Kurt Cobain

Kurt Donald Cobain (English: Kurt Donald Cobain, February 20, 1967 - April 5, 1994) was an American musician, famous for being the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the grunge rock band Nirvana. With the lead single "Like a Teenage Breath" from their second album "Nevermind", the band successfully entered the mainstream market and promoted an extended genre of alternative rock: grunge rock. Other Seattle grunge rock bands such as Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden also attracted a wider audience, and alternative rock became the dominant music genre on American radio and music channels in the early to mid-1990s. Transcendence has become the "flagship band" of "Generation Uncomfortable with the harassment, Cobain instead focused on the band's music, believing that the band's artistic philosophy and message had been misunderstood by the public, and identified the band's true fans with the band's third studio album, The Matrix (1993). In the last year of his life, Cobain struggled with a heroin addiction, chronic health problems, and depression, and struggled to cope with maintaining his reputation and public image. On April 5, 1994, Cobain was found dead in his home in Seattle. Officials ruled that the cause of death was suicide. Kurt Cobain's death has become a hotly debated topic. Since their self-titled debut album, Transcendence has sold 25 million albums in the United States alone and more than 50 million worldwide.