# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kurt-cobain
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:49:25.760Z

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description: "He hated the spotlight but defined an era anyway. Cobain's raw songwriting and refusal to play the part rewired what mainstream rock could sound like and say, then he died at 27 before the weight of it crushed him completely."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Kurt Donald Cobain was born February 20, 1967, and by 1990 had assembled Nirvana's final lineup with Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic. They signed with DGC and released Nevermind in 1991; "Smells Like Teen Spirit" made them inescapable, followed by "Come as You Are," "Lithium," "In Bloom," "Heart-Shaped Box," and "All Apologies." He was called the voice of Generation X and he hated it. His final years were heroin, stomach pain, chronic depression, and a marriage to Courtney Love that kept him in tabloids; they had a daughter, Frances. On April 8, 1994, he was found dead in the greenhouse of his Seattle home, a self-inflicted shotgun wound, three days gone, age 27.