Kurt Cobain's Life

     Kurt didn’t drink alcohol and he didn’t use Rohypnol also known as “roofies, the date rape drug”. On March 4, 1994 he was in Rome and on the verge of leaving Courtney and the Tour his band was on he was suddenly hospitalized with these substances in his system. Mike DeWitt “Cobain’s male nanny” and Courtney were also in his hotel room. Kurt survived and brought the fact it wasn’t a suicide attempt. Dr. Galetta who treated him agreed it was an accident. Courtney had a prescription to Rohypnol. When abused they cause amnesia so Kurt didn’t remember the whole ordeal.

The most famous drug used was LSD. This drug is a form of acid known for its psychological effects. The people involved with this drug had different reactions. Some were inspired by it and others became terrified of it. There were several victims that were put on LSD. Ken Kesey was one of them; he was still a graduate student at Stanford University when he was out on LSD. Kesey was known as an outstanding athlete and an intelligent young man. He had never been the type of person to do drugs. He had no belief that this project was run but the CIA, until later on, he found out what the project was really about. (Wolfe Par.

Kurt Donald Cobain was born February 20th, 1967 in Aberdeen, Washington. Son of Wendy Elizabeth and Donald Leland Cobain, Cobain was born in Grays Harbor Hospital. Ever since Kurt was a young boy, he has always had an interest in music as he started singing at 2 years old. At age four, he was writing songs, singing, and playing the piano. He was also listening to rock and roll at this age such as “The Beatles” or “The Ramones”. Cobain’s parents divorced at the age of nine and both of the adults remarried shortly after. Kurt has said in interviews that this had a very dramatic effect on him, even going as far as changing his personality. He had always dreamed of that perfect family, and since his parents decision stopped that from happening - he held a grudge.

Kurt Cobain was the singer and guitarist for Nirvana. He was born in Hoquiam (population 9,000) and after six months of life moved to Aberdeen (pop. 16,500), an old lumber town at the eastern-most point of Grays Harbor. The town is about four miles wide and three miles long. On the northern and eastern sides of town are steep hills where the richer families live in Victorian-style houses. At the foot of the

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Kurt Cobain was the lead singer of the Seattle based grunge rock band Nirvana. As Nirvana's lead songwriter, guitarist, and singer, Cobain took the music industry by surprise and is considered the godfather of the grunge rock movement. Cobain and his band had a prevalent influence on young teenagers of the 1990s and were considered idols by numerous individuals. Nirvana took the popular music industry by storm when they were able to revamp the genre of grunge rock and cause a dramatic shift in music, away from the dominant genres of the 1980s. The success of Kurt Cobain was overshadowed by numerous of his psychological problems including drug addiction, his unstable marriage to music celebrity Courtney Love, and constant pressure from the

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The group lived out the heavy metal lifestyle to the max. From getting addicted to drugs, to the different unthinkable mishaps these guys did it all. Yet, most of the off stage activities were turned into album and song titles for the band. Vince Neil, the lead vocalist, ran into many complications with alcohol, but one of the most memorable was when he was accused of vehicular manslaughter. Neil was driving while intoxicated when he got into a head on car accident and killed the passenger in the car. Nicholas Dingley is the man who got killed, and the album Theater of Pain, was dedicated to him in remembrance of his life. Another incident with drugs involved Nikki Sixx, who suffered with a heroin addiction for over a year. The last time he used heroin he overdosed, and according to the first responders they declared him dead on the scene. However, the paramedic who showed up on the scene was a Motley Crue fan, so he did everything he could and ended up giving him an injection and revived Sixx. From this situation, the song Kickstart My Heart came about. Even with all these activities, the band used them to benefit the popularity of the

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It could be anybody. Deon was addicted to heroin and had this to say on his experience: “Just after I'd shoot up, I'd get an amazing rush. I'd be on top of the world. Once the high really set in, my mind would get slow and fuzzy. It'd feel like I was sinking into the floor...I got hooked quick. After a while, I needed heroin just to get by. Too long without a fix, and…I can't even describe it. It's like I was dying in every awful way you could think of, all at once” (Deon’s Interview). Heroin has become a very popular and deadly drug today, affecting the lives of many. What many people don’t realize is the long history and development of heroin, the impact of heroin on society, and the influence of heroin in our culture today.

Kurt had a very connecting relationship with his fans, through his music, a task that not many artists do today with their music. Even though Kurt was a “heroin user who suffered from depression, Cobain’s suicide note mourned his emotional distance from his fans, even as he connected with them in a way few stars had before” (Frizell 49). After his death he is still emotionally connecting with his fans through his work, and many people still talk about how great he was. Many people to this day debate on if he actually committed suicide, or if he was murdered by his wife. Lots of the articles over his death say that “Kurt Cobain committed suicide at the age of 27, he was found dead in his Seattle home” (Frizell 49).

Exodus Recovery Center for drug detox and rehab, Kurt Cobain climbed a six-foot fence to escape the center, then boarded a plane and flew to Seattle on March 31, 1994 (Cobain). Kurt seemingly went off the radar without his wife, Courtney Love, knowing of his whereabouts leading her to hire a private detective (Cobain). The search for the twenty-seven-year-old Nirvana leader turned up empty until April 8 when an electrician installing a security system in Cobain’s home found Kurt’s lifeless body (Cobain). The electrician and police found a shotgun lying on his chest along with a suicide note placed in a flowerpot nearby, the same note printed on a tween’s shirt for the sake of “edgy” fashion. On April 10, more than 7,000 mourners gathered in Seattle for a public vigil where Courtney Love and Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic read aloud portions of his heartbreaking note. The frontman of the iconic band concluded his final goodbye to the public, his band, and his family by declaring “I don’t have the passion anymore, and so remember, it’s better to burn out than to fade away.”(Cobain). Kurt had struggled with depression and addiction for years, but in this final goodbye, he seemingly saw his suicide as a way to finally control his life, his

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cause of his death was cardiac arrhythmia. At this time he was still on tour and recording but his

As a child, Cobain’s main influence was Evel Knievel, and he was determined to be reckless and fearless like his hero. As Cobain grew older, however, his influences became primarily musical, and included Neil Young, nicknamed the “Godfather of Grunge,” the Beatles, and various alternative bands (DeRogatis, para. 8). His major accomplishments were his recordings, as Cobain was known as a lyricist more than a musician, despite his short-lived career.