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| + | Cobain struggled to reconcile the massive success of Nirvana with his underground roots. He also felt persecuted by the media, comparing himself to Frances Farmer. Then he harbored resentment for people who claimed to be fans of the band but who completely missed the band's politics. | ||
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| + | A vocal opponent of sexism and homophobia, Cobain was publicly proud that Nirvana had played at a gay rights benefit supporting No-on-Nine in Oregon in 1992 and had been involved in Rock for Choice from the campaign inception by L7. The liner notes from Incesticide declared "if any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us-leave us the fuck alone! Don't come to our shows and don't buy our records". An article from his posthumously released Journals declares that social liberation could be made possible only through the eradication of sexism. | ||
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Introduction
Kurt Cobain was an american singer & guitarist who became famous with his grunge band Nirvana, which sold over fifty million albums worldwide and changed the music scene of the nineties along with other grunge formations such as Soundgarden & Pearl Jam.
Early days
Kurt Donald Cobain was born on the 20th of February 1967 in Hoquaim, near Seattle but his family soon moved to Aberdeen, Washington. His parent's divorce at the early age of seven had a severe influence over his life, making him feel angry and anti-social, which later reflected in some of his best songs.
His uncle gave him a guitar for his 14th birthday, and he started to learn songs & make his own. His early influences were the Sex Pistols & Joy Division.
After moving between several locations & relatives his high school life didn't get any better, he didn't graduate and eventually had to leave home to get a life. At this point he had already got interested and attended several punk rock concerts around the area.
During these years he met bassist Krist Novoselic, who was also interested in punk. Cobain eventually shared with him some of his own tracks, and they started to play together. That should become the beginning of Nirvana.
Nirvana
Cobain & Novoselic went through different drummers before settling on Chad Channing and releasing their first album "Bleach" as Nirvana with the independent label Sub Pop in 1989, which became famous in the college radio stations around the US.
The band wasn't happy with Chad though, so they changed to drummer Dave Grohl, with whom they released their best known album, "Nevermind", this time signing with a major label, DGC Records, with the help of producer Butch Vig.
Cobain struggled to reconcile the massive success of Nirvana with his underground roots. He also felt persecuted by the media, comparing himself to Frances Farmer. Then he harbored resentment for people who claimed to be fans of the band but who completely missed the band's politics.
A vocal opponent of sexism and homophobia, Cobain was publicly proud that Nirvana had played at a gay rights benefit supporting No-on-Nine in Oregon in 1992 and had been involved in Rock for Choice from the campaign inception by L7. The liner notes from Incesticide declared "if any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us-leave us the fuck alone! Don't come to our shows and don't buy our records". An article from his posthumously released Journals declares that social liberation could be made possible only through the eradication of sexism.
