Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was the lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the Seattle-based rock band Nirvana. He served not only as the band's frontman and principal songwriter, but also as its "leader and spiritual center."[1] With the band's success, Cobain became a major national and international celebrity, an uncomfortable position for a man who once said, "Famous is the last thing I wanted to be."

Cobain and Nirvana helped reshape popular music in the 1990s. In 1991, the arrival of Nirvana's hit single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" marked the beginning of a dramatic shift of popular rock music away from the dominant genres of the 1980s (glam metal, arena rock, and dance-pop) and toward grunge and alternative rock. The music media eventually awarded the song "anthem-of-a-generation" status, and, with it, Cobain ascended as the reluctant "spokesman" for Generation X. Other hit songs written by Cobain include "Come as You Are", "Lithium", "In Bloom", "Heart-Shaped Box", "All Apologies", and "About a Girl".

During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with drug addiction and the media pressures surrounding him and his wife Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead in his home. His death was officially ruled a suicide by self-inflicted gunshot wound. Since then, the circumstances surrounding his death have fueled much analysis and debate.

Source(s): wikipedia.org

I was a fan nirvana fan way before the masses started to like them <_<

He was great - thanks for starting this thread!!

He was great - thanks for starting this thread!!

you're welcome

I agree, I was surprised he didn't have a topic here <_<

he's been dead for a long time.

it's not like he just died

He was great - thanks for starting this thread!!

cool pics thx carmelita

I wanted to listen Come as you are, but then I realized I only have a tape version of it. Told you I am old!

I would send it to you but it takes forever to send things on msn

I would send it to you but it takes forever to send things on msn

Only from you and marduk. When Josh sends stuff to me, it is fast.

but i dled the song just now

cheater

I wanted to listen Come as you are, but then I realized I only have a tape version of it. Told you I am old!

I love that song

you're not old

<_<

bump

I love the songs Rape Me, Moist Vagina, Sifting, All Apologies, Heart Shaped Box, Come as you are, About a girl, and Something in the Way.

I can't believe he only has 1 page.