Kurt Cobain

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1967-02-20

Deathday 1994-04-05 (27 years old)

Place of Birth Aberdeen, Washington, USA

Also Known As Nirvana

Kurt Cobain

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

Known For

Actor

2023
The Teacher

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage

as Self (archive footage)

2020
70 Years of Youth Revolt

as Self (archive footage)

2019
The UnXplained

as Self (archive footage)

2018
27: Gone Too Soon

as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Nineties

as Self (archive footage)

2015
Soaked in Bleach

as Self (archive footage)

2015
Cobain: Montage of Heck

as Self (archive footage/voice)

2012
Hit So Hard

as Self (archive footage)

2012
Too Young to Die

as Self (archive footage)

2011
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount

as Self - Vocals, Guitar

2009
Nirvana: Live at Reading

as Self - Vocals, Guitar

2009
Loki: Arnaldo Baptista

as Self (archive footage)

2007
The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review

as Self (archive footage)

2005
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn

as Self (segment "Heart-Shaped Box")

2001
25 Years of Punk

as Self (archive footage)

1998
Kurt & Courtney

as Self (archive footage)

1997
Classic Albums

as Self (archive footage)

1996
1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!

as Self - Vocals, Guitar

1993
Nirvana: Live And Loud

as Self - Vocals, Guitar

1993
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York

as Self - Vocals, Guitar

1993
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal

as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars

1991
Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991

as Self - Lead Vocals, Guitars

1991
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1

as Self (archive footage)

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Musical Guest

Writer

Sound

2024
Hippo

as Music

Director

1984