Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain was born in Grays Harbor Community Hospital, Aberdeen, near Seattle in Washington on 20 February 1967.
His parents divorced in 1976 and in 1979 his father, Don petitioned the Superior Court for custody of Kurt, who ended up staying with various relatives.
In 1983 Kurt Cobain met Chris Novoselic and went around Aberdeen grafitti-ing.
In May 1985 Cobain dropped out of Aberdeen High School and tried heroin for the first time. In 1987 Cobain, Novoselic and Aaron Burckhard form various groups and finally settle down as Nirvana, which is to become the main catalyst of the 'grunge scene'.
A year later, Dale Crover replaced Burckhard as drummer and this role in Nirvana would go through a number of changes.
Burkhard comes and goes again and is eventually replaced by Chad Channing. In November 1988 Nirvana released their first single. "Love Buzz/Big Cheese". "Bleach" their debut album was released in June 1989.
In 1991 Nirvana left Sub-Pop and signed for Geffen. "Nevermind" was released and became a landmark record and in January 1992 it reached Number One. A month later Kurt Cobain married Courtney Love on 24 February.
In 1993 "In Utero" was released, but Cobain was going through well-documented difficulties. In May 1993 he was admitted to hospital in Seattle having had a heroin overdose.
In March 1994 Kurt Cobain overdosed again - on champagne and tablets in what was thought to be a suicide attempt.
On 5 April Cobain killed himself. An admission here: I have a book called "Who Killed Kurt Cobain?" by Halperin and Wallace - but I have not yet read it. According to the 'blurb' "this investigation... offers compelling and credible reasons for reopening this 'suicide case' - so that fans will know how their hero really died." Obviously it would be irresponsible to comment on the validity of these claims not having read the book, but why do 'blurbs' have to use such crass phrases to market books about the loss of someone's life?