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Table Of Contents

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Introduction

pgs. 3-4

Childhood

pgs. 5-14

Musical Influences

Pgs. 15-16

Marriage and Family

Pgs. 17-18

Drug Abuse and Death

pgs. 19-20

In Memory Of Cobain

pgs. 21-22

Glossary and Index

23-26

Kurt Cobain is best known as the lead singer, 

songwriter, and guitarist of the Seattle rock 

band Nirvana. He is known as one of the many 

artists who pushed the wave of grunge rock. 

However, his private life was not even close to 

glamorous. He struggled with being homeless, 

drug abuse, marriage problems, almost losing a 

child to social services, and fighting with his 

parents. Even though he may have not had the 

best life, it certainly wasn't boring!

Kurt Donald Cobain was born February 20, 1967 

to Donald and Wendy Cobain. He also had a 

sister named Kimberly Cobain. This family, 

however, would not be together much longer, as 

only 8 years later, Cobain's parents divorced. 

The Divorce had a large effect on Cobain's life, 

and in one interview, he managed to talk a little 

bit about this hard time in his life.

"I remember feeling ashamed, for some reason. 

I was ashamed of my parents. I couldn't face 

some of my friends at school anymore, because 

I desperately wanted to have the classic typical 

family, "Mother, Father". I wanted that security, 

so I resented my parents for quite a few years 

because of that."

The Elementary years of cobain's life were not 

the best. Besides his parents getting divorced, 

he was also diagnosed with a very strong case of 

ADHD. He had trouble concentrating and would 

often get in trouble only because of his lack of 

medication for the problem. Cobain had to move 

in with his dad about a year after the divorce, 

and began to rebel against his parents and 

resent them. In an interview he talked a little 

more about how all of this had affected him, and 

how he despised it:

"It had a big impact on my life. I became much 

more withdrawn."

Throughout his childhood, Cobain went through 

many phases, much like many children his age. 

However, his were a little stronger, considering 

his emotional past. At one point, he chose 

stuntman Evil Knievel as his idol, and tried to do 

his own stunts. He even went as far as to set off 

fireworks from his chest, attached to a metal 

plate! However, his new attitude would not stop 

the constant burden he had to deal with of his 

divorced parents, maneuvering all of his life 

choices and changing his life forever, a lot more 

than most may think.

In high school, cobain's rebellious actions took a 

very dark turn. He did all drugs that were 

available to him, with the ironic exception of PCP 

because the stories he'd heard about PCP scared 

him. In 1983 he moved back with his mother in 

Aberdeen, where he attended Weatherway very 

shortly, and focused on art a lot more in school, 

often drawing during class. After a few months, 

he dropped out, and his mother gave him an 

ultimatum: get a job or leave. Within a week, 

Cobain was staying at friends' houses. He also 

sometimes stayed under a bridge over the 

Wishkah River, which inspired the song 

'Something In The Way'.

During this time, Cobain often found odd jobs to 

work around Aberdeen, and did make enough 

money to buy his first apartment in June of 

1985. Unfortunately, after only a few months 

Cobain was evicted and had to move in with a 

friend. Cobain's bad life decisions didn't just end 

with addiction to drugs. In 1986, he was 

arrested for trespassing. This would be the first 

of many things that would tarnish his criminal 

record. In 1986, however, Cobain moved into his 

first house, making rent by working part time as 

a janitor. He began to pull his life together and 

renew his interest in music. This is around the 

time Nirvana began. 

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