Frances Bean

Ada rumors bahwa Kurt Cobain's daughter Frances Bean dapat berikutnya muka Chanel untuk 2008. Pada 15 tahun yang ditampilkan dalam foto dari tunas baru untuk Harper's Bazaar. Menampilkan foto yang menggambarkan Frances peran sebagai pemimpin dari berbagai musicals, termasuk Evita, Grease, dan Kecantikan dan Beast.

"Orang-orang ini akan tertarik oleh saya, tapi saya tidak ada apa-apa," ujarnya. "Jika Anda adalah seorang penggemar besar Nirvana, Hole fan besar, maka saya mengerti mengapa anda ingin mengenal saya, tapi saya tidak orangtua saya."

The Nirvana Story

Kurt Cobain

The front man of this band was Kurt Cobain. He was born 02.20.67 in the tiny town of Hoquam. He and his family moved not long after his birth to Aberdeen, Washington. Kurt had a happy childhood although he had a very bad health. He had narcolepsy, trouble with his lungs and trouble with his stomach. He was very happy until his parents divorced when Kurt was 7 years old. His mother, Wendy, later said: "It just destroyed his life. He changed completely. He just held everything in and he became really shy. I think he was ashamed." After the divorce, Kurt was send around to live with aunts, uncles, grandparents and his father, Don. When he was at his father's home, he started to find a direction for his life. He could sit for hours, just listening to rockacts like Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. He also liked the Beatles. His father wanted Kurt to play baseball, but Kurt sabotaged the play and became mighty unpopular among his ambitious 'baseball - buddies'. But Kurt came to know two boys, Scott and Andy, who played guitar and bass in a band. Kurt wanted also to play in a band. He got to know Matt Lukin who at the time played bass in the local band The Melvins. The Melvins was one of Kurts favorite bands, and he once tried to become a part of the band. But Buzz Osbourne, the singer of The Melvins, introduced Kurt to punk. Kurt was facinated of Henry Rollings of Black Flag. He wanted to sing just like that! Kurt was never a fan of the educationalsystem, and he quitted in 1985.

The Sellouts

It was about this time Kurt joined his first band, the Sellouts. They played covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival and Led Zeppelin. Kurt played drums and sang. Kurt: "I always wanted to play drums. Ever since I got my first Beatles record I wanted to play drums. I never wanted to be a front man. I jsut wanted to sit back there and play rums, but till be a rock star." The Sellouts didn't last for long, and before Kurt was out of school, they were history. Kurt had some different jobs at the time that didn't just pay for the small apartment he rented, but also Kurts habit of taking drugs. At this time, Led Zeppelin was Kurts favorite band. Kurt: "I always used to getting stoned and start to fall asleep listening to Led Zeppelin, and by the time the last track came on, the very quiet one, I'd be in, like a dreamy state."

Nirvana

Kurt lost his apartment. He found himself sleeping at friends' apartment floors. He made some grafitti. Soon he came in touch with a group of people who changed his taste of music. He was drawn to groups like the Clash, the Sex Pistols and the like. Kurt was introduced to Chris Novoselic through Buzz Osbourne. Chris had attended the same school as Kurt, but the two had never actually met before. Kurt gave Chris a demo of himself and asked if Chris wanted to join Kurt in a band. Their first band's name was Skid Row and they played covers. On drums was Bob McFadden. Kurt: "We played 'em live! in a room! It was amazing! It was the most incredible thing I've ever done!" They used to rehearse over Chris' moms beauty salon. McFadden didn't last long and the name Skid Row was soon replaced with Nirvana...
1987: They plays in small clubs with songs mainly written by Kurt. They are 'discovered' by Jack Endino who sends a demo over to Sub Pop, Seattles indie lable. Sub Pop signs Nirvana.

Chris Novoselic

Chris was born 05.16.65 in California, but when Chris was 14, they moved to Aberdeen. He joined Kurt first in Skid Row and later in Nirvana only because Kurt stalked him until he said that he would join. Chris was the one to come up with the idea of recording Nirvana's first single "Love Buzz" of the dutch band Shocking Blue. Kurt wasn't that enthusiastic, but said ok, let's do it. At that time Kurt and Chris lived in a tiny apartment in Olympia, Washington with their girlfriends. They didn't have much money, but great enthusiasm. Nirvana's debut album, Bleach is released in june 1988. Most of the record is much lo-fi as their heroes in Sonic Youth. This first serious recording took place at Seattle's Reciprocal Studio, and it was produced by the all ready legendaric Jack Endino. Most of the recordings were one take, and Bleach was recorded and mixed in just 30 hours. Kurt: "We were into this experimental, noisy sound (...). We did feel a little bit intimidated, a little bit of pressure from the whole Seattle scene, because everyone was so heavily into this retro '70". There are also changes in the group. They hire a new guitarist, Jason Everman. He plays on Bleach, but is kicked out a few months after. The drummer, Dale Grover pulls out of the goup because he is about to move to San Fransisco. Grover says that Dave Foster is a good replacement, but neither Kurt nor Chris likes his machoimage or mustache, and he is soon after replaced with Chad Channing. They have a short Europe-tour with TAD. In december 1989 Chris and his girlfriend Shelli gets married in Tacoma. Kurt Cobain read alot and was inspired by everyone from Jack Kerouac to Alexander Solsjenitsyn. He was a great fan of Black Sabbath, but he was also facinated by the Beatles, and wanted to make a hybrid of those two.

Dave Grohl

David Grohl was born 01.14.69 in Warren, Ohio. His musical carreer started when he was assigned to play drums in the legendaric punkband "Scream". When Scream broke up, he got in touch with Kurt and Chris, who needed a new drummer. Kurt: "For a long time we were happy with Chad's drumming. I meen, he has his own unique style who's appropirate for a lot of the songs that we wrote, but not what we wanted to do at the time. We wanted to move into a more pop-world, and our styles just didn't fit." Kurt was a difficult person to work with, and he demanded much of his fellow bandmembers. Especially the drummers. But Kurt liked Chris and Dave not just as colleagues but also as buddies. Kurt: "It has been fun to be around and it has been great to tour with them. They also rounds off the sound - and that's the most important." But Kurt didn't like it when the other two bandmembers gave Kurt suggestions to lyrics and music. Kurt gave in once, and out of it came the song 'Scentless Appretice' on the album In Utero.

Nevermind

Kurt, Chris and Dave wanted to move over to a bigger company. Kurt wanted to sign with Geffen. So Geffen was the final choice. Many of the old fans was critical to what they ment was a sell-out from Nirvana. Well, Kurt, Chris and Dave wanted to make more money and it would also be nice if their records was avaliable over the whole country. That was made easier with a big company. Noone knew what direction Nirvana would take musically. Kurt was fed up with the rawness on 'Bleach' already. With Butch Wig as the producer, they started the recording of the bands second album in Van Nuys in California. The expectations wasn't great. They hoped to sell 100 000 albums over time. In September 1991 was Nevermind released, and noone knew what was going to happen. Kurt: "Everybody sensed that the album was going to be pretty well. There were a feeling in the air that something new was happening. Noone could pinpoint it, but we knew we were a part of it." The first indications came with the single 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'. Chris: "I remember when we put that song together, we looked at eachother saying 'It is a Pixies ripp-off, isn't it?' We thought it was bigger hits on that record, like 'Lithium' and 'In Bloom'. And so we recorded 'Teen Spirit', and I remember Kurt putting the vocals down, and the next day I walk into the studio, Butch said 'Guys you gotta listen to this!' He had made a rough mix of it. He had just crancked it. 'Wow, this really rocks!' It was a rocking song, very powerful. And it turned everything upside down." A local radiostation discovered the single 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and so MTV discovered the video. Less than a month after the release everybody knew who Nirvana was. Four months after the realese, 70 000 copies of 'Nevermind' was sold every day! 'Nevermind' went straigt to the top! In january 1992, there was sold over four milion copies!

Success?

Noone had ever seen such a success before. Dave: "If you deep down never expected any of this to happen, when it actually happens, you look at it as a...a kind of...joke! Like it's pretty funny when you look at it." But in the very start of their world tour, the problems started. Kurt had started taking heroin. His stomach had never been as it should have been, but all the stress and the pressure, made it much worse. Kurt: "I was in pain. -I was in pain for so long that I didn't care if I was in the band, I didn't care if I was alive. And it so happended that I came to that conclution at the time when my band became very poplular. it had been going on and bellying up for so many years that I was, you know, suicidal. I just didn't want to live. I just thought: 'If I'm going to die, if I'm gonna kill myself, I should take some drugs.' You know. That's why I became a junkie, because I felt like a junkie everyday. Being on tour just made it worse." In february '92 Kurt and his girlfriend, Courtney Love, got married in Hawaii. The rumors wouldn't stop. Nirvana was to break up, Courtney abused heroin while pregnant, Kurt overdosed every second week, and once he was killed in a carcrash! There were no limits! At the same time, on the musical level, Nirvana released a collection of b-sides and outtakes under the name 'Incesticide'.

In Utero

After they had ended their worldtour and the birth of Kurt's daughter Frances Bean in august 1992, the band took a vacation. When the article in 'Vanety Fair' came out, suggesting Courtney's heroin abuse, Frances was put in a new home. Kurt loved his daughter and fought viciously for her. Kurt and Courtney told the female reporter to show some evidence that Courtney had said she had used heroin. She couldn't do it. After a month they could take their daughter home once again. Kurt: "The woman from 'Vanety Fair' came into our house with an agenda. She knew exactly what kind of article she was going to write..." Krist: "When she was born, it was like the beginning of taking us out of the slum, because she was like this beam of optimism that came out. It was all kinds of wired stuff going on. So was this baby born, and I think, it was like womething really, really positive that came out of some hard times. It was a blessing, and I was really glad to see her there, and everybody was. Kurt and Courtney were proud parents and it was really good. It was the best thing that could have happended." Kurt was getting more and more addicted to Courtney and heroin. Kurt hated himself and he hated 'grunge'. But he and his buddies in Nirvana finished their third album - In Utero. Many was sceptical to the new album. Krist: "It was this story that our record was unlistenable, unreleaseable and unwhatever." The producer, Steve Albini, had gone out to the media and said that he seriously doubted that the record would be released. But The three buddies liked Albinis sound. Kurt: "The first song we recorded and listended back to, we said 'Yep, okay, that's his sound, that's what we want.' It is a trademark sound, but I personally have had this sound in my head since we've had this band going, I wanted that kind of sound. -Cause it sounds so natural and real." The album was darker and more depressing than 'Nevermind'. Dave: "Before our record (Nevermind) came out on top ten, it was like Whitney Huston, and there were no rockband on top ten. No important band, whatever that means...So it really took a while - like a year and a half or more after everything had happened that I really realized like - Wow, I guess that we really did make a difference...People wanted to love it (In Utero) or they wanted to hate it way before it came out. I knew it. It would never do what 'Nevermind' did...No way...'Cause it's another scene now..." The production of the album and the fact that they had to bring their own PA on tour, made Nirvana do conserts in big halls, not in small clubvenues as they were used to. Kurt's facination with the rock myth had long since vanished and all he wanted was to be home with his little family. Kurt didn't manage to be a famous person. He hated to be recognised and he identified with John Lennon.

The Tragedy

The situasion was spinning out of control. When Kurt and Courtney was relaxing in Rome, Courtney found Kurt unconcious and only her fast reaction saved his life. He had taken tranqulizers and had also drunk a lot. But it was probably not a suicide attempt, since they found no suicide letter. Another time had Kurt locked himself up in the bathroom, threatening to kill himself. He came unharmed from that incident. But noone was prepared for the news that came early on the morning April 8 1994. Kurt was dead. He had escaped from a de-tox clinic in LA, gone home to his and Courtney's home, and shot himself. He had then been dead for three days. Besides the dead Cobain, the police found his drivers licence, the album In Utero and a suicideletter. At the bottom of the letter was Kurts final words to his daughter:

I love you, I love you

Musical influences

Cobain was a devoted champion of early alternative rock acts. His interest in the underground started when Buzz Osborne of the Melvins let him borrow a tape with songs by punk bands such as Black Flag, Flipper, and Millions of Dead Cops. He would often make reference to his favorite bands in interviews, often placing a greater importance on the bands that influenced him than on his own music. Interviews with Cobain were often littered with references to obscure performers like The Vaselines, The Melvins, Daniel Johnston, The Meat Puppets, Young Marble Giants, The Wipers, Flipper, Butthole Surfers, Captain Beefheart, and The Raincoats. Cobain also noted the influence of the Pixies, and commented that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" bore some similarities to their sound. Cobain told Melody Maker in 1992 that hearing Surfer Rosa for the first time convinced him to abandon his more Black Flag-influenced songwriting in favor of the "Iggy Pop / Aerosmith" type songwriting that appeared on Nevermind.

The Beatles were an early and important musical influence on Cobain. Cobain expressed a particular fondness for John Lennon, whom he called his "idol" in his journals. Cobain once related that he wrote "About a Girl" after spending three hours listening to Meet The Beatles!.[35] He was heavily influenced by punk rock and hardcore punk, and often credited bands such as Black Flag and the Sex Pistols for his artistic style and attitude.

Even with all of Cobain's indie influences, Nirvana's early style was influenced by the major rock bands of the '70s, including Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Queen, and Kiss. In its early days, Nirvana made a habit of regularly playing cover songs by those bands, including Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song", "Dazed and Confused", "Heartbreaker", Black Sabbath's "Hand of Doom" and made a studio recording of Kiss' "Do You Love Me?". Cobain also talked about the influence of bands like The Knack, Boston, and The Bay City Rollers.

There were also earlier influences: Nirvana's MTV Unplugged concert ended with a version of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night", a song popularized by blues artist Lead Belly, whom Cobain called one of his favorite performers. Critic Greil Marcus suggested that Cobain's "Polly" was a descendant of "Pretty Polly", a murder ballad that might have been a century old when Dock Boggs recorded it in 1927.

Cobain also made efforts to include his favorite performers in his musical endeavors. At the 1991 Reading Festival, Eugene Kelly of the Vaselines joined Nirvana onstage for a duet of "Molly's Lips", which Cobain would later proclaim to be one of the greatest moments of his life.[36] In 1993, when he decided that he wanted a second guitarist to help him on stage, he recruited Pat Smear of the legendary L.A. punk band The Germs. When rehearsals of three Meat Puppets covers for Nirvana's 1993 performance for MTV Unplugged went awry, Cobain placed a call to the two lead members of the band, Curt and Cris Kirkwood, who ended up joining the band on stage to perform the songs. Cobain also contributed backing guitar for a spoken word William S. Burroughs recording entitled "the "Priest" they called him".

Where Sonic Youth had served to help Nirvana gain wider success, Nirvana attempted to help other indie acts attain success. The band submitted the song "Oh, the Guilt" to a split single with Chicago's The Jesus Lizard, helping Nirvana's indie credibility while opening The Jesus Lizard to a wider audience.

Kematian Kurt Cobain

Mengikuti tur berhenti di Terminal Eins di Munich, Jerman, pada 1 Maret 1994, Cobain telah didiagnosis dengan bronkitis dan radang tenggorokan parah. Dia Flew ke Roma pada hari berikutnya untuk perawatan medis, dan telah bergabung di sana oleh istrinya pada 3 Maret. Pagi berikutnya, Love awoke menemukan bahwa Cobain telah overdosed pada kombinasi dari champagne dan Rohypnol (Love telah resep Rohypnol untuk diisi setelah tiba di Roma). Cobain rushed langsung ke rumah sakit, dan menghabiskan sisa hari pingsan. Setelah lima hari di rumah sakit, Cobain dirilis dan kembali ke Seattle. Love kemudian menyatakan bahwa kejadian pertama adalah Cobain mencoba bunuh diri.

Pada tanggal 18 Maret, Love phoned polisi memberitahukan bahwa mereka telah Cobain bunuh diri sendiri dan telah dikunci dalam kamar dengan senapan. Polisi tiba dan sitaan beberapa senjata dan sebotol pil dari Cobain, yang bersikeras bahwa dia bukan bunuh diri sendiri dan telah dikunci di dalam kamar untuk menyembunyikan dari Love. Ketika ditanya oleh polisi, mengatakan bahwa Love Cobain tidak pernah disebutkan bahwa ia bunuh diri dan bahwa dia tidak melihat dia dengan senapan.

Love diatur tentang sebuah intervensi Cobain dari penggunaan narkoba yang terjadi pada 25 Maret. Sepuluh orang yang terlibat termasuk teman-teman musisi, merekam eksekutif perusahaan, dan salah satu Cobain dari teman-teman dekat, Dylan Carlson. Tetapi bassist Krist Novoselic tipped him off ia dianggap sebagai ide yang akan "bodoh". Namun, pada akhir hari, Cobain telah sepakat untuk menjalani suatu program Detox. Cobain tiba di Keluaran Recovery Center di Los Angeles, California pada 30 Maret. Berikut malam, berjalan di luar Cobain memiliki rokok, kemudian naik lebih dari enam kaki-tinggi pagar meninggalkan fasilitas. Dia mengambil taksi ke Los Angeles dan Bandara Flew kembali ke Seattle. Selama April 2 dan 3 April Cobain telah dinodai di berbagai lokasi di sekitar Seattle, namun sebagian besar dari keluarga dan teman-temannya yang tak menyadari dari mana dia. Pada tanggal 3 April, Love dihubungi pribadi penyidik, Tom Grant, dan dia direkrut untuk menemukan Cobain. Pada 7 April, di tengah rumors Nirvana akan bubar, band diambil dari Lollapalooza tahun itu.

Pada 8 April 1994, Cobain tubuh telah ditemukan di Danau Washington listrik oleh sebuah rumah yang telah tiba untuk menginstal sebuah sistem keamanan. Selain kecil dari jumlah darah yang keluar dari telinga Cobain, listrik yang dilaporkan melihat tidak terlihat tanda-tanda trauma, dan pada awalnya percaya bahwa Cobain telah tertidur sampai ia melihat senapan yang di chin. Sebuah catatan bunuh diri ditemukan bahwa berkata, "Saya tidak merasakan kegembiraan yang mendengarkan maupun menciptakan musik, bersama dengan benar-benar menulis... Terlalu banyak untuk tahun sekarang". Konsentrasi yang tinggi dan bekas heroin dari Valium juga ditemukan di tubuhnya. Cobain tubuh telah berbaring di sana selama berhari-hari, yang diperkirakan coroner's lapor ke Cobain telah meninggal pada tanggal 5 April 1994.

J publik penjagaan Cobain untuk dilaksanakan pada 10 April di sebuah taman di Seattle Center yang drew sekitar tujuh ribu mourners. Prerecorded pesan menurut Krist Novoselic dan Courtney Love yang diputar di peringatan. Suka membaca bagian Cobain bunuh diri dari catatan ke keramaian dan mogok, menangis dan chastising Cobain. Di dekat bagian akhir penjagaan Love tiba di taman dan didistribusikan beberapa Cobain dari pakaian kepada mereka yang masih tetap.

Pecandu Narkoba

Seluruh sebagian besar hidupnya, Cobain menderita bronkitis kronis dan intens fisik karena adanya rasa sakit kronis undiagnosed perut condition.This kondisi terakhir ini terutama debilitating kepadanya emosi, dan dia menghabiskan tahun mencoba untuk mencari penyebab-nya. Namun, tidak satupun dia berkonsultasi dengan dokter yang tepat yang dapat menimbulkan spesifik, guessing yang baik adalah akibat dari Cobain scoliosis anak atau yang berhubungan dengan tekanan yang melakukan.

Obat yang pertama adalah dengan pengalaman ganja pada tahun 1980 pada usia 13. Cobain pengalaman pertama dengan heroin kadang terjadi pada tahun 1986, dia administratif oleh agen lokal narkoba di Tacoma, Washington, yang sebelumnya telah menyediakan dia Percodan.Cobain digunakan dengan heroin sporadis selama beberapa tahun, namun, pada akhir 1990, maka gunakan dikembangkan menjadi penuh addiction. Cobain menyatakan bahwa ia "ditentukan untuk mendapatkan kebiasaan" sebagai cara untuk mengobati diri-Nya kondisi perut. Terkait Cobain, "dimulai dengan tiga hari berturut-turut melakukan heroin dan saya tidak memiliki rasa sakit perut. Itu adalah seperti itu timbul."

His menggunakan heroin akhirnya mulai mempengaruhi band dari tur mendukung Nevermind, dengan Cobain lewat selama foto tunas. Salah satu contoh kenangan datang hari band dari kinerja pada 1992 Saturday Night Live, di mana Nirvana yang telah menembak dengan fotografer Michael Levine. Setelah shot up sebelumnya, Cobain nodded off beberapa kali selama tunas. Cobain yang berhubungan dengan penulis biografi Michael Azerrad, "I mean, what are they supposed to do? They're tidak akan dapat memberitahu saya untuk berhenti. Jadi saya memang tidak benar. Tentunya mereka itu seperti praktek sihir atau sesuatu . Mereka tidak tahu apa-apa tentang hal ini sehingga mereka berpendapat bahwa kedua, saya akan mati. "

Cobain's heroin addiction memburuk sebagai tahun progressed. Cobain dilakukan upaya yang pertama di rehab pada awal tahun 1992, tidak lama setelah ia menemukan Cinta dan mereka akan menjadi orang tua. Segera setelah meninggalkan rehab, Nirvana yang naik pada wisata Australia, dengan Cobain tampil pucat dan suram saat menderita melalui pengambilan. Tidak lama setelah kembali ke rumah, dari heroin Cobain menggunakan dilanjutkan.

Sebelum ke kinerja di Seminar Musik Baru di New York City pada bulan Juli 1993, Cobain menderita heroin overdose. Daripada untuk panggilan ambulans, Love disuntik dengan Cobain Narcan diperoleh secara ilegal untuk membawa dia keluar dari bawah sadar nya negara. Cobain dilanjutkan dengan melakukan Nirvana, sehingga masyarakat tidak ada indikasi apapun yang luar biasa telah terjadi.

Marriage

Courtney Love first saw Cobain perform in 1989 at a show in Portland, Oregon; the pair talked briefly after the show and Love developed a crush on him. According to journalist Everett True, the pair were formally introduced at an L7 and Butthole Surfers concert in Los Angeles in May 1991.^[17] In the weeks that followed, after learning from Dave Grohl that she and Cobain shared mutual crushes, Love began pursuing Cobain. After a few weeks of on-again, off-again courtship in the fall of 1991, the two found themselves together on a regular basis, often bonding through drug use.^[18]

Around the time of Nirvana's 1992 performance on Saturday Night Live, Love discovered that she was pregnant with Cobain's child. A few days after the conclusion of Nirvana's Pacific Rim tour, on Monday, February 24, 1992, Cobain and Love married on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii; Cobain noted weeks later that, "In the last couple months I've gotten engaged and my attitude has changed drastically," Cobain said in an interview with Sassy magazine. "I can't believe how much happier I am. At times I even forget that I'm in a band, I'm so blinded by love. I know that sounds embarrassing, but it's true. I could give up the band right now. It doesn't matter, but I'm under contract."^[19] On August 18, the couple's daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, was born.

In a 1992 article in Vanity Fair, Love admitted to using heroin while, unknowingly, pregnant. Love claimed that Vanity Fair had misquoted her,^[20] but the event created controversy for the couple. While Cobain and Love's romance had always been something of a media attraction, the couple found themselves hounded by tabloid reporters after the article was published, many wanting to know if Frances was addicted to drugs at birth. The Los Angeles County Department of Children's Services took the Cobains to court, claiming that the couple's drug usage made them unfit parents.^[21] Two-week-old Frances Bean Cobain was ordered by the judge to be taken from their custody and placed with Courtney's sister Jamie for several weeks, after which the couple obtained custody, but had to submit to urine tests and a regular visit from a social worker. After months of legal wrangling, the couple were eventually granted full custody of their daughter.

Nirvana

Keempatbelas untuk ulang tahun, Cobain dari paman memberinya pilihan untuk sebuah gitar atau sepeda sebagai hadiah; Cobain memilih gitar. Dia mulai belajar beberapa meliputi, termasuk AC / DC 's "Back in Black" dan Mobil "My Best Friend's Girl", dan segera mulai bekerja pada lagu sendiri. [6]

In high school, Cobain jarang ditemui orang dengan siapa ia dapat jam. Sedangkan di luar gantung Melvins ruang praktek, dia bertemu Krist Novoselic, dari sesama penggemar punk rock. Novoselic ibu yang dimiliki Salon rambut dan Cobain dan Novoselic akan sesekali praktek di atas kamar. Beberapa tahun kemudian, Cobain mencoba meyakinkan Novoselic untuk membentuk sebuah band dengan dia oleh pinjaman kepadanya salinan sebuah rumah demo yang direkam oleh Cobain dari band sebelumnya, Fecal Matter. Bulan setelah meminta, Novoselic akhirnya menyetujui untuk bergabung Cobain, membentuk awal dari Nirvana. [15]
Selama beberapa tahun pertama mereka bermain bersama, dan Novoselic Cobain host yang memutar ke daftar drummers. Pada akhirnya, band menetap di Chad Channing, Nirvana yang direkam dengan album Bleach, dirilis pada Sub Pop Records pada tahun 1989. Cobain, bagaimanapun, menjadi puas dengan Channing dari gaya, memimpin band untuk mencari pengganti, akhirnya menetap di Dave Grohl. Dengan Grohl, band ditemukan mereka sukses besar mereka melalui 1991 besar-label debut, Nevermind.

Cobain berjuang untuk mendamaikan yang besar keberhasilan Nirvana dengan akar di bawah tanah. Dia juga merasa dianiaya oleh media, membandingkan dirinya ke Frances Farmer. Kemudian ia harbored kedendaman untuk orang-orang yang diklaim sebagai fans dari band yang sama tetapi tidak terjawab band politik.

J vokal lawan dari sexism dan homophobia, Cobain Nirvana adalah bangga telah diputar di gay Tidak mendukung hak manfaat pada Sembilan di Oregon pada tahun 1992 dan telah terlibat dalam pemilihan Rock dari promosi macam oleh L7. Artikel dari anumerta dirilis Jurnal menyatakan bahwa kemerdekaan sosial dapat dimungkinkan hanya melalui pemberantasan dari sexism.

Kurt Cobain

Kurt Donald Cobain (20 Februari 1967 - c. 5 April 1994) adalah seorang musisi Amerika yang bertugas sebagai pemimpin singer, gitar, lagu dan frontman untuk grunge band Nirvana.

Dengan membawa satu "Smells Like Teen Spirit" dari album kedua Nirvana's Nevermind (1991), dengan Nirvana Cobain dimasukkan ke dalam arus utama, membawa bersama mereka subgenre yang disebut grunge rock alternatif. Lainnya Seattle band grunge seperti Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, dan Soundgarden juga mendapatkan popularitas, dan sebagai hasilnya, rock alternatif menjadi dominan genre musik di radio dan televisi di Amerika Serikat pada awal-ke-tengah tahun 1990-an. Sebagai Nirvana's frontman, Cobain ditemukan sendiri sebagaimana dimaksud pada media sebagai "wakil dari satu generasi", dengan Nirvana melayani sebagai "kapal band" of "Generation X". [1] Cobain telah nyaman dengan perhatian dan dia ditempatkan pada fokus band musik, band percaya pesan dari visi dan artistik telah misinterpreted oleh publik, menantang band dari penonton dengan ketiga studio album Dalam Utero (1993).

Selama tahun terakhir hidupnya, Cobain berjuang dengan ketagihan narkoba dan media tekanan di sekitar dia dan isterinya Courtney Love. Pada 8 April 1994, Cobain ditemukan mati di rumahnya di Seattle, korban atas apa yang secara resmi memerintah diri akibat luka shotgun ke kepala. Dalam tahun-tahun berikutnya, keadaan yang kematiannya telah menjadi topik perdebatan dan pesona.

Awal Kehidupan

Kurt Cobain lahir ke orangtua Donald dan Wendy Cobain pada 20 Februari 1967 di Aberdeen, Washington dan menghabiskan waktu enam bulan pertama ia tinggal di kota Hoquiam, Washington sebelum keluarga pindah ke Aberdeen. Dia mulai mengembangkan minat dalam musik dini dalam hidupnya. Aunt menurut Mari, "Dia bernyanyi dari dua kali dia. Dia akan bernyanyi Beatles seperti lagu 'Hey Jude'. Dia memiliki banyak kharisma dari usia yang sangat muda."
foto Cobain dari sekolah tahunan; gambar yang di tangan-Nya upacara peringatan.

Pada usia delapan, Cobain dari orang tua bercerai, sebuah acara yang kemudian dia disebut sebagai yang mendalam terhadap hidupnya. Ibunya bahwa pribadinya berubah drastis, dengan Cobain menjadi lebih menarik. Dalam sebuah wawancara 1993, Cobain berkata, "Aku ingat rasa malu, karena beberapa alasan. Saya malu dari orang tua saya. Saya tidak dapat menghadapi beberapa teman-teman saya di sekolah lagi, karena saya mati-matian ingin memiliki klasik, Anda tahu, khas keluarga. Ibu, ayah. Saya ingin bahwa keamanan, jadi saya resented orangtua saya untuk beberapa tahun karena itu." Setelah tahun menghabiskan hidup dengan ibunya mengikuti perceraian, Cobain dipindahkan ke Montesano, Washington untuk tinggal bersama ayahnya, tetapi setelah beberapa tahun ia muda pemberontakan menjadi terlalu besar dan ia menemukan dirinya sedang shuffled antara teman dan keluarga.

Di sekolah, Cobain mengambil sedikit dalam olahraga. Pada desakan ayahnya, Cobain bergabung dengan tim SMP wrestling. Ketika ia good at it, dia lemah karena dia dari penyalahgunaan yang diterima dari rekan tim lainnya. Kemudian, dia menandatangani ayahnya untuk baseball liga lokal, dimana Cobain akan sengaja menyerang untuk menghindari harus memutar. Sebaliknya, Cobain fokus pada program-program studi seni. Dia sering drew selama kelas, termasuk yang terkait dengan objek anatomi manusia. Cobain adalah dengan teman-teman gay siswa di sekolah, kadang-kadang menderita bullying di tangan homophobic siswa. Persahabatan yang dipimpin beberapa percaya bahwa dia sendiri adalah gay. 1993 dalam sebuah wawancara dengan The Advocate, Cobain menyatakan bahwa dia "gay dalam roh" dan "mungkin dapat bisexual". Dia juga menyatakan bahwa ia digunakan untuk semprot cat "Allah adalah Gay" di sekitar truk pickup Aberdeen. Namun, polisi Aberdeen catatan menunjukkan bahwa frase yang dia ditangkap sebenarnya "Apakah tidak ada cara mendapat watchamacallit". Dalam salah seorang pribadi jurnal, Cobain menulis, "I am not gay, meskipun saya ingin saya , hanya untuk piss off homophobes. " Sebagai seorang remaja tumbuh dewasa di kota kecil Washington, Cobain akhirnya menemukan jalan keluar melalui berkembang Pacific Northwest scene punk, punk rock akan menunjukkan di Seattle. Akhirnya, Cobain frequenting mulai dari ruang praktik Montesano sesama musisi The Melvins.

Di tengah sepuluh kelas, Cobain dipindahkan kembali ke tinggal bersama ibunya di Aberdeen. Dua bulan sebelum wisuda, Cobain putus sekolah setelah mewujudkan bahwa dia tidak memiliki cukup kredit untuk lulus. Ibunya memberinya pilihan: baik mendapatkan pekerjaan atau meninggalkan. Setelah satu minggu atau lebih, Cobain ditemukan nya pakaian dan barang lainnya itu dikemas dalam kotak. Forced dari rumah ibunya, Cobain teman sering tinggal di rumah dan menjadi sneaked ibunya basement sesekali. Cobain kemudian menyatakan bahwa ketika ia tidak dapat menemukan tempat lain untuk tinggal di mana saja, dia tinggal di bawah jembatan diatas Sungai Wishkah, sebuah pengalaman yang terinspirasi lagu yang Nevermind "Something di jalan". Namun, Krist Novoselic menyatakan bahwa Cobain tidak pernah benar-benar tinggal di sana, katanya: "Ia hung out there, namun Anda tidak bisa hidup pada bank yang berlumpur, dengan arus datang ke atas dan ke bawah. Itulah sendiri revisionism."

Pada akhir 1986, pindah ke Cobain pertama ia tinggal di rumah sendirian dan dia sewa dibayar dengan bekerja di sebuah resor pantai dua puluh mil dari Aberdeen. Pada saat yang sama, Cobain itu lebih sering bepergian ke Olympia, Washington untuk memeriksa rock menunjukkan. Selama kunjungan ke Olympia, Cobain memulai hubungan dengan Tracy Marander.