUs Jay]] covers many a video game song in their short series "The Piano Lessons," including the Mario Bros. theme, The Legend of Zelda, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario 64, and more.

** In the Piano Lessons, every episode starts with Matt trying to do some sort of cleaning/repairing activity (always with kitchen gloves on). He asks Jay for help, and all Jay does is play a song that is nostalgic for them both.

*** The same thing happens in Piano Lesson "Dragon."

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Jay's practicing doing Vince Valence's voice, Matt points out that they have to [[Lampshade mention the camera guys]] who will be following Matt into the office for the break-in. Jay doesn't seem to get this and repeatedly says, "look at the camera men behind me."

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Jay's practicing doing Vince Valence's voice, Matt points out that they have to [[Lampshading mention the camera guys]] who will be following Matt into the office for the break-in. Jay doesn't seem to get this and repeatedly says, "look at the camera men behind me."

-->'''Jay:''' Alright, I'm going to stop you right there--(''he doesn't, and Matt launches into a racist impression of an ex-slave.'')