Kurt Cobain was the lead singer of the Seattle based grunge rock band Nirvana. As Nirvana’s lead songwriter‚ guitarist‚ and singer‚ Cobain took the music industry by surprise and is considered the godfather of the grunge rock movement. Cobain and his band had a prevalent influence on young teenagers of the 1990s and were considered idols by numerous individuals. Nirvana took the popular music industry by storm when they were able to revamp the genre of grunge rock and cause a dramatic shift in music
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Kurt Cobain The number one cause of death in teens is suicide? Looking back to one of the most commonly known and most devastating suicides‚ of Kurt Cobain lead singer of the former band Nirvana. In his time of music he had the world in his hands. He used personal turmoil as fuel for great music. Surprisingly‚ he seemed unusually tortured by success. The author of Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana said‚ "He was a very bright‚ sweet‚ generous‚ and caring person‚ perhaps a little too sweet
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“I remember watching Kurt come through and thinking‚ “God‚ this music is nuclear‚” This is really splitting the atom. They raised the temperature for everybody. Manufactured pop never looked so cold as when that heat was around. Nirvana made everything else look silly.” -Bono of U2 is quoted in Lorraine Ali’s‚ ”Cries From The Heart‚” a Newsweek article published on October 28‚ 2002. Today I would like to tell you the story of my favorite artist Kurt Cobain the lead singer of Nirvana. I’ll be covering
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Kurt Donald Cobain was found dead in the green house of his mansion on March 1994‚ cause of death "suicide by self inflicted gunshot wound" or at least what was pronounced and believed by many to this day. It is plain and simple he was murdered. Kurt Cobain the singer and guitarist of the 90s band Nirvana which was an alternative rock band from 1988 to 1994. Cobain was born in the town of Aberdeen Washington. Aberdeen is a rural white trash town that borders Seattle the birth place of "Grunge"
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“I’d rather be hated for who I am‚ than loved for who I am not” said by Kurt Cobain‚ lead singer‚ guitarist‚ and lyricist of grunge band‚ Nirvana‚ is a reconstructed idea believed to be taken from Marilyn Monroe. Monroe has similarly stated "it’s better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you’re not." Marilyn was known to have a great interest in humanity‚ morality‚ and sanity. Kurt had quite an opposite perspective; he wanted to shelter himself from all forms of fame and popularity
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Was Kurt Cobain bipolar? Thousands of people still research information about his death and what could have caused it. Kurt Cobain became a rock legend when his band Nirvana formed in 1990s. He grew up in a small town‚ Cobain showed a big interest in art and music as well as drawing. After his song Lithium was a big hit‚ “Many people believe he was manic depressive was over the song Lithium”(Bipolar Disorder‚ 2012‚ p. 1). However‚ Cobain wrote that song years before his band Nirvana became huge rock
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As stated by Kurt Cobain‚“I’d rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I am not” (Martin). Much to his dismay‚ people of his time idolized Cobain and treated him as a god of music. He popularized grunge culture and helped bring punk rock back into the social scene. Cobain defied standards set by society and welcomed people of all race‚ gender‚ and sexuality into his social circle during high school and his career. He adapted different dynamics into Nirvana’s music and allowed fans to connect
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kill myself‚ and go out in a flame of glory!" Those are words from Kurt Cobain when he was fourteen. The sad thing is‚ that is exactly what happened. Kurt Cobain‚ one of the starters of Grunge Rock and front man of Nirvana‚ had a very interesting but sad life that started out good but lead to drugs‚ depression‚ and death. One of the happiest times of his life was his childhood. Kurt Cobain’s Childhood was pretty good. Kurt was born on February 20‚ 1967. He was born at Grays Community Hospital
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Every year since the seventh grade‚ I have made a project about Kurt Cobain or at least incorporated him into it. I have read so many things about Kurt Cobain that every fact or small detail about him is ingrained into my head. When we’re assigned projects‚ my automatic first choice is Kurt Cobain. Kurt is my parachute as if I’m falling out the plane of high school‚ he saves me from the certain death of what I call an “F.” Every small detail about him is always in the back of my mind. If you ask
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track tries to bury the 80s and give way to the grudge sounds of the 90s. “Smells like Teen Spirit” was written by Kurt Cobain‚ Dave Grohl‚ Krist Novoselic. This song was produced by Butch Vig and recorded at Sound City in Van Nuys‚ California. It was the first track on their second album “Nevermind” which was released September 21st 1991. The band faithfully consisted of Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic and many drummers which at this time was Dave Grohl. The song was placed on a demo tape filled
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