Today marks the anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death.. SIXTEEN FUCKING YEARS AGO!!!! How the fuck old are we getting??
I remember my dad picking me up from lacrosse practice after middle school in 7th or 8th grade. I hopped in the car and he says "The singer of one of your bands killed himself today."
My young little heart skipped a beat..
"I can't remember who.. I think it starts with an N?" he said.
my immediate thought was "NOFX??! FAT MIKE?!! No way! He wouldn't do that!"
and he said "No, that's not it"
Then we turned on the radio -and with timing so perfect it coulda been set up- heard; "Kurt Cobain, lead singer and guitarist of the band Nirvana, was found dead today at his home in Seattle, Washington. He was 27 years old."
My poor angst ridden, mid-pubescent, voice cracking, flannel shirt wearing, shoulder length 'Sun-In' lightened hair having, 'depressed' , young teenage self was completely shell shocked! It actually hit me pretty hard! Kurt Cobain was my official idol back then! (my parents were a little disturbed by the poster i came home with that had his face all huge and just said underneath it "I Hate Myself And I Want To Die" -Kurt Cobain")
I wrote a paper that year, before he died, entitled 'What I Wanna Be in 20 Years' (or some shit like that) and it had a picture of Kurt with an arrow pointing to him that said 'ME!', and it said all this dumb shit about how i'll be a famous rockstar living in a 666 story tall mansion in Death Valley, California and married to a Victoria Secret super model, and play in an 'alternative-grunge-rock band' and bleach my hair and get blue contact lenses.. pretty ridiculous teenage idol worshipping nonsense. But.. yeah.. Nirvana, and Kurt Cobain, were a big deal to me!
So, that sunny April 8th back in 1994, when Big Papa Shaffer rolled up to pick me up from school, and I heard that life shattering news on the radio.. was a pretty big day in my young formative musical life...
ME!
Please feel free to share your 'I remember where I was when....' story for the day Kurt Cobain died, in the comment section below!
