Kurt Cobain
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Muse (band)...9/10 with Roger Morton writing, "It's amazing for such a young band to load up with a heritage that includes the darker visions of Cobain and Kafka, Mahler and The Tiger Lillies, Cronenberg and Schoenberg , and make a sexy, populist album. In this article: Muse, Matthew Bellamy, United States, Origin of Symmetry, Black Holes and Revelations, DVD, Europe, Australia, and Christopher Wolstenholme |
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The Daily Orange | October 19, 2009
Shining Through
...Thom Yorke, Bon Iver and others to their "favorite music" lists on MySpace. For some, it has become offensive rivaling Kurt Cobain's appearance in Guitar Hero 5. For others, it's a welcome sign that at least some independent artists are...
In this article: New Moon, Bon Iver, Guitar Hero 5, Decibel, MTV Networks, MtvU, College Publisher, and MySpace
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BBC News | October 02, 2009
Attention seeking
Singer and songwriter Jay Treadell, who channels Thom Yorke and Kurt Cobain with his bleached hair, says guitar bands will rise again, people should not accept what they are given and that modern life is, basically, rubbish. Is it...
In this article: Thom Yorke, Neil Young, Consumerism, Radiohead, and Kings of Leon
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Wikipedia | October 14, 2009
Pro Co RAT
...Shields, Andy Summers, Thurston Moore, Graham Coxon, Bernard Butler, Alex Turner , Jerry Cantrell, Peter Buck, Nuno Bettencourt, Kurt Cobain, James Hetfield, Joe Perry , Buzz Osborne and Krist Novoselic. The origins of the Pro Co "The...
In this article: Silver, Thom Yorke, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Graham Coxon, Kevin Shields, and Francis Dunnery
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stereogum | September 03, 2009
Thom Yorke Confirms New 12 , Considers Name Change
Blind Man's Colour - "Warm Currents Pull" (Stereogum Premiere) St. Vincent Brings "Marrow" To Kimmel Mi And L'au - "Bingo" Unlocked Kurt Cobain Sings Bon Jovi In Guitar Hero 5 Pictureplane - "Goth Star" (Stereogum Premiere) Dirty Projectors...
In this article: Thom Yorke, Stereogum, Nigel Godrich, Guitar Hero 5, and Bon Jovi
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Cut-up technique
...at least the early 1970s, David Bowie has used cut-ups to create some of his lyrics. It is a technique which came to influence Kurt Cobain's songwriting. And to return to Tzara's Dadaist example, Thom Yorke applied a similar method in...
In this article: William S. Burroughs, Tristan Tzara, Genesis P-Orridge, God, Radiohead, Teflon, Malay Roy Choudhury, and Brion Gysin
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Rolling Stone | June 13, 2008
Pixies' Doolittle Coming to Rock Band This Month : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
...good decade or so. Kurt Cobain repeatedly stated they were his main influence. When Kurt wrote 'smells like teen spirit' he admittedly tried to rip off The Pixies. Oh and I'm not sure if Radiohead is a good enough band for your obviously...
In this article: Pixies, Rock Band, Judas Priest, Rock Band, Xbox 360, The Cars, Doolittle, Cars, and More than a Feeling
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PopMatters | October 05, 2009
Christopher O’Riley: Out of My Hands (Review)
...its lyrics and the particular interplay and panache of the original musicians-who could be more enigmatic than vocalists like Kurt Cobain, Thom Yorke, and Morrissey?-it becomes essentially about utilizing familiar melodies and countermelodies...
In this article: Christopher O'Riley, Radiohead, True Love Waits, Heart Shaped Box, Nick Drake, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, and Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Black Francis
...including Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Nirvana 's Kurt Cobain. Cobain once said that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was his attempt at trying to "rip off the Pixies." However, in his solo work and records with the Catholics, he received...
In this article: Frank Black, Frank Black Francis, Pixies, Eric Drew Feldman, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago, Frank Black and the Catholics, Larry Norman, Trompe le Monde, and Doolittle
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Entertainment Weekly | April 29, 2009
Brandon Flowers: U.S. stuck in rock past
...Thom Yorke of Radiohead, Green Day, Kurt Cobain (he's even picking on a DEAD guy!). And all those feuds has to do with how poorly he thinks of them. That's someone with serious insecurities, to say the least. If you wanna talk about how...
In this article: Brandon Flowers, Rock, The Killers, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Taylor Swift, Kings of Leon, U.S., and Daughtry
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Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American musician who served as lead singer, guitarist, songwriter and frontman for the grunge band Nirvana.
With the lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from Nirvana's second album Nevermind (1991), Cobain with Nirvana entered into the mainstream, bringing along with them a subgenre of alternative rock called grunge. Other Seattle grunge bands such as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden also gained popularity, and, as a result, alternative rock became a dominant genre on radio and music television in the United States during the early-to-middle 1990s. As Nirvana's frontman, Cobain found himself referred to in the media as the "spokesman of a generation", with Nirvana the "flagship band" of "Generation X". Cobain was uncomfortable with the attention and placed his focus on the band's music, believing the band's message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, challenging the band's audience with its third studio album In Utero (1993).
During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with drug addiction and the media pressures surrounding him and his wife Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what is officially ruled a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. In ensuing years, the circumstances of his death became a topic of fascination and debate.
- Name At Birth:
- Kurt Donald Cobain
- Also Known As:
- Kurdt Kobain
- Birth Date:
- February 20, 1967
- Birthplace:
- Aberdeen, Washington
- Place of Death:
- Seattle, Washington
- Occupation:
- Musician, Songwriter
- Instrument Played:
- Fender Mustang
- Fender Jagstang
- Vocals
- Guitar
- Fender Jaguar
- Record Label:
- Years Active:
- 1985–1994
- Associated With:
- Fecal Matter
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