Kurt Cobain was born February 20, 1967. He is best known as Nirvana's lead singer and guitarist. Growing up with musicians in his family he became interested in music himself at a very young age and was obviously very talented from the beginning. His life changed dramatically at the age of eight when his parents got divorced. Cobain hated the idea of not having the steady typical family he was used to and hated his parents for it. He first lived with his father and later moved in with his mother when he was in tenth grade. When he was about to graduate from high school he found out that he didn't have enough credits to graduate so he dropped out of school. His mother gave him two options to either get a job or he had to leave. One day he came home and found all his things packed in boxes and was homeless for a while staying over at friend's houses or on the streets.
Cobain's first step to becoming the artist he later was was when his uncle gave him his first guitar for his fourteenth birthday. He formed the band Nirvana when Krist Novaselic finally agreed to work with him. Their first major debut was in 1991 with Nevermind.
Kurt Cobain fell in love and married Courtney Love on February 22, 1992 after she found out she was pregnant with Cobain's child. Kurt claimed to be blindly in love with Courtney and that he would even give up the band just to be with her because that's how happy he was with her. They first met in 1989 at one of his performances where they talked for a bit afterward. They saw each other often after that and were involved in drug use together. After their daughter's birth, Frances Bean Cobain, on August 18 they battled with custody issues because they were labeled as unfit parents for their drug abuse. They ended up finally getting full custody of their baby girl.
Cobain was involved in drug abuse and alcoholism throughout his life. he suffered from chronic stomach problems that kept him from gaining weight and caused him physical complexes. He first tried heroin in 1986 and used it sporadically but by 1990 he was addicted. He claimed it relieved his stomach aches, but it was causing problems to the band since he was passing out during photo shoots and work. He attempted rehab in 1992 when he found out he would soon become a dad but, it didn't last very long at all.
There was history of suicides, depression and drug use in Cobain's family which, is part of the reason for his problems. His first suicide attempt was in 1994. After an intervention Cobain agreed to be institutionalized and started a detox program. He seemed well and happy there but soon escaped the institution and was missing for a couple of days. No one knew his whereabouts and was found dead at his lake house on April 8, 1994. He committed suicide by shooting himself at the chin with a shotgun. His death was said to be on April 5, 1994.
Cobain lived with an internal battle his whole life. He was never content with himself and he was his own enemy. That is to me the hardest thing for a person to ever overcome yet it is the easiest thing to hide from other people. This man was and still is one of the most famous musicians of the world and had everything anyone would want. Sometimes having it all isn't enough. There is so much more to life and happiness than having everything.
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