KURT COBAIN

             1. Kurt Donald Cobain was born on the 20th of February in 1967 in Aberdeen, Washington, not far from Seattle.
             2. He grew up in a mid-class society.
             3. As a child, he was very hyperactive, and was prescribed to a morphine based drug to help him concentrate in school. These drugs affected him later in life.
             4. The drug often kept him awake at night, so he was then prescribed on a sedative.
             5. Kurt's childhood was very good until his parents got divorced when he was seven years old. He often referred to it as an 'emotional holocaust'.
             6. Don Cobain (Kurt's father) changed his job to work in the timber industry, and this is when the problems started.
             7. Kurt's parents' divorce was tough for Kurt and made him very shy.
             8. Kurt moved back and forth between his parents.
             9. His parents' divorce was the single most important event in his life that shaped his personality.
             10. Both of his parents remarried. His mothers' new husband, Frank Franich, was hated very much by Kurt. His fathers' new wife, Jenny Westby, was liked by Kurt at first, but then his jealously took over and made him start to dislike her.
             11. Kurt loved art, even as a child. He was constantly drawing. His grandmother, Iris Cobain, encouraged him to paint and draw any chance she had.
             12. Kurt purchased his first guitar on his fourteenth birthday.
             13. He was constantly trying to create his own style of music. This led him to start hanging around the Seattle underground. Here, he became a roadie for the band the Melvin's.
             14. Another underground band, the Pixies, influenced Kurt's music taste greatly. His music taste later reflected the music he wrote and played in his amazing band, Nirvana.
             15. Nirvana always had three members. Kurt on the guitar and singing lead vocals, Krist Novoselic on the bass, and many different drummers.
             16. Kurt made Krist in 1985. They for...

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