Kurt

Kurt Cobain by Nara Ríos

  • Born

    Born
    He was born on February 20, 1967 in en Washington.
  • Kimberly

    Kimberly
    On April 24, 1970, her little sister named Kimberly was born.
  • When he started to inspire you with music

    When he started to inspire you with music
    At just six years old, he began to play some songs by ear on the piano and to tear apart his aunt's guitar.
  • Her live changed

    Her live changed
    According to his parents, Cobain's life changed dramatically at age nine due to his divorce. In an interview in 1993, Cobain said: «I remember feeling sorry, sad for my parents. I was ashamed to compare myself to my friends at school, because I longed to belong to that kind of classic family, to a typical family. I wanted that security. I hated my parents for years for that reason. After a year living with his mother after the divorce, Cobain moved to Montesano to live with his father.
  • First contact with drugs

    First contact with drugs
    Cobain had his first contact with drugs in the late 1980s, starting to use marijuana at the age of thirteen.
  • Problems

    Problems
    During adolescence he was bullied by his schoolmates and on the street for being a friend of a gay boy.
  • Nirvana

    Nirvana
    He formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in his hometown in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, with his album Bleach released by the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. Following Nevermind's success, Nirvana was labeled "the main band" of Generation X. Cobain, however, was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing that his message and artistic vision had been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal problems often receiving media attention.
  • Illiteracy Will Prevail

    Illiteracy Will Prevail
    This album was the first one he made, in the group Fecal Matter, which was also created by him.
    The album contains these songs."Sound of Dentage» 3:22
    «Bambi Slaughter» 3:20
    «Laminated Effect» 2:10
    «Spank Thru» 3:45
    «Class of '86» 3:54
    «Blathers Log» 2:33
    «Instramental» 1:41
  • Bleach

    Bleach
    It was the second album of his life but the first in the group of nirvana and is made up of the following songs:
    «Blew» 2:55
    «Floyd the Barber» 2:17
    «About a Girl» 2:48
    «School» 2:42
    «Love Buzz» (Robbie van Leeuwen) 3:35
    «Paper Cuts» 4:05
    «Negative Creep» 2:55
    «Scoff» 4:10
    «Swap Meet» 3:02
    «Mr. Moustache» 3:24
    «Sifting» 5:22
  • Her love

    Her love
    They had met at a L7 and Butthole Surfers concert. In the following weeks, after hearing from Grohl that she and Cobain shared mutual feelings, Courtney Michelle Love began to search for him frequently. After weeks of meetings and conversations, in the fall of 1991, the two were seen together more frequently.
  • Nevermind

    Nevermind
    It was the third album of his life but the second in the group of nirvana and it is composed by the following songs:
    «Smells Like Teen Spirit»5:01
    «In Bloom»4:14
    «Come as You Are»3:39
    «Breed»3:03
    «Lithium» 4:17
    «Polly» 2:57
    «Territorial Pissings»2:22
    «Drain You»3:43
    «Lounge Act»2:36
    «Stay Away»3:32
    «On a Plain»3:16
    «Something in the Way» 3:52
    «Endless, Nameless»6:44
  • The pregnancy of Love

    The pregnancy of Love
    Around the time of Nirvana's performance on Saturday Night Live (early 1992) Love discovered she was pregnant.
  • Last years of his life

    Last years of his life
    During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with depression, illness, and heroin addiction. He also had difficulty coping with his fame and public image, the professional and personal pressures on his life and on his wife, singer-songwriter Courtney Love.
  • Her wife

    Her wife
    On Monday, February 24, 1992, Cobain married Love on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii.
  • Her daught

    Her daught
    On August 18, 1992, Frances Bean Cobain was born, her daughter
  • Problems from her daught

    Problems from her daught
    The Los Angeles County Department of Children's Services brought the Cobains to court, alleging that the couple's use of drugs determined that they were not fit. The judge ordered Frances separated from her parents and placed her in the custody of Courtney's sister Jamie when the girl was two weeks old. From months of legal disputes, the couple finally obtained full custody of their daughter.
  • Incesticide

    Incesticide
    It was the fourth album of his life but the third in the group of nirvana and is made up of the following songs:
    «Dive» - 3:54
    «Sliver» - 2:16
    «Stain» - 2:40
    «Been a Son» - 1:55
    «Turnaround» (Devo) - 2:19
    «Molly's Lips» (The Vaselines) - 1:54
    «Son of a Gun» (The Vaselines) - 2:48
    «(New Wave) Polly» - 1:47
    «Beeswax» - 2:50
    «Downer» - 1:43
    «Mexican Seafood» - 1:55
    «Hairspray Queen» - 4:13
    «Aero Zeppelin» - 4:41
    «Big Long Now» - 5:03
    «Aneurysm» - 4:35
  • Heroin

    Heroin
    Before a presentation at the New Music Seminar in New York City in May 1993, Cobain suffered a heroin overdose. Instead of calling an ambulance, Love injected him with naloxone - illegally obtained - to bring him out of unconsciousness. A few hours later, Cobain played with Nirvana one of the most memorable concerts of the year. The public did not notice that something strange had happened.
  • In Uter

    In Uter
    It was the fifth album of his life but the fourth in the group of nirvana and is made up of the following songs:
    «Serve the Servants» – 3:36
    «Scentless Apprentice» (Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic) – 3:48
    «Heart-Shaped Box» – 4:41
    «Rape Me» – 2:50
    «Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle» – 4:09
    «Dumb» – 2:32
    «Very Ape» – 1:56
    «Milk It» – 3:55
    «Pennyroyal Tea» – 3:37
    «Radio Friendly Unit Shifter» – 4:51
    «tourette's» – 1:35
    «All Apologies» – 3:51
  • Dead

    Dead
    He died of suicide on April 5, 1994, at the age of 27 in Seattle, Washington, United States.
  • MTV Unplugged in New York

    MTV Unplugged in New York
    It is the first live album by the American rock band Nirvana and is made up of the following songs:
    «About a Girl» — 3:37
    «Come as You Are» — 4:13
    «Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam» - 4:37
    «The Man Who Sold the World» - 4:20
    «Pennyroyal Tea» — 3:40
    «Dumb» — 2:52
    «Polly» — 3:16
    «On a Plain» — 3:44
    «Something in the Way» — 4:01
    «Plateau»— 3:38
    «Oh Me» — 3:26
    «Lake of Fire» — 2:55
    «All Apologies» — 4:23
    «Where Did You Sleep Last Night» — 5:08
  • Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

    Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
    It is a VHS video of the grunge band Nirvana, it is made up of the following songs:
    «Aneurysm»
    «About a Girl»
    «Dive»
    «Love Buzz»
    «Breed»
    «Smells Like Teen Spirit»
    «Negative Creep»
    «Come as You Are»
    «Territorial Pissings»
    «Something in the Way»
    «Lithium»
    «Drain You»
    «Polly»
    «Sliver»
    «On a Plain»
    Fragments of «Endless, Nameless»