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Kurt Cobain

  • 27 years old
  • Born Feb 20, 1967
  • Died Apr 05, 1994
  • United States
the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the Seattle-based rock band Nirvana
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In 1991, the arrival of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" marked the beginning of a dramatic shift of popular rock music away from the dominant genres of the 1980s (glam metal, arena rock, and dance-pop) and toward grunge and alternative rock. The music media eventually awarded the song "anthem-of-a-generation" status, and, with it, Cobain ascended as the reluctant "spokesman" for Generation X. Other hit songs written by Cobain include "Come as You Are", "Lithium", "In Bloom", "Heart-Shaped Box", "All Apologies", and "About a Girl".

During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with drug addiction and the media pressures surrounding him and his wife Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead in his home. His death was ruled a suicide by self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. Since then, the circumstances surrounding his death have fueled much analysis and debate.

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Lorenzo (Apr 05, 2009)

You were, you are, and you will be always the best!

MY KURT

yvonn (Apr 03, 2009)

you are the best of my life i will never forget you ,you are number one in my hart

My Memory of a great man

Sherl (Feb 26, 2009)

I was lucky enough to get to meet Kurt, and be a part of his life for a short while. I
first met Kurt when I was 19 yrs old, and I asked him to sign my shirt ( but not in a perverted way!) And he said " Well, I will do as you wish, but I have to get a hug first, it's in the rule book" ROFLOL, I about died! So, I gave him a huge hug, and kissed his cheek, and told him that I thought the world of him, and I got to see Kurt turn red! It was awesome!! I will never forget the day I found out he passed, and folk's, I am sorry, but I still am questioning his cause of death, because he sure loved that baby of his! I cried, and cried, and cried....
Kurt, I know that your happy where you are, but I will never forget...LOVE YA MAN...R I P

Stacy (Apr 24, 2009)

OMG!!! You are the luckiest girl ever.Can you please tell me more? I'm obsessed with him. If you could I would love to know when and where you met him and did he sign your shirt?That is the sweetest thing ever.I know I sound kind of a creepo but that is a realyl cool story to tell.Best

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