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Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain

Birthday: 1967-02-20 | Place of Birth: 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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kurt Cobain, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2015
Soaked in Bleach

as    Himself

2015
Cobain: Montage of Heck

as    Self (archive footage/voice)

2012
Hit So Hard

as    Self (archive footage)

2011
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount

as    Himself - Vocals, Guitar

2009
Nirvana: Live at Reading

as    Vocals, Guitar

2007
Kurt Cobain: About a Son

as    Self

1998
Kurt & Courtney

as    Himself (archive footage)

1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

as    Self - Vocals, Guitar

1993
Nirvana: Live And Loud

as    Himself - Vocals, Guitar

1993
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York

as    Self - Vocals, Guitar

1992
1991: The Year Punk Broke

as    Self

1991
Nirvana Live at the Paradiso

as    himself