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Kurt Donald Cobain, born February 20th 1967 in Hoquaim, a small town near Seattle. His mother, Wendy, was a cocktail waitress and his father, Donald, was a mechanic. He and his parents moved to Aberdeen, Washington when Kurt was 6 months old.

Kurt Cobain lived an average life until his parents divorced in 1975. After being moved from house to house for years he rebelled and started listening to bands such as The Melvins. After being kicked out of his home by his mother he lived underneath the Wishkah bridge, which later inspired the song "something in the way".

He met Krist Novoselic and started a band later to be known as "Nirvana". In 1989 Nirvana signed upto Subpop records recording "Bleach" there. however Kurt became unhappy with Drummer Chad Channings drumming and fired him. They then met Dave grohl. With the trio finally together they hit major success with the album "Nevermind" which included the tracks "Smalls like teen spirit" "In bloom" and "come as you are".

In 1989, Courtney love, Kurts future wife, maw Kurt at a show in Oregon. They formally met in 1991 at a concert in L.A. After some time together the pair got together and on August 18th 1992 The pair had their first and only child Frances Bean Cobain. The pair allegedly fought and argued over time and only bonded whilst taking Heroin.

After recording "In utero" and doing the famous Unplugged acoustic set where he played covers such as Leadbellys "where did you sleep last night" and David Bowies "Man who sold the world" as well acoustic versions of Nirvana classics like "Come as you are" Kurt was having major problems...

On March 1st 1994 whilst on tour in Germany Kurt was diagnosed with severe bronchitis. he flew to Rome for treatment on March 3rd, where Courtney met him. She awoke to find him overdosed on a cocktail of Rohypnol and Champagne. he flew back to seattle after 5 days in hospital, after an intervention with close friends and family Kurt agreed to go on a detox programme, He went to the Exodus recovery centre in LA but escaped on the first day of April, he went back home and after listening to R.E.M, Kurt took 3x the lethal amount of heroin and shot himself in the head with a shotgun. He was discovered on the 8th April by an electrician.

On the 10th of April 1994, a public vigil was held which attracted 7,000 mourners, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic and wife Courtney Love read out messages including Kurts suicide note. Courtney then gave some ofKurts clothes to some mourners. Kurt Donald Cobain was cremated, he died aged 27 joining the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Jim morrison and Janis Joplin in the "27 club".

Kurt Cobain, R.I.P
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by Dannybooyahmatey March 27, 2008
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Cobain

1) Popular musician. Vocals and guitar for the band Nirvana. Died at the age of 27 due to a shotgun blast to the head.
2) Seat in the car that is behind shotgun. Since Cobain was beind a shotgun when he died, it got this name.
1) I wish Cobain wouldnt have killed himself.
2) Person 1: SHOTGUN!
Person 2: Aww shit, oh well. COBAIN!
by Ka October 15, 2004
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A sweet boy who will give you all his love if you deserve it. He won't play you and is a keeper. He also often has really really cute dimples. A really good kisser too.
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A Corbin is usually is a guy, he is super sweet and usually a bit shy. He is loving, caring, and the most trustworthy person anyone could ever meet. He will always make you smile and chuckle. If you're in a bad mood, he will always come to the rescue with his hugs and chocolate. He can make any bad situation turn better, ( EX: Loosing your purse ; he'll come over to make sugar cookies with you ) He won't give up at anything and will always compliment you. VERY OPTIMISTIC, he likes to shoot nerf guns and sword fight with his friends. The most trustworthy friend a guy/girl could ask for!
Have you seen Corbin today?
He was stopping Madi from crying.
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pulling a kurt cobain

When you get murdered but everyone thinks it was a suicide
oh fuck did you hear the news?
no
Elliot Smith just fucking killed hemself
nah he is just pulling a Kurt Cobain
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cobainite

Person who worships Kurt Cobain and says they LOVE Nirvana but they can't name the other members of the band, one album, or a song other than smells like teen spirit.
True story:

Me: *sees girl pick up nirvana shirt* hey you like nirvana?!
Girl: err yeah. like totally my favorite band!
Me: Cool, whats your favorite album?
Girl: Uhhhh i totally like them all?
Me: Fucker. you just got it because he *points at kurt* is hot.
Girl: *runs away while screaming* MOMMY THIS GIRL CUSSED!
by Ka January 16, 2005
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Corbin

A man who is sometimes shy, has a deep voice and dark eyes, and also has a extremely Hot girlfriend
Hey look it's Corbin
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