Love Vs. Cobain

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In 1992, when their album, Nevermind, was number one on the charts, the bands’ second album, Incesticide, was released and Cobain married Courtney love in Hawaee, amid rumors of drug use by both Cobain and Love. There baby daughter, Frances, was born in Los Angeles in that same year while Cobain was undergoing detoxification in the same hospital. Children’s Services took custody of the child immediately and court action over this went on until 1993.

In May 1993, Cobain was admitted to hospital suffering from a heroin over dose and in June of the same year he was arrested for assaulting his wife the charges were later dropped. Nirvana continued to perform and touring throughout the world, releasing In Utero, which made it’s debut in the

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