I’m sure most of you don’t know me very well. In light of
that, I will fill you in on my outlook on celebrity crushes.
They’re ridiculous.
That in mind, when I tell you I’m crazy about Kurt Cobain…
You know I really, REALLY like him. So much so that I named my teddy bear (that
my boyfriend got me) Cobain. My boyfriend and I are such hard core Nirvana fans
that we both have agreed that should Cobain come back from the dead, we would
both be groupies. I now encourage you to Urban Dictionary ‘groupies’.
Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994 at age 27. I find this
a little hard to believe, because Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Amy
Winehouse, and Jimi Hendrix all died at 27. CONSPIRACY.
At age 8, Cobain’s parents split. At fourteen, he got his
first guitar and taught himself the popular rock songs of the day. After being
bullied all throughout high school for choosing art over sports, Kurt dropped
out his senior year. Two years later, he formed Nirvana with bass player Krist
Novoselic and drummer Chad Channing. Bleach, their first album, came out in
1989. After which, Channing was replaced with the nicest man alive: David
Grohl, who is now the lead singer of the Foo Fighters. Nirvana signed to major
label DGC, and produced Nevermind, their second album, in 1991.
When Nevermind hit its popularity, Kurt Cobain was crammed
into the music spotlight. Something he hated. Trying to use his fame wisely, he
spoke about gay and women’s rights. However Kurt never liked all the attention
he was getting, and the heroin addiction he developed in the eighties began to
return. In 1991 he began a relationship with Courtney Love, an alternative
rocker from the band Hole. Courtney and Kurt got married on February 24, 1992,
and had their daughter about six months later.
In 1993, after admitting to drug use, there began a custody
battle over Francis Bean Cobain (Kurt and Courtney’s daughter). A few times the
police were called to the Cobain home because of domestic disputes and at one point
Kurt was charged with domestic abuse.
In 1994 Kurt overdosed while on tour in Europe, and went
into a coma for about 20 hours. After which he went through detox, and was sent
to rehab. He was there a day and left, going missing for a week. He returned to
his home state of Washington, and was found dead. He went to his home and shot
himself in the head. And that was the end of Kurt Cobain.
"At this point I
have a request for our fans. If any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people
of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us -- leave us
alone!
Don't come to our
shows and don't buy our records." – Kurt Cobain
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