2. Kurt Donald Cobain
Legendary personality with his own
individuality.
He born for music or music was
made for him.
Important rock idol for each rock music fan.
He is founder of “Nirvana” and Grunge music.
3. Born in 1967 on February
20th in Aberdeen,
Washington. Aberdeen – city
of sawmills and sawyers.
Mother - Wendy
Father - Donald Leland Elizabeth Fradenburg
Cobain was a was a waitress.
automotive mechanic.
Kurt got younger sister named Kimberly.
4. He was really smart boy and good at a lot of
things like music, writing and drawing, but he
didn’t have friends at school.
Aunt thought
After separation of
him to guitar
his parents he
playing and
started to live with
showed him a
his aunt or friends
rock music.
and even in his
Soon he formed
own car or under
his own rock
the bridge.
band “Nirvana”
After the events with his family and unsuccessful school life he
become “bad boy”. Sometimes he violated a law and once
police took him to the prison for vandalism of the bank and cars.
5. Nirvana
Nirvana was an American rock band
Members:
• Kurt Cobain
• Krist Novoselic
•Dave Grohl
Years activ: 1987–1994
Kurt and Krist move to Siettle and
soon they become famous in
different clubs, but they still didn’t
had a permanent drummer. Just
after some time Dave joined to
them.
They signed contract with Sub
Pop record label to record
“Bleach” that became their first
album, but it doesn’t had a real
success.
6. After signing with major
label DGC Records, the
band found
breakthrough success
with “Smells Like Teen
Spirit" from their second
album Nevermind(1991)
After this giant
success, their
albums were sold
over 25 million in the
United States alone,
and over 50 million
worldwide. It
become to reason to
had a tour around
the world.
7. Privacy
Even his family affect All his life he
Since teenage he was very depressed person
his psychological got
and the reason of this was that he hated
situation. That is why stomachache
the “grey” crowd, because he always
in 15-years he made that is why he
thought that he is special and different
his documentary become drug
from anothers. Unfortunately crowd was
movie about suicide. addict.
everywhere.
8. Courtney.
For him she was like Nancy Spungen, like an energy battery.
Earlier his girlfriend was Tracy,
but she was just like mother for
him, that is why he wanted
girlfriend, that will be an artist
too.
At one concert in 1989 he met Courtney Love, who was
young lead singer of “Hole”. He offered her to meet with
him, but she reject him. Just after some time she sent
him a heart-shaped box, what actually meant that she
agree. She usually took bargains of Kurt’s and
Nirvana to herself, That is why
everybody know her like psychopaths
Love and and very cranky person.
Cobain
married in She also had a different kind of
Hawaii, on addiction. Kurt and Courtney were
February frequently visitors of rehabilitation
24th, 1992 clinic.
9. Francis Bean Cobain
Born in August 18th in 1992 in Los Angelos
She is the only child of Kurt and Courtney
Now she is 18 and she have her own art gallery.
10. • On April 8th, 1994, at the age of 27, Cobain's body was
discovered at his Lake Washington home in Siettle by an
electrician who had arrived to install a security system.
• Official reason of death is suicide.
• Official date of death is April 5th, 1994.
End of Kurt’s and Nirvana’s story.
