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Kurt Donald Cobain was born on February 20th, 1967 to Donald and Wendy Cobain. Kurt was born in the small city of Hoquiam, Washington. A little while later, the Cobains moved to Aberdeen, Washington, a small, redneck, depressing logging town. Kurt used to love to listen to his aunt Mary's Beatles records (they were his favorite band). He had a good childhood until he was about 8 years old. His doctor prescribed him Ritelin, because the doctor though he was hyperactive. This medacine kept him up all night. At this time, feud was starting between Donald and Wendy. They would be arguing and yelling at each other all night while Kurt sat in his room listening to them. He started to hate his parents. He wrote a poem on his that said the following:
"I hate Mom. I hate Dad. Dad hates Mom. Mom hates Dad. It simply wants to make you be so sad."
His parents eventually divorced and both remarried. Wendy married a man named Pat 'O Connor (who she also later divorced because he was abusive). Kurt did not want his father to remarry and his father promised him so, but did it anyways (what a horrible father...).
He lived in different places, such as his grandparents place, his mothers, or his fathers. One time, he was at his mother's house and she was having a party. She was drunk and Kurt couldn't tolerate her. She yelled at him and told him to get out. Kurt was now homeless and lived under a bridge (Something In The Way). Later, he moved in with his good friend, Jesse Reed for a while. He would sleep on their couch and jam with Jesse. At this time, he met Krist at Aberdeen High. They would jam together with Krist on gutar and Kurt on drums.
Kurt later then formed a band with Krist and Aaron Burckhard (from the Melvins). They went under numerous names, such as Brown Cow (a mistake, the real name is mostly unknown) Fecal Matter, and The Sellouts. Their first gig was on Saturday, March 7th, 1987 in Raymond, Washington at 17 Nussbaum Road. Their second gig was on a radio show called "Boy Meets Girl" on Friday, April 17th 1987 in Olympia, Washington. These two shows are availible on a bootleg CD called First Live Show.
In summer 1989, after going under numerous names, Kurt came up with the final name for the band. Nirvana. He would watch a program on TV about budddhism and was fascinated by it and Nirvana. At this time, Nirvana had a record deal with Sub Pop. They got their first real durmmer, Chad Channing, after numerous drummers. After they finished recording everything at Sub Pop, they owed the company $600. They were unable to pay off this debt. This is where Jason Everman comes in. He says he will pay the $600 if he gets credit as a guitarist on Bleach (even though he didn't record anything with them). If you have a copy of Bleach, take a look at the liner notes and you will see Jason's name. At this time, Kurt has his first real serious relationship with a girl named Tracy Marander (whom About A Girl is about).
Nirvana started to go on tour with there new second guitarist, Jason Everman, who Kurt did not particularly like. After the touring, Kurt finally fired Jason. Since Kurt was always on tours, he and Tracy decided they should break up.
In 1990, Nirvana started to record their new album. This year, Kurt had to fire Chad Channing, because he was not a good enough drummer. Kurt put an ad in the newspaper, that a band needed a drummer. A guy named Dave Grohl tried out and got the part as the famous Nirvana drummer. Nirvana recorded a couple songs at Sub Pop, such as Imodium, In Bloom, and Pay To Play. Nirvana didn't like Sub Pop and decided to find a new record company. They eventually chode Geffen Records, and signed up with the sector of the company called DGC (David Geffen Company) which they joked and called Dumping Ground Company because it was a piece of crap. They rerecorded some of their songs and changed the lyrics. They also recorded my favorite Nirvana song, Aneurysm, and the song that did it all, Smells Like Teen Spirit. Kurt got the name from his new girl friend, Tobi Vail, of the band Bikini Kill, and a part of the Grrrl Riot movement, because her friend spray painted on the wall, "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" because Tobi used Teen Spirit deoderant. Kurt did not realize that Teen Spirit was a deoderant and apologized.
On September 24th, 1991, Nevermind was released. In 1992, Smells Like Teen Spirit hit number 1 and Nevermind topped the charts, and topped Michael Jackson.
That is the story of Kurt before he was famous. I will accept constructive criticism. Note though that I left out some details because I didn't want to make this too long.
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SeepZ
: First. It started alright, but got kinda sh*tty towards the end, but some good facts in there as well. Maybe you sould have made it longer, unless you're gonna do a "Part 2" or something. 3 *'sPOSTED: 09/28/2004 - 09:49 am / quote |
DohntA
: "They eventually chode Geffen Records, and signed up with the sector of the company called DGC (David Geffen Company) " hehehehe you said chode, good article none the less, good job.POSTED: 09/28/2004 - 09:54 am / quote |
hen
: | One time, he was at his mother's house and she was having a party. She was drunk and Kurt couldn't tolerate her. She yelled at him and told him to get out. Kurt was now homeless and lived under a bridge (Something In The Way). |
That's not how kurt got kicked out. He got kicked out when his mum caught him having sex...or was beginning to have sex...then he got kicked out. Kurt also MAY never have actually lived under a bridge, claims krist novelselich. You left out alot of other significant things. You sort of cut it off at the end.POSTED: 09/28/2004 - 10:45 am / quote |
Uhh, Tanner
: Some of your early facts are off, mostly geography of the Pacific Northwest, Kurt was actually born in Aberdeen, and lived much of his life in and around Montesano (a town near Aberdeen that no-one has heard of), and your "...(what a horrible father...)." is totally uncalled for, and it is ill fitting to have such an opinion in a fact based article. Sorry to be so harsh, but over all it is fairly good, if short and choppy.POSTED: 09/28/2004 - 10:47 am / quote |
guitarfreak1212
: i liked it. you should do part 2 and talk about whem they were famousPOSTED: 09/28/2004 - 11:47 am / quote |
nirvanafan11111
: god this article is shicer y label it the history u should of labelled of it the not very detailed past of kurt cobain and as has been sed b4 he was kicked when his mum caught him with a girl in his room and he never slept uder a bridge he u just lied about it if ure gunna do a history of kurt cobain 1 make it more detailed and 2 get the details rightPOSTED: 09/28/2004 - 01:40 pm / quote |
1slightwrngmove
: I think this article has already been done in numerous books and TV shows. If someone is to lazy to research this and actually wants to know about it, I think your article does a little bit of injustice. No offensePOSTED: 09/28/2004 - 03:27 pm / quote |
egor
: really coolPOSTED: 09/28/2004 - 03:30 pm / quote |
totally warped
: you know what i have always wondered why it was called ''smells like teen spirit''. now i know! quite interesting. also didn't know about all the different people coming in and out of the band. but, i was slightly suprised about the father comment! it kinda seems out of place. you should do a part 2.POSTED: 09/28/2004 - 03:30 pm / quote |
SixStrings
: Does anyone out there know why on the "Bleach" cd when you look at the names of who sang or did what they spell Kurt Cobain's name Kurdt Kobain?? Just wondering.POSTED: 09/28/2004 - 05:14 pm / quote |
hen
: ^Kurdt is Kurt's alter ego.POSTED: 09/28/2004 - 07:17 pm / quote |
hen
: | At this time, Kurt has his first real serious relationship with a girl named Tracy Marander (whom About A Girl is about). |
Also, Kurt claims that the song was not about Tracy Marander, even though we all know it is. He wrote the song because Tracy was complaining how Kurt wrote songs about everything except her.POSTED: 09/28/2004 - 07:22 pm / quote |
nirvana4lf
: | Some of your early facts are off, mostly geography of the Pacific Northwest, Kurt was actually born in Aberdeen, and lived much of his life in and around Montesano (a town near Aberdeen that no-one has heard of), and your "...(what a horrible father...)." is totally uncalled for, and it is ill fitting to have such an opinion in a fact based article. Sorry to be so harsh, but over all it is fairly good, if short and choppy. |
not true its a known fact he was born in hoquiam. WA. they then moved to aberdeen.POSTED: 09/28/2004 - 09:13 pm / quote |
nirvana138
: too short me want read more about kurtPOSTED: 09/28/2004 - 09:26 pm / quote |
leggomieggo10
: some of ur facts are off 1 main one thats not why kurt got kicked out numnuts, an u left out a lot of other good stuff therePOSTED: 09/28/2004 - 09:29 pm / quote |
teo_huat
: i say we want more!!!POSTED: 09/29/2004 - 01:10 am / quote |
teo_huat
: stop doin it!!!! shit !!! *** offff!!!POSTED: 09/29/2004 - 01:12 am / quote |
teo_huat
: what the *** you **** why i feelin a little *** ...
why there a lot of *** ,,what is this ***(flower) doin here?? *** *** you i like to ***ingPOSTED: 09/29/2004 - 01:13 am / quote |
kurush
: teo_huat obviously has some major issues....
strange.POSTED: 09/29/2004 - 10:35 am / quote |
ultimate_punk
: Very good till halfway....then it started becoming the history of Nirvana.....POSTED: 09/29/2004 - 04:32 pm / quote |
Recon57
: This article is one of the most incorrect articles I've ever read. The part that bothers me the most about this article is that Kurt Cobain didn't like Sub-Pop Records. Kurt claimed the happiest times of his life was touring with other grunge bands signed with Sub-Pop. Though Sub-Pop was constantly in debt so they sold the rights to Nirvana over to Geffen Records for $75,000. One of Kurt's saddest experiences was getting sold to Geffen, he didnt just "decide" to leave.POSTED: 09/29/2004 - 05:27 pm / quote |
CobainGrrl415
: . Kurt was now homeless and lived under a bridge (Something In The Way).
Kurt claimjed in interviews he never actually "lived" under a bridge. The bridge made famou by "something in the way" was a place were kurt and his friends would hang out, smoke pot, but it is highly spectulated, by even kurt imself, that he lived under this brige. The ledgenday Young street bridge in Aberdeen is the bridge kurt wrote about in "somethign in the Way", but many of Kurt's friends doubt thathe live under this bridge. Kurt was, however, kicked out of his house and would spend the night on many couches.
I like it.....but not quiet detailed enough, it is a little choppy and you did leave out some major details, that would have made your story a little longer, but a lot more accurate.POSTED: 09/29/2004 - 05:27 pm / quote |
darkstar9814
: wow that was a great araticle...but howd u find out bout the history behind the name of Teen Spirit.POSTED: 09/29/2004 - 06:10 pm / quote |
MarshGTR182
: Good article, i learned some interesting stuff about kurt's early life, if you can try and make a part 2 to this.POSTED: 09/29/2004 - 08:11 pm / quote |
TWP man
: I was at a Hastings (book store) and came across a graphic novel detailing every single part of Cobain's life. (For you retards out there, a graphic novel is basically a long comic book.) Also, I have a copy of the Kurt Cobain Journals book, and apparently liked to call himself "Kurdt Kobain".POSTED: 09/29/2004 - 09:36 pm / quote |
TWP man
: TheD is not a typo. Also...
| Note though that I left out some details because I didn't want to make this too long. |
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TWP man
: Damn my typing skills...POSTED: 09/29/2004 - 09:38 pm / quote |
the vandal
: cool....about wad about pat, the other guitarist?POSTED: 09/30/2004 - 06:35 am / quote |
Aqua_BurneR
: Kurt did know that teen spirit was a deoderant ....ata party a girl kurt shared a bed with painted KURT SMELLS LIKE TEEN SRIRIT and the name stuck... NIRVANA LAST FOREVER
Ridiculous
Attitudes
Caused by
Ignorance in
Societys
MindPOSTED: 09/30/2004 - 09:08 am / quote |
scionist
: I knew all of these facts before. I think countless books have been written about Kurdt. That's no offense I just think you can tell anything new.
Pat Smear was a touring guitarist. He would join them on songs that needed a 2nd guitar. I think he got in when they published In Utero but I maybe wrong. He later played with the Foo Fighters but he quit.POSTED: 09/30/2004 - 09:50 am / quote |
Uhh, Tanner
: not true its a known fact he was born in hoquiam. WA. they then moved to aberdeen.
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Well known doesn't mean correct. If you have ever been to the area you would know, he wasn't born there, he was born in Aberdeen Hospital, about five minutes away from Hoquiam, and he lived quite a while in Montesano (about fifteen minutes drive from Aberdeen) and he did live in Aberdeen, but you left out Montesano completely and I thought I would correct you.POSTED: 09/30/2004 - 02:29 pm / quote |
nirvana4lf
: Recon57:
This article is one of the most incorrect articles I've ever read. The part that bothers me the most about this article is that Kurt Cobain didn't like Sub-Pop Records. Kurt claimed the happiest times of his life was touring with other grunge bands signed with Sub-Pop. Though Sub-Pop was constantly in debt so they sold the rights to Nirvana over to Geffen Records for $75,000. One of Kurt's saddest experiences was getting sold to Geffen, he didnt just "decide" to leave. |
wtf he may have liked touring w/ grunge bands but he hated sub pop because it was a piece of $#!% company with really crappy and primitive technology. they started to scout for other record companies and went to DGCPOSTED: 10/01/2004 - 12:51 am / quote |
nirvana4lf
: | Well known doesn't mean correct. If you have ever been to the area you would know, he wasn't born there, he was born in Aberdeen Hospital, about five minutes away from Hoquiam, and he lived quite a while in Montesano (about fifteen minutes drive from Aberdeen) and he did live in Aberdeen, but you left out Montesano completely and I thought I would correct you. |
ive read two biographies...POSTED: 10/01/2004 - 12:51 am / quote |
scoff89
: ALOT OF IT IS WRONGPOSTED: 10/02/2004 - 09:05 am / quote |
Coxon
: To think you guys know everything is comical. Get an education and put down your cheap biographies. I know someone wouldn't approve, anyway.POSTED: 10/03/2004 - 01:14 pm / quote |
DJ_Inferno2000
: I'm either 59 or 60 or 61st
MARK TREMONTI WILL LIVE FOREVER!!!..POSTED: 10/04/2004 - 09:08 am / quote |
damian_oc
: DohntA:
"They eventually chode Geffen Records, and signed up with the sector of the company called DGC (David Geffen Company) " hehehehe you said chode, good article none the less, good job.
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DONT CORRECT THAT U SHITTY BARTARDPOSTED: 10/07/2004 - 02:48 pm / quote |
L0stMyF00dSt@mp
: I thought his mom kicked him out of her house because she found out he dropped out of high school and refused to pay for him and told him to get a job.POSTED: 10/07/2004 - 03:05 pm / quote |
WeeMan1025
: you never put in what happened to aaron burckhardPOSTED: 10/07/2004 - 04:00 pm / quote |
DaddyTwoFoot
: ANGUS/JIMI_ROCK, Teen Spirit is a spray deodorant, dumbass. He was haning out with a girl named Tobi Vale, and she spray-painted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" onto a wall. He thought she meant that he would spark a teenage revolution. She just thought that he smeeld like the deodorant. Kurt claimed he'd never even heard of the deodorant until after he'd written the song. Kind of ironic that he DID wind up starting a revolution, huh?POSTED: 10/17/2004 - 05:40 pm / quote |
DaddyTwoFoot
: Also, about the article, you left out everything about Buzz Osborne from the Melvins, one of Kurt's biggest influences and how him and Krist met in the first place.POSTED: 10/17/2004 - 05:45 pm / quote |
NWrawker
: Who wrote this load of crap? I'll give you most all of the "facts" that you dug up---but those "facts" are everywhere and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to put them all together---however, it does take some RESEARCH to make sure that everything is factual, which you obviously didn't do. The huge factual error that you made is regarding the "firing" of Chad Channing, which you totally F***ed up....Chad was not "fired" by Kurt Cobain because he wasn't a "good enough drummer", Chad left Nirvana in mutual agreement with Kurt---Kurt wanted a more "studio" oriented drummer (ie; someone who did what he was instructed by Kurt--which Chad would never do, Chad is just as much devoted to the craft of his music as Kurt was)...Chad has a much more improvisational style of drumming than Dave Grohl does---and if you listen to "Bleach", you can hardly argue that he is "not a good drummer".....before you go spouting off "facts", get your facts together--and if it is too much trouble to research for an "article" that you are writing, please do all of us a favor and don't write it. People who were there and know the facts find what you write highly offensive.POSTED: 11/10/2004 - 10:46 pm / quote |
Big Show1
: Kurt Cobain was a loaded up, drug-head, low down dirty "Courtney Love" lover(eww) and the world is better to be rid of himPOSTED: 11/28/2004 - 09:14 pm / quote |
Nirvana12390
: I really don't think that Kurt fired Chad Channing because in the booklet that comes with the boxset it has something written by Kurt that said, "Chad is gone, we'll all miss him," He wouldn't miss him if he fired him would he? There were also a lot of other wrong comments.POSTED: 12/06/2004 - 05:30 pm / quote |
sappy_8290
: any1 here read kurt cobain:journals?
if u havnt, go out n get it its feckin gr8, has some really intrestin stuff (letters, drawings, lyrics etc)in there. made me cry loads tho, but u gotta be a bit of a hard hearted retard (lol) if u dont find it upsettin at all. rip kurt.POSTED: 02/15/2005 - 04:11 pm / quote |
BoredSheep01
: dude is it just me or, is it raining men halleluyuh its raining menPOSTED: 03/18/2005 - 05:32 pm / quote |
Neon Ghost
: I don't think anyone knows why Kurt got kicked out, except of Kurt & it's not like he's gonna tells us anytime soon...
| Kurt Cobain was a loaded up, drug-head, low down dirty "Courtney Love" lover(eww) and the world is better to be rid of him |
If you don't like Kurt Cobain, wtf are you doing on this board? Get the *** out of here!
Kurt Cobain was a great musician, he inspired thousands of people, and if his music doesn't work for you, you're retarded...
RIP KurtPOSTED: 03/28/2005 - 10:19 am / quote |
titan metal
: I will accept constructive criticism
you shouldnt have to, this was a good articlePOSTED: 05/17/2005 - 05:15 pm / quote |
Hangar_18
: ^^^Ha!Ha! you're the guy with the bad spelling and wrote the two most awsomely bad columns on the net! lol POSTED: 11/19/2005 - 09:46 pm / quote |
metalhead90621
: Nice article but there is a minor detail that i wanted to point out Kurt did not live under a bridge and the song "Something in the Way"is not about him living under a bridge its is said to be about teenagers looking for a place to call home and such thiings but anyway nice articlePOSTED: 01/09/2006 - 07:07 pm / quote |
old_toad
: A fair bit of thts wrong manPOSTED: 07/01/2006 - 01:30 pm / quote |
xSerinjistx
: cool article, but u need sum more info put in der n uve got a few spellin mistakes e.g chode
POSTED: 07/14/2006 - 03:51 pm / quote |
nightshade101
: Hangar_18 wrote:
^^^Ha!Ha! you're the guy with the bad spelling and wrote the two most awsomely bad columns on the net! lol |
you ****ing puss monkey POSTED: 03/26/2007 - 12:07 pm / quote |
hendrixbo
: actully teen spirit was named after a teen girl deodorent and he did try heorin for the first time undernieth the bridge tho he did not sleep therePOSTED: 07/26/2007 - 09:57 am / quote |
hendrixbo
: i am retarded much like this person
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KurtCobain23
: Yea its a myth he stayed under that bridge the lyrics just meant he hung out under it
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