Music Monday: Kurt Cobain – 20 Years Later
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On April 5th, 1994, the music world lost a musician when Kurt Cobain committed suicide at the age of 27. Twenty years later, his influence on the the music world is still very much relevant.
A short lived career as a lead singer, guitarist and lyricist for one of the most influential bands of the 90’s.
Taking his influence from The Pixies, this kid from Aberdeen, WA made history without even trying or even wanting to. He just wanted to make music.
Joining him along for the ride were Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. Together, they made incredible noise that became the sound of a younger generation, which eventually bled over to those of us older music fans.
It would end all too quickly.
So each year on April 5th, we remember a brilliant, yet troubled 27 year old who changed the world and then left it.
And while none of this takes away from Layne Staley, who also died on the same day as Cobain – 8 years later – Kurt Cobain has a certain place in history for starting something incredible.
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I never realized Layne Staley died eight years to the day later. Weird.
Yes, kind of makes you think… both Seattle, got their start about the same time.
I never put two and two together that Kurt and Layne died on the same day albeit years apart. Wow.
I think both Layne and Kurt should go down in history as starting something special. Both Alice In Chains and Nirvana formed in 1987 yet Nirvana perhaps got the lions share of attention in starting the Grunge genre.
I agree. And you are right about Nirvana getting more coverage and attention. And while I revered this post to Kurt due to it’s 20 years significance, I think both deserve equal credit for starting something amazing. Plus, truth be told, I was always more of an Alice In Chains fan (still am, even with the new lead singer)