Kurt Cobain was born on February 20 1967, in Hoquaim, a small town southwest of Seattle. Kurt later moved 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 He became withdrawn and anti-social.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 and at times even homeless, forcing him to sleep under a bridge. Kurt was not the most popular person in high school, getting picked on by "jocks" and being labeled as "queer". 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 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".


Daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, born. [18 August 1992] Guitar and vocals for the legendary grunge band Nirvana. After his death, many musicians recorded tribute songs to him. Some of the better known of these include R.E.M.'s "Let Me In", Patti Smith's "About a Boy", Neil Young's "Sleeps with Angels", and Cher's "The Fall". His most famous song, "Smells Like Teen Spirit", was voted by Rolling Stone Magazine and MTV as the 3rd best pop song out of 100 of all time. Sister: Kim. Half-brother: Chad Cobain. According to his widow, Courtney Love, Cobain left behind 109 unreleased, recorded songs when he died in 1994. Some are just song fragments, some music "collages", and about eight are acoustic numbers that Love deems good enough for release. One song, "Stinking of You", which he wrote with Love, includes the line "Stinking of you...I don't care if my life is shattered, it's my point of view..." The Nirvana song "Scentless Apprentice" is based on a book called "Perfume" by Patrick Süskind. Recent biography is written by Charles Cross, an influential icon in the Seattle music scene. The biography, "Heavier Than Heaven", is said to be the most comprehensive biography of one of the most mysterious artists in music history. Played a trick on the MTV brass when he began Nirvana's appearance at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards by playing the first few chords of the song "Rape Me" and singing the first verse. He then quickly switched to playing "Lithium", the song the band had agreed to play in the show as a compromise with MTV executives. Cobain had wanted to sing the then-new song "Rape Me", while MTV's bigwigs wanted the band to lead off the show with their signature song, "Smells Like Teen Spirit". The two sides settled on a mid-show rendition of "Lithium". Usually wrote left-handed, but in time learned how to write right-handed as well. Was runner-up for Best Songwriter of 1994 in "Rolling Stone" magazine's annual critics' poll. He ranked between Freedy Johnston and Sam Phillips, who placed 1st and 3rd in the poll, respectively. Was in the process of divorcing Courtney Love at the time of his death. At the Video Music Awards in 1992, Nirvana was originally supposed to play "Smells like Teen Spirit". Kurt refused and they ended up playing "Lithium". Cher composed the song "The Fall", after learning about his suicide. The song is included on her album Not.Comm.ercial, which was for sale only on the Internet. Loved all seafood. His parents divorced when he was 7. Is mentioned in the song "Innocent" by Our Lady Peace. Daughter Frances Bean looks almost exactly like him. She has the distinct blue eyes, and nose. His suicide marked the end of the Grunge era. Was a left-handed guitarist and a right-handed drummer. Suffered chronic stomach pain from stomach ulcers and back pain from scoliosis (curvature of the spine). He wore blue-plaid pajamas and a woven Guatemalan purse to his wedding with Courtney Love. Got his first guitar at age 8. "Thank you all from the pit of my burning, nauseous stomach for you letters of concern over the past years. I don't have the passion anymore and so remember, it's better to burn out than fade away" (addressed to Nirvana fans in his suicide note) Has said in interviews that he always wanted to give acting a try and be in a movie. Nirvana won the 1993 Brit Award for International Breakthrough Act. John Lennon's song "In my Life" was played at his funeral. The last movie he watched before his death was The Piano (1993). Very frequently changed up the words or the order of lines or verses of his songs when performing them live, rarely if every singing them the same from show to show. Despite Nirvana's popularity, the group only released three studio albums. In a 2008 NME magazine interview, Courtney Love claimed Cobain turned down the role of Lance in "Pulp Fiction" (the part was eventually taken by Eric Stoltz).