kurt cobain

             Kurt Cobain overcame many challenges in his youth before becoming a musical standout. These challenges ranged from being brought up in town that he didn't fit into, to being rejected by his parents and as a result becoming homeless. All Kurt ever wanted to be was to be like everyone else, but he wasn't like everyone else. He managed to over come these difficulties in life, like many others and went on to be the most influential figures in popular music during the early 90's.
             Kurt Donald Cobain was born on February 20, 1967 to Wendy and Donald Cobain, in Aberdeen Washington. Aberdeen is still a small lumber town that is in economic depression, thus many people are unemployed. Taverns fill up early in the day because there is nothing else to do. The local suicide rate is well beyond the national average. One of the biggest growth industries in this county is the cultivation of marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms, which people grow in addition to or in place of their meager incomes. Most people who live in Aberdeen are highly involved in sports and if you are not then you do not fit in. Unfortunately for Kurt's popularity and the ability to fit in, he wasn't the least bit interested in sports, and growing up in a town like this would prove to be a tremendous obstacle that Kurt had to overcome by forming a band.
             In 1975 Kurt's parents were divorced. This had a lasting and devastating effect on him. He felt even more different than the social norm of Aberdeen because he only had a one parent family. As Wendy Cobain explained in Come As You Are, by Michael Azzured, "This is not such a big deal in a large town, but everyone in this town is watching and judging each other and this made Kurt feel very uncomfortable.''
             He had lived with his father's new family after the divorce, and he had felt miserably out of place. He didn't get along with his new family, especially his step mom. Ultimately, Kurt'...

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