come as you are the nirvana story

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CoMe AS YoU ARe: The Story OF Nirvana

February 20, 1967 Kurt Donald Cobain was born in Aberdeen Wa., a small town outside of Seattle. Kurt was a very artistic child who loved to draw. Kurt's parents bought him a Mickey mouse drum set when he was about five. "I kind of pushed drums on him because I wanted to be a drummer" said Kurt's mom Wendy O'Connor. Kurt's parents later got divorced when he was eight. Kurt took the divorce very hard, "It just destroyed hi life" says Wendy. Kurt was used in a war between his parents. He often would live with his aunt or some one else in his family. Kurt soon started listening to his fathers Led Zeppelin and Beatles records. On Kurt's four tenth birth day his uncle bought him his first guitar. Kurt started hanging around with a guy named Buzz Osborne. Kurt roadied for Buzz's band the Melvins. Osborne took Kurt to his first punk concert, Black Flag, and introduced him to Krist { at the time Chris} Novoselic. Krist Anthony Novoselic was born on May 16, 1965 in Compton Ca. Kurt was starting to get kicked out of his house, he didn't have a job, He began sleeping at friends houses. On some nights he would sleep under a bridge on the Wishkah river. {He later wrote a song about it called

Nirvana soon starts a three month tour of America with former germs guitarist Pat Smear on second guitar. On November 19, 1993 they tape a acoustic show for MTV. In January it is confirmed that Nirvana will head line Lollapalooza. Nirvana performs in Seattle on Jan. 7, 1994, It will be the bands last American show ever.

That September Nirvana wins two video music awards. They are scheduled to perform but will not honor the net work's request to play "Smells Like Teen Sprit", instead they play "Lithuim." Three months later Incesticide a Collection of rarities and B-sides is released. In February of 1993 they begin recording "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" with producer Steve Albini. There Was controversy over the name so they changed it to "In Utero." Kurt and Courtney buy a house in Seattle, were Kurt soon locks himself in a room and threatens suicide. Courtney calls the cops who come and confiscate four guns.

In Europe shortly after Kurt goes in a coma for twenty hours after over dosing on sleeping pills. The band pulls of Lollapalooza and Kurt goes to rehab. A few days later Kurt scales the back wall and is not heard from again. After six days his mother files a missing person report. On April 8, 1994 Kurt's body is found dead from an apparent self inflected gun shot wound.

On December 24, 1988 they began

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