Dec 16 2009Memories: Kurt Cobain Playing With A Kitty

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For all you OLD lovers out there, I've got the feeling this photo is at LEAST 15 years late, but -- Jesus, has it already been 15 years? Feels like it was just yesterday.

Hit the jump for another shot of Kurt and another, little-er kitty.

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Kurt Cobain Playing With A Kitten [buzzfeed]

Thanks to Nilla, whose wafers go great in banana pudding.

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greatest rockstar ever...

First?

not the greatest... but if I were a chick, i'd hit it.

fuck :< also, disagree

in pic #1
INVISIBLE GUITAR W/DISTORTION PEDAL

@2 no, twat http://www.sneeko.net/images/gifs1/title-nindoze.gif

15 years? Goddamn, I'm old.

@5 hehehe

*take's deep breath* .........


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pic two his nails are red

who wants to beat him and the kitty shared a little cat nip every now and again : )

His nails ARE red, lol!
But that kitty is so cute :]

Nirvana.... do/don't like ... there were so many talented guitarists out there and Nirvana made it ok and trendy to not even have to tune your axe or know how to string a few notes together....

he sure liked some crazy pussy though...

Q: What was the last thing to go through Kut Cobain's mind?

That was really a GREAT musician...
I imagine how many great songs could have been created if he was still here...

A: His teeth
...... just sayin

I thought the last thing to go through his head was lead... just sayin

@ 9 Daniel.... FFFFFFAAAAAIIIIIILLLLLLL

Sorry, Nirvana wasn't that great of a band, even 15 years ago.

Forever 27
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Reading material


http://www.celebritymorgue.com/kurt-cobain/

http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/c/Kurt%20Cobain/kurt_cobain.htm

@ 20... my firewall kills your link.... i hate my firewall.... and firstards

naas, I'd go to this show if I were you.... Z-Trip puts on a GREAT live show!!!
December 30 - Chicago, IL
@ Aragon Ballroom w/ Umphrey's McGee


Check out the Nirvana "Lounge Act" song here
http://www.djztrip.com/downloads.html

awwww that's so cute lol!

My gawd, He looks just like Walter Sullivan from Silent Hill.

@22
It's a painting of Kurt entering the " 27 Club ", (Hendrix, Joplin, Morrison)

I love those photos. I have the poster of the first one. Got it like 10+ years ago from GuitarWorld magazine.

Wow it has been a long time since the most talentless hack "graced" this plain of existence. In remembrance, I will do the same jig of utter joy I did in college when I found out that coward punched his own ticket before he could collect the father of the year award.

@28:
It's 'plane' of existence, not 'plain.'
I'm glad you didn't kill yourself, because you've obviously accomplished so much in your life. Like being a turd, for example.

@13 I agree completely... I Was always the kid wearing Metallica and Megadeth shirts to school while everyone else was into the "Grunge" movment. It takes more than Angst and the ability to sing out of tune to be a Talented musician. Besides I feel a 1000% more sympathy for Dimebag Darrel. Curt Kobain took the pussy route by shooting himself (assuming that Courtny Love didnt actually shoot him), Dimebag got gunned down by a menataly ill ex-marine while playing Onstage during a set for fucks sake. Plus Grunge is a dead Fad, While Metal Is alive and kickin harder than ever before.

Grunge was basicaly the Pussy version of Punk, No talent and all angst. At least the Punks had Balls.

there's a good chance that cat could be alive (bloody things live past 20 if you're lucky) and still clawin' on hit pant sleeves.

@ 30

If you stuck your wang inside that pycho you would have wanted to end it all too........just saying.

@33, I agree.

@33 Agreed

he must have loved kittehs, those are 2 different kittehs! 1st pic PEW PEW

fk yea kurt cobain ftw.

Does anyone else remember the recent Family Guy episode.....
Courtney Love: "Kurt, come make love to me."
Kurt Cobain: "Uh, I'm gonna go grab something out of the garage...."

So why are we supposed to feel sorry? Yeah, it sucks.
Lets put it in perspective. Some junkie that happens to be popular offed himself 15yrs ago.
Whatever. Guess I'm just in a dickish mood.

junkie twat

Who is Kurt cobain? (Yeah i'm to lazy for google.)

Awww, they're sshhhhooo cute <3

I CAN HAS COBAINBURGER?

Fuck him in his dead ass with a big candy dick. His music was OK at best. He was no Morrison thats for damn sure. He was a whiny selfish little fuck who couldn't see how good he had things. He had a beautiful baby..ok a grubby wife but still back then she was at least halfway ok..but millions of fans, a good band and a full life ahead of him. That weak asshole let down EVERYONE who knew him or his music the day he pulled the trigger.

"Wahh I'm still not satisfied with all mu success...Wahhh no one thinks my songs with 4 lyrics are deep.."

Sorry all you lovers out there. Invest your love in the survivors who actually enjoy the life they lead.
Kurt should have quit music and flipped burgers with the rest of the junkie asswipes who play guitar. Maybe he'd still be alive and his kid would still have a father.

Well yes my son, it has been 15 years, believe it.

HE SUCKED - insanely over rated.

I miss him :(

GREATEST FRONTMAN EVER!

@43

The guy was clinically depressed, and lived in unbearable physical pain for most of his adult life. He took drugs to self-medicate; it's a wonder he made it as long as he did. He was not just an unsatisfied whiny prick.

And like it or not, the dude changed the face of modern music. It's completely subjective as to whether it was a change for the better or for the worse... but I guess my point is, how many minds are you responsible for changing so far? His accomplishments deserve to be recognized.

who the hell cares about this idiot. His music is horrible.

I've never seen so much kurt hate in one place. My butt's not sore about it or anything, it just seems disproportional to what I've come to expect. Somebody do something about it!

@48 totally agree

Memoria...

i had that poster.it was from the nevermind 10 year anniversary edition of guitar world back in 2002.i think i even have the issue still.
but yeah,cobains suicide kind of blew up in his face(hehehe)
killed himself cus he couldnt deal with the fame amd pressure,blah blah blah.
but look at him now.one of the most OVERRATED musicians ever.
his image has become the one thing he hated most.
i mean,hell,look at the latest guitar hero.

he had such bad acne.

Cute kittens and dead rocker...what else is more inspiring.

and btw to all those "overrated" people, everyone is overrated.

Kurt Cobain - some good songs, great at the time, got people off shit hair metal and well shit metal...Overrated

Jim Morrison - some good songs...actually no, no good songs, pile of wank...Overrated

Led Zepplin - Stairway is epic but everything else...Overrated

Pink Floyd - Overrated

Taylor Swift - Overrated

Every artist everyone likes is overrated by someone...it's called different tastes in music you dicks, get over it.

However, at the end of the day if you are older than someone at high school and still listening to Metal and wearing those megadeath, metallica, pantera, black sabbath etc t-shirts then you are the kind of person who needs to sit down and really think about your life, or to be more specific when to end your life.

its already 15 years and yet no one comes close to him.. i miss kurt.

All you haters wanna go on abt how he was a talentless hack, but don't forget becoz of him grunge took over the world

I was only 10 when he died but I still really miss him, miss the band... It's amazing how insensitive people can be. I guess if you never known someone with and addiction problem you just can't understand. Suicide should never be taken lightly, even if it was something that happened 15 years ago; to make fun of it is disgusting. I live in Alaska and suicide is so prevelant in our villages we have the highest rates per capita in the whole nation. It's a very serious matter no matter who did it or how long ago.

I personaly like kurt kobains music along with alot of other people. just cus u dont like it doesnt mean it overated.

Just as an aside, yeah that whole unbearable physical pain part would probably drive me to off myself too. No matter how many fans I had lined up.

Still I like his music, it was the second CD I owned Nirvana "Nevermind". Used listen to it while playing Mechwarrior at Virtua World. Good times and his music is a damned site better than anything I can make. Nuff said.

@ 56 ... well, i still wear metallica/megadeath/pantera/black sabath t-shirts and i am way older than someone in highschool so i guess i should sit down and think about ending my life... let's see....
1.- I am at a point in my career and job that allows me to grow long hair again (so i am).
2.- I'm in a rock band (as a hobbie and get paid for it)
3.- My son has his own rockband and grupies (and he's only 13)

yes, if i put it all into context you are right, i guess i should go kill myself now then.... bye

@ 62 BTW, we play covers, and we get a lot of Nirvana requests, but we don't play Nirvana out of principal as stated @13

... another thing i forgot to mention.. yesterday i picked up my metallica tickets, i'll be taking my son, no way we will miss the death magnetic tour.

@13, 62, & 63 (GoSS Jerk) I am so glad to hear you dont play Nirvana as you say "Out of Principal". Some one accused me of Being Biased for being a metal head on this subject, So I said "So I am Biased for actually having some standards in my musical taste?? Like for example Having enouph talent to play more than 5 riffs in a song??"...

@ 65
so because you jam more riffs into a song, its a better song?
there's plenty of crap metal anyway, more riffs does not mean a better song! and being a metalhead doesn't mean you have good taste either, in fact i'd argue the opposite since you close yourself off from other genres
anyway, all music just like everything in life is subjective, it's on you whether you like it or not and someone else probly won't dig what you do either, so keep an open mind and don't bash on someone for liking different shit

1. He has some good tunes, some heavy and emotional, i'll take it
2. He obviously liked him some kittehs, and that alone is good enough for me

JESUS 15 Years...... I remember it like it was 15 days ago!!!

The fact is, Kurt Cobain wasn't a great musician, he was a performer ,a brand saddly. He's like what lady gaga, a great affection of pop culture cause there's something charistmatic about him. Any women would bang him. LOOK at that face. couuchicoo

The fact is, Kurt Cobain wasn't a great musician, he was a performer ,a brand saddly. He's like what lady gaga, a great affection of pop culture cause there's something charistmatic about him. Any women would bang him. LOOK at that face. couuchicoo

The fact is, Kurt Cobain wasn't a great musician, he was a performer ,a brand saddly. He's like what lady gaga, a great affection of pop culture cause there's something charistmatic about him. Any women would bang him. LOOK at that face. couuchicoo

@66 YES, NOT having the ability to play a complicated musical arrangement is by definition "Being a BAD musician" I can play all of nirvanas guitar riffs on my guitar, I CAN NOT play most of Pantera's (And I loved Pantera) and I would never consider my self a good Guitarist. And Yes I also Agree there is Plenty of Crap metal out there, I am just as likely to rip into a crappy Metal band as I am a crappy grunge/pop/punk/country/rap and whatever other kind of music a band can play. There is shit in all genres for sure. Also at no time did I say I was closed minded to other genre's, you simply assumed. In Fact I love Classical and listen to it often, especially at work. Kurt Cobain was nothing more than a Popular Idol (a fact he himself despised). I have no problem with People liking his music, Were I do have a problem is when people start spouting all this Bullshit sympathy for a man that CHOSE TO END HIS OWN LIFE. I feel no Sympathy what so ever for anyone who commits suicide, and I fully endorse your right to end your own life if that is your choice, Hell when and if I get to 85 and I am shitting my self I would gladly put an end to it. And by the way, I have had people very close to me battle both Drug addiction and suicidal tendencies.

@71
i agree completely that it was a weak move and all but it didnt affect me (cuz i think i was six) like dimebag, that was a fucking tragedy and im glad that asshole got his too
but keep in mind that no one goes that far for no reason, i damn sure don't want some nurse wiping my ass and feeding me either and may take that route eventually too, tho i would find the best/most extreme/coolest way, like a diy jetpack into the stratosphere or diving into a woodchipper/volcano, etc.

and my bad for assuming so, tho i would say grunge is not dead and is instead mostly resopnsible for the beginning of emo and alt punk stuff, i just hate to see anyone sanction themselves off to one kind of music when there is really good stuff from everything (cept gospel or country of course) hehheh

@72 I agree, Except I cant stand emo or alt punk either sooo I guess there are a few genres I cant help but not like. And I also agree that you have to be in a pretty fucked up place to consider suicide which is the very reason why I have little or no sympathy for these people, If you get to that point and take your own life than its obvious you preferred death over your life, Fine with me, The world is overpopulated as it is. There are absolutely no guarantees in life, And life can suck to no end for sure. And I am sure there are millions of people who have lived on this earth who had it far worse off than Kurt who did not commit suicide, and I am also sure there are many who had it better and still decided to commit suicide. In the end Life is what you make it, and if you don’t have the will to survive, then you probably don’t deserve to.

It's cool to have different music tastes and not be a fan, but notice how all the people who think he sucks don't post what they think is better. Probably Linkin' Park or Evanescence...

This is for those who say he can't play guitar:

1. Post your great works up here so we can all hear how good you are. I'd love the comparison.

2. Also please post who you think is good.

@74, I think Iron Maiden, Metallica (first 4 albums), Testament, Devin Townsend, Pink Floyd, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimmy Hendrix, Pantera, BLACK SABBATH, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Mastadon, WEEN, and many more are much better than Nirvana, But then thats just my opinion :)

nirvana sucks
nirvana < dinosaur jr., at the drive-in, sunny day real estate, fugazi

well, dinosaur jr. gets props just for having dino in their name

Also Beethovan, Bach, Mozart, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi are also much better "Artists" with there influences spanning far greater and wider than Kurt could ever hope too. And some of them were just as troubled as little old Kurt ever was.

Fugazi Rocks.... Ian Mckay is awsome.

This is madness. By show of hands, how many of you have actually lost someone close to suicide? I don't care if it was someone you barely knew, I'm talking about people for whom you had an understanding of their inner workings.

It's not something people do because they're whiny ungrateful brats, that's what attempted suicide and scars on your wrist are for. Chickenshits chicken out, every time. Come on dudes! We're just a bunch of molecules floating about in extremely complex configurations, we're all going to stop reacting chemically eventually. There's no harm in pulling the trigger on yourself early. If you want to stay alive, go ahead and do it, but don't criticize a guy because he'd rather die than suffer.

are any of you guys who are bashing Nirvana famous?

do you make 6 figures for singing 4 words over and over?

do you get mad poon for just "being misunderstood"?

no.

you're nerds just like everybody else on this website. chill the fuck out kids.

Its scary how little compassion there is in the world...

@80
Oh I agree.. there is no harm in ending your own life. Well.. except to everyone you knew and had even a remote influence on. And sorry to say but a rock guy like Kurt influenced a lot of people and sent a message to them that your life can have a thousand great thigns in it, but if it gets hard to cope with you can kill yourself.

I HAVE had a friend kill himself. I have also had 2 other friends die in various non self induced ways. Hit rock bottom, have nothing and no one left and no way out. Then yeah maybe its ok. Or live in agonizing pain with no hope of a cure. Then its ok too.. But to sit on millions of dollars, to have the adoration of millions and to have your voice and musings listened to every day and a family that cares about you, and everything you could possibly want and THEN kill yourself?
Fuuuuck him. No way. he was a poser whotook the easy way out. And yeah i say poser. He didn't 'invent' grunge.. it was well in place in seattle way before he came along. He played a style that he didnt create. Big whoop. he was no genius.. he was no martyr for his music... he was a spoiled little asshole who was too stupid to go to a dr and get a script to help him deal with shit. Instead he chose to kill himself.
Suicide is a last resort. When you feel that nothign will matter and nothing you can do will ever help you or your situation. And Im sorry but NO WAY was Kurt in that place when he took his life. No where near.
So you people go on idolizing him. Me I'll gladly go chew some bubble gum and take a piss in fond memory. Thats about what hes worth.

All I will say positive is this... he was either everything i say OR he wasn't and he was murdered. If he was murdered then i recind everything but we have to go under the assumption that he took his own life as thats what the common beliefe is.

@81

Q: are any of you guys who are bashing Nirvana famous?
A: No. And it has never been an ambition of mine.

Q: do you make 6 figures for singing 4 words over and over?
A: NO. I make a Little over "1 figure" and am perfectly happy with that. I have all that I need and most of what I want.

Q: do you get mad poon for just "being misunderstood"?
A: No, But neither did Kurt. If you read up on kurt at all you will find he had many Issues stemming back from when his parents got divorced. And from Kurt Cobain's own words he wished for the maternal comfort of a traditional relationship. He was a needy guy who was emotionally fragile. He craved a dependent relationship.

And Kid???? No, Im 30 with an ex-wife and a soon to be wife, I own my house and work as an Electrical Engineer.

And Kurt Cobain still sucks ; )

Sorry, but Kurt Cobain was a sell-out hack and he knew it. That's why he offed himself. If he hadn't, he'd be in the bargain bin with all of the other awful '90's alterna-crap bands that thankfully faded into obscurity.

He was NOT "our generation's John Lennon." He was just a dude that played guitar (badly) and became a "legend" because he blew his brains out. All the revisionist historians can give him credit for "saving rock n' roll" or whatever, but anyone who actually lived through it and hasn't since been brainwashed by bullshit Spin Magazine articles knows he was at best, a half assed, junkie rip off artist whose album came out at the right time; when no one could tolerate another awful hangover hairband single a la Firehouse or Saigon Kick. Any number of better, more original bands could very easily have been Nirvana, had their videos popped up on MTV two weeks sooner. Dinosaur Jr. anyone?

Still sucks that anyone died, though. Especially someone's dad. Suicide is a shitty thing to put your family through. I still feel for the daughter that never knew him, the mother who lost a son and the wife, as fucked up as she is, who lost her partner.

I Declare The ANTI-COBAINS THE WINNERS!!!! of what I have no idea..... And Who gave me the authority to declare a winner is also a mystery.

Man.... that's so sweet, but also depressing. Kurt was a really nice guy, or so I've read.

All of the Kurt hate on here is pretty weak, you attack his simple guitar playing and lyrics-- where's your gold record? Oh right, you don't have any talent at all. He changed a lot of lives and that's what counts. I don't think he was the grunge era John Lennon, but he sure was iconic.

Q: do you make 6 figures for singing 4 words over and over?
Does that have even a little bit of truth in it whatsoever? Your opinion is no longer valid.

I'd much rather have Nirvana still touring than the current crop of stuff you hear on the radio... seriously? Have you heard it? It's terrible.

The argument that you can only criticize ( Definition; to make a considered assessment of the qualities of something, especially a creative work) someone who is in the public eye based on whether or not you have surpassed there achievements is beyond childish. By this logic No one would be able to criticize the president unless they themselves were president. Sorry but this is not how reality works. Also making Blind assumptions about someone you have very little knowledge about is also about as intelligent and rational as randomly accusing people of being a rapist on a busy street.

Sure Kurt Cobain was a "nice guy", But he was also a self absorbed pity whore drug addict who didn't care enough about his child to get his shit together and be there like a father should. He used Hard drugs through out his daughters life and long before. He was weak minded scared little child in an adults body.

OK he wrote some songs that people liked...... That's it..... And of course all of his songs were self pity anthems. FFFUUUUCK Him! If that's who you want to Idolize be my guest, I will stick to people like Carl Segan, Charles Darwin, And others who have made REAL and Positive contributions to humanity.

And By the way I totally agree the radio sucks, but then It always has. Thats why I only listen to CD's and MP3's.

thats my backyard! look: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=google%20street%20view&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl i live there it's kurts house.

R.I.P I <3 U

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