For
my first post I want to tell you about the troubled genius lead singer and
primary songwriter of the grunge band Nirvana. Kurt Cobain was born on February
20 1967, in Aberdeen, Seattle. Kurt and his family lived in Hoquiam, a small
town 140 km south-west of Seattle 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He became withdrawn and anti-social.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 Grunge band Nirvana in 1986 with
Chris Novoselic and Dave Grohl. Led by Cobain’s songwriting, singing and lead
guitar, Nirvana’s second album Nevermind hit the top of the charts in 1991,
making the band superstars and netting them truckloads of money. But Cobain, a
quiet, reclusive fellow, never enjoyed the limelight of celebrity. Nirvana’s
mega hit single, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” is considered one of the greatest
rock tunes of all time. As Nirvana
gained popularity, Cobain started using heroin in the early 1990's. He may have
started taking heroin to relieve pain from chronic back and stomach trouble.
Cobain said his stomach pain was so bad at times that he sometimes considered
committing suicide. In March of 1994 Cobain attempted suicide by gobbling
painkillers washed down with champagne. But on April 5, 1994 Kurt Cobain
succeeded in ending his life with a shotgun blast to the head. Near him laid a
suicide note written in red ink.
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| Kurt Cobain last letter |
It was addressed to his wife Courtney Love and
his daughter Frances Bean Cobain. But some people think Cobain was murdered.
They say Cobain couldn’t have used the shotgun to shoot himself because he had
a large amount of heroin in his system. But I think it's fair to say his legend
will live forever..
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