It has been long, since I have played with words, or perhaps even touched them. And then I felt the urge to start over fresh, completely new. And while thinking of what I should write, it just dawned upon me that if its all about new beginning, then I should perhaps concentrate on some one who would help me keep this new found Lighting glowing till long. And it was then I decided,, Its was going to be sir KURT DONALD COBAIN.
People who don’t love him definitely hate him, for sure. Rather during his times and even later, for those who didn’t like him, he was more of a drug addict, a Bad icon or idol or example for the youth. For them his music was fake, annoying, untrue, a lie and that too they had to make themselves believe that it was all of them for the sole reason that they couldn’t see him grow right in front of their eyes, a simple normal boy, with some extraordinary capabilities. And for those who loved him, he was the one who filled them with teen spirit, and made them happy cause he showed them in their head who their friends was.
Rebellious , is what his childhood can be best explained as, but that wasn’t his faulty exactly. The bitter divorce of his parents, and then the custody fight, left him torn during teen age , and it always had a lasting effect on his life. Perhaps it were one of the most significant events that eventually made what he was out of him, how ever good or bad.
As far as the artist inside him was concerned, Cobain was born with all of them. Apart from being the song writer, musician and singer he was, he painted too ,not the conventional way though, typical him. And not the conventional way as in, he sometimes used his sweat in case he couldn’t find anything else to use up in his creations.
Beatles were the first, and most probably the biggest musical influence he had while growing up and it was so long lasting that it remained until the day he passed away, John Lennon being his idol as he had confessed in an interview after his MTV unplugged concert in 1994. Growing up in small town in of Seattle, Cobain became frequent at all of the music joints of the so called YOUNG , Melvin’s being one, he met Krist Novoselic who would later become with him the core member of ‘Nirvana’, although he had to persuade him much for it. Dropping out of school was never going to be easy for him. Being thrown out of the house too , he would spend nights on streets and turn up at any of his friends’ for staying up. Life never was soft on him, Too cruel to be precise.
Nirvana was formed during the late 1980’s with he as the lead guitarist/ vocalist and Krist Novoselic as the bassist. The band’s first official release was the album Bleach which was released in 1989.
Kurt had been too emotional all through in his life. His own life being a plot for most of his songs. Love life, broken relationships, homelessness. Every thing!!!.
When he broke up with his first girl friend, Tracy Marander, he was so drained by the feeling that he ended up writing 40 songs about her, ‘About a girl’ being one. It was that emotion that made a great song writer out of Cobain. As they say, there’s no great teacher than life itself.
Nirvana’s breakthrough album was Nevermind, which featured Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Gorhl as the drummist who then was with them until the end. The track Smells like teen Spirit featured on many of the charts, and this was the jump start they needed. Then came the inflow of shows and offers to not only them, but to all big and small bands who had their roots in Seattle, He was the sole responsible person for creating the whole Seattle rock scene.
Nevermind’s success even brought in to light the band’s first album Bleach into the lime light and then the band’s popularity stared kicking in. Often much was said about the music they created, Nirvana had created all together a new kind of sound, which was called grunge, much like alternate rock, but then it was not alternate rock, Cobain once said about his music ; “I was looking for something a lot heavier, yet melodic at the same time. Something different from heavy metal, a different attitude.”
Different Attitude,. Definitely Cobain .
As he had fans and admirers, he had people, against him. His song writing was often criticized , and all together a new message was always interpreted from his lyrical efforts. Also he was a great supporter of homosexuality, He was once Quoted saying ,”I fell proud about being a gay, though I am not one”. And as far as his critics were concerned he had let his songs do all the talking. Rape me, was one such talking he did.
Drug addiction is what most of the people consider the main reason of his downfall. But most of the people don’t know why he took them initially before it became an addiction. He had a chronic stomach condition, which all the doctors he went couldn’t diagnose. "It started with three days in a row of doing heroin and I don't have a stomach pain. That was such a relief,”. But then it became a great addiction, which he couldn’t handle. He started to turn up completely High at the concerts and that had started to raise an alarm among his fellow mates.
Marriage was more of an accident in his life. The courtship of Courtney Love was just a few months old when the couple found out that she was pregnant. They got married in the winter of 1992 and had a daughter the following august.
Nirvana’s last official gig was at MTV’s Unplugged concert in 1993, where he played his heart out. Most people claim that was the best of Kurt Cobain where he played a few songs he never did before, and even got few of the people he admired to play with him. That was the last High the band saw together.
An intervention at home along with family and friends was how Cobainw as convinced to join a rehab center at Los Angeles , Califonia. But that was after much compulsion and persuasion by the people involved. But he just spent a day there. The night he was admitted, he jumped over the fence and returned back home to Seattle. He wandered for a few days around in the town.
Few days later on April 8, Cobain was found at his home in Lake Washington, DEAD, . He had shot himself with a Shotgun and left a note. That was his 2nd attempt for a suicide, and turned out he was successful. But he did start a legacy, that is still going on. Nirvana’s music is still liked, perhaps more than during the times the band even existed. And even in death, he wanted to add his tinge of distinctiveness. He died as a member of the 27 club, along with the likes of him.
R.I.P. Cobain. Thank you for coming to the world.
As I said, I wanted to get back to writing, but was always wondering how would I start afresh, then I realized, nothings better that the man whom I admire the most. And that’s how I ended up paying a tribute to the best in the trade as far as I am concerned . \m/
People who don’t love him definitely hate him, for sure. Rather during his times and even later, for those who didn’t like him, he was more of a drug addict, a Bad icon or idol or example for the youth. For them his music was fake, annoying, untrue, a lie and that too they had to make themselves believe that it was all of them for the sole reason that they couldn’t see him grow right in front of their eyes, a simple normal boy, with some extraordinary capabilities. And for those who loved him, he was the one who filled them with teen spirit, and made them happy cause he showed them in their head who their friends was.
Rebellious , is what his childhood can be best explained as, but that wasn’t his faulty exactly. The bitter divorce of his parents, and then the custody fight, left him torn during teen age , and it always had a lasting effect on his life. Perhaps it were one of the most significant events that eventually made what he was out of him, how ever good or bad.
As far as the artist inside him was concerned, Cobain was born with all of them. Apart from being the song writer, musician and singer he was, he painted too ,not the conventional way though, typical him. And not the conventional way as in, he sometimes used his sweat in case he couldn’t find anything else to use up in his creations.
Beatles were the first, and most probably the biggest musical influence he had while growing up and it was so long lasting that it remained until the day he passed away, John Lennon being his idol as he had confessed in an interview after his MTV unplugged concert in 1994. Growing up in small town in of Seattle, Cobain became frequent at all of the music joints of the so called YOUNG , Melvin’s being one, he met Krist Novoselic who would later become with him the core member of ‘Nirvana’, although he had to persuade him much for it. Dropping out of school was never going to be easy for him. Being thrown out of the house too , he would spend nights on streets and turn up at any of his friends’ for staying up. Life never was soft on him, Too cruel to be precise.
Nirvana was formed during the late 1980’s with he as the lead guitarist/ vocalist and Krist Novoselic as the bassist. The band’s first official release was the album Bleach which was released in 1989.
Kurt had been too emotional all through in his life. His own life being a plot for most of his songs. Love life, broken relationships, homelessness. Every thing!!!.
When he broke up with his first girl friend, Tracy Marander, he was so drained by the feeling that he ended up writing 40 songs about her, ‘About a girl’ being one. It was that emotion that made a great song writer out of Cobain. As they say, there’s no great teacher than life itself.
Nirvana’s breakthrough album was Nevermind, which featured Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Gorhl as the drummist who then was with them until the end. The track Smells like teen Spirit featured on many of the charts, and this was the jump start they needed. Then came the inflow of shows and offers to not only them, but to all big and small bands who had their roots in Seattle, He was the sole responsible person for creating the whole Seattle rock scene.
Nevermind’s success even brought in to light the band’s first album Bleach into the lime light and then the band’s popularity stared kicking in. Often much was said about the music they created, Nirvana had created all together a new kind of sound, which was called grunge, much like alternate rock, but then it was not alternate rock, Cobain once said about his music ; “I was looking for something a lot heavier, yet melodic at the same time. Something different from heavy metal, a different attitude.”
Different Attitude,. Definitely Cobain .
As he had fans and admirers, he had people, against him. His song writing was often criticized , and all together a new message was always interpreted from his lyrical efforts. Also he was a great supporter of homosexuality, He was once Quoted saying ,”I fell proud about being a gay, though I am not one”. And as far as his critics were concerned he had let his songs do all the talking. Rape me, was one such talking he did.
Drug addiction is what most of the people consider the main reason of his downfall. But most of the people don’t know why he took them initially before it became an addiction. He had a chronic stomach condition, which all the doctors he went couldn’t diagnose. "It started with three days in a row of doing heroin and I don't have a stomach pain. That was such a relief,”. But then it became a great addiction, which he couldn’t handle. He started to turn up completely High at the concerts and that had started to raise an alarm among his fellow mates.
Marriage was more of an accident in his life. The courtship of Courtney Love was just a few months old when the couple found out that she was pregnant. They got married in the winter of 1992 and had a daughter the following august.
Nirvana’s last official gig was at MTV’s Unplugged concert in 1993, where he played his heart out. Most people claim that was the best of Kurt Cobain where he played a few songs he never did before, and even got few of the people he admired to play with him. That was the last High the band saw together.
An intervention at home along with family and friends was how Cobainw as convinced to join a rehab center at Los Angeles , Califonia. But that was after much compulsion and persuasion by the people involved. But he just spent a day there. The night he was admitted, he jumped over the fence and returned back home to Seattle. He wandered for a few days around in the town.
Few days later on April 8, Cobain was found at his home in Lake Washington, DEAD, . He had shot himself with a Shotgun and left a note. That was his 2nd attempt for a suicide, and turned out he was successful. But he did start a legacy, that is still going on. Nirvana’s music is still liked, perhaps more than during the times the band even existed. And even in death, he wanted to add his tinge of distinctiveness. He died as a member of the 27 club, along with the likes of him.
R.I.P. Cobain. Thank you for coming to the world.
As I said, I wanted to get back to writing, but was always wondering how would I start afresh, then I realized, nothings better that the man whom I admire the most. And that’s how I ended up paying a tribute to the best in the trade as far as I am concerned . \m/
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