- Born
- Died
- Birth nameKurt Donald Cobain
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Kurt Cobain was born on February 20 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. Kurt and his family lived in Hoquiam for the first few months of his life then later moved back to Aberdeen, where he had a happy childhood until his parents divorced. The divorce left Kurt's outlook on the world forever scarred. He became withdrawn and anti-social. He was constantly placed with one relative to the next, living with friends, and at times even homeless. Kurt was not the most popular person in high school as he was in public school. In 1985 Kurt left Aberdeen for Olympia where he formed the band Nirvana in 1986. In 1989 Nirvana recorded their debut album Bleach under the independent label Sub-Pop records. Nirvana became very popular in Britain and by 1991 they signed a contract with Geffen. Their next album Nevermind became a 90s masterpiece and made Kurt's Nirvana one of the most successful bands in the world. Kurt became trampled upon with success and found the new lifestyle hard to bear. In February 1992 Kurt married Courtney Love, the woman who was already pregnant with his child, Frances Bean Cobain. Nirvana released their next album Incesticide later that year. The album appealed to many fans due to the liner notes, which expressed Kurt's open-mindedness. In September 1993 Nirvana released their next album, 'In Utero', which topped the charts. On March 4, 1994, Kurt was taken to hospital in a coma. It was officially stated as an accident but many believe it to have been an unsuccessful suicide attempt. Family and friends convinced Kurt to seek rehab. Kurt was said to have fled rehab after only a few days from a missing person's report filed by Courtney Love. On April 8th Kurt's body was found in his Seattle home. In his arms was a shotgun, which had been fired into his head. Near him laid a suicide note written in red ink. It was addressed to his wife Courtney Love and his daughter Frances Bean Cobain. Two days after Kurt's body was discovered people gathered in Seattle, they began setting fires, chanting profanities, and fighting with police officers. They also listened to a tape of Courtney reading sections of the suicide note left by Kurt. The last few words were "I love you, I love you".- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tony Russomanno <yearight32@hotmail.com>
- SpouseCourtney Love(February 24, 1992 - April 5, 1994) (his death, 1 child)
- Children
- His unclean hair and unshaven appearance
- Raw agonizing voice
- Smashing instruments and stage equipment after shows
- Garbled,Incomprehensible Singing
- Shoulder-length blonde hair
- Said he eventually wanted to experiment with filmmaking. He even wrote a script for a horror movie.
- The last movie he watched before his death was The Piano (1993).
- During a Nirvana concert, he witnessed a girl being groped in the audience. Without missing a beat, he threw his guitar to the ground (a Martin D-18E electric guitar, one of the rarest electric guitars ever made and worth a significant amount of money), dived into the audience and angrily confronted the man who groped the woman. Upon returning to the stage, Cobain and the other band members openly mocked the man as he was being forcibly led out by security.
- Died at 27 years old, making him a member of the "27 Club"; The 27 Club is a group of prominent musicians who died at the age of 27. Other members include Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, guitarist Jimi Hendrix, singer Janis Joplin, guitarist Alan Wilson, The Doors frontman Jim Morrison and Amy Winehouse.
- John Lennon's song "In my Life" was played at his funeral.
- Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
- I'm not well-read, but when I read, I read well.
- I'm not a death rocker, and I don't wear black.
- I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not.
- I think people who glamorize drugs are f**king *ssholes and if there's hell they'll go there.
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