Essays Tagged: "Kurt Cobain"

Bad Choosers

ideally be more important than how supreme one is. Just ask Colin Powell ormaybe even a reincarnate Kurt Cobain. It does not matter much if you're the top dog ifyour a top dog with an uncomfortable li ...

(7 pages) 80 0 4.6 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Drug Testing in Schools

tive and worse of all fatal. famouspeople such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, River Phoenix, and Kurt Cobain,have all died from drug overdoses. None of which would have ever occurred ifthey wouldn' ...

(2 pages) 152 0 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Kurt Cobain

Kurt CobainKurt Donald Cobain was born to Wendy and Donald Cobain on February 20, 1967 in the small ... 20, 1967 in the small logging community of Aberdeen Washington and his life ended on April 5, 1994. Kurt fronted one of the greatest bands of our time called Nirvana. In this report I hope to inform y ... our time called Nirvana. In this report I hope to inform you about the life and mysterious death of Kurt Cobain.Kurt had a good childhood, but a troubled adolescence. Partly because of his parents spl ...

(5 pages) 65 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Kurt kobain

Kurt CobainKurt Donald Cobain was born on February 20,1967 in the town of Aberdeen, Washington. Aber ... ut 108 miles southwest of Seattle. Aberdeen is a dreary place with about seven feet of rain a year. Kurt was born to Mrs. Wendy Cobain and to Mr. Donald Cobain. Wendy was a homemaker. She had a very t ... o Mrs. Wendy Cobain and to Mr. Donald Cobain. Wendy was a homemaker. She had a very tight bond with Kurt. He was her first born. She had another child three years after she had Kurt. Her name was Kim. ...

(8 pages) 84 3 3.9 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Kurt Cobain - Historic Accounts

Kurt CobainCollection of personal accounts from family relatives------------------------------------ ... of the memories and perceptions I have concerning this unique, rare and original human being called Kurt Cobain. I knew Kurt during his teen-age years in the period from about 1979 to 1984. I was in m ... od from about 1979 to 1984. I was in my mid-30s and living in and near Montesano. My sister married Kurt's dad, Don, and also lived in Montesano.My grandfather comprehended the intelligence and indivi ...

(14 pages) 141 5 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

how drugs in the music industry is making music popular for the wrong reasons

of it all.In the last two or three years, drugs, especially heroin, have risen in use dramatically. Kurt Cobain was the most high-profile drug-related rock star since the 1970's and was still battling ... streets of Seattle are cluttered with young people who have moved there just to do heroin just like Kurt Cobain did-all this at a time when the people in the Seattle music scene claim that drug use am ...

(9 pages) 158 0 3.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The Life and times of Kurt Cobain

The life and times of Kurt CobainOr Kurdt Koabin as he spelled it, was a very Troubled child. At a young age his Parents ( ... spelled it, was a very Troubled child. At a young age his Parents (Don and Wendy) Divorced, sending Kurt Into a state ofremores against both parents. He Lived back and forth with his parents for years ... er he got home from school, He was known to walk up and down his street banging this drum. The tiem Kurt spent living with his father, he was pamperd with all that his dad could aford to buy him. In t ...

(2 pages) 94 2 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Antigone: A Tragic Hero

t are shunned upon, such as Harriet Tubman, and some that are only valorous heroes to some, such as Kurt Cobain. These heroes have many characteristics that make people flock to their side and follow ...

(4 pages) 107 0 3.0 Sep/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

A Look Into the Life and Career of a Legend; A Proposal

An informative biography of Kurt CobainKurt Donald Cobain was the lead singer/songwriter of theband Nirvana, until April 5 1994 ... etime that Nirvana started back in 1986, they have changed facesboth on the inside and the outside. Kurt Cobain was born in asmall town in Aberdeen, Washington in 1967(Wilson 2). He grewup in a broken ...

(4 pages) 52 1 2.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

This essay is about Kurt Cobain. Not necessarily his life and death, but more so what he means to music in general.

Kurt Cobain, a familiar name, yet quite an unfamiliar story. Even without knowing his story, many pe ... name, yet quite an unfamiliar story. Even without knowing his story, many people can recognize that Kurt Cobain is a true musician, writer, and in my opinion, he is a true genius. From his enigmatic l ... o the way he carried himself, you could tell on first glance that there was something special about Kurt Cobain. His anti-celebrity show was more than just a facade, it was his whole outlook on stardo ...

(1 pages) 93 1 3.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Artists that commit suicide.

Lots of artist commit suicide due their successful.e.g:Kurt Cobain,Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing.When you become an international artist,you get lots of money,yo ...

(1 pages) 44 1 3.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

If You Read You Will Judge is a research paper that was composed on Kurt Cobain's musical talent and acheivements rather than his suicide.

hen you wake up this morning, please read my diary. Look through my things and figure me out", said Kurt Cobain on the front page of his journal. Cobain's journals kept over a period of years in spira ... spiral notebooks have been published. This collection gives readers an insight into to the mind of Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana. On April 8, 1994 Cobain was found dead in the greenhouse of ...

(3 pages) 44 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Kirk Kobain: The Rise & Fall of Grunge Music.

only: Grunge music and flannel shirts. In wasn't much later than its release in September 1991 that Kurt Cobain's kerrang was heard around the world. Bleach may have been their debut, and "In Bloom" w ... oundgarden staked a claim to the throne. Pearl Jam was no slouch either, its Ten album is a classic.Kurt, Eddie, Chris, and company were definitely the toast of the music industry. Regulars on MTV, gr ...

(6 pages) 166 5 4.2 Oct/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

The Dedicated Deadheads. Why was the Grateful Dead such an influential band? What's the significance of Jerry Garcia's pop icon status?

, and high-tech gadgets. Another example is "Nirvana." We envision head-banging teenagers following Kurt Cobain's tunes about the frustration with life. What comes to mind when "The Grateful Dead" is ...

(7 pages) 26 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

"Journals" by Kurt Cobain

I was currently reading is called Journals. Journals is just photographs taken of the journals that Kurt Cobain wrote. They had found over two dozen of his journals in a safe and they got them out and ... wo dozen of his journals in a safe and they got them out and then published them into one big book. Kurt Cobain already died. He committed suicide and he was the guitarist/vocalist from the very popul ...

(2 pages) 33 0 3.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Drugs and Music - How drugs have taken a toll in our Music's History

of it all.In the last two or three years, drugs, especially heroin, have risen in use dramatically. Kurt Cobain was the most high-profile drug-related rock star since the 1970's and was still battling ... streets of Seattle are cluttered with young people who have moved there just to do heroin just like Kurt Cobain did-all this at a time when the people in the Seattle music scene claim that drug use am ...

(5 pages) 142 2 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Understanding and Treating Suicidal Adolescents from a Counselor's Perspective

ken about when it was announced worldwide regarding the death of one particular influential person: Kurt Cobain. In the early nineties, Kurt Cobain was popular among young persons for his "new edge" a ...

(8 pages) 118 2 4.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

Kurt Cobain: Legendary Rocker.

With the release of their first album, Kurt Cobain's band, Nirvana, changed the rock scene forever. The innovative style of music paved the ... ands. The lyrics spoke a message that had never before been voiced. Although he is no longer alive, Kurt Cobain continues to represent a force in contemporary society through his inspired lyrics and g ... ccording to Cobain, "I'd rather be dead than cool" (www.brainyquotes.com/quotes). On April 5, 1994, Kurt Cobain shot himself in the head with a shotgun. Many rumors spread about the suicide being assi ...

(3 pages) 21 0 5.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

"Tony went to the Bodega but didn't buy anything" by Martin Espada

s and what actually occurs, as if the universe were mocking us. An amazinling talented song writer, Kurt Cobain lead singer of Nirvana committed suicide on March 5, 1994. Kurt Cobain was enriched with ...

(5 pages) 29 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Listening Report â€" Nirvana: In Utero

ice.Anyways. On with the listening report. This was the second last CD that Nirvana released before Kurt Cobain (the lead singer, and one of my idols) O.D.'d on a LOT of crack and shot himself. The so ... ll of his touring. Heart Shaped Box is the second most popular Nirvana Song ever released. Although Kurt only really used 3 simple chords in all of his songs, that would make him that much more of a c ...

(2 pages) 1197 0 0.0 Feb/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers