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    "Kurt Cobain was born on February 20th, 1967, in Hoquiam, Washington. He grew up in the small logging community of Aberdeen. His father, Donald, was a mechanic and his mother, Wendy, was a waitress and a housewife." At an early age, he started showing a big interest in music. "At four, Cobain began playing piano and singing, he then wrote a song about taking a trip to the local park, he then gravitated to classic rock." (1) When he was eight, his parents divorced, he lived with his dad, on weekends

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    Kurt Cobain; one of the most famous and influential musicians in the history of rock and roll - more specifically, Grunge. Being a member of Nirvana, the most prominent band in the history of the genre isn’t the only accomplishment of the late, great musician though as he also won many awards. Kurt Cobain had an interesting upbringing, successful musical career, and a life that ended with a sudden death. Kurt Donald Cobain was born February 20th, 1967 in Aberdeen, Washington. Son of Wendy Elizabeth

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    ‘Is It Possible To Accurately Represent Reality In Film?’ “...It matters very little what the facts are; what matters is what people believe. And when it comes to Cobain, most of what they believe is fabricated nonsense.” -Buzz Osborne, Melvins Documentaries are often assumed to be credible and filled with factual information; they do, after all, document reality. This is not always the case though. There are many factors that determine the reliability of documentaries: the editing, the director’s

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    INTRODUCTION “Everybody loves you when you’re six feet in the ground,” was once said by John Lennon. “The finest day I ever had was when tomorrow never came,” - Kurt. Though they died in the midst of their career, John Lennon and Kurt Cobain amazed people with their successes, obstacles, music. John Winston Lennon was born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, England (“John” 1). At the time, World War II was going on (Burlingame, John Lennon: Imagine 14). His parents, Alfred “Alf” Lennon and Julia

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    Nirvana Research Paper

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    subject that Kurt Cobain was passionate about was ‘women’s issues’ which included rape and sexual assault. The first attempt to drawl attention to the topic was 1991 “Polly”. According to “The Story Behind ‘Polly’ Nirvana”, Kurt Cobain wrote the song after reading the newspaper about a 14-year-old girl that went missing after a rock concert. Gerald Friend kidnapped, raped and tortured the girl, she escaped and he was arrested. The song met criticism for ‘mainstreaming the events of

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    Even though he didn't talk to Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic, and even though he had the chance to, he still got to audition for Nirvana's new drummer, through the lead singer of the band that was friends with Nirvana. Also when he auditioned for them, both Krist Novoselic and Kurt Cobain knew that he would be perfect for their band as a drummer. According to the book "Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana"

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    popularity of the Beatles, Nirvana’s group members became inspired by their music and decided a career in the music industry is what they wanted. Nirvana’s drummer Dave Grohl states that front man Kurt Cobain loved the Beatles because it was simple and were a huge influence to the band (“Dave Grohl:). Kurt Cobain’s first musical experience was the Beatles. His aunt would give him Beatles records to listen to and his admiration grew for the group (Savage Jon). Grohl explained that growing up listening

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    Kurt Donald Cobain was born on February 20th, 1967 and died on April 5th, 1994. In his lifetime, he gave a voice to many young people who didn’t think they had one, contributed most to the popularization of the Grunge genre, and had a lasting impact on the music industry. Known as the “spokesman for a broken generation”, he was looked up to by many young people around the world. It was him that sparked the wave of many underground, local or well-known grunge bands all across America and Europe that

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    transcendentalist from the last century. Around the late 1980’s music only had one sound, It was either pop or soft rock. A man with a booming sound out of Seattle , Washington soon prevailed and changed the music genre with the sound of Grunge, Kurt Cobain with him long hair and sound took the word by earth from people who felt like they weren’t accepted in anyway, he let his light shine down on the people when they couldn’t find the words to explain themselves and let their

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    Cobain And Nirvana

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    Kurt Cobain and Nirvana Nirvana was a band started by Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic in the early 90’s. They’d released several albums before April 5, 1994, when Kurt Cobain supposedly took his own life. Nirvana was very popular during its time, but of course, Kurt had a life before he met Krist and before Nirvana was born. There was also a lot the band had done together before the date of April 5, when Nirvana had to end. Kurt Cobain did a lot before he started Nirvana. “As a child, Kurt Cobain

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