Kate Bush

As of March 12, however, no release had yet been announced. Novoselic made an unsuccessful band called Sweet 75, then formed an equally unsuccessful supergroup with ex-members of The Meat Puppets and Sublime by the name of Eyes Adrift, but Grohl went on to form the hugely successful Foo Fighters. In December 2004, she wrote a Christmas letter to her fans announcing an album release in 2005; additionally, unsubstantiated reports have stated that the album might be released as early as March. Kurt's bandmates went on to form new bands. She was reportedly recording tracks as recently as November 2003 at Abbey Road Studios, but as of fall 2004 no release date for a new album had been announced, more than a decade after her last recordings were released. After legal battles a Nirvana Box Set, "With The Lights Out" was released in 2004 including previously unreleased material. She has confirmed that she is at work on a new album, with the title of one track "How to be Invisible" having been discussed on at least one of her fan Web sites. The release of both had been held up by legal wrangling between Love, who didn't want the album to be released, and the remaining members of the band.

In 1999, she gave birth to a baby boy, Bertie, fathered by guitarist Danny MacIntosh. Years after his passing, the musician continues to intrigue and inspire fans, most recently with the release of a new track "You Know You're Right" in the fall of 2002, along with a greatest hits album, called simply, Nirvana. There were also unconfirmed reports that she had suffered a nervous breakdown. A year later, a collection of Cobain's journal excerpts was released. Bush dropped out of the public eye in the late 1990s, though her name occasionally cropped up in the media in connection with rumours of a new album release. Cross published a biography of Cobain titled Heavier Than Heaven in 2001. In 1993, Bush directed and starred in the short film, The Line, The Cross and The Curve, a musical co-starring Miranda Richardson and featuring music from Bush's album The Red Shoes which was inspired by the classic movie The Red Shoes. Writer Charles R.

It was this benefit that was recorded and is the only record of Bush's live performance. Many attribute some of Cobain's extraordinary abilities (and his suicide) to his being affected by bipolar disorder, commonly known as manic depression. Bush held a benefit concert on 12 May, with Peter Gabriel and Steve Harley at London’s Hammersmith Odeon for his family. Kurt Cobain was cremated, with one third of his ashes scattered in a Buddhist temple in New York, another third in the Wishkah River, Washington State, and the rest in the possession of Courtney Love. A number of reasons have been suggested as to why she abandoned touring, among them her reputed need to be in total control of the final product, which is incompatible with live stage performance, a rumour of a crippling fear of flying, and the suggestion that the death of 21 year old Bill Duffield, severely affected her. Duffield, her lighting director, was killed in an accident during her April 20 concert at The London Palladium when he fell twenty feet through an open trap door on the stage. Kurt didn't buy it and thought he heard Boddah speaking to him through a tape recorder. Bush's only tour took place in early 1979 (April 3 - May 10 see details below), after which she gave only the occasional live performance. Kurt also wrote another suicide note for his fans and his imaginary friend from childhood, "Boddah". His mother told Kurt that Boddah was drafted to Vietnam along with Kurt's uncle in order to help Kurt's imagination.

A wide diversity of respected artists have worked with her on some of her more recent albums ranging from the rock guitarist Jeff Beck, the legendary guitarist Ian Bairnson, jazz/rock drummer Stuart Elliot, the classical guitarist John Williams, the folk artists The Trio Bulgarka, and Prince. Ironically, Kurt made a film entitled Kurt Commits Bloody Suicide at age 15. She has appeared in duets with Midge Ure, Big Country and others on their albums. The conspiracy theories allege that the suicide note was actually a letter he was writing about his intent to leave Nirvana, and the authenticity of the last four lines has been questioned by many handwriting experts. Harper is another frequent collaborator, appearing on her song Breathing and her on his albums HQ and Once (both also featuring Gilmour). In his suicide note, Cobain quoted a lyric from Neil Young's song "My My, Hey Hey": "It's better to burn out than to fade away." Cobain's use of the lyric had a profound impact on Young, who recorded portions of the Sleeps With Angels album in Cobain's memory. Their duet of Roy Harper's Another Day was discussed for release as a single, but this never came to pass. Filmmaker Nick Broomfield made a documentary film on this theory entitled Kurt & Courtney.

She has worked with Peter Gabriel on two of his albums, most notably on the hits Games Without Frontiers and Don't Give Up, (the latter a duet); and his appearance on her 1979 television special. Grant was hired by Courtney Love following Cobain's disappearance from a hospital in which he was recovering from an apparent suicide attempt, and is now certain Cobain was murdered by Love. Gurdjieff in Them Heavy People. His death triggered several copycat suicides, and the unclear circumstances surrounding it inspired a multitude of conspiracy theories stemming from the investigations of detective Tom Grant. I. Toxicology experts have stated that even though Cobain's tolerance level was extremely high, the amount of heroin injected into his body would have been enough to kill him (225 mg, three times the lethal dosage for an addict, 75 times the lethal dosage for a non-user). Her lyrics are highly literate and reference a wide array of subject matter, often relatively obscure, such as Wilhelm Reich in Cloudbusting, or G. His body was discovered three days later in his home by an electrician who he had commissioned to install security lighting.

Kate Bush has tackled sensitive and taboo subjects long before it has become fashionable to do so; Kashka From Baghdad is a song about a gay male couple; Breathing explores the results of nuclear fallout. Dylan Carlson was rumored to be the inspiration for the song "In Bloom". The unapologetic use of her voice as an instrument to convey a broad range of emotional intensity and subtlety is one thing that characterizes nearly all that she does. Cobain used a shotgun his best friend Dylan Carlson bought for him. It has been observed that even the more joyous of the pieces is often tinged with traces of melancholy, and even the most sorrowful have elements of a unique vitality struggling against all that would oppress it. This use developed into an addiction, which he battled until he committed suicide on April 5, 1994 at the age of 27. More than one reviewer has used the term surreal to describe much of her music, for many of the songs have a melodramatic emotional and musical surrealism that defies easy categorization. Because of stomach problems he blamed on the stresses of performing, he self-medicated by use of heroin.

Even in her earliest works where the piano was a primary instrument, she wove together many diverse influences, melding classical music, rock, and a wide range of ethnic and folk sources, to produce a uniquely impressive amalgalm, and this has continued throughout her career. Throughout most of his adolescent life, Cobain had battled depression and pain due to a chronic stomach condition. Suede front-man Brett Anderson has stated that Wuthering Heights was the first single he ever bought. The set also featured cover versions of the aforementioned Vaselines as well as legendary bluesman Leadbelly. Even the iconoclastic punk rocker John Lydon (Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols) has declared her work to be "fucking brilliant" and has labelled her "a true original". Both The Raincoats and The Vaselines records were reissued by Nirvana's record company Geffen Records and Curt and Kris Kirkwood from the Meat Puppets appeared with Nirvana on Nirvana's MTV Unplugged special, playing on three Meat Puppets covers. Though many outside of Europe remain unfamiliar with her work and its profound intensity, others in her profession are willing to declare her works as those of great genius. Making references to obscure performers like The Vaselines, Daniel Johnston, The Meat Puppets, Young Marble Giants and The Raincoats as well as sharing a split single with American rockers The Jesus Lizard, proved beneficial to both parties in that the bands found a larger audience and Cobain cemented his indie rock credibility.

The trip hop artist Tricky has stated her work has been a significant influence on him and that she should be treasured more than the Beatles. He would often make reference to his favourite bands in interviews, more often than not placing a greater importance on the bands that influenced him than on his own music. While her range of styles does not appeal to everyone, Bush is nevertheless widely respected by many musicians, and has been noted as an influence and inspiration by artists as diverse as Jewel, Tori Amos, Björk, Suede, Paula Cole, Sinéad O'Connor, Pat Benatar, Happy Rhodes, The Utah Saints, Big Boi of OutKast and others. Cobain was also a devoted champion of alternative rock acts. They have since worked together on occasional projects and in concert. Her namesake is Frances McKee of The Vaselines, of whom Cobain was a big fan. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd was largely responsible for bringing her to prominence, funding her first demo sessions and attracting the interest of the Floyd's record company, EMI. The unusual middle name was given to her because Cobain thought she looked like a bean on the first sonogram he saw of her.

Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on July 30, 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, England) is a British singer-songwriter who has acquired a large number of extremely devoted fans since her debut in 1978 with the surprise hit "Wuthering Heights," which was number 1 in the British music charts for 4 weeks. Later that year the two had a daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, born on 18 August. Recorded as Live at the Hammersmith Odeon. On Monday 24 February 1992 at a ceremony on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, Cobain married Courtney Love, lead singer of the band Hole. Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK (May 12) Benefit concert. He also felt persecuted by people, especially the media, comparing himself to Frances Farmer, and harbored no small amount of resentment for people who claimed to be fans of the band but believed in nothing that Nirvana stood for or what it came from. Jarhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany (10 May). Cobain struggled to reconcile the success of his band with his underground roots.

Rosengarten, Mannheim, Germany (8 May). After 4 years of playing in the band, Nirvana exploded into the mainstream, seemingly changing the music industry overnight. Theatre de Champs Elysees, Paris, France (6 May). Before dropping out of high school Cobain met fellow punk rock devotee Krist Novoselic, with whom he would later form what would become Nirvana. Guerzenich, Cologne, Germany (4 May). Other literary works which provide illumination on Cobain's philosophy also include Perfume, by Patrick Suskind, and the SCUM Manifesto, by Valerie Solanas. Circuskrone, Munich, Germany (3 May). Cobain also later recorded with Burroughs a spoken word/guitar improvisation piece called The Priest They Called Him, whose words were originally one of Burroughs' short stories out of The Exterminator.

Leiderhalle, Stuttgart, Germany (2 May). Burroughs, whose cut-up technique Cobain later utilised to write lyrics for some of Nirvana's songs. Carré Theatre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (29 April). In his youth, Cobain spent a lot of time reading in the local library, discovering such literary figures as William S. Congress Centrum, Hamburg, Germany (28 April). The video was cut from the show in syndication and never aired again. Falkoneer Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark (26 April). At the end of the show when actors and guests thank the crowd and close the show, Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic french kissed as the credits rolled.

Concert House, Stockholm, Sweden (24 April). Riding on the success of the recently released video to "Teen Spirit" Nirvana appeared on Saturday Night Live in February 1992. The Palladium, London, UK (16 April - 20 April). If I wouldn't have found Courtney, I probably would have carried on with a bisexual lifestyle." In his journals he wrote that he was heterosexual, but wished he was gay just "to piss off homophobes". Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK (13 April). In a February, 1992, interview with gay magazine The Advocate, Cobain admitted that he thought he was gay while in high school and stated, "I could be bisexual.. Empire Theatre, Sunderland, UK (12 April). It has been rumored that Cobain was gay or bisexual; however, Cobain himself said numerous times that he was heterosexual.

Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK (11 April). (Although he once claimed in an interview with The Advocate that he was arrested for spray-painting a pro-gay slogan on a bank, Aberdeen police records show the phrase he was arrested for in 1985 was actually "Ain't got no how watchamacallit."). Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK (10 April). He was an outspoken supporter of gay students at his school, sometimes suffering physically at the hands of homophobic students for his beliefs. Hippodrome, Bristol, UK (9 April). At school Cobain didn't take much interest in academics or sports, mostly focusing on his art courses. Gaumont Southampton, UK (7 April). He had a small "K" inside a shield tattooed on his forearm, the insignia of Olympia, Washington, label K Records, largely chosen for the coincidental ellipsis of his name.

New Theatre Oxford, UK (6 April). As a teenager with a chaotic home life growing up in small town Washington, Cobain took part in the thriving Pacific Northwest alternative culture, going to punk rock shows in Seattle and forming a lifelong friendship with fellow Montesano musicians The Melvins, whose music heavily influenced Nirvana's sound. Hippodrome, Birmingham, UK (5 April). He moved to the Seattle area in 1985. Hippodrome, Birmingham, UK (4 April). Cobain was born in Grays Harbor Community Hospital, Aberdeen, Washington, USA and spent his early years in Hoquiam, Washington and Montesano, Washington, after his parents, Wendy and Donald, divorced. Empire, Liverpool, UK (3 April). Among other well known Cobain songs are "Lithium", "In Bloom", "Come As You Are", "Heart Shaped Box", "All Apologies", and the highly controversial "Rape Me".

On Stage - 4 Live Tracks ( EP ) (1979). His best known song is "Smells Like Teen Spirit", which was often referred to by the media as an anthem for Generation X. Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (1989). Cobain was highly influential, popularizing what came to be known as grunge music - a style that evolved in part as a reaction against the perceived superficiality of 1980s stadium rock and over-the-top metal bands (Hair Metal) with preened images and elaborate stage shows. The Line, the Cross and the Curve (1994). Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 - April 5, 1994) was the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana, which also included bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl. The Sensual World (1989).

The Whole Story (1986). Hair of the Hound (1986). The Single File (1983). Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (1981).

This Woman's Work 1978-1990 (1990, rereleased in 1998) (a boxed set of her six albums to date, also including two discs of rare b-sides). The Whole Story (1986) (includes a new rendition of "Wuthering Heights"). Title TBA (tentative release 2005) - in December 2004 Bush annnounced a new album was planned for 2005 release. The Red Shoes (1993).

The Sensual World (1989). Hounds of Love (1985). The Dreaming (1982). Never For Ever (1980).

Lionheart (1978). The Kick Inside (1977).