17 years ago tomorrow

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Kurt Cobain died on April 5th, 1994.  He was the lyricist and singer for Nirvana which had been together since 1989.  Nirvana was from the rural outskirts of Seattle but the city is credited with the band because they were under the label Sub Pop.  Nirvana fronted the genre grunge, a 90’s branch influenced by punk.  Kurt Cobain’s vision for Nirvana was a punk influence band that brought back melody to the rock song with originality.  He wanted to embody pop-like songs with heavy sound.  Kurt Cobain was a weird public figure who gave people the attitude of not caring what anyone thinks.  While he embodied a careless attitude, he did so while being very conscientious of himself.  While obscure statements like cross dressing seemed crazy, his statements meant something to him and had purpose.  His views built up from his childhood and were probably amplified by his hard drug use.  In his youth, Cobain opposed hegemonic masculinity which resonated into his famous years in, his statements in interviews, writing, and cross dressing.  Over the years his rejection of binary sexuality views and intolerance were told in his words and actions.