Word: cobain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cobain almost did join rock's long list of dreadful mistakes in early March when he unwittingly mixed prescription tranquilizers with some celebratory champagne. After Cobain awoke form his coma, his doctor confirmed that the musician "came close to death." Yet, what would his death have meant as a drug-induced fatality? A suicide? An accident? More likely, with Cobain's ambiguous lyrics, a mystery...
...spokesman for Nirvana's Gold Mountain Management portrayed the coma as a close-call, a near miss form joining the deceased pantheon of rock idols, but "definitely not a suicide attempt--it was strictly accidental." So Cobain almost became an "accident"--just like his rock and roll predecessors...
...early April, Cobain decided to add a powerful twist to the rock and roll tragedy. His faceless corpse was found in his Seattle home--along with a clenched fist, a shotgun and a suicide note. Cobain even left his driver's license next to his body, apparently to quell any confusion about murdered and murderer. In this case, Cobain was both...
...friend, Kim Warnick, of the Seattle band the Fastbacks, immediately perceived this subtle shift in rock folklore: "Kurt didn't want any mistakes about what he was doing. He wanted to be perfectly clear." Despite the statements of his mother, Cobain had not merely "joined that stupid club." Cobain's death was no accident...
...Cobain expressed his disdain for the glory of rock culture: "...at this point in rock history, Punk Rock (while still sacred to some) is, to me, dead and gone." In 1994, Cobain made himself dead and gone, while overcoming the cliche of accident with the violence of willful destiny. In a land swelling with nihilism, perhaps Cobain's' bang highlights our whimpers--past and present...