It was canceled as Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl found it overwhelming to compile material so soon after the death of Kurt Cobain earlier that year.

It was to be a double album, with live material from throughout Nirvana's career on one CD and their MTV Unplugged performance on the other, and was due for release on November 1 that year.

[4] However, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl found assembling the material so soon after Cobain's death emotionally overwhelming.

[6] Jim Merlis, head of Geffen, said the releases were planned due to high demand for new Nirvana recordings and the fact that the band's "Unplugged" set was already being widely bootlegged.

[7][8] Although DGC had given the impression that the work on the live part had not progressed very far, and was why it was cancelled early on, Merlis, in a 1997 article for Goldmine, insisted that it was all complete bar mixing: “It was a whole cohesive album.