Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana.
Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation". Cobain however was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention. He challenged Nirvana's audience with its final studio album In Utero (1993).
During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression, his fame and public image, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the US alone, and over 50 million worldwide.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2641 |
| Birthday | 1967-02-20 |
| Place of Birth | Aberdeen, Washington, USA |
| Also Known As | Nirvana , Kurt Donald Cobain, Kurdt Kobain, |
2021
When Nirvana Came to Britain
7.4/8
A look at the special relationship between Nirvana and the UK on the 30th anniversary of their seminal album Nevermind, including the role Britain pla...
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2007
Kurt Cobain: About a Son
6.9/73
An intimate and moving meditation on the late musician and artist Kurt Cobain, based on more than 25 hours of previously unheard audiotaped interviews...
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Kurt Cobain: About a Son
2009
Nirvana: Live at Reading
7.2/30
This was the band's second performance at the music festival and their first since the success of 'Nevermind' had elevated them to the position of wha...
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Nirvana: Live at Reading
1994
Nirvana: Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
7.605/38
Nirvana's frontman Kurt Cobain worked on compiling this collection of performances, interviews, and touring clips from 1991 to 1993 but did not finish...
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2004
Nirvana: With the Lights Out
7.429/14
Highlighted on the With The Lights Out DVD is a previously unreleased video of nine songs performed in 1988 at bassist Krist Novoselic's mother's hous...
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1992
1991: The Year Punk Broke
6.8/38
David Markey's documentary of life on the road with Sonic Youth and Nirvana during their tour of Europe in late 1991. Also featuring live performances...
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1991: The Year Punk Broke
1998
Kurt & Courtney
6.023/128
After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a documentary. Director Nick Broomfield talks to lots of peo...
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1993
Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
8.653/144
A live album by American rock band Nirvana, the album features an acoustic performance recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York City on 18 November...
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Nirvana: Unplugged In New York
1993
MTV Unplugged: Nirvana
8.824/17
An edited version of Nirvana's historic acoustic performance at Sony Music Studios in New York City, presented in a 45-minute television format for MT...
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2011
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount
8.12/46
Recorded in Seattle, WA on Halloween Night, 1991, Live at the Paramount is the only known Nirvana live show recorded on 16mm film. Now released to coi...
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2023
The Teacher
0/0
A short film showcasing the song The Teacher from the Foo Fighters' album 'But Here We Are'
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Loki: Arnaldo Baptista
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In 1971, the Kalvøya adventure started with shows, jazz and folk rock and the festival developed into "The mother of all Norwegian festivals".
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Stupor Mundi: Book 3, The Most Dangerous Encounter
0/0
The 1990s to the present, through the main wars of the last decades - from Iraq to Libya - but also the influence of the East on modern Western musici...
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2004
Kurt Cobain: The Early Life of a Legend
6.5/2
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2006
Nirvana The Path from Incesticide to In Utero
8/1
Rock Milestones: Nirvana - In Utero documents the recording of this popular album. In addition to footage of the band performing songs from the record...
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2006
Nirvana - In Utero: Under Review
8/1
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1991
Nirvana: Live in Amsterdam 1991
7.75/4
Commemorating the 30th anniversary of Nirvana's seminal 1991 release, the Nevermind Super Deluxe contains 5 CDs showcasing the newly remastered album...
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2021
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage
6.5/101
Explore Woodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture idealism of the original 1969 concert but instead devolved...
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2015
Soaked in Bleach
7.035/188
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2015
Cobain: Montage of Heck
7.622/762
Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully authorize...
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1991
Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso
8.3/10
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1993
Nirvana: Live and Loud
8.9/11
Just under a month after the taping of the legendary 'Unplugged', Nirvana would go on to record a concert for MTV during their 'In Utero' tour...........
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2025
The Secret Lives of Bill Bartell
0/0
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2005
The Britpop Story 'It Really, Really, Really, Could Happen'
0/0
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2006
Nirvana - the Definitive Critical Review
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Nirvana: Live in Dallas
0/0
This DVD captures Kurt Cobain and Nirvana playing at a small club in Dallas, Texas.
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2010
Nirvana: Live On Air
0/0
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1991
Nirvana: Teatro Castello, Rome, Italy
7/1
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2007
The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain
6.1/6
The week before Kurt Cobain was found dead from a single gunshot, he went missing. His whereabouts for that week has remained a mystery until now. But...
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2022
Foo Fighters: One Less Hero
9/1
A recap of the Foo Fighters story, from the early days of Nirvana to Taylor Hawkins' passing.
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2006
All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On
6.4/5
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1991
Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit
7.711/38
Set in a high school, featuring a host of jocks, preps, punks and jocks, the clip perfectly captured the spirit of Nirvana and the message that people...
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2011
Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses
0/0
An intimate look at music and history of Nirvana. The documentary serves as a companion and contextual backdrop to the exhibition at MoPOP.
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1996
Hype!
7.415/59
This documentary examines the Seattle scene as it became the focus of a merging of punk rock, heavy metal, and innovation. Building from the grass roo...
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1994
Freaks, Nerds & Weirdos
7.5/2
Documentary that gives a voice to the percentage of youth that were outcasts/non-conformists in the 90's. Interviews many famous musicians and other c...
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1993
Nirvana: Unplugged in New York - Rehearsal
10/1
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1991
Sub Pop Video Network Program 1
9/2
A compilation of all the Sub Pop videos from the grunge era. Tracks include Nirvana's 'In Bloom' and Mark Lanegan's 'Ugly Sunday'.
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2005
The Work of Director Anton Corbijn
7.8/10
Legendary photographer and director Anton Corbijn is responsible for many of the most indelible and important images of the past two and a half decade...
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2004
(This Is Known as) The Blues Scale
7/1
While planning the eventual DVD release for "1991: The Year Punk Broke", Dave Markey cut a 40-minute film out of unused footage to create a companion...
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2018
Kurt Everywhere
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2018
27: Gone Too Soon
5.779/68
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2001
25 Years of Punk
7/2
Lou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk rock movements in New York & England, the underground p...
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1993
RuPaul's Christmas Ball
10/1
Variety special featuring guests from the downtown New York club scene to stellar artists including Nirvana and Elton John.
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2007
Welcome to My Castle!
0/0
Over 5 hours of full-length interviews with Nirvana, Tommy Chong, Sonic Youth, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Ron Jeremy, and many more. Includes videos of Na...
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2012
Hit So Hard
5/19
The rise to fame (and the near-fatal fall from it) of Patty Schemel, drummer for Courtney Love's seminal rock band, Hole. Given a Hi-8 video camera ju...
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1990
Nirvana - Live on Leeds Polytechnic, UK, 1990
0/0
October 25, 1990 - Students' Union, Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds, UK 00:00:00 - Blew
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00:06:10 - Negative Creep
00:09:08 - Stain...
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2006
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
7.669/145
This 2005 documentary film chronicles the life of Daniel Johnston, a manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist, from childhood up to the presen...
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2023
I Hate Myself and I Want to Die
0/0
Found footage archival documentary chronicling the brief, bright ascendance of the musical combo Nirvana.
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2025
BUSCANDO MI NIRVANA
0/0
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2005
Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind
7/37
Nirvana's groundbreaking 1991 album NEVERMIND raised the Seattle trio to the status of Godhead, forever changing the face of the pop music market. "He...
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1991
Nirvana: Astoria Theater London
0/0
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1993
Nirvana: Veterans Memorial Coliseum Phoenix, Az
0/0
Single camera video with soundboard audio in the right channel and audience audio in the left, shot by MTV. Includes pre-show footage, "Drain You", "S...
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1994
Nirvana: Terminal 1, Munich
0/0
the final Nirvana concert
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1993
Nirvana: Live at Hollywood Rock Festival
8/2
Hollywood Rock Festival 1993
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2001
VH1 News Special: Grunge
0/0
VH1 and SPIN magazine teamed up to present 'VH1 News Special: Grunge', an in-depth look at the Seattle-born movement that transformed popular music an...
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2021
Grunge: A Story of Music and Rage
7.2/4
An extension of punk and the fury of the 70s, Grunge was built on the impossibility of living in this world without transforming it. On a categorical...
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1989
Nirvana: Rockin’ T.P., Santa Fe 1989
0/0
The grunge rock band Nirvana takes the stage for the first and only time in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Nirvana: Teen Spirit Interviews
0/0
This film looks back on the creation of Nirvana's 1991 album "Nevermind" through interviews with the band themselves.
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2026
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt
0/0
Follows the story of the groundbreaking Texas-based art-punk band founded by frontman Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary.
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