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| Subject: Kurt Cobain Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:41 pm | |
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It's his birthday today, so I thought, hey, why not make a thread about him. - Wiki wrote:
- Kurt Donald Cobain was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its 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. He challenged Nirvana's audience with its final studio album In Utero (1993). 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 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 US alone, and over 50 million worldwide Unfortunately, he died before my birth, but my father would always play some Nirvana every now and then. I have to thank him for that, because if that didnt happen, I would've never decided to look up the band and everything. Even though he didnt impact me directly, with his wonderful and inspiring quotes and his fantastic music, he definitely made an indirect impact on me and my life. And a few great quotes: - Spoiler:
"Punk is musical freedom. It's saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster's terms, 'nirvana' means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that's pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock." "If you ever need anything please don't hesitate to ask someone else first." "If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.” "The duty of youth is to challenge corruption." "That's what music is, entertainment. The more you put yourself into it, the more of you comes out in it." "Rather be dead than cool"
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