I am actually interested in seeing this. Even though I loved Nirvanas ideas and sound, I didn’t consider myself more than a casual fan. This wasn’t something I thought anything other than a diehard fanatic would go see but it actually looks interesting.

I can’t wait for this film.

Will this movie speak of that pig bitch of a filthy whore Courtney Love causing a man to blow his head off?

This film, I believe, will do alot of explaining of our generations impact in music. I’m a rookie recording producer and Nirvana is a huge insperation to me and my taste in music. I don’t want to speak for my geration in a whole, but I believe alot of people would agree that Kurt is held very dearly to our hearts and have been waiting for this release of emotion and closure.

Still dancing on his grave.

Sounds like an interesting film. Worth seeing.

Hey…when will I see my first check from this film?
By the way Polly, that’s “Ms. pig bitch of a filthy whore” to you…thank you very much.
Talk to ya later…I gotta go snort some heroin off of Kurt’s Nevermind platinum album.

I hope Courtney doesn’t make any money off of this film. People who murder their husbands don’t deserve to be in charge of their estate. But the whore got what she wanted. Kurt is in a better place right now. Courtney can burn in hell for hiring a hitman to kill her husband. Stupid slut should be in jail right now, not getting plastic surgery. Makes me sick…

You losers. You are not only a disgrace to yourselves but a disgrace to Kurts memory. Why bag Courtney out on the internet? If you truly beilieve that Courtney hired a hit man to kill Kurt then you are dilluded and are practically jumping on his grave. Let the past go and just enjoy this movie, lose the hang ups and just bask in the glory of what he has achieved.

Nirvana did nothing memorable and had no lasting impact on pop music. Cobain was an average songwriter,at best. Had he not died, Nirvana would probably be playing the county fair circuit. Don’t even get me started on that shrill Courtney Love.

Dude, Derik, I can see why you might say that Cobain was a mediocre, and even that they did nothing memorable, though I don’t agree. But seriously, no other band in the past two decades has had as great an effect on pop music. In fact, there’re probably only a handful of artists in history that have changed rock so greatly.

Load up on drugs, kill your friends. Its fun to lose and to pretend

“Nirvana did nothing memorable and had no lasting impact on pop music” Umm, I’m gonna have to go ahead and disagree with you on that one.

“Nirvana to me was the most significant thing since the Beatles.” Tom Petty

By the way, isnt a Kurt Cobain biopic in the works? Whats the latest?

Okay, so it’s not a documentary and there are no images of Nirvana or Kurt (except for the end). I’m actually fasinated and oddly puzzled to see what this actually is. Surely, I’ll see it but concept wise, I don’t really see what the film is exactly.

So What Nirvana had a couple hits to bad they had a druggie for a lead singer and killed himself They might be still around today. Courtney is a druggie too.

Cobain was murdered first of all, and aren’t all “rock stars” druggies, you stupid asses?

Listen here, Courtney Love is probably one of the most talented, honest + genuine female guitarists + singers of our time, so let’s focus on your real problem – you have no life. The fact that you all feel the need to BLAME someone for Kurt’s decision to blow his brains out is pathetic and shows how insecure you all must be. Let’s not forget that whether or not Kurt wanted to die, he didn’t really have a choice – he had injected himself with about 4 keys of heroin, enough to make any1 top themselves WANKERS!!! Try focusing on what an amazing musician he was while he was with us. Kiss

The aspect of Kurts life that still has all of us remembering him here today is when he paired himslef with Chris Novoselic and Dave Grohl…as Kurt said: “Music comes first”, this is what he should be remembered for.

Let me say that I really want to see this movie. All that aside, It never really surprised me when Kurt Cobain
killed himself, especially since he was he was putting out songs like the one entitled “I hate myself and want to die.” I was only 14, but I could tell there was more going on there than meets the eye.

What is the reason for people like this guy Derik or andy to enter in this page and write about someone you hate?.
don´t you have something better to do with your life?. probably not, that´s why you´re so bitter…

Nirvana and Kurt have been gone for more than 10 years! LET IT GO! He didn’t want all that attention do you think he would want it now?

cool converse sneakers, charles.

There will be no footage of Cobain, or Nirvana. The only voice we’ll hear is Kurt’s. What are we going to do, watch a black screen for 90 mins.?

Looking forward to experiencing the words and visuals married together, picked-out by the Director, AJ Shnack.

andy, Derik please go listen to some Britney Spears album, and don’t try to comment on a topic as this… PLS!!! Kurt Cobain is alive in the hearts of people!!! Nirvana’s music is Holy!

overrated junkie, the guy is only lionized because he blow is head off, if he didn’t he would be just like the rest of the “grunge” scensters, making crappy records or playing state fairs. how about we worship frank black, someone who actually deserves the attention kurt got, someone one with some actual talent.

Damn, I can’t wait until the new Metallica album comes out!

Yeah, that sounds like Courtney!–HH

sounds awesome…can’t wait for the movie to come out

Anybody else notice that in a month and a half, Rolling Stone has added only TWO reviews. WTF?

somebody ought to throw mom into the mosh pit.

“Courtney is probably one of the most talented, honest+ genuine female guitarists + singers of our time…” Don’t worry; I’ve called an ambulance! Hang in there! Help is on the way…–Rock B

I respect Nirvana and Kurt and all but to be honest………..if Kurt didn’t kill himself Nirvana wouldn’t be near as legendary as they are. A little overated Kurt and Nirvana are.

Chirs how can you say that? Just listen to the unplugged album and tell me another “hard rock” stlye band that could totally change its sound…and sound damn good while doing it. The unplugged album for me is the prove just how good they where….

Chris how can you say that? Just listen to the unplugged album and tell me another “hard rock” stlye band that could totally change its sound…and sound damn good while doing it. The unplugged album for me is the prove just how good they where….

When I find myself questioning if Nirvana was great, I remind myself of the Unplugged concert they did. That was brilliant and unexpected for me; I did like them at the time, but that really changed my view of the band. That’s where Cobain’s wonderfully wounded voice got a real chance to shine. He picked great material for the show, and his sense of melody just blew my mind. Yes, they had a small body of work; but they put it out there so forcefully–be it acoustic or electric–they were impossible to ignore. The same could be said of The Doors. If Morrison had died after their first album, they would still be considered brililant. It doesn’t matter how long the fire burns, it’s the size of the flame that counts.–Harry Houdini

Nirvana unplugged showed another side to Kurt’s versatility as a talented music artist. I still listen to that cd to this day, and have never grown tired of it.

I saw the movie, it played here in Toronto during the North by Northeasy festival. I don’t think it really moved me to tears but it definitly is a great experience to hear Cobain tell everything straight. It really made me think about him more as a person and less as an icon and I believe that was the point of the film. The dude who conducted the interviews was there and he first hand retelling of the interviewing experience was also very enlightening. The film is definitly worth checking out if you ever dug Nirvana.

I saw this film at the start of June and liked it a lot more than I was expecting to. I can see many people not liking it though since there’s no video/film of nirvana in it, there’s no nirvana music in it, there’s just audio interviews, etc. But it works. The great images are a bit meditative (at times like Koyaanisqatsi) and being able to listen to the same person talk for 75+ minutes is a refreshing change from the soundbite culture we live in.

So go see it not expecting some eye-opening flashy documentary, but just enjoy the vibe of listening to Kurt for awhile (while seeing some nice cinematography of the pacific northwest).

Nirvana more than anything helped revitalize the rock music scene in the early 90’s. When MTV was still playing videos, “Smells like Teen Spirit” came on and i immediately got a sense this was a band with something more real and intense than the crappy hair-metal bands who had turned the rock music scene into a joke. Like fellow Seattle-area musician Jimi Hendrix who died 24 years before him, Kurt was also 27 when he died, and also enjoyed only three years of stardom with the band. Unfortunately, like Layne Staley, Kurt couldn’t get past his demons without using Heroin to tame them. Besides Heroin, whether Courtney Love had anything to do with Kurt “blowing his brains out” to ease the pain, is unproven and too many ignoroids have an opinion on it. The best thing to do, if you’re a Hendrix and Nirvana fan like myself is to enjoy the musoc they did put out as often as possible and don’t worry about what might have been.

a few issues ago RS had a plug for a new Nirvana book (written by one of Kurt’s mates – i think)…

anyone remember the author’s name?

cheers.

oh, and on topic. i’m keen to see the movie tho it may have been more visually captivating with footage of the subject matter

no matter what your opinion, this has GOT to be interesting. the same for any dead rock star, if it was john lennon or kurt cobain, or fucking terry kath for that matter it would be interesting. hendrix? joplin? its all insight in to pop culture and creators

Bing, that could be the book “Heavier Than Heaven” by Charles R. Cross, but it might not be the same one you are referring to. Just off-hand that is perhaps one of the better written biographies.

no i think the book is nirvana by everett true. he was the guy who pushed kurt out on the wheelchair at reading 93. pretty good book, aside from true’s own horn blowing. as for the movie, im sure it will be great.

“…The need to BLAME someone for Kurt’s desicion to blow his brains out is pathetic and shows how insecure you all must be. I’m confused Courney– ahem ahem– I mean Fraser: what does someone’s belief that Kurt’s death could be blamed on someone have anything to do with that person’s “insecurity”? It doesn’t make any sense at all. I’m not surprised, Courtney–ahem ahem–I mean Fraser. This is coming from the same person who beiieves that YOU–ahem ahem–I mean, Courtney is one of the most brilliant female artists of our time! PS Was the ambulance able to get to you in time? Mike

Cant wait to see this. Also, Kurts with God now (I hope)& in peace…

Addiction is tough, no matter who you are or what your lot in life is. Does attacking addicts heal your own pain? Anger, the All-American cure-all.

Debating how he was killed doesn’t change reality–he’s dead.

I wish there was a feature film with actrors and a plot. Oliver Stone could direct it.

I read some comments on here that predicted Nirvana would be a “has-been” band by now had Cobain not killed himself. Who knows, but I doubt that very seriously.

From what I read at the time it happened, he was trying to branch out with their sound (in his writing, at least) and wanted to experiment more.

Also, am I the only one that remembers how much was written (way back in ‘94) about Cobain writing (by mail or something) with Michael Stipe? What happened to whatever they were working on? How far did they get? Why did no one ever ask these questions (or did they and I missed it)?

(Go ahead, Stipe haters: Fire away and put us to sleep with the negativity).

No sympathy for Kurt Cobain. Takes a real man to blow himself away and leave his child without a father. Nice move, jackass.

Ah nirvana were crap anyway. who gives a toss

Okay, enough about how he died.

The movie should be great. And hell, it’s better to read this news about Cobain than the crap I usually see in RS news (a.k.a. Cobain action figures and lunchboxes). At least this is respectable.

i hope they at least wash his hair in the movie since he never did

well, at least he “had” hair.
perhaps he was using the wrong conditioner.

Nirvana was lucky enough to be the first grunge band signed out of Seattle, even though there were probably about 10 in the area at the time that could have blown their doors off. Soundgarden was much better than Nirvana but Cornell didn’t die. Fact is that they made extremely simplistic and monotonous songs based on about 3 or four chords and Kurt was either mumbling or screaming on every one of them. Someone please tell me how this band changed music and were the most influential band of the last 20 years. Hell, the Foo Fighters blow Nirvana away. Their music is much more diverse and Dave Grohl can actually sing. But this mythos surrounding one of the most over rated bands in the history of music is never supported, merely stated.

the one thing all you Nirvana and Kurt haters don’t realize is that Kurt was able to tap into a social and emotional emptiness. No their songs weren’t that complex, that’s not the point. Fucking elitists. What Nirvana did that no other band could do was sense that anomie in the public and articulate in lyric and rythem. It was nothing less than revolutionary. And for that, they will always be remembered as the best. And Courtney had nothing to do with his death. He was going there already.

Dan,
Here’s a question for you…
Would you please be able to explain whether the Foo Fighters be existent today if Nirvana hadn’t existed?

and soundgarden’s music was boring and cornell was no where near as carasmatic, get over it

People,
I was just a guy in a smelly sweater that made some music.
I was not a rock god or a hero or an icon.
I had some issues and physical pain, and sought solace in drugs.
Courtney may be a lot of things, but she was not a whore…
…although she may be one now.
Nirvana become media hype and THAT is what killed me.
I ate that lead to free myself.
I did fuck up my daughters life, and for that I am ashamed.
and by the way, I am not in heaven…I appear to be in a small town in Utah that only gets one tv station that plays endless reruns of “The Lawrence Welk Show”.
‘Aint that a bitch?
Peace
-Kurt

a legend, cant wait

nirvana are the most overated band history, no doubt. than nirvan

THE LAST ROCKSTAR

NIRVANA
Agresividad Punk + Guitarras Heavy

God Save Kurt

I look forward to downloading a shakeycam torrent of this movie.

-”Nothing bothers me more than when groups like Pearl Jam and Nirvana whine and moan and complain about life and being famous. Let me tell you, being famous is great! The feeling when someone asks you for an autograph, unbelieveable! I just think Americans are tired of people telling them how crap their lives are. I think when people listen to our music, we tell them how good their lives could be. I guess I just can’t understand the thoughts of Eddie Vedder or that whole bit… I mean, lad, if you hate your job so much, why don’t you fuckin’ go work at a car wash or McDonald’s or something?”

Noel Gallagher

Kurt,
Your modesty is what made you an icon. Peace to you and Lawrence.

i love seeing how people say Nirvana revolutionized rock music in the early 90’s…there were plenty of hugely successful bands in the early 90’s, much bigger and influential than Nirvana..Guns N Roses and Metallica to name a couple….then Nirvana came along and made such piss poor rock music that Rap took over the charts for the next decade…so where is this revolution Nirvana started? most overated band ever…

Had Nirvana ran their course everyone would have seen that there was nothing “special” about them.Kurt’s suicide was the only way to secure his place among the legends he admired.Imitating your favorite bands will only carry you so far.Everything Kurt “wrote” bares a STRONG resemblance to favorite songs of his………whatever…I mean Nevermind

Paul Westerberg

oh yeah, I’m sure Kurt killed himself just to become a legend, because then it would really matter…not. Morons. GnR sux, Metallica sux. Go listen your nu metal garbage and stop posting, this discusion isn’t even about all the nonsense that you guys are bringing up. If you don’t like him, then don’t post anything, maybe you are just infatuated with him, maybe you are jealous because he was the main part of the biggest rock revivals of the past 20 years and all you are is some pathetic pissant who works at jiffy lube. So when you are putting oil in my car and putting air in my tires while listening to Even Flow, just remember, you are a nobody, If you don’t like what I’ve said, then how about you go and do what he did, I’de love to see that, it’s all to easy to criticize someone great when you’re at the bottom.

Dear Ummm,
Somebody’s ego could sure use a reality-check…

16th November 2006. 09:30
“(BANG) – Noel Gallagher claims he is a better songwriter than Sir Paul McCartney.

The Oasis guitarist insists his debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’ is better than the first albums of every other leading British songwriter, including his Beatles idol Paul.

Noel said: “I was a superhero in the 90s. I said so at the time. Paul McCartney, Paul Weller, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards, my first album is better than all their first albums. Even they’d admit that.”

Despite his boast, the 39-year-old rocker regrets he will never be able to record anything to top the band’s acclaimed 1994 debut.

He added: “Those songs were written in my 20s. All I had in the world was a guitar and a Dictaphone. When you’re young, you write about being young and sex and drugs and drinking. You can’t do that when you’re 39. I was a different person then.”

even if you don’t like nirvana’s sound, if you are a singer and / or guitar player, you have to respect kurt cobain’s art. fuck noel gallagher, every rock song shouldn’t be some silly teeny-bopper anthem about…?? kurt wrote from the perspective of a true outsider, a damaged human struggling to put his point across. some of his lyrics are too cryptic to really make sense of, but some of them are simply amazing. and yeah, its true, if all that’s on your mind most of the time is mindless partying, a lyric like “when i was an alien / cultures weren’t opinions” isn’t going to mean much. but if you’ve ever been a real outcase, if you’ve ever had nothing for some stretch of your life – they mean everything. that’s all just about art though, he is open to any number of valid personal criticisms re: his daughter, mis-handling success, etc. but really, there was no way, just no way for this guy to handle what happened to him. i couldn’t do it either.

can you all please learn correct spelling and grammar? i feel i’m grading essays writen by 5th graders.
it’ll be interesting to see how this movie turns out. it sounds like a much welcome departure from the crop of predictable music biopics to hit our screens recently. unfortunately, it also sounds like art – meaning it won’t make much money and have a limited release. In any case, it sounds too arty for my neck of the woods, so i probably won’t get a chance to see it until it comes out on dvd or in another couple of years when it pops up at one Friday night at 11 on bbc4.

As great, memorable, timely and most of all important of a musician as he was, he was also a selfish, coward of a human being. I’m sorry, but what kind of father takes his own life and then leaves his child to be raised by Courtney Fucking Love? Did he also try to legally change his kid’s name to “No-Chance” in his suicide letter?

Who cares about spelling you snob, this isn’t a reume, it’s an opinion based chat place, get over it, no one can be as perfect as you think you are.

What’s that smell, If you are going to bitch about grammer, maybe you should learn that sentences start with capital letters. Example- You are a fucking dumb ass.

re: what’s that smell? | 7/27/2007, 3:07 pm EST

“it’ll be interesting to see how this movie turns out. it sounds like a much welcome departure from the crop of predictable music biopics to hit our screens recently. unfortunately, it also sounds like art – meaning it won’t make much money and have a limited release. In any case, it sounds too arty for my neck of the woods, so i probably won’t get a chance to see it until it comes out on dvd or in another couple of years when it pops up at one Friday night at 11 on bbc4.”

Art isn’t supposed to be about money. Once an artist (and that goes for both musical and visual artists), start focusing on money as their main goal, that’s when the art itself suffers. Anybody who does not recognize music as an artform, should not be criticizing Nirvana, and therefore might not appreciate or understand the film either for that matter.

SATAN:
I have my own CPA business and make about $350,000 a year. How much do you make? You aren’t doing them any favors with your overly psychotic defense of their legacy. Not everyone agrees with you. Get over it. As far as being original, the most original thing I ever saw him do was spit on a tv camera twice and the stand there giggling like a child who just got away with robbing his mother’s purse. Talk about class and charisma.

food for thought: No, I do not believe that the Foo Fighters would have been in existence without Nirvana. However, I do believe that Grohl would have been successful. My point is that Cobain was not the most talented musician or singer in that band. But I do want to thank you for your civility. Rare here….

Dan,
You are an accountant? Most accountants I know have very conservative and mainstream taste in music. What are you doing commenting at a Nirvana BLOG? Your type of character would probably never understand a music artist like Kurt Cobain in a million years. And who gives a rat$ a$$ how much money you make?

God day citizens,
I don’t know much about this Kurt Cobain gentlemen, but I did want to comment on the posts from SATAN.
I just wanted to say that I am a big admirer of your work SATAN!
The Spanish Inquisition, marvelous!
The slaughter of the Aztecs, brilliant!
The Bubonic plague, genius!
That whole Holocaust thing and the Nazi’s, mind boggling!
The genocide in Africa, smashing.
And I don’t have to tell you what a wonderful job you are doing in Iraq…
…wait, that’s on me.
Anyway, SATAN rules.
Now you kids go ahead and continue your inane discussion on this movie about the dead kid.
Sincerely
-Dick

Just my thoughts here, regardless of who likes him or who doesn’t…he WAS a human being first and foremost.
I would like to see this movie because it might give an insight into WHY anyone would commit suicide. Especially a young man who has his whole life ahead of him….and a family.
Some people say suicide is selfish. I wonder if it would have been better for his daughter to live a life watching her dad slowly kill hisself with drugs? And unless the mother changes, she will see Courtney slowly kill herself.
Yep, It’s downright SAD for all concerned.
but again, just my thoughts!

I think anyone under the age of 35 can’t have an opinion about Nirvana because they weren’t old enough to be part of that “grunge movement” during the 90’s. Bands during that time were writing songs about themselves and for their generation of that time. Like the 60’s bands of old. Those songs were for that specific generation. Anyone who grew up with the “Mickey Mouse Club” of that era should shut up and leave their opinions to themselves. Here’s another churned-up rap album that sounds just like the rap album before it. Enjoy!

drewdog…considering all of Nirvana’s fans are under the age of 35 your post doesnt make any sense….

Dan, I don’t care how much you say you make, I don’t care if you are dead or alive I don’t give a flying **ck about you, get over yourself, your an accountant so that means you have no taste in music anyway, go to starbucks, I think they’ll something that you can listen to while you’re drinking Grande cappacino and eating your over sized cookie you fudge packin’ fruit. Glad we could be civil D!(K He@d

Well, Dr. If you are indeed a doctor, then I think you would be smart enough to know that someone who was 21 in 1991, when Nirvana broke out with their album “Nevermind”, would be 37 today. Hence, my point. WE were the ones who were there when “grunge” came into being.

Dr. Cox,
How do you know that? Did you conduct a survey? Give us the stats and exact figures on that, if you don’t mind. Do you know how old Kurt Cobain himself would be today?

Simple mathematics, my dear Dr. Cox.

I expect it’ll be boring for I’ll probably see it anyway. 9.9

One problem I have will all the off the cuff haters is the whole ‘they suck, there were better bands’ thing.

For one, it’s all a matter of opinion, and the fact this band is STILL selling records posthumously implies maybe it’s a majority opinion they didn’t suck.

Besides, I’m STILL waiting for the next band I can like as much or better to come along. There’ve been a few bands that sounded like they had potential but they withered away before even making second records.

Like him and the hype around him or not, Kurt seems to have become what I suspect he thought he wanted to be all along- the last rock ’star’.

drewdog, i was listening to the beatles and the rolling stones at the age of 3, as far back as i can possibly remember.

Will you losers just stop typing and shut the fuck up!
I’m trying to count Kurt’s money.

FRANCES! GET MOMMY ANOTHER VODKA TONIC AND SOME MEATLOF!
NOW!!!

Mom,
Shut your cake-hole and get your own goddamn drink, you frigging money grubbing whore!

And there’s no more meatloaf…
…you snorted it last night.
Hugs
-Frances Bean

hey, i just got here and saw all that you have written, hey.. how you gringos like to say shit… i mean, you have written a bible just parting from a movie preview comment on RS.. the worst is that you palid people rule the world… shit…

Kurt Cobain wasn’t writing songs for Gen X. As a song writer he was very introspective and inscrutable. He carried a punk ethos that had been established generations before. Anointing him as your spokesperson/savior played a large part in his self destruction. But kudos to drewdog for being part of the “grunge movement.” Way to listen to popular music when you were a kid. You were integral.

Hendrix,
That’s cool! The first music I remember listening to as a kid was also The Beatles.

drewdog,
Indeed, music doesn’t define age boundaries. I was in my 20’s during the grunge movement, but Nirvana’s music has stood the test of time. It’s not really about age. It’s about the music itself, regardless of when it was created. And in a similar sentiment as to what Lenny pointed out, Kurt wrote insightful lyrics which could be interpreted by any generation.

Nirvana Sucks!

uh…..er…mommy?

Ronald, your mommy got buried alive in the mosh pit, along with some accountant named Dan. Somebody had better call another ambulance.

Hello? Operator? Whoops! Dial tone! Bad charma for the Reagan Family ++ A Concerned Citizen

Yeah, I got a Master’s Degree in “Shut the Fuck Up” ++ Another Concerned Citizen

I’m so glad that someone is finally making a truthful film about one of the greatest musicians of all time. For me, Kurt Cobain is angelic; His music and his lyrics are so intense and meaningful, they blow any recent music out of the water.

I really don’t think Kurt Cobain wrote songs for any generation, ultimately he wrote them for himself and I don’t like when people claim him like property for themselves or “thier” generation. I’m sixteen and that doesn’t keep me from really feeling good music regardless to it’s fame or infame or freaking movies that sell his thoughts and personality like merchandise. I hate to watch people scoop it up and inhabit it like some kind of bible. Just listen to the music and love it and appreciate it, don’t wrap your life around it and submit yourself to it’s existence no matter how worthy it may be. Don’t you get that it’s insulting?

Kurt Cobain wrote a few great songs, and was generally an interesting person. Having said that, I’m confused as to how this many people could feel so deeply about someone they didn’t know that died (probably by suicide) 13 years ago. Embrace what is happening now: not on MTV or YouTube or whatever, but in your own pubs and coffeshops and bars. Send an RIP and let it go. There ARE great things happening now in music, and they will continue to happen, whether they get famous and kill themselves or not.

I Killed Kurt. You all know that.

In reply to:
Realty Check | 7/27/2007, 3:34 pm EST

“As great, memorable, timely and most of all important of a musician as he was, he was also a selfish, coward of a human being. I’m sorry, but what kind of father takes his own life and then leaves his child to be raised by Courtney Fucking Love? Did he also try to legally change his kid’s name to “No-Chance” in his suicide letter?”

The real “reality check” is that Kurt’s own personal issues and choices belonged to him, and that in itself should be respected. Rather than posting messages which undermine his character and integrity, he should be celebrated and remembered for his talents, which were in fact a gift to everyone who appreciated his music. He accomplished more in several years than many of us could only dream of accomplishing in an entire lifetime.

SATAN:

Suck my dickhead you loser asshole.

Kurt Cobain was a great singer in Nirvana it is a shame that he was killed because he would have been a great legend in the music industry.

Then he wrote (Whats The Story) Morning Glory after Definitely Maybe.

Dear Dear Ummm | 7/28/2007, 1:14 pm EST

“Then he wrote (Whats The Story) Morning Glory after Definitely Maybe.”

Yes, that is chronologically correct. So your point is…?
Noel Gallagher didn’t “get” Nirvana, or Pearl Jam for that matter. Refer back to the original Noel Gallagher quote you posted, Ummm.

well, i guess ill be watching this movie it’s not bcuz Kurt Cobain was such a big writer or whatver ! Nirvana’s style rocks but the most important basic was their music not their words! And I guess we should all appreciate Kurt Cobain 4 wht he wrote but right now we can see that thers a lot of other bands who 4 me, are even more important than Kurt Cobain himself.

I Love Nirvana. They just never struck me in the way Alice In Chains or Soundgarden have.
But Thank god they PLAYED F—ING LOUD.
(Many other new bands never try- why bother?)
Any Cobain comparisons to John Lennon,(by the media) his songwriting and impact on his generation are SO silly, as Lennon did not kill himself, and was around far longer. Therefore his music covered so much more ground over time.
As for Hendrix: He is still one of the all time greatest musical influences, and helped kids in Seattle and beyond pursue the possibility of the rock music dream. There is something in the air in Seattle that lends itself to the true mystique of the Genre.

Landrew,
If you are a Soundgarden fan, you should check out Chris Cornell’s present concert tour. I saw his concert recently, and it blew everyone away – his setlist includes everything from TOD to SG, Audioslave and some of his solo work. AIC is also touring with VR; of course, nobody can replace Layne, but Jerry Cantrell and the band continue to carry that spirit in honor of Layne’s memory. The Seattle vibe back in the 90’s did have a special vibe of its own, Nirvana being one of its “big 4″. As for Cobain’s career timespan being compared to Lennon’s, they were both great music artists, but career timespan doesn’t necessarily equate “impact”. Hendrix’s career lasted only about 3 years, as did Kurt’s.

SMASHING PUMPKINS ARE AMAZING

landofgrunge:
Thanks for your input. I like your comparison to the length of Hendrix/Cobain’s careers. To contrdict my own opinions: I must say there could be Nirvana fans who never liked Hendrix or Lennon at all the way I do.
I saw AIC again last Fall and it was amazing. I will see them again! I recently saw Cornell’s webcast concert and blasted it through my stereo at home. His power is amazing. (quit smoking?)
Bainbridge Island is my former town, so we were lucky to have a few friends do quite well in the music scene back in the day. Do you live in Sea town? Great scene there, and people.
As for music and Death: I once told my friend Pete Droge I was going through a heavy ‘Greg Allman’ phase. He asked me “Why? because he’s dead?”

P.S. Correction

I meant DUANE ALLMAN on the previous post. Too much Ganja for me…

Landrew,
I am very very close to Sea-land (ever hear of DOA?). Same climate, same attitude. Chris Cornell is considered as a god here, at least according to some of the local radio station DJ’s. Speaking of Sea-land, I saw PJ at the Gorge last year, which was great (I also see that their new live cd set covers the concert I attended). Just a mention about the previous post about Smashing Pumpkins. My own opinion is that they “were” amazing – everything from Mellon Collie and prior. Not too crazy about their new release. It’s really lacking what they had before (something about it seems technically forced, overly-distorted throughout and overhyped).

PS – Nice talking to you, Landrew. Sea-land is very cool; used to frequently visit relatives who lived there.

Landofgrunge:
I did not figure out the DOA abbreviation. Early Pumpkins do rock!

Landrew – 5440 is another local band from my hometown…
(DOA was a hard-core punk band, one of RCHP’s influences)

Landrew – 5440 is another local band from my hometown…
(DOA was a hard-core punk band, one of RHCP’s influences)

All Apologies:
I recall DOA from the 80’s. I thought you were using the abbr. in another context. We will now return our Nirvana fans to their normal programming.
landofgrunge:
Are you up in B.C. ? It is one my of my favorite places in the world, and the Northwest. I’ve met some of the kindest people up there in my travels.

Landrew,
Yes, Vancouver actually. Thanks for the kind words. Likewise, always great to visit Sea-land. If you ever get a chance, check out the Commodore Ballroom for live gigs (famous for it’s bouncing dance floor). A lot of top-name acts have performed there live, including Nirvana.

Hey Dick Cheney,its called survival of the fittest you lib retard-oh-there is no satan or the other guy-btw

If you don’t get it(Kurt Cobain)then get the fuck out

for real fans-everyone has heard the outtake on Nevermind appr. 5min. after last song,right?

“Endless, Nameless” clocks in around 10-15 minutes after the end of “Something In The Way” (but don’t tell anyone)

Great, who cares.

I’m a huge Nirvana Fan. I love the songs that most people don’t care about (school, big cheese, anyerism, drain you, very ape, blew, lounge act, etc..)

Lets just leave Kurt were we all knew him best, a messed up dude who could write great, fast paced rock songs using 3 chords.

His music is great for beginers at guitar and it sounds great.

The reason Kurt is so cool is because we still don’t know much about the guy. Leave it at that, let the mystery carry on, stop digging for answers. Ruins the whole thing with cheap sentiment.

wow Dan, you really sound like an acountant, sound more like a high schooler you brown taint. God you smell, close your legs captain $h!t pants

this movie has weird concepts. i guess that’s why they call cinema ‘art’ sometimes. for a very well endowed male i don’t know if this movie is worth seeing. if no kurt then what? kittens? really now

Kurt Cobain or Curt Kobain,take your pick.

For those of us that lived through that time of music (late 80’s early 90’s), Nirvana made an obvious difference, whether you liked them or not. I was/am a MetallicA fan. But at the time, they weren’t so mainstream. The only mainstream then was the 80’s hair crap… (Poison, Winger, Bon Jovi). Nirvana came out and changed our entire music landscape. MTV finally had Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden (Ya, they actually played music). Music that came from the heart. Kurt was at the head of all this, the spokesman. He seemed to be a great guy, who had lots of issues, like so many others at the time (Kurt, Layne Staley, Andrew Wood). Anyways, thankfully we have the music, which will live on forever, great, meaningful music.

I apologize. I lowered myself to your level. Children have a habit of doing that to you. Now go fill the tires and add some oil to your Neon.

My neon… right. I would only drive that if your mother wanted to blow me in a different car, jackass

I just hope that the movie isn’t like that piece of shit “Last Days” watching two spiders fucking would have been more exciting than that snoozefest.

Heroin and sluts rule. Until they kill you.

Dan:

“Suck my dickhead you loser asshole.” You really do sound like a rich accountant (Please note that there was a whole bucket of sarcasm in that sentence). If you were one, you wouldn’t be commenting here and having fights with people over the internet about whether a legend is truly a legend or not, now would you?~
By the way, boasting about how much money you earn isn’t going to get us all kissing your feet and apologizing for lack of respect. And it’s highly likely you don’t even get that money. Godamnit I hate liars.~
You should shut the fuck up you bastard. EXCUSE ME. I lowered myself to your level. Fake accountants have a habit of doing that to you.~
Kurt Cobain was a great musician and no amount of your complaining is going to change that.~

And I’d also like to mention, that some people are saying that Gn’R are bad and Metallica are bad and that Nirvana is much better. Nirvana is EXCEPTIONAL, I must say. But do not diss other bands who are also rather successful. I listen to Nirvana, Gn’R, Metallica, Dire Straits, Queen, Deep Purple, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Def Leppard and much much more. And all of them are absolutely excellent. Just lay off other bands on a Nirvana-centered blog (It’s said with much love, people).~

Kurt Cobain was a true legend. Yet the haters don’t seem to understand that.

Failed to mention this in my last comment, but I do prefer Nirvana to Gn’R by a bit.~

Kurt R.I.P

Crack is Whack!

Suicide IS funny!

Suicide IS funny!

Suicide IS funny!

Doesn’t anyone think that a hollywood movie about Kurt Cobain is a bit on the funny side???? It’s almost as funny as that band Greenday playing “Working Class Hero” on a whore show like American Idol…. I don’t think Nirvana played the type of music that should be made into some sorta block buster bullshit. Nirvana was real deal kinda stuff….played from the gut….made you feel better by feeling sick kinda stuff. II never knew or met Mr.Cobain, but from what I gather this movie would have made no sense to him at all. “Rather be dead then cool.” – K.Cobain/Nirvana

“I’d rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I’m not.”
~ Kurt Cobain

suicide is painless and it brings on many changes

Considering the entire film is made up of Kurt Cobain talking, without interruption from rock critics and annoying sex/drug & rock & Roll fan droolage I think it’s gonna be great. Combine Kurt having the 1st and only chance to sit and talk about his life (which he did while talking about himself to the only person whom interviewed his “life-story” for a book, The Book on Nirvana which was written & published DURING Nirvana etc…) So you have Kurt just speaking, while you have what’s bound to be the beautiful scenery of the upper Washington area going by, telling the story. No interruptions from other people’s thoughts, other un-related musical elaborations… JUST Kurt, talking bout’ himself. Telling his-own story. It Just matters weather or not anyone is interested in who this guy Kurt Cobain was????

Ummm… where in the article does it say this is a “hollywood movie”? It sounds interesting and beautiful and I am totally going to see it.

saw this at the philadelphia film festival. it’s a great film for fans and strangers to nirvana alike. it has a complete trance effect on you – with the audio and image doing a dance of point/counterpoint. it takes a few minutes to get into (the audio quality is obviously not great and the sound/image relationship takes a bit to get used to) but it builds to an ending of real power.

i know many folks hate Last Days, which is a shame. I think that’s a totally amazing film in a completely differnet way than this one. Last Days can be frustrating for folks because it uses this iconography of cobain but then uses that to tell this parable about mankind removed from its natural state due to postindustrial life. i know that sounds totally arty and may sound like a reach, but watch the film with that in mind and it’s pretty amazing what you start to see in it – especially the formal elements like art direction sound design and even fragments of dialogue. nto for everyone, which is fine, but give it a second shot.

das bitch
Had Nirvana ran their course everyone would have seen that there was nothing “special” about them.Kurt’s suicide was the only way to secure his place among the legends he admired.Imitating your favorite bands will only carry you so far.Everything Kurt “wrote” bares a STRONG resemblance to favorite songs of his………whatever…I mean Nevermind

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Thank You! So glad to see someone else feels the same way about this band.

Shut the hell up, he copied no one. Was Picaso inspired? Was Elvis, The Beatles and Radiohead inspired?… HEAVILY @$$hole.Get over it, everyone draws off of something, it just so happens that Kurt’s parent’s had sex in the 60’s instead of the 40’s. He was truly the last rock star, legend, icon, whatever…nevermind!

Stylez needs “dasboot”.

Wow, a little hard on accountants around here. Makes me glad I’m aaaannnnnnnn….astronaut, yeah….yeah an astronaut, that’s the ticket. And I’ve got annnnnnn…astronaut horse, yeah. So I can go onnnnnnnn…space horse rides yeah, yeah that’s the ticket. And I can ride my space horse to the space movie theater and see the spaced Kurt movie. Yeah…

i can’t wait to watch, well hear the movie! i’m a big nirvana fan, and to add on to a comment made from “stylez”, i agree that there was nothing special about nirvana, it was only a rock band that just happened to make it big, but if they would of run there course, well there wouldn’t be such a shitty popular music sceen! they accidently knocked off pop and haire metal music, so that people like me, lazy and to retarded to become the best guitare player in the world, can still enjoy playing guitare around a campfire with simple cords and power chords, i know i there is other bands that already did that, but world stardom gave us a ticket to not be looking so dumb! so if you don’t like nirvana, you can take your opinion and shove it! you probably like brittney spears for all i know. so get bent!
nirvana was a good band!

who thinks kurt cobain was murdered?
i did alot of research on that subject, i’ve been doing it for like 7 years now, and i’ve concluded that it was a murder with the substential evedence that has been shown trough the media or anywhere’s about the subject. but i guess it’s all an opinion. i wouldn’t judge anybody if they conclude that he did shoot himself, cause we weren’t there! but i do wish that the seattle police department would reopen the case and examin it to reach a last conclusion on that. they reopen cases from 30 years ago…why not this one?

all of you people who say “you’re crazy if you think that courtney killed kurt, you’re just in denial”, really need to look at the facts. she had him killed. it’s pretty obvious that it was murder. the whole suicide thing just doesn’t add up when someone has triple the lethal dose of heroin in them and can’t even reach the trigger and no fingerprints on the gun. if you think that she is innocent, than you should listen to her on tape. then decide.

courtneys a skeezy bitch who killed the greatest music artist god ever put on this earth and shell pay 4 it one day even though shes already a crack whore who doesnt deserve anything especially all the millions she inheriated off of kurt. the persoon below me is completly right and i agree with every word. hopeuflly this movies amazing im a huge kurt/ nirvana fan and i cant wait

it’s nice to see people actually agreing to the murder theorie! but why didn’t the seattle police department ever look in too it more than just on the sceen, and i’[ve heard that they even never devolop the pictures of the sceen???? it raises alot of questions!!!!! although i would really wish that he would of killed himself, because thinking about my musical hero being murdered …i hate it!

First, let me say i cant wait to see this film, and also I just wanna say that Nirvana is probably one of my favorite bands. And I know there are many ppl out there who don’t like them. People argue that they were overrated, that they were never any good at all. I’ll tell you what they did…they began playing a simple style of music, that was a fusion between 70’s metal and the 80’s punk underground. Simple songs that rocked, something that many ppl have a thing for. You can’t please everyone, but the fact is that they pleased America really well in the 90’s, not to mention how popular they were in Europe. So if u like them, good. If not, ok, whatever. But don’t sit there and say they were overrated. Everyone is good in their own way.

courtney love should either confess to what she did. (we all know that won’t happen, the whore can’t live without her visits to the plastic surgeon and her beloved crack, or whatever she uses) or she should just die. kurt didn’t deserve to get killed just because he was leaving the music industry and his wife. courtney love is a greedy, no good, worthless, bad mother, jealous of her husband, dirty, evil murderer. that’s it i hope she burns in hell for eternity.

hi, i was wondering if anybody knew if the movie is coming out in canada, and if so when? it would be very apreciated if you’d post a reply if you know.
thank you

I think you guys give Courtney Love too much credit. If she was able to pull that off then I would be very surprised. Sure its possible, but I think that its highly unlikely that she did it. Look at the facts, the guy was seriously depressed, and even tried to kill himself a month earlier in Rome. There are so many discrepancies with the murder theory. Courtney Love is a crazy bitch and I don’t think she was intellectually capable of pulling that off so perfectly. Sorry.

hey bob, if a retard has alot of money, you can kill who you want, everyone has the potential to be a murderer.there is discrepancies in the suicide theory has much as or even more than the murder theory… now go make your research!

hey im looking forward to this movie its a bummer i live in australia.. do you know if it’s coming out here?

hey dude, before you is to tell me advice, i would be is to recommend you to go to elementary school to learn is the write grammar so i can understand what you be is saying.

Bob,
Could you repeat that? Your grammar is really quite bad.

dude,
I’ll post info if I hear anything about the movie coming to Canada – I’ve been wanting to see the film as well.

~peace

thanx ~something~, i really do hope it does come out in canada.
that was a pretty funny one too, the reply you sent to bob.
oh and bob, i didn’t know you where a university language professor. sorry, i understand how it would bother you, a high class spelling person like you! lol!
peace ~something~!

dude,
No problem.
~peace~

I love the impersonations of celebrities on this forum, living dead or deity. Keep up the good work kids, I’m getting the popcorn

Honestly, I would LOVE to see this movie. Any chance of it hitting the Vancouver Film Festival?

i´ve seen the movie last march and (this is for “Underdose” coment)is nothing to do with ´last days´…people went out of the cinema crying..and i mean it..so if you have the chance watch the movie..its fkn great

thanks for the info “ants”.
i really want to watch this movie, and you really make me crave top watch it, but i have no idea when it’s comming out in canada yet!

hi dude…guys in this page are saying stupid things…you wont be seeing a black image…the movie shows you every place where kurt has been…while you´re hearing his voice “explaning” about that situation (this is taken from interviews)
so dont do pointless coments if you havent watch it yet
cya

The Vancouver Film Festival is releasing its Sept/Oct schedule this week…I’ll post some information here for you guys if I find out more.

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”Kurt Cobain

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”Kurt Cobain

Just checked, and it is not listed in this year’s Vancouver Film Festival’s schedule.

damn it, thanx something…but it seems that canada is always the black sheep, we always get the cool stuff last! lol!

…it’s still better though than following the main sheep herds

so true!!!!!!

dude, I was just thinking that there might be a reason why the film has not yet been released in parts of Canada. Did Kurt himself grant permission for those interview tapes to be released to the public? And regarding the issue about Canada being the last to get all the cool stuff, that’s not entirely true. Van has a vibe unto itself, and many bands played in small clubs here before they became famous. For what it’s worth, we have a lot of talent right here at home we can be proud of, much of which is not marketed heavily and widely known in the US.

…I guess my point is that I’ve had second thoughts…and I don’t necessarily want or need to see the film, unless we knew if those permissions were approved by Kurt himself. With all due respect to his integrity, would he have wanted that? We don’t really know. I’d rather see that Nirvana’s legacy is protected and not tarnished.

well i agree with you, something! but i’m also guilty of reading his journal. I wish they wouldn’t release shit like that, but in a way it’s a way to get the new generation to listen or hear about nirvana. about true, honest and unproduced music, and i think they are running out of ideas how to intress the public. but on the other hand, when i discovered nirvana, it was in 2000, and it was really an underground thing and so special, so really the new generation should hear of nirvana through friends or older brothers/ sisters instead of a mainstream push.

Well, better that you discovered Nirvana in 2000 than never (no pun intended!). In my opinion, alternative music might not have intended to go mainstream in the first place, at least not to that unexpected extent. The upside is that Nirvana did break down those barriers (reaching a wider audience through MTV), leading the way for other alt-rock bands to become successful also. I agree…those journals should not have been published.

Well, better that you discovered Nirvana in 2000 than never (no pun intended!). In my opinion, alternative music might not have intended to go mainstream in the first place, at least not to that unexpected extent. The upside is that Nirvana did break down those barriers (reaching a wider audience through MTV), leading the way for other alt-rock bands to become successful also. I agree…those journals should not have been published.

something, i find we both think alike when it comes to the nirvana subject. it’s pretty cool, i almost feel like if we where friends! lol! oh and i do totally agree with what you said!

dude, I was reading your previous comments. There are petitions on the internet you can sign which support your concerns. I think that everyone would like to see justice brought about, whatever that truth is. It’s a mystery.
~peace~

In anticipation for the upcoming release of About a Son, Sidetrack Films is offering promotional cards for the film. The cards offer 25 free music downloads. We are offering them to local magazines, papers, coffee shops, moviehouses and music outlets–generally interested parties. For contact information please visit http://www.sidetrackfilms.com. We hope you will enjoy the film, debuting in New York on October 3rd and subsequently in major cities through the United States. Thank you.

i personally ‘found nirvana in 2004. ever since then i have been a die hard fan and I HIGHLY ANTICIPATE THIS FILM AND CANT WAIT FOR IT TO COME TO CHICAGO! does it?

I first met Kurt in the mid 80’s – he was by nature a very sweet gentle loving person. Funny and fun. Cried when he died, don’t know if I should watch the movie!

I have a track on my site with kurt talking in it. It’s called: “this is.” myspace.com/thesyntheticunderg round

I can’t wait to see the film. Cuz kurt had brilliant ways of thinking and talking about things.

My track has Kurt swearing in it wich you don’t hear very often.

I love Kurt Cobain and of course i am dying to see this movie but i am quite frightened it might not do him any justice for the artist and simple man he was. He was an extraordinary person and i beleive all people around the world should know his name and remember the greatness and grungy-ness he brought into our hearts. He made me beleive i should have been a son.

Chris and all those who believe the suicide verdict. Research, event just a little and you’ll find an abundance of information that will alter your thinking, and if not that, at least open your mind to other possiblities than suicide. Really, you’d be surprised.

Chris and all those who believe the suicide verdict. Research, event just a little and you’ll find an abundance of information that will alter your thinking, and if not that, at least open your mind to other possiblities than suicide. Really, you’d be surprised. Go http://www.kcwm.com or http://www.justiceforkurt.com, cobaincase.com, myspace.com/tomgra

shit you write a load of nonsense shit overhere haahahha whatever you say wont change the fact that cobain is now a legend, and that nirvana, you like it or not its now remembered as one of the mos important bands on the early 90s.
great or not their music is here and wont go just because a F*cking DAN guy dont like it, also that drug whore courtney did send someone kill kurt, dont u know that money buys anything/anyone ???? or what do u do with your incomes DAN ??? stick it over your butt or what ?? yeah being a satcastic Ahole yea or being the center of the universe nobody is right but you yeah i didnt get the news that youd buy the universe

i hane a festival documentary film in indonesia. i interest to screening this movie on the festival.
can i contact the filmaker this film.
thanx for coorporation.

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