[Closed] Kurt Cobain - What were you doing 19 years ago today?

In geography I think. Maybe history. Either way I wasn't paying attention but as I was 11 at the time I was only struck by the significance of it due to seeing the 6th formers in tears.

I remember the first reports popping up on Ceefax were just "Body found at home of pop singer" or something.

There always seems to be a pretence in the mainstream media that they had any clue who he was. Now they bang on (correctly) about how massively influential Nirvana where, but most hadn't noticed it at the time.

I went to see Primal Scream at Brixton Academy. Bobbie Gillespie gave us the news from the stage.

Just been made redundant and was living through the Cromwell St investigation @ the other end of the street!

At uni thinking oh, anyways lads let's finish these fishfinger butties and head off to Fahrenheit at bar one its only 90p for mainline drinks.... (As you can tell I didn't much care...) 🙂

a few weeks before we were fitting carpets and vynil in their European tour bus near Leeds airport
what a waste of time

Was pretty gutted at the time, just about to do my A-levels. Will stick Bleach on later when the kids are asleep.

Senna dying a few weeks later really knocked me for six, lost two heroes in the space of a month 🙁 at least I got to see Senna dominate at Donnington 20years ago this summer.

Was at uni, housemate scrawled "RIP" on the dirt on the window. Drove past a year later and you could still see it. It was that sort of house.

I remember we were holding tickets for the tour that had been cancelled when he OD'd in Rome. It was supposed to get rescheduled. I wonder what happened to those tickets?

They broadcast Unplugged - Live in New York on BBC2 that evening. We had a crappy signal but taped it anyway. Watched it many times and the picture quality never mattered. To this day, when I hear any of that show, in my mind it looks grainy. Seems to suit it. Might listen to it now, actually.

Weirdly, I remember where I was when I heard about the overdose he had a few months before - driving to my mates, heard it on the car radio. That was more of a shock than when he actually killed himself.

i was sat on the bog at the time.

I was working flat out and I expect travelling back from Hungary...

20 years eh.

Seems longer for some reason.

I was hoping that an 'OMG Kurt' would get me into the pants of the girl I was chatting up.

Her reaction helped clarify the realisation that his death was of little consequence to those outside of his immediate family.

Edit: Doug Stanhope says it well - NSFW for swearing -

I went to see Primal Scream at Brixton Academy. Bobbie Gillespie gave us the news from the stage.

Raindog, did you spill my pint? 🙂

I didn't really know who he was to be honest, it was his death that brough Nirvana's music to my attention.

Was in Scarborough with my Parents having an easter break IIRC. Saw it in a Newspaper headline.

Swearing because I had tickets to see them.

Seem to have in my head I was back from uni and at Delamere Forest for a walk with the parents at some point that day
I know I was at top of world trade centre in New York when Diana died, came down jumped a taxi and the American/Asian taxi driver was trying to tell us in a very excited voice as he realised we where English, we couldn't grasp what he was telling us was 10 words a second, he didn't charge us for the ride though

Sitting in "The Mint" pub in Coatbridge, and the regular DJ, Frank, announced it over the tannoy, clearly looking shocked.

As my brother, also my closest friend, had died the September before, it felt like lots of things coming to an end.

at home with my parents, my mum told me!

Layne Stayley died 10 years later to the day
http://www.revolvermag.com/news/layne-staley-remembered-outtakes-from-revolver%E2%80%99s-mike-inez-interview.html

To be honest, I was more Pearl Jam/Smashing Pumpkins at that time. Sad though nevertheless, whenever it was.

BLOKE WAS A ****

I was an art stoodent. So I have no idea.

pancho get back to your home........
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I was in 1st year and a mate told me. I hadn't listened to much but I bought unplugged shortly after and my life went through a dark angry grunge stage. Happy days.

Legend.

RIP

Another over-rated 'star' cos he topped himself. Made no difference to my life whatsoever.

FWIW probably doing something I shouldn't have been behind the bike sheds. 😆

I was doing my A-Levels.

I remember hearing the news and feeling gutted - not that I was a massive Nirvana fan, but I loved the way they brought cool guitar music back through one fantastic three minute song.

Layne Staley's death hit me harder, strangely. I was an Alice in Chains fan from 'We Die Young', the first single, and I still love those albums and Layne's voice.

Oh Seattle, will you never learn?

Fahrenheit at bar one

Marcus7 - at Sheffield uni then?

I was doing a-levels, in the upper sixth. seemed like the end of a lot of bands, ritchey from manics had disappeared presumed drowned, the wonder stuff had announced they were finishing that year and then Kurt.

can't remember exactly what I was doing, probably physics revision and then a ride on my dyna-tech, before going to the Sugar Loaves in my mates mgb.

kimbers love it dude that's me fishing 🙂

Kurt,....can't remember, RIP

Diana,...Greenwich, Connecticut RIP

Michael Jackson, on the sofa RIP

My father Roy Evans,....at the gym RIP

Listening to techno 🙂

I was ten years old so probably picking my nose. I don't remember really, took another 8 years before I actually got a few albums to appreciate the music properly.

Wondering if I'd get my money back from the tickets I had to see them.

I remember hearing the news and not being at all surprised. I saw them a few times and he'd lost a lot of the early energy and drive that I liked. Also I think by the time of his death nirvana had pretty much become mainstream and less relevant to the indie/alt scene. LOLing at the trolling on this thread. I'll bet a good quantity of money that those with the biggest put downs were listening to chart bollocks and were square as fluck. 😉

Studying for my degree at the time. Pretty gutted - got into them as Nevermind was released and got into Bleach before In Utero arrived. Great band and I see him as a great songwriter too. I think he could have made some interesting records later... Still play all their music regularly.

pancho1969 - Member
BLOKE WAS A ****

Strange because he thought you were amazing. Couldn't speak highly enough in fact.

I heard it on the morning radio with a hangover. I felt it was a shame, bit of a tear at the waste.

I remember seeing him a few months earlier at the Newcastle Mayfair. I famously fell asleep at that concert next to a speaker. I was in the pile of bodies dancing most of the gig. The warm up act was 2 Japanese girls. I have never slept enough!

I had a tear too when the Mayfair got pulled down. Good place.

Nice to remember all that. Seems like yesterday.

Agreed. You were lucky to have known him pancho, please tell us more.

I'll bet a good quantity of money that those with the biggest put downs were listening to chart bollocks

there are only two put downs.

In '94 I was probably listening to an eclectic chart bollocks mix of Blur, Bon Jovi, Dina Carol and Pato Banton.

No idea but I remember the moment that I heard about Mr Mercury vividly.

Why did you hear vividly?
...and is that a common occurence?

Working in john Menzies. I was up a ladder stocking shelves when someone told me. Nearly fell off and had a tear in my eye. At age 16 he was my hero

I was in the pub, remember my mate walking in wearing a t-shirt with that famous picture of Cobain sucking on a rifle and the words " nice shooting son" printed above it!
must have been no more than 4 hours since he's shot himself.

Didn't bother me much, never got into that whole Seattle sound thing, that t-shirt did upset a few folk though!

No idea. Thought they were overrated, although they knocked out some purdy little tunes. More of a Pixies man for that style of music (although was raised on jazz, soul and hipity-hop) and considered nirvana to be a poor imitation. A bit like take that and blue 😛

I'll bet a good quantity of money that those with the biggest put downs were listening to chart bollocks

please send your cheque to...

my classmate at uni told me

didn't believe him 🙁

remember when it started to come through on the news but as I had moved on to blur and early Britpop music wise couldn't have given a sh*t and now looking back I was right then and still right now let face it the real talent in that band is still alive and has moved on to make bigger and better music not my cup of tea but still better than the 2nd rate punk/new wave that nirvana ever where

p.s sonic youth,mudhoney and pearl jam were far better bands just in case you thought it was anti spectic tank rant

19 years ago- listening to electro pop and probably sleeping/ ww kayaking/ climbing/ mtbing.

Today- listening to more electro pop whilst hacking off plaster, preparing to dry-line the house. Happy days.

Ambrose, 🙂

I was just splitting up with my wife and listening to nevermind a lot, never really thought their other albums hit the same heights.

Kurt Cobain's dead?
Nevermind.
Sorry, it was sad for his family, but there were other, better bands doing similar stuff then. I have one Nirvana record, a CD single of '...Teen Spirit' that I bought in the Virgin Megastore at the Beverley Center, LA, and I have no interest in buying anything else.
I prefer Mudhoney, Pavement, Screaming Trees, Hole, et al.

There always seems to be a pretence in the mainstream media that they had any clue who he was. Now they bang on (correctly) about how massively influential Nirvana where, but most hadn't noticed it at the time.

I was 14 and on holiday with my parents and younger sisters in Florida- they had no idea who he was

Yep Sheffield... Was more upset when motorhead cancelled a gig at city hall cos lemmy was ill! No way!, good times and saw some ace bands, I was more of an indie kid myself so nirvana were not essential listening. Fahrenheit was a required evening out to pull although my hit rate was poor, I was generally more successful at the leadmill for some reason!!!! 😉

Im riding a jeep wrangler smoking p** in the pacific listening alice in chains 😉

Somewhere in the Belize jungle, found out when igot back to the Barracks a week or so later. I was gutted because i kept putting off/missing seeing them live.

No idea, but I remember where I was when I first heard Smells Like Teen Spirit, 0600 on a Sunday in the studio at Radio Active in Wellington, my flatmate was doing her first ever radio show so we stayed up all night to go with her (don't think we were very helpful) she played it as her opener. That nice feeling when the sun comes up after you have been up partying all night and a great song comes on.

They were booked to tour the NZ Universities that year, had been booked before they got big, and to their credit they honored it, in bigger venues. Best $5 I ever spent ! Awesome live concert.