Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American musician who was best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Nirvana. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene and grunge genre. Nirvana's debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989.
After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation". Cobain, however, was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention.
During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression. He also had difficulty coping with his fame and public image, and the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death at age 27 have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the U.S., and over 75 million worldwide. Cobain was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014, along with Nirvana bandmates Novoselic and Dave Grohl, in their first year of eligibility.
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ALBUMS
- Fear and Loathing released: 2011
- Kurt Cobain: About a Son released: 2007
- Secret Songs: The Unreleased Album released: 2000
- Heart Shaped Box, Volume 2 released: 1994
- The "Priest" They Called Him released: 1993
- 1993-09-08: Rock Against Rape Benefit, Club Lingerie, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA released:
- Heart-Shaped Box released:
- Legacy 1988-1994 released:
- Limited Single Rare Tracks released:
- Kurt's Home Guitar Rehearsals released:
- Greatest Hits Live & Assorted Rarities released:
- Formaldehyde 3: We're Not Gonna Take It released:
- 1969-11-xx: Aunt Mari's House, Seattle, WA released:
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- 1990-08-17: The Lost Concert: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA released:
Kurt Cobain: About a Son
Released 2007- Overture
- "Never Intended"
- Motorcycle Song
- Eye Flys
- "Punk Rock"
- Banned in D.C.
- Up Around the Bend
- Put Some Sugar on It
- Son of a Gun
- Graveyard
- "Hardcore Was Dead"
- Owner's Lament
- Touch Me I'm Sick
- "Car Radio"
- The Passenger
- The Bourgeois Blues
- New Orleans Instrumental No. 1
- "The Limelight"
- The Man Who Sold the World
- Museum
- Indian Summer
Heart Shaped Box, Volume 2
Released 1994- Been a Son
- (New Wave) Polly
- Aneurysm
- Something in the Way
- Here She Comes Now
- Curmudgeon
- Oh, the Guilt
- Return of the Rat
- The "Priest" They Called Him
- Nevermind, It's an Interview, Part 1
- About a Girl
- Nevermind, It's an Interview, Part 2
- Aneurysm
- Nevermind, It's an Interview, Part 3
- On a Plain
- Nevermind, It's an Interview, Part 4
Heart-Shaped Box
- Been a Son
- (New Wave) Polly
- Aneurysm
- Something in the Way
- Here She Comes Now
- Curmudgeon
- Oh, the Guilt
- Return of the Rat
- The "Priest" They Called Him
- Nevermind, It's an Interview, Part 1
- About a Girl
- Nevermind, It's an Interview, Part 2
- Aneurysm
- Nevermind, It's an Interview, Part 3
- On a Plain
- Nevermind, It's an Interview, Part 4
Kurt's Home Guitar Rehearsals
- Serve the Servants
- Heart-Shaped Box
- Rape Me
- Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle
- Pennyroyal Tea
- Blew
- All Apologies
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- In Bloom
- Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
- Come as You Are
- Lithium
- Lounge Act
- Drain You
- Polly
- Something in the Way
- About a Girl
- I Hate Myself and Want to Die
Formaldehyde 3: We're Not Gonna Take It
- You've Got No Right
- Token Eastern Song
- Turnaround
- Blandest
- Sappy
- Anorexorcist
- Wild Thing
- All Apologies
- Immigrant Song
- Vendetagainst
- Marigold
- Pen Cap Chew
- [Every Single Grape]
- Aneurysm
- My Sharona
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Negative Creep
- I Feel Fine
- Run, Rabbit, Run!
- Polly
- Raunchola
- Verse Chorus Verse
- Molly's Lips
- If You Must
- Here She Comes Now
- [Rock Whore]
- Even in His Youth
- High on the Hog (feat. Kurt Cobain)
- Downer
- Territorial Pissings
Kurt Cobain
- Introduction
- Courtney Love Reads Suicide Letter, Part 1
- Life Was Never Fun
- Author Dave Thompson
- Growing Up / The Road to Nirvana
- Early Nirvana
- Editor Charles Cross
- Kurt Cobain Speaks About Early Nirvana, and Revolving Drummers
- Nevermind
- Bob Guccione Jr.
- Dave Thompson
- Bob Guccione Jr.
- The Demands of Fame
- Bob Guccione Jr. On the Alleged Feud With Eddie Vedder
- On Courtney Love, Marriage and Hope
- Parenthood
- The Saturday Night Live Rumors
- Visibly Suffering - Pressures and Drugs
- MTV Unplugged
- On Happiness, Fame and Popularity
- Andy Summers (The Police) - 1993 Interview / Perceptions of a Modest Icon
- The Intensifying Drug Problems and Rehabilitation Attempts
- Courtney Love
- Missing Person / The Suicide
- Courtney Love Reads Suicide Letter, Part 2
- Gavin Rossdale of Bush
- Did We Really See Something / Placing the Blame
- Would Nirvana Survive?
- The Memory Lives On
- In Conclusion
1990-08-17: The Lost Concert: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Love Buzz
- Floyd the Barber
- Scoff
- Dive
- About a Girl
- Spank Thru
- Breed
- In Bloom
- School
- Been a Son
- Negative Creep
- Blew
- In Bloom (soundcheck)
- Floyd the Barber (soundcheck)
- Aneurysm (soundcheck)
- Drain You (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA)
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA)
- Polly (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA)
- Sliver (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA)
- Come as You Are (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA)
- Lithium (live, 1991-12-28: Pat O'Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA, USA)
- It's Closing Time (demo, 1993-01-22: Rio Studio Session, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Born: 1967-02-20
Died: 1994-04-05
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About A Girl
by: Kurt CobainI need an easy friend
I do... with an ear to lend
I do... think you fit this shoe
I do... but you have a clue.
I'll take advantage while
You hang me out to dry
But I can't see you every night
Free.
I do...
I'm standing in your line
I do... hope you have the time
I do... pick a number two
I do... keep a date with you.
I'll take advantage while
You hang me out to dry
But I can't see you every night
Free.
I do...
I need an easy friend
I do... with an ear to lend
I do... think you fit this shoe
I do... but you have a clue.
I'll take advantage while
You hang me out to dry
But I can't see you every night
I can see you every night
....Free.
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