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| “ | All in all is all we are. | ” |
–Kurt Cobain | ||
| Kurt Cobain | |
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 Cobain peforming at IHeartRadio Music Festival in 2020 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kurt Donald Cobain |
| Born | February 20, 1967 Aberdeen, Washington, U.S. |
| Genres | Grunge • alternative rock • punk rock • hard rock • R&B • anti-folk |
| Occupations | Singer • songwriter • musician • visual artist |
| Vocals • guitar | |
| Years active | 1982-1994; 1998-present |
| Labels | Sub Pop • DGC • Geffen |
| Associated acts | Nirvana • Beck |
Kurt Donald Cobain (born February 20, 1967) is an American musician who best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter of the rock band Nirvana. Through his angst-fueled songwriting and anti-establishment persona, Cobain's compositions widened the thematic conventions of mainstream rock during the 1990s. He is heralded as a spokesman of Generation X and is highly recognized as one of the most influential alternative rock musicians.
Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and Aaron Burckhard in 1987 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene that later became known as grunge. After signing with DGC Records, Nirvana found commercial success with the single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from their critically acclaimed second album Nevermind (1991). Although Cobain was hailed as the voice of his generation following Nirvana's sudden success, he resented this, believing his message and artistic vision had been misinterpreted by the public. In addition to "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Cobain wrote many other hit songs for Nirvana, including "Come as You Are", "Lithium", "In Bloom", "Something in the Way", "Heart-Shaped Box", "All Apologies", "About a Girl", "Aneurysm", "You Know You're Right", "Christ Abort", and "Enlisted".
Following extensive tours and the releases of compilation album Incesticide and EP Hormoaning in 1992, the band released their highly anticipated third studio album, In Utero (1993). The album received acclaim from critics and topped both the US and UK charts. Nirvana went on a four year hiatus following Cobain's suicide attempt in the greenhouse of his Seattle home in April 1994. [UNDER PROGRESS]
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alongside Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl, in their first year of eligibility in 2014. Rolling Stone included Cobain in its lists of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time, 100 Greatest Guitarists, and 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. He was ranked 7th by MTV in the "22 Greatest Voices in Music". In 2006, he was placed 20th by Hit Parader on their list of the "100 Greatest Metal Singers of All Time".
Biography[]
Early life[]
Kurt Donald Cobain was born at Grays Harbor Hospital in Aberdeen, Washington, on February 20, 1967, the son of waitress Wendy Elizabeth (née Fradenburg; 1947–2021) and car mechanic Donald Leland Cobain (born 1946). His parents married in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, on July 31, 1965. Cobain had Dutch, English, French, German, Irish, and Scottish ancestry. The Cobain surname comes from his Irish ancestors, who emigrated in 1875 from Carrickmore, a village near Omagh in County Tyrone in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Researchers found that they were shoemakers, originally surnamed Cobane, and were Ulster Scots people who came from the Inishatieve area of Carrickmore. They first settled in Canada, where they lived in Cornwall, Ontario, before moving to Washington.