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Kurt Cobain
Aberdeen, Washington, USA
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Ni…
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Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation". Cobain however was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention. He challenged Nirvana's audience with its final studio album In Utero (1993). During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression, his fame and public image, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the US alone, and over 50 million worldwide.
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2026
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
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2025
BUSCANDO MI NIRVANA
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2025
The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
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2024
Hippo
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2023
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
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2023
The Teacher
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2022
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
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2021
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
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2021
Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
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2021
When Nirvana Came to Britain
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2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
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2020
70 Years of Youth Revolt
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2019
Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter
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2019
The UnXplained
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2018
27: Gone Too Soon
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2018
Kurt Everywhere
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2017
The Nineties
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2015
Soaked in Bleach
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2015
Cobain: Montage of Heck
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2012
Too Young to Die
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2012
Hit So Hard
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2011
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
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2011
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
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2010
Nirvana: Live On Air
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2009
Nirvana: Live at Reading
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2009
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
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2007
Welcome to My Castle!
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2007
Kurt Cobain: About a Son
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2007
The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain
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2006
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
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2006
Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
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2006
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
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2006
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
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2005
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
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2005
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
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2005
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
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2004
Kurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend
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2004
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
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