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Vince DiFiore - Trumpet, percussion. 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. 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. 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). His body was discovered three days later in his home by an electrician who he had commissioned to install security lighting.

Dylan Carlson was rumored to be the inspiration for the song "In Bloom". Cobain used a shotgun his best friend Dylan Carlson bought for him. This use developed into an addiction, which he battled until he committed suicide on April 5, 1994 at the age of 27. Because of stomach problems he blamed on the stresses of performing, he self-medicated by use of heroin.

Throughout most of his adolescent life, Cobain had battled depression and pain due to a chronic stomach condition. The set also featured cover versions of the aforementioned Vaselines as well as legendary bluesman Leadbelly. 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. 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.

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. Cobain was also a devoted champion of alternative rock acts. Her namesake is Frances McKee of The Vaselines, of whom Cobain was a big fan. The unusual middle name was given to her because Cobain thought she looked like a bean on the first sonogram he saw of her.

Later that year the two had a daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, born on 18 August. On Monday 24 February 1992 at a ceremony on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, Cobain married Courtney Love, lead singer of the band Hole. 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. Cobain struggled to reconcile the success of his band with his underground roots.

After 4 years of playing in the band, Nirvana exploded into the mainstream, seemingly changing the music industry overnight. Before dropping out of high school Cobain met fellow punk rock devotee Krist Novoselic, with whom he would later form what would become Nirvana. Other literary works which provide illumination on Cobain's philosophy also include Perfume, by Patrick Suskind, and the SCUM Manifesto, by Valerie Solanas. 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.

Burroughs, whose cut-up technique Cobain later utilised to write lyrics for some of Nirvana's songs. In his youth, Cobain spent a lot of time reading in the local library, discovering such literary figures as William S. The video was cut from the show in syndication and never aired again. 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.

Riding on the success of the recently released video to "Teen Spirit" Nirvana appeared on Saturday Night Live in February 1992. 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". 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.. It has been rumored that Cobain was gay or bisexual; however, Cobain himself said numerous times that he was heterosexual.

(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."). He was an outspoken supporter of gay students at his school, sometimes suffering physically at the hands of homophobic students for his beliefs. At school Cobain didn't take much interest in academics or sports, mostly focusing on his art courses. 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.

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. He moved to the Seattle area in 1985. 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. 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".

His best known song is "Smells Like Teen Spirit", which was often referred to by the media as an anthem for Generation X. 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. 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.