Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s Messy Graffiti-Strewn Los Angeles Apartment

If you would like to support me on Patreon please visit Follow my Instagram If you would like to help support my travels and films you can PayPal me at Join my Facebook group Scottontape #kurtcobain #nirvana #courtneylove Pete’s channel @3282pm My Kurt Cobain and Nirvana playlist Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Foo Fighters Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American musician who was the co-founder, lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter of the rock band Nirvana. Through his angst-fueled songwriting and anti-establishment persona, Cobain’s compositions widened the thematic conventions of mainstream rock. He was heralded as a spokesman of Generation X and is highly recognized as one of the most influential alternative rock musicians. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and Aaron Burckhard in 1987 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene that later became known as grunge. After signing with DGC Records, Nirvana found commercial success with the single “Smells Like Teen Spirit“ from their critically acclaimed second album Nevermind (1991). Although Cobain was hailed as the voice of his generation following Nirvana’s sudden success, he resented this, believing his message and artistic vision had been misinterpreted by the public. In addition to “Smells Like Teen Spirit“, Cobain wrote many other hit songs for Nirvana, including “Come as You Are“, “Lithium“, “In Bloom“, “Something in the Way“, “Heart-Shaped Box“, “All Apologies“, “About a Girl“, “Aneurysm“, and “You Know You’re Right“. The Fairfax two-bedroom where Kurt Cobain supposedly holed-up with Courtney Love from 1991 to 1992 and wrote songs for In Utero is now available on Airbnb. Love was pregnant with their daughter, Frances, and Nirvana’s Nevermind album was doing phenomenally well, but Cobain came to LA and hid in his home because he wanted to escape from the fame and pressure that came along with his band’s success. A 2004 LA Times article says that the unit on Spaulding Avenue was a sanctuary where Kurt could hide away from touring and “million-dollar deals,“ and instead spend his time regularly eating at Canter’s and “[retreating] to painting and narcotics.“ The apartment was a wreck while Cobain lived there, as an old photo of him in the bedroom illustrates. During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with a heroin addiction and chronic health problems such as depression. He also struggled with the personal and professional pressures of fame, and he had a tumultuous relationship with his wife, fellow musician Courtney Love. In March 1994, Cobain overdosed on a combination of champagne and Rohypnol, and he subsequently entered an intervention and underwent a detox program. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead in his Seattle home at the age of 27; police concluded he had died on April 5 from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. Cobain was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alongside Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl, in their first year of eligibility in 2014. Rolling Stone included Cobain in its lists of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time, 100 Greatest Guitarists, and 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. He was ranked 7th by MTV in the “22 Greatest Voices in Music“. In 2006, he was placed 20th by Hit Parader on their list of the “100 Greatest Metal Singers of All Time“.