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Born name

Kurt Donald Cobain

nickname

Kurt

Alter

Kurt Cobain was born on February 20, 1967.

Died

Kurt Cobain died on April 5, 1994 at the age of 27 after shooting himself.

Sun sign

fish

Place of birth

Aberdeen, Washington, USA

nationality

training

Kurt Cobain went to Aberdeen High School . However, he dropped out about two weeks before graduating because he didn’t have enough credits to finish high school.

occupation

Musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist, visual artist

family

  • Father – Donald Leland Cobain (Auto Mechanic)
  • Mother – Wendy Elizabeth Cobain (Waitress)
  • Siblings – Kimberly Cobain (younger sister), Chad Cobain (younger half-brother), Brianne O’Conner (younger half-sister)
  • Others – Leland Elmer Cobain (paternal grandfather), Iris Maxine LaBrot (paternal grandmother), Charles Thomas Fradenburg (maternal grandfather), Margaret Dawson Irving (maternal grandmother)

Genre

Alternative rock, grunge

instruments

vocals and guitar

labels

Sub Pop, DGC, Geffen Records

Build

Slim

Height

5 feet 9 inches or 175 cm

weight

63 kg

girlfriend/spouse

Kurt Cobain had gone out

  1. Tracy Marander (1985-1988) – In his struggling days before Nirvana, Kurt was in a relationship with Tracy Marander. He had met her on one of his visits to Olympia, Washington, to attend rock concerts. They’d Moved In Together, she worked in the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport cafeteria to support them. She even had to steal food to feed them Their relationship was often strained due to financial conditions as he refused to take a job and would focus solely on his art projects. Her constant insistence on finding a job also served as inspiration for the single, About a Girl, which was included on Nirvana’s debut album.
  2. Tobi Vail (1988-1990) – After breaking up with Tracy Marander, Cobain dated Tobi Vail, who was the punk band’s drummer. bikini kill He is reported to have thrown up during their first meeting as he was overcome by the anxiety caused by his intense infatuation with her. This incident was referenced in the song Aneurysm Over the course of their relationship, they would have lengthy philosophical and political discussions. Their attraction also stemmed from their mutual affinity for creativity. However, their relationship faltered as he craved the motherly comfort of the traditional relationship, and Vail was known for her modern sexist views on the punk scene.
  3. Courtney Love(1990-1994) – Cobain had first met Courtney Love in 1989 after his performance at a concert and they spoke briefly. They really met in January 1990 after meeting at the Satyricon nightclub in Portland. There are some publications claiming that Love and Cobain were introduced at a L7 and Butthole Surfers concert in Los Angeles in May 1991. Initially, love made strides, but Kurt was evasive as he broke off dates. Kurt would later reveal that he liked her immediately too, but was determined to keep his bachelor life going a little longer. Once they got together, they bonded through their drug use. After completing Nirvana’s “Pacific Rim” tour in February 1992, they married in a low-key ceremony on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii. The ceremony was witnessed by eight people, including his Nirvana bandmate Dave Grohl. When they married, Courtney was already pregnant and gave birth to a daughter named Frances Bean Cobain in August 1992. In an interview with Vanity Fair, she revealed that she had used drugs during her pregnancy, as she was unaware she was pregnant initially. The Los Angeles County Children’s Fund later took them to court for being unfit parents because of their drug abuse. They were very much together until his suicide in 1994. Courtney was already pregnant and gave birth to a daughter named Frances Bean Cobain in August 1992. In an interview with Vanity Fair, she revealed that she had used drugs during her pregnancy, as she was unaware she was pregnant initially. The Los Angeles County Children’s Fund later took them to court for being unfit parents because of their drug abuse. They were very much together until his suicide in 1994. Courtney was already pregnant and gave birth to a daughter named Frances Bean Cobain in August 1992. In an interview with Vanity Fair, she revealed that she had used drugs during her pregnancy, as she was unaware she was pregnant initially. The Los Angeles County Children’s Fund later took them to court for being unfit parents because of their drug abuse. They were very much together until his suicide in 1994. because they were unsuitable parents due to their substance abuse. They were very much together until his suicide in 1994. because they were unsuitable parents due to their substance abuse. They were very much together until his suicide in 1994.
  4. Mary Lou Lord (1991) – Kurt’s Relationship with Indie People Musician and recording artist Mary Lou Lord was nothing more than a sexual encounter, during which she engaged in a sexual act on him on a parked bus in Kenmore Square in Boston.
  5. Jane Crowley – Kurt Cobain reportedly had an affair with Jane Crowley, who was a model and photographer. However, their relationship has been dismissed as a mere urban myth by leading Kurt Cobain fan blogs.

race/ethnicity

White

He was of English, Irish, French, Canadian, Dutch, German, and Scottish ancestry.

hair colour

Dark Brown (Natural).

However, he often dyed his hair different colors.

eye color

Blau

sexual orientation

Just

However, in an interview given to The Advocate in 1993, he had said he was “gay in spirit” and “could probably be bisexual.”

But he had also revealed that “I’m not gay, although I wish I was, just to shut out homophobes”.

distinguishing features

  • Long blonde dyed curls
  • Blue eyes
  • Narrow body frame
  • Raw and anguished voice

brand promotion

Kurt Cobain hadn’t done any endorsement for any brand.

Religion

Kurt did not have clear religious views. At one point he identified himself as a born-again Christian. Then he would go on to say that he hated Christianity. He also showed some interest in Jainism and Buddhism.

Known for

  • As the frontman of the popular alternative band, Nirvana, this is considered one of the most important and influential alternative and grunge bands in the music industry.
  • Being a famous pop and culture icon.
  • His well-documented drug addiction, mental issues such as depression, and fatal suicide which have spawned several conspiracy theories.

First album

In 1989, his music band released their debut studio album, Bleach , under the Sub Pop Record label. The album had mediocre commercial success but was well received by critics.

Following the success of Nirvana’s second album, this album was re-released by Geffen Records in 1992.

first movie

Kurt Cobain appeared in the film 1991: The Year Punk broke as himself in 1992.

First TV show

In 1990 he made his first TV show appearance as himself on the talk show, Tonight with Jonathan Ross .

Kurt Cobain favorite things

  • School class – music
  • Food – Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
  • Movies – Paris, Texas (1984), Over the Edge (1979) and Rear Window (1954)

Kurt Cobain Facts

  1. He began to be interested in musicrather young age. By the age of 2 he was singing and by the age of 4 he started playing the piano and even wrote a song about his trip to the local park.
  2. He misbehaved quite badly in his youth and even bullied another boy, prompting his father and stepmother to take him to a therapist. The therapist, in turn, suggested that he would benefit from a single-family home rather than hopping between his father’s household and his mother’s house.
  3. While he was studying in junior high school, his father put him on a wrestling team. Despite being a skilled wrestler, he hated the experience and even got pinned to grieve his father.
  4. He had befriended a gay boy at school, which caused him to endure bullying. He later revealed that he loved hanging out with him because others left him alone due to his union.
  5. After dropping out of high school two weeks before graduating, his mother gave him an ultimatum to find work in a week. A week later he found his belongings and clothes packed in boxes.
  6. During his period of homelessness, he stayed with his friends and even lived under a bridge over the Wishkah River. He also occasionally snuck into his mother’s basement.
  7. When he was 14, he told his schoolmate that he would emulate Jimi Hendrix by becoming a rich, famous, and popular rock star and then kill himself when he was young.
  8. In his teenage years in Aberdeen he had devised a clever way of getting hold of alcohol. He and his friends put an overweight alcoholic in a shopping cart and wheeled him to the liquor store. He got them beers and they paid for his whiskey.
  9. After dropping out of school, he moved from one job to another, including working as a swimming instructor at the YMCA . He also worked at The Polynesian Resort , which was about 20 miles north of his hometown.
  10. Before forming the group Nirvana , he had auditioned to join the popular rock band, The Melvins. He had also claimed in his interviews that the first concert he attended was by Melvins.
  11. When he had free time, he would buy pieces of meat, take it to the forest and shoot at it with various weapons.
  12. Before finding success with his music, he seriously considered joining the US Navy. He even reportedly met a recruiting officer to discuss his enrollment.
  13. It has often been claimed that he started using heroin daily to deal with his chronic stomach pains.
  14. His father had put him on a Little League baseball team. However, as a sign of his rebellion, he deliberately hit out, which is why he didn’t have to play anymore.
  15. His first drug use occurred at the age of 13 when he used marijuana. He later tried almost every common drug, including abusing large amounts of LSD.
  16. In 1993, just before Nirvana performed at the New Music Seminar in New York City, he suffered a heroin overdose. Courtney Love had to inject him with naloxone to bring him back to consciousness.
  17. The day Nirvana was scheduled to perform on Saturday Night Live in 1993, he took heroin during a photo session and went to sleep. Love had to splash water on his face to wake him up.
  18. In 2003, the renowned Rolling Stones magazine placed him at number 12 on their list of the greatest guitarists of all time.
  19. In May 2006, readers of the popular NME magazine voted him the greatest rock ‘n’ roll hero of all time.
  20. In her 2008 interview, Courtney Love revealed that Cobain was offered the role of Lance in the cult film. pulp fiction. Eric Stoltz was eventually cast in the respective role.
  21. Once, while performing at a concert, he saw a girl being groped in the audience. He immediately stopped his performance, angrily approached the scammer and ordered security to throw him out.
  22. You can follow his verified social media pages on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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