Kurt cobain bbc

In the early s, Nirvana emerged from the underground to become one of the biggest bands in the world.

A new mural is to be painted to mark the 30th anniversary of the death of a rock star Kurt Cobain near two venues he played in a city. The mural in the centre of Manchester will honour Nirvana's lead singer, who was found dead on 5 April after taking his own life. It is due to appear on the side of The Bread Shed, a live music venue and event space, just off Oxford Road. It aims to raise awareness of text support charity - Shout The mural has been commissioned by Headstock, the Manchester music and mental wellbeing festival. He added: "The mural's purpose is to raise awareness of mental health text message support service, Shout , and the charity's logo and text support number will feature prominently on the artwork. The band played two gigs in the city, not far from the mural site.

Kurt cobain bbc

The shoulder-length blond hair. The stubble. The youthful face with its permanently weary gaze. Kurt Cobain is still instantly recognisable as one of the most iconic faces of the s, and the most important musician of the grunge scene. It is almost staggering to realise he would now be in his fifties. On the 23rd anniversary of his death, what explains his enduring influence? Kurt was outspoken on gay rights, homophobia and sexism. He said he wished he'd been gay, just to annoy homophobes, and often wore dresses to protest against sexism. But if I was a homosexual, it wouldn't matter either. He admitted to spray-painting cars with "God is gay" and was once arrested for graffitiing by police in Aberdeen, Washington State. The band came to represent Generation X but he had no time for apathy. I'm disgusted at what we allow to go on, by how spineless, lethargic and guilty we are of not standing up against racism, sexism and all those other 'isms' that the counterculture has been whining about for years while they sit and enforce those same attitudes every night on their televisions and in the magazines. What's counterculture?

What's cool? We never meant or tried to be cool, or be a 'buzz' band. Kurt tore himself to shreds worrying about fame and selling out.

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Montage of Heck was the title of a cassette compilation made by Kurt Cobain. He provides comfort to the disenfranchised, the uglies, the geeks, the rejects. That said, comfort is in short supply in Montage of Heck. His scratchy jottings are animated, there are audio experiments, unheard music, fragments of spoken word - all of them framing Cobain in the pained disillusionment of his teenage years. There is talk of an attempted suicide on the railroad tracks near his home in Aberdeen, Washington. There are extraordinary glimpses into his childhood, with footage showing the young Kurt, apparently happy, at birthdays and Christmases. Even in these moments, there is a sense of dread. Where, you wonder, did it all go wrong?

Kurt cobain bbc

Home Explore the BBC. I still can't listen to the riff at the beginning of Smells like Teen Spirit without the hairs on the back of my neck standing up Matt Searle, UK. Truly sad - but such a waste Mat, England. Drugs may block out life's problems in the short term but keep using those drugs and they will take everything from you Stuart Anderson, Scotland.

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I think he was a big Kurt Cobain fan. He made every single decision. There were people who didn't like her for one reason or another, and people who thought she was brilliant and liked her a lot, and I was of the latter view. But they are incomplete. I just wanted to play rhythm guitar - hide in the back and just play. Curtis mural recreated at new site after ad fail. That was when I realised that I had stumbled onto something very, very special. Cobain: One heck of a life. The band were ahead of their time in attitudes towards inclusivity. In Utero, the follow-up to Nevermind, was deliberately abrasive while Nirvana often refused to play Smells Like Teen Spirit in concert. It was Nirvana's first time headlining the festival - but it would also be their last UK performance. Nirvana decided they'd rather not, thanks all the same. I only know what sounds good to us. Instead, Kurt sang Smells Like Teen Spirit in a much lower voice, changed some of the lyrics and barely touched his guitar.

Cobain, who took his own life in , was known for his intense performances.

A new mural is to be painted to mark the 30th anniversary of the death of a rock star Kurt Cobain near two venues he played in a city. I saw her intelligence and her humour, but more to the point, I saw that Kurt was genuinely in love with her. He wrote all the songs, all the famous songs, anyway, the lyrics and the music. The mural has been commissioned by Headstock, the Manchester music and mental wellbeing festival. Kurt was outspoken on gay rights, homophobia and sexism. Can you tell us more about that? The band played two gigs in the city, not far from the mural site. His fingers sometimes fumbled on the unfamiliar acoustic guitar, but that only heightened the frailty of his lyrics. The star himself had previously hinted this was a path he wanted to explore. But I know exactly the day I discovered that he was doing heroin. When they played at Top of the Pops in , the band were advised to sing live over a pre-recorded backing track. A number of other people realised it that same day. The mural in the centre of Manchester will honour Nirvana's lead singer, who was found dead on 5 April after taking his own life.