Kurt Cobain Research Paper

“I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.” “Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” -Kurt Cobain. Kurt Cobain was known for forming the band Nirvana. Nirvana originated in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1997. To this day, Nirvana has sold 25 million records in the United States alone and 75 million worldwide. Kurt Cobain’s impact on culture lasted throughout the 1980’s and beyond.

Kurt Cobain was born February 20, 1967, right outside of Seattle, in Aberdeen, Washington. Kurt Cobain passed in his Seattle home from a self inflicted shotgun wound on April 5, 1994. “After his parents divorced when he was nine, Cobain became withdrawn.”(Unknown) Cobain had a rough upbringing and struggled finding somewhere to stay after his parents split. Often, Cobain would go stay with his grandparents. For a long time, if you were able to find Cobain’s grandparents house, they

the distraught crowd filled the air with profane chants, burnt their flannel shirts and fought with police.”(Ronson) “Nirvana's choice to honour bands and people that had influenced them and Cobain's passionate and intense vocals especially on "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" silenced many of those who had labeled Cobain talentless.”(Ronson) Kurt Cobain had both a positive and negative influence. I know that while Kurt was alive he influenced culture positively. Some would say that “his” music was too loud and obnoxious. But what balanced out the loud was the truth in his lyrics. If Nirvana hadn’t been around, I don’t think there would have been such an impact by the grunge bands. If Cobain hadn’t committed suicide, I think that Nirvana might have burned out. Burning out was the opposite of what Kurt wanted. In all, I think that Kurt Cobain and Nirvana had more positive influence than negative. “I write poems for myself and I write poetry that gets torn apart and becomes songs. I have a lot of respect for words, the power of words.” -Kurt