Facts about Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain Biography
Kurt Cobain was the lead singer and guitarist for the band Nirvana, whose melodic rock songs bridged punk with pop and sold millions of records in the early 1990s.
The stripped-down, amped-up anthem “Smells Like Teen Spirit” made it to the top of the charts in 1991 and helped “grunge” rock unseat Michael Jackson-style pop. (It also helped put Seattle on the musical map — Cobain was from the sort-of nearby logging town of Aberdeen, Washington.) The band also included drummer Dave Grohl and bassist Krist Novoselic, and their albums included Bleach (1989), Nevermind (1991) and In Utero (1993).
Nirvana was briefly the hottest band in the world, but Cobain’s discomfort with fame, personal demons and battles with drugs quickly caused problems. He committed suicide in 1994 by shooting himself with a shotgun.
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Kurt Cobain married rocker/actress Courtney Love in 1992… The couple had one daughter, Frances Bean, born in 1992… Some fans continue to believe that Cobain was murdered. Though a suicide note was found near Cobain’s body, and though the coroner ruled that Cobain’s wounds were self-inflicted, these fans feel the suicide was staged, and some also accuse Courtney Love of being involved. This theory has been widely publicized but has never been proved… A 1998 documentary film, Kurt and Courtney, examined their relationship and Cobain’s death.