Acting · Aberdeen, Washington, USA · Born February 20, 1967
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.
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2025
MovieThe Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
2025
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MovieI Hate Myself and I Want to Die
2023
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MovieThe Teacher
2023
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MovieFoo Fighters: One Less Hero
2022
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MovieKalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff
2021
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MovieGrunge: A Story of Music and Rage
2021
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MovieWhen Nirvana Came to Britain
2021
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MovieWoodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
2021
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TV70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020
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Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter
2019
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TVThe UnXplained
2019
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Movie27: Gone Too Soon
2018
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MovieKurt Everywhere
2018
TVThe Nineties
2017
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MovieSoaked in Bleach
2015
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MovieCobain: Montage of Heck
2015
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TVToo Young to Die
2012
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MovieHit So Hard
2012
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MovieNirvana: Live at the Paramount
2011
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MovieNirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
2011
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MovieNirvana: Live On Air
2010
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MovieNirvana: Live at Reading
2009
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MovieLoki: Arnaldo Baptista
2009
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MovieWelcome to My Castle!
2007
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MovieKurt Cobain: About a Son
2007
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The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain
2007
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Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
2006
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MovieNirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
2006
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Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
2006
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MovieThe Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006
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MovieAll Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
2006
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MovieThe Work of Director Anton Corbijn
2005
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2005
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MovieClassic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
2005
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MovieNirvana: With the Lights Out
2004
MovieKurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend
2004
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Movie(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
2004
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MovieVH1 News Special: Grunge
2001
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Movie25 Years of Punk
2001
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MovieKurt & Courtney
1998
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TVClassic Albums
1997
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MovieHype!
1996
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MovieNirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
1994
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MovieFreaks, Nerds & Weirdos
1994
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MovieNirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
1994
MovieRuPaul's Christmas Ball
1993
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MovieNirvana: Unplugged In New York
1993
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MovieMTV Unplugged: Nirvana
1993
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MovieNirvana: Live and Loud
1993
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MovieNirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal
1993
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MovieNirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
1993
MovieNirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
1993
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Movie1991: The Year Punk Broke
1992
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MovieNirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991
1991
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MovieNirvana: Live at the Paradiso
1991
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MovieNirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy
1991
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MovieNirvana: Astoria Theater London
1991
Nirvana: Live in Dallas
1991
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MovieNirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
1991
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MovieSub Pop Video Network Program 1
1991
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MovieNirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990
1990
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TVThe Word
1990
MovieNirvana: Rockin’ T.P., Santa Fe 1989
1989
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TVMTV Video Music Awards
1984
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