Biography
American musician, lead singer whose anguished lyrics helped sell
millions of records featuring the gritty sound of grunge rock 'n roll of
"Nirvana," a head banging punk metal band formed in 1991.
Cobain was raised 108 miles southwest of Seattle by auto mechanic
Donald Cobain and his homemaker wife Wendy Fradenburg. Three years older
than his sister Kim, Cobain was diagnosed as a hyperactive preschooler and
given the amphetamine-based drug, Ritalin as a child. The side effects of
the drug were countered with sedatives to help him sleep at nights. Cobain
remembers fondly his childhood occupying his time drawing and singing to
the songs of the Beatles. His parents divorce in 1975 emotionally shook
his world. Filled with anger and confusion, Cobain became sullen and
antagonistic to his bewildered mom who finally sent him to live with his
dad. Cobain continued to rebel by refusing to share in his father's
enthusiasm for sports activities. Joining the junior high wrestling team
Cobain allowed his opponent to win without a struggle while his
disappointed father watched in the stands. During his years at Aberdeen
High School, Cobain smoked marijuana, taunted jocks, and was shuffled over
to his paternal grandparents home. He found enjoyment learning how to play
Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" on the guitar from his music
teacher. Interested in the punk rock music of the Sex Pistols, Cobain
dropped out of high school in 1985 before graduation and visited the music
clubs. Refusing his two state art scholarships, he skipped college and
worked part-time as a janitor at his high school. He took drugs, drank,
vandalized cars and lived life on the streets in Aberdeen.
In 1987, Cobain and bassist school friend Krist Novoselic established
their rock group, "Nirvana" and performed at clubs in Aberdeen,
Olympia and Seattle. Two years later they released their first album,
"Bleach." They were signed by Geffen Records in 1991 and their
second album, "Nevermind," sold over 10 million copies
worldwide. "Nirvana's" music was part of the growing popular
Seattle gritty grunge music sound. The group's rumpled style of torn
jeans, ripped T-shirts and unwashed hair influenced American teenagers.
Cobain was singled out by music critics for his primal screams and guitar
playing bravado on stage. He was championed as the voice of the X
generation. Despite his speedy superstar status, Cobain's personal life
continued to erode. Uncomfortable with his fame, he continued his drug
habit of heroin and alcohol.
Cobain met his wife, former actress and strip joint dancer, Courtney
Love in 1991 when she was forming her own punk band, "Hole." The
couple easily bonded over their mutual drug habit. They married in early
1992 and six months later their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain was born.
The couple owned a $1.1 million home on the shore of Seattle's Lake
Washington Madrona neighborhood. Cobain's addiction to drugs fueled the
fights between him and his wife and was difficult to conquer. He suffered
chronic undiagnosed stomach pains that he believed were relieved by his
heroin use. For years, he had a mysterious stomach ailment, a burning
nauseous pain in his upper abdomnal cavity. The distress was inexplicable
and elusive to diagnosis, at times causing him to curl up in misery for
days.
On 3/04/1994 he went into a coma in Rome, Italy from an overdose of
tranquilizers and champagne. On 3/28/1994 he entered Exodus Recovery
Center, a drug rehabilitation center in Marina Del Rey, CA and walked out
of the clinic 36 hours later. Wandering around the Seattle Madrona
neighborhood Cobain was spotted by people in the community wearing a heavy
coat on a warm day. Seattle Police believe Cobain died of a self-inflicted
shotgun wound to the head in the afternoon or evening of 4/05/1994. He
left a one-page note written with a red ball point pen addressing his
unhappiness, "I have felt guilty for so many years...the worst crime
is faking it. I don't have any passion any more." His addictions,
discomfort with celebrity status, domestic disputes and his own personal
demons of anguish were made public when his body was found 4/08/1994 by an
electrician contracted to install a burglar alarm in the Cobain's Seattle
home. Cobain's suicide death shocked the nation and highlighted the heroin
drug problem in the music industry. The police report gave the death as
occurring on 4/05/1994, 7:00 PM PDT, Seattle.
Journals, a collection of hand-written diary entries,
letters, band memos, drawings, screeds and cries for the heart came out in
publication in November 2002.
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Kurt Cobain's journals were released to the public last week. We don't often get
a look at the interior of the public figures that we study. The interior
view is so important to a full astrological understanding of a person
because astrology has so much to say about what drives people from the
inside. We have a biography and link to the Newsweek cover story with the
diary entries. As one might expect the chart is full of Pisces
energy, but I did not expect nine trines!
- Kurt Cobain changed the tone of Rock music in the 90's. What makes
this the chart of a revolutionary leader? Cobain was extremely
uncomfortable with his leadership, fame, and fortune. Why?
- Cobain turned to heroin when the doctors could not figure out how to
manage a stomach ailment that would burn so badly that he would be
doubled over in bed for days. It was not an ulcer and did not increase
at times of stress. Does astrology give any clues about the meaning of
this ailment?
- What cosmic influences were bearing down upon him at the time of his
suicide - 4/05/1994, 7:00 PM PDT, Seattle? What message was the cosmos
sending?
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