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Kurt Cobain

Born · February 20, 1967

Died · April 5, 1994 (27 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Aberdeen, Washington, USA

Bio

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kurt Cobain, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known for

Cobain: Montage of Heck

Cobain: Montage of Heck

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Soaked in Bleach

Soaked in Bleach

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell

Self (Archival Footage)

2025

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Self (archive footage)

2025

I Hate Myself and I Want to Die

2023

The Teacher

Self (archive footage)

2023

THE HISTORY OF ROCK MUSIC. What is Rock Music? (Documentary)

2022

Foo Fighters: One Less Hero

Self (archive footage)

2022

Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff

Self (archive footage)

2021

When Nirvana Came to Britain

2021

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage

Self (archive footage)

2021

70 Years of Youth Revolt

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

2020

Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter

Self (archive footage)

2019

The UnXplained

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

2019

27: Gone Too Soon

Self (archive footage)

2018

Kurt Everywhere

2018

The Nineties

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

2017

Soaked in Bleach

Self (archive footage)

2015

Cobain: Montage of Heck

Self (archive footage/voice)

2015

Too Young to Die

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

2012

Hit So Hard

Self (archive footage)

2012

Nirvana: Live at the Paramount

Self - Vocals, Guitar

2011

Nirvana: Live On Air

Self

2010

Loki: Arnaldo Baptista

Self (archive footage)

2009

Welcome to My Castle!

Self

2007

Kurt Cobain: About a Son

Self

2007

The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain

Self (archive footage)

2007

Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review

Self (archive footage)

2006

Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero

2006

Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review

Self

2006

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Self (Archival footage)

2006

All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On

Self

2006

The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

Self (segment "Heart-Shaped Box")

2005

The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'

Self (archive footage)

2005

Nirvana: With the Lights Out

2004

Kurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend

Self

2004

(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale

Self

2004

25 Years of Punk

Self (archive footage)

2001

Kurt & Courtney

Self (archive footage)

1998

Classic Albums

Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)

1997

Hype!

1996

Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

Self - Vocals, Guitar

1994

Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos

Self

1994

RuPaul's Christmas Ball

Self

1993

Nirvana: Unplugged In New York

Self - Vocals, Guitar

1993

Nirvana Unplugged In New York Original MTV Version

Self

1993

Nirvana: Live And Loud

Self - Vocals, Guitar

1993

Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal

Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars

1993

1991: The Year Punk Broke

Self

1992

Nirvana - Live At Estadio José Amalfitani

1992

Nirvana: Live at Reading

Self - Vocals, Guitar

1992

Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991

Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars

1991

Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso

Self

1991

Nirvana: [1991] Rome, Italy

Self

1991

Nirvana: Live in Dallas

Self

1991

Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit

1991

Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses

Self

Sub Pop Video Network Program 1

Self (archive footage)

1991

Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990

Self - Vocals, Guitar

1990

MTV Video Music Awards

Self · (1 episode)

1984

Kurt Cobain's Horror Movie

In screen

1984

Saturday Night Live

Self - Musical Guest · (2 episodes)

1975