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Kurt donald cobain february 20, 1967 april 5, 1994 was an american singer, songwriter, and musician, best known as the guitarist and frontman of the rock band nirvana. The brilliance and tragedy of cobains inner life unfolds further across the remainder of kurt cobain. You can take out anything, from stickers, lookalike song lyric papers, and just little unique things that kurt had or was involved with. This page is all about kurt donald cobain lead singer of nirvana and his band nirvana. Kurt cobain was a fan of bukowski charles bukowski. Kurt cobain filled dozens of notebooks with lyrics, drawings, and writings about his plans for nirvana and his thoughts about fame, the state of music, and the people who bought and sold him and his music. An unparalleled look inside the brilliant mind of one of america s most revered rock legends, cobain unseen collects previously unseen artifacts and photographs from the estates archives to form a fascinating portrait of the creativity, madness, and genius of kurt cobain.
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