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Kurt Cobain

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 05: (L-R) Steve Wynn, Morrison Hotel Gallery owner Peter Blachley and photographer Jesse Frohman attend the Kurt Cobain by Jesse Frohman exhibition press preview & reception at the Morrison Hotel Gallery on April 5, 2012 in New York City.

About Kurt Cobain

Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation".

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