The timing of the slim book’s publication is possibly exploitative-it coincides with the 20th anniversary of Cobain’s death on April 5, 1994-but Cross makes it clear that the fallen idol and his legacy are still important to him.Īnd not just him, but the culture at large. Cross does in Here We Are Now, which bears the subtitle The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain. Given all that, one could easily argue that the man is as relevant now as he was during his all-too-brief life. Next month, Cobain and his Nirvana bandmates Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

(They weren’t.) More photos emerged, of the Los Angeles apartment Cobain shared with Courtney Love in 1992, which the reigning king and queen of grunge had left in a suitably trashed state.Īnd on it goes: fans have started an on-line funding campaign to purchase Cobain’s childhood home and turn it into a museum Life magazine published a book-length special issue titled Remembering Kurt Cobain: 20 Years Later the New York Times ran a travel article detailing “must-see” Cobain sites around Washington state a Dutch brewer released an eyebrow-raisingly tasteless TV spot which posits that Cobain, Elvis Presley, and other dead celebs are actually hiding out on a tropical island. Then police in Seattle released previously unseen-and remarkably uninteresting-photos from the scene of Cobain’s suicide, which sparked rumours that they were reopening the investigation into his death. (The sculpture, by Aberdeen artist Randi Hubbard, has been described as “hideous”, “sad”, “weird”, “bizarre”, “terrible”, and “creepy”-and that’s just the first page of Google results.)Įarlier this month, a prankster claiming to be Cobain’s former roommate made headlines when he posted an ad to Craigslist offering to sell some of the singer’s old possessions. That occasion was marked by the unveiling of a statue of the late rock star, who is depicted as a seated figure playing an acoustic guitar, with a tear streaming down his face.

In his hometown of Aberdeen, Washington, Mayor Bill Simpson proclaimed February 20 (which would have been the Nirvana frontman’s 47th birthday) to be Kurt Cobain Day. Kurt Cobain has been having a hell of a year.

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