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Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana.
Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generatio…
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Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation". Cobain however was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention. He challenged Nirvana's audience with its final studio album In Utero (1993). During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression, his fame and public image, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the US alone, and over 50 million worldwide.
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Kurt Cobain's Filmography
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Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
as Self (archive footage)
BUSCANDO MI NIRVANA
The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
as Self (archive footage)
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
as Self (archive footage)
The Teacher
as Self (archive footage)
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
as Self (archive footage)
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
as Self (archive footage)
Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
as Self (archive footage)
When Nirvana Came to Britain
as Self (archive footage)
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter
as Self (archive footage)
27: Gone Too Soon
as Self (archive footage)
Kurt Everywhere
Soaked in Bleach
as Self (archive footage)
Cobain: Montage of Heck
as Self (archive footage)
Hit So Hard
as Self (archive footage)
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
as Self
Nirvana: Live On Air
as Self
Nirvana: Live at Reading
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
as Self (archive footage)
Welcome to My Castle!
as Self
Kurt Cobain: About a Son
as Self
No Poster
The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
as Self (archive footage)
Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
as Self
No Poster
Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
as Self
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
as Self (Archival footage)
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
as Self
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
as Self (segment "Heart-Shaped Box")
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
as Self (archive footage)
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
Kurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend
as Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
as Self
VH1 News Special: Grunge
as Self (archive footage)
25 Years of Punk
as Self (archive footage)
Kurt & Courtney
as Self (archive footage)
Hype!
as Self (archive footage)
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
as Self - Vocals, Guitar (archive footage)
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
as Self
Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
RuPaul's Christmas Ball
as Self
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
MTV Unplugged: Nirvana
as Self
Nirvana: Live and Loud
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal
as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars
Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
as Self
1991: The Year Punk Broke
as Self
Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991
as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars
Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso
as Self
Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy
as Self
Nirvana: Astoria Theater London
No Poster
Nirvana: Live in Dallas
as Self
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
as Kurt Cobain
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
as Self (archive footage)
Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990
as Self - Vocals, Guitar
Nirvana: Rockin’ T.P., Santa Fe 1989
as Self
No Poster
Nirvana: Teen Spirit Interviews
as Self