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Kurt Cobain died 20 years ago today

ceadaoin.

I still find it hard to grasp that the 90s was 20 years ago! I was a bit obsessed with him and nirvana as a teenager but only got into them a year or so after he died so I don't remember his death at all. Strangely I do remember watching the news about Ayrton Senna dying which was the same year. I remember a few years later a friend of my mams saying he still had his ticket for the nirvana gig in Ireland that they never got to play. Wonder if he still has it

Anyone here majorly upset when he died?

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byte

RikkFlair wrote: »

"It's better to burn out than to fade away"

Peace, love, empathy.

RikkFlair

"It's better to burn out than to fade away"

stretchdoe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXb4sDqs56I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPYcFQxsKlQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ9z-SEzDtk

AllGunsBlazing

RE: The whole murder conspiracy thing.

Personally, I don't think she had him bumped off. But I do believe that she played a key role in his demise. Personality wise they were a corrosive mix.

He wanted to re-enact his relationship with his estranged mother by having a girlfriend/wife who would help revive his sense of abandonment and generally emasculate him. Where as Courtney wanted to be a rock star in her own right, but felt she needed to be on the arm of someone already famous to achieve that.

Mind you, if Kurt hadn't married her, he probably would have sought out another woman with similar qualities to do the same job.

thegreatgonzo

ceadaoin. wrote: »

He had a major complex about his weight. He found it hard to eat because of his stomach problems and thought he was freakishly skinny. .

I remember reading somewhere that he started taking heroin to cope with the pain from his stomach. I suddenly thought of him in a lecture a couple of years ago about Marshall and Warren's breakthrough with Heliobacter pylori and wondered if that was his problem.

Capt'n Midnight

Dougal We were just talking about that fella, Kurt Cobain. He was from America. Imagine blowing your head off with a shotgun. God, how did he manage to survive that?
Father Ted Eh. He didn't. He died.
Dougal Oh right.

Vito Corleone

rockbeast wrote: »

This

and Heart-Shaped Box were their best songs IMO

It boggles my mind how Aneurysm, Even in His Youth and Sappy weren't included in any of the studio albums.

Rosy Posy

username123 wrote: »

He was dead 3 days before the news hit the media.

The autopsy said he died on the 5th but he was only found on the 8th, the news broke on the 9th, a Saturday. I was red eyed and silent for my mam's birthday dinner. What a selfish little sh!t was my teenaged self.

dee_mc

This is really cool, one of only 12 original posters for the planned Nirvana gig in the RDS in 1994 is for sale https://www.facebook.com/pages/Athenry-Antiques/112394532231402 Be nice to have a spare €3400 lying around for this!

poundapunnet

NegativeCreep wrote: »

I think he cared a bit. I read somewhere that he'd wear two pairs of jeans all the time and baggy clothes so people wouldn't notice how skinny he was. Think I read it in his biography.

He looked so tiny a lot of the time or maybe courtney love's a giant

I've always gotten the impression that he was aware of his looks but tried to play them down. If you see him in candid shots you can see how good looking he is, but whenever he's aware a media camera's on him he starts gurning or wearing a stupid hat or something.

[Deleted User]

I was only 4 so obviously don't remember it. Found Nirvana in my teenage years, like most people. They'd never have been one of my favourite bands but I do really like some of their stuff. And I easily see why he is/was an idol for some people.

TheShockmaster wrote: »

As for Courtney Love . . . i think she saw him as a means to an end, but i also feel that they did geuinely love each other and that she helped him a lot before he died (saved his life in Italy I believe)

Yeah I'd think the same. She's definitely a pretty fúcked up person but I really don't think she was capable of having him killed. It's a shame that her reputation often overshadows the fact that she's a very talented singer/songwriter in her own right (I personally prefer Hole's music to Nirvana's).

ceadaoin.

NegativeCreep wrote: »

I think he cared a bit. I read somewhere that he'd wear two pairs of jeans all the time and baggy clothes so people wouldn't notice how skinny he was. Think I read it in his biography.

He had a major complex about his weight. He found it hard to eat because of his stomach problems and thought he was freakishly skinny. I think he considered himself fairly ugly too which he definitely wasn't.

Tasden

NegativeCreep wrote: »

I think he cared a bit. I read somewhere that he'd wear two pairs of jeans all the time and baggy clothes so people wouldn't notice how skinny he was. Think I read it in his biography.

Yeah I vaguely remember reading that too, and that he ate apples instead of brushing his teeth.

BillyMitchel

I couldn't get past your first sentence. That was a proper low blow. Holy ****.

Fock you OP!

I feel like your man from that meme that staring into space at a disco.

Pumpkinseeds

I was a 21 year old fan, can't believe it was 20 years ago, where have the last 20 years gone

NegativeCreep

KungPao wrote: »

He was a very good looking bloke. He just wasn't arsed with his appearance so didn't really wash his hair/shave etc, and wore terrible clothes - he just couldn't have cared less.

The director of the SLTS video said that after a take, Kurt would look back at the recording and was only concerned about the shot and what was going on and if it looked good, he didn't care about what he looked like, no vanity at all.

I think he cared a bit. I read somewhere that he'd wear two pairs of jeans all the time and baggy clothes so people wouldn't notice how skinny he was. Think I read it in his biography.

KungPao

Ann Landers wrote: »

Wow, he looks like such a ride in the picture of him accompanying the article. I never looked at him as hot before!

He was a very good looking bloke. He just wasn't arsed with his appearance so didn't really wash his hair/shave etc, and wore terrible clothes - he just couldn't have cared less.

The director of the SLTS video said that after a take, Kurt would look back at the recording and was only concerned about the shot and what was going on and if it looked good, he didn't care about what he looked like, no vanity at all.

Duff

I remember hearing about Cobain's suicide going to school; it registered with me as I have a cousin who was massive into them back then, who I thought was the coolest person ever. She would ultimately help lead me down a musical left-hand path as I got older and Nirvana would subsequently become one of my favourite bands.

Nirvana are one of the few bands from my formative years of listening to music who I still think are as vital now as I did then. In Utero especially is still an album that I hold in absolutely massive regard - it's harsh, abrasive and embodies about as much a punk spirit as it was for a band like Nirvana to have, given their popularity at the time.

Huge band, with a huge importance to me and many like me. "...Muddy Banks..." was one of the first albums I bought myself on my 6th class school tour.

Mental that it's 20 years since.

dudara

His passing is still a source of sadness. He was *hot* in an era of grunge looking guys but more than that, he articulated something that most of us couldn't express. Suicide theories aside, he just wasn't able for the world.

LadyBetty

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Sky arts have some shows about nirvana and Kurt from 11 tonight.

Thanks, I have now set it to record!

NegativeCreep

Sky arts have some shows about nirvana and Kurt from 11 tonight.
Was only a few months old when he died so I hadn't a clue but still love the music!

Rothko

I was 4 when he died so I just about remember them. About 10 years later, I started listening to them and they became my first favourite band. I was obsessed with them and I still like them. I remember the 10th anniversary and it doesn't seem like it should be that long ago. I'm feeling old

eviltwin

I was a huge Nirvana fan and remember the day I heard the news, I could not believe it. It was the first time anyone that I was a fan of had died so in a way it felt very personal to me. I was 17 and just devestated that the music was gone.

Worksforyou

jimboblep wrote: »

if he died on saturday but the media only announced tuesday how did the hippy teacher know before the media:D

You've made a show of yourself.

jimboblep

username123 wrote: »

He was dead 3 days before the news hit the media.

if he died on saturday but the media only announced tuesday how did the hippy teacher know before the media:D

username123

jimboblep wrote: »

he died on a tuesday and you only heard about it on saturday

He was dead 3 days before the news hit the media.

jimboblep

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

It feels like 20 years to me. Feels years ago....which it was. I was 14 and I was sitting in an art class I used to do Saturday mornings and the hippy art teacher came in to tell us and started to cry.

One of my best friends was a massive fan and I only heard of him through her. Called round to her house later to sit on her bedroom floor while she cried to his music. I didn't really get it at the time what a big deal it was tbh.[/Q
news traveled a lot slower back then i suppose
he died on a tuesday and you only heard about it on saturday

MonstaMash

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Biggest mistake he ever made was marrying that woman. He went from being considered as one of the brightest prospects in music for a generation to being one half of the rock star/junkie couple from hell.

Its largely forgotten now but they were considered to be a bit of a sick joke by the end of '92.

Augmerson wrote: »

There are some who believe yer wan had him killed.

ceadaoin. wrote: »

Yes, she is a nasty piece of work.

Interesting documentary

LadyBetty

I was a 15 year old rocker & Kurt Cobain's death had a huge impact on me, it felt like the earth had tilted on its axis

Just so sad, especially as his body wasn't found for a couple of days.

River Phoenix OD'd 6 months before & I couldn't get my head around that either, we heard that news on the car radio en route to a teenage disco.

I listened to Nevermind last week for the first time in years and it still sounded great, still remembered all the words...it brought back so many memories. How massive the grunge scene was, grungers vs. rockers and all that, checked shirts, combat shorts, tubs of hair dye from Asha..!

Like another poster above I was big into the second half of Nevermind album (ah Side B, those were the days!). I reckon I must have the Unplugged VHS video somewhere in the house. 20 years gone already, wow, R.I.P. Kurt.

Ann Landers

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I saw them in the Top Hat in Dun Laoghaire the following day (August 21st 1991).

Ssuuuure you did. "Oh I was there that night".

Just joking. :pac: