Kurt had always complained of stomach problems, which was never properly diagnosed. According to the book, during their first European tour, Kurt experienced a mental breakdown while on stage and upon finishing the tour, he returned to Washington and began using Heroin. In 1991, Nirvana secured Dave Grohl as their drummer and signed with a major record label, DGC. They released their second album, Nevermind, which included the hit single Smells Like Teen Spirit.
Kurt then began a relationship with Courtney Love, the leader singer in a punk rock band, Hole. “His relationship with Love was a tumultuous and well-publicized foray into codependency, complete with guns, drugs, domestic violence, overdoses, detoxes, and police interventions” (Garofalo & Bowman, pg. 427). In December of 1991, they were engaged, she found out she was pregnant, and they were married in Hawaii in February 1992. Their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, was born healthy in August 1992. After a Vanity Fair article claimed that Courtney was using drugs while pregnant, social services stepped in and the couple did not regain full custody again for seven months.
In 1994, while promoting Nirvana’s third album, In Utero, battling depression and drug addiction, …show more content…
Roger” sweater, but he was a good story teller and retold his own story in a manner that formed a separate self. Cross carefully dissipates some of Kurt's self-made myths, including claims of living under a bridge and constant abuse at the hands of Aberdeen's rednecks. Kurt tried hard to become a rock star, although he would claim he did not want this, he left countless phone calls and delivered record singles of their first song, Love Buzz, to get his music out there. “He had high hopes for the song, describing it as a beautifully soft and mellow, crooning sleep jingle. Incredibly commercial … he even called KCMU and requested his own single” (Cross,
Kurt then began a relationship with Courtney Love, the leader singer in a punk rock band, Hole. “His relationship with Love was a tumultuous and well-publicized foray into codependency, complete with guns, drugs, domestic violence, overdoses, detoxes, and police interventions” (Garofalo & Bowman, pg. 427). In December of 1991, they were engaged, she found out she was pregnant, and they were married in Hawaii in February 1992. Their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, was born healthy in August 1992. After a Vanity Fair article claimed that Courtney was using drugs while pregnant, social services stepped in and the couple did not regain full custody again for seven months.
In 1994, while promoting Nirvana’s third album, In Utero, battling depression and drug addiction, …show more content…
Roger” sweater, but he was a good story teller and retold his own story in a manner that formed a separate self. Cross carefully dissipates some of Kurt's self-made myths, including claims of living under a bridge and constant abuse at the hands of Aberdeen's rednecks. Kurt tried hard to become a rock star, although he would claim he did not want this, he left countless phone calls and delivered record singles of their first song, Love Buzz, to get his music out there. “He had high hopes for the song, describing it as a beautifully soft and mellow, crooning sleep jingle. Incredibly commercial … he even called KCMU and requested his own single” (Cross,