Kurt Donald Cobain (1967 – 1994)
Lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the American grunge band, Nirvana.
The only person I have any respect for as a songwriter over the last 10 years is Kurt Cobain. He was the perfect cross between Lennon and McCartney. He belted it out like Lennon, but his melodies were so Paul McCartney. They were dead bouncy up and down - jolly melodies - but he was a miserable fuck at the same time.
They're claiming that [the grunge bands] finally put Seattle on the map, but, like, what map? ...I mean, we had Jimi Hendrix. Heck, what more do we want?
A daily dose of eMpTyV
Will flush your mind right down the drain
Shannon Hoon and Kurt Cobain,
Make yourself a household name.
I would like to get rid of the homophobes, sexists, and racists in our audience. I know they're out there and it really bothers me.
I went to see Nirvana at a small club called the Pyramid on Avenue A in New York City. It was hard to hear the guitar, but the guy playing and singing had a vibe; he hopped around like a muppet or an elf or something, hunched over his guitar, hop hop hop, hippety hippety hop. I loved that. When he sang, he put his voice in this really grating place, and it was kind of devilish sounding. At the end of the set he attacked the drum kit and threw the cymbals, other bits and finally himself into the audience. Later I saw the same guy passing the bar. He was little, with stringy blond hair and a Stooges T-shirt. I felt proud.
We sound like the Bay City Rollers after an assault by Black Sabbath. And, we vomit onstage better than anyone.
With the lights out, it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid, and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us.
A mulatto, an albino, a mosquito, my libido.
Cobain was very shy, very polite, and obviously enjoyed the fact that I wasn’t awestruck at meeting him. There was something about him, fragile and engagingly lost.
Kurt Cobain, we was good friends
Ozzy Osbourne too.
Cobain, can you hear the spheres
Singing songs off station to station?
Things have never been so swell
I have never failed to fail.
When I hear the term Right wing I think of Hitler and Satan and Civil war. [p. 259]
Polly wants a cracker
Think I should get off her first
Think she wants some water
To put out the blow torch.
It's better to burn out than to fade away.
Disturbed by the fame
Just like Kurt Cobain.
We're waiting for the dinosaurs to die out. They will die. And then we'll move into their homes.
But it's all entertainment
Wonder when Cobain blew out his brains, did he blame it?
And if those snakes in the industry helped him aim it
Started pressing up records before the bullet left the chamber
Too late,
He sleeps with angels
Too soon,
He's always on someone's mind.
I just can’t believe anyone would start a band just to make the scene and be cool and have chicks. I just can’t believe it.