Cobain Love Buzz

Music became Cobain’s number one focus and passion, and in 1987, after briefly leading the band Fecal Matter, he convinced Krist Novoselic, friend and fellow punk rock fan, to join him in creating his new band: Nirvana. A year and many line-up changes later, and the band released their first single, “Love Buzz”, which consisted of Cobain, Novolselic, and eventually drummer and multi-instrumentalist Dave Grohl by a small independent label Sub Pop Records in 1988. Their popularity great drastically in the Seattle music scene, and in 1989, they released their first full album titled “Bleach”. Although it wasn’t an instant success, the album “showed signs of Cobain’s emerging talent of a songwriter, especially the ballad ‘About a Girl’.” (Lifetime …show more content…
(Starpulse, n.d.) This was made worse by his poor diet and body image issues. These consistent feelings were brought upon due to his mental health issues, which his family would claim included ADHD and bipolar disorder, as well as effects of the history of suicide, mental illness, and drug abuse in his family. His self image was distorted, and he fell into a pit of depression. His journal, which included music ideas, notes, and letters to friends, proved this. A checklist included in his journal said, “I am threatened by ridicule, I am overly conscience of the sincerity in my voice, I love my parents yet I disagree with merely everything they stand for. My emotions are affected by music, I use bits and piece of others personalities to form my own.” (Cobain, …show more content…
Cross and Gus Van Sant’s film homage “Last Days”, have been released about Cobain’s life and struggles with depression and drug addiction. His journals have also been published, and can most likely be found on the bookcase of every 90’s grunge fan around the world. Many controversies concerning Cobain’s death have arisen in the twenty-one years since his passing, including the most talked about and well known one involving the possibility that Love was responsible for Cobain’s death and forged part of his suicide letter, since it was believed that she confessed to hiring a hit man to kill her husband. Another controversy includes the creating and selling of a “Kurt Cobain Suicide Note Shirt”, a shirt that has a copy of the late musician’s suicide note printed on it and is despised by his many

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