The icon of a generation. A tormented life. A grunge figure that is still valid. In the Viola we remember the last hours of the singer and guitarist of Nirvana.
Kurt spent his last hours in front of Lake Washington, in a giant house. I was alone. On the morning of April 8 the news shook the fans of Nirvana. An electrician found the body of the star of the moment. Gary Smith, from "Veca Electric", arrived early at the house to install an electrical safety system and saw the body. He thought it was a mannequin. There was not much blood. The icon of a generation had committed suicide.
His last days were traumatic. His name had conquered the world as a reference for grunge. But fame tormented him.
A life with dark moments. Within that shadow world, Kurt had a person who helped him. An imaginary friend who helped him escape from reality. He called him Boddah. His loved ones were worried when they learned of his existence. His aunt Mari, who saw him grow up in Aberdeen, once said that this imaginary friend probably inspired him to start singing.
His parents, Don and Wendy Cobain, were so concerned about his son's propensity for fantasy that, when an uncle enlisted for Vietnam, he was told that Boddah had been summoned as well. But Kurt ignored them and was always with Boddah.
Boddah, el misterioso personaje al que Kurt Cobain le dedicó la carta suicida
"I must be one of those narcissists who only appreciate things when they happened, I'm too simple, I need to be a bit anesthetized to regain the enthusiasm I had when I was a child." In these last three tours I appreciated much more all the people I met. personally, they are our fans, but in spite of this I can not overcome the frustration, the guilt and the hypersensitivity towards the people ", wrote Cobain to Boddah in his farewell letter.
NEVERMIND, THE DISC THAT BROUGHT THE WORLD
Its lid caught the attention. A naked baby diving and trying to catch a dollar bill. Nevermind came out on September 24, 1991. It was produced by Butch Vig and the first one released by DGC Records.
The album is well marked Kurt Cobain style, especially his love for the music of another American group: Pixies.
"It was very interesting, we did not have any kind of pressure and the most important part was recorded in 16 days, they had been rehearsing the material a lot, for the first time they were in Los Angeles, with money and enjoying the moment. very interesting songs, nobody expected such a response from the public, when it was published it was a success, everybody talked about 'Nevermind', it changed my life, "acknowledged La Viola Butch Vig, producer of the famous album.
Its lid caught the attention. A naked baby diving and trying to catch a dollar bill. Nevermind came out on September 24, 1991. It was produced by Butch Vig and the first one released by DGC Records.
The album is well marked Kurt Cobain style, especially his love for the music of another American group: Pixies.
"It was very interesting, we did not have any kind of pressure and the most important part was recorded in 16 days, they had been rehearsing the material a lot, for the first time they were in Los Angeles, with money and enjoying the moment. very interesting songs, nobody expected such a response from the public, when it was published it was a success, everybody talked about 'Nevermind', it changed my life, "acknowledged La Viola Butch Vig, producer of the famous album.
The formula was simple but eloquent: noisy songs that suddenly became very quiet and achieved a unique musical atmosphere. Dave Grohl, drummer, (today guitarist, singer and leader of Foo Fighters) and Chris Novoselic also contributed theirs when building a strong, forceful base.
YOUR WORLD IN PHRASES
The singer and guitarist surprised with his thoughts. Many times he shared it with the press.
1- "Drugs destroy your memory and your own respect. They are not good but I do not intend to go preaching against them now. "
2- "I prefer to be hated for what I am than loved for what I am not".
3- "If my smile showed the depths of my soul many people seeing me smile would cry with me".
4- "Nobody dies a virgin ... Life screws us all".
5- "Under the effect of drugs you do not care about anything, you just want to isolate yourself from the world and achieve an inner peace that is not achieved in a normal state".
6- "To dream all the time with the person you want to be is to waste the person you already are".
8- "I need to feel something drugged again to feel the enthusiasm I felt as a child".
7- "They laugh at me for being different, I laugh at everyone for being the same".
9- "When I was a kid, I dreamed of being what I do now, and now that I've fulfilled my dream, I realize that it's not as easy or as fantastic as I thought."
10- "The stars are there you just have to look at them".
Another photo that shows, in addition to the foot of the guitarist, a bag with a box of shotgun bullets. (Seattle Police Department)
These images had not come to light because Courtney had prevented him precisely because since the death of her husband there had been rumors that she was involved. Even the reporter who took the photographs filed a lawsuit blaming her on Cobain's death. But since this situation was never proven, he finally discarded and concluded that indeed, the interpreter of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" had committed suicide. It was on April 5, 1994 when Kurt Cobain died because of a shotgun blast.
According to several media reports at that time, the body of the singer was discovered three days later in a room above his garage by a Veca Electric employee, who arrived at the house that morning to install an electrical safety system and saw the body thinking He was a mannequin, but as he approached he saw no sign of trauma and thought he was asleep until he saw blood.
Kurt's license with which they identified the corpse. (Seattle Police Department)
The suicide letter that Kurt left to Courtney Love and his daughter in common, Frances Bean, in which he told Court that both she and the little one would be better off without him and that he loved them. (Seattle Police Department)
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