Thursday, 16 September 2010

Kurt Cobain

My last artist is another influence for the guitar and is a hero, many know him because of his music, my last artist is Kurt Cobain.

And last but not least, Kurt Donald Cobain, born on the 20th of February 1967 in Aberdeen, Washington. When he was a young boy Kurt was known as a happy while sensitive and caring child and his artistic side began to show at a very early age alongside with his music side. At the age of eight Kurt's parents divorced, he became defiant and withdrawn from the divorce, in his teenage years Kurt was very rebellious against his family, Kurt dropped out of school during his Sophomore year because he did not have enough credit to graduate, his family gave him a choice, get employed or leave, a week later he came home to find his mother packed his stuff into boxes forcing him to move into his friends apartment before finding his own. But in 1985 it all changed when Kurt and Krist Novoselic formed Nirvana, they finally found Dave Grohl to play on drums, making their second album 'Nevermind' a chart topper including the number one song 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', Nirvana was climbing their way to success. In 1990 Kurt met Courtney Love in a nightclub in Portland both of them shared their love for music, however Kurt kept cutting off the phone calls Courtney made to him and ignored her advances because he didnt know if he wanted a relationship. In the Autum of 1991 Kurt and Courtney were bonded through drug use and often together most of their time. 1992 Kurt found out Courtney was pregnant with his child and the couple married on the 24th February 1992 at Waikiki Beach in Hawaii. After Frances Bean Cobain was born Kurt got taken to court by the child services because of his drug problem, Frances was given to Jamie, Kurt's sister untill the couple gained custody. During his final years, Kurt was a herion addict he suffered from depression and illness he was much worse than when we started as he stopped eating, leaving Courtney to look after him and Frances, and soon enough it got the best of him along with the pressure from the media, on April 8th 1994 Kurt was found in his home in Seattle from an inflicted shotgun wound to the head. Leaving Courtney with Frances, most media say there was a note left for Frances saying she would be better off without him, but no proof of this note has been found, Kurt is still very known around the world and almost every band is influenced by Nirvana such as David Grohl who fronts Foo Fighters keeps the fans of Nirvana with him. Most of Kurt's music is still played all over the world on radio stations such as Kerrang! and posters of the beloved idol are still handed out through magazines. Nirvana was one of the top bands of the 80's and 90's, he is still now in the hall of fame in the Kerrang! awards alongside many other idols and heroes of the generations of the past and present.

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