Kurt Cobain
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 20, 1967
- Died
- April 5, 1994 (aged 27)
- Birthplace
- Aberdeen, Washington, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Nirvana: Teen Spirit Interviews
Movie · as Self
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
BUSCANDO MI NIRVANA
Movie
The Teacher
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
When Nirvana Came to Britain
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The UnXplained
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Kurt Everywhere
Movie
27: Gone Too Soon
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Nineties
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Soaked in Bleach
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hit So Hard
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Too Young to Die
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
Movie · as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Live On Air
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Live at Reading
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Guitar
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Kurt Cobain: About a Son
Movie · as Self
The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Welcome to My Castle!
Movie · as Self
Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
Movie · as Self
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
Movie · as Self
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
Movie · as Self
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Movie · as Self (Archival footage)
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
Movie · as Self (segment "Heart-Shaped Box")
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
Movie
Kurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend
Movie · as Self
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
Movie · as Self
25 Years of Punk
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
VH1 News Special: Grunge
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Kurt & Courtney
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Classic Albums
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Storyville
TV · 1 ep
Hype!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Guitar (archive footage)
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
Movie
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Guitar
MTV Unplugged: Nirvana
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Live and Loud
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Guitar
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal
Movie · as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars
RuPaul's Christmas Ball
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
Movie
Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
Movie · as Self
1991: The Year Punk Broke
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991
Movie · as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars
Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Live in Dallas
Movie · as Self
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Movie · as Kurt Cobain
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Nirvana: Astoria Theater London
Movie
Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990
Movie · as Self - Vocals, Guitar
The Word
TV · 1 ep
Nirvana: Rockin’ T.P., Santa Fe 1989
Movie · as Self
MTV Video Music Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep