History Trivia / KurtCobain

** "Talk To Me" was a song that Nirvana played live a few times in 1991 and 1992, but it seems to have never been recorded by the band in a studio. {{Music/Hole}} attempted a version during early sessions for ''Live Through This'' but it was never completed or released. In 1995, Courtney Love claimed in an MTV interview that she was going to give the song to Music/IggyPop to perform as he was one of Kurt's musical heroes - Iggy would later say he turned it down because while he liked Kurt's music he wanted to focus on recording his own songs.

** Talk To Me" was a song that the band played live a few times in 1991 and 1992, but it seems to have never been recorded by the band in a studio. {{Music/Hole}} attempted a version during early sessions for ''Live Through This'' but it was never completed or released. In 1995, Courtney Love claimed in an MTV interview that she was going to give the song to Music/IggyPop to perform as he was one of Kurt's musical heroes - Iggy would later say he turned it down because while he liked Kurt's music he wanted to focus on recording his own songs.

** Cobain auditioned to join the {{Music/Melvins}} before Nirvana formed but was so nervous he forgot their songs. Needless to say, rock music in the '90s could have been radically different if Cobain never formed his own band.

* NoHeroToHisValet: Many people are fans of Nirvana or Music/{{Hole}}. Kurt's daughter Frances Bean Cobain respects these people but she'd rather listen to Music/{{Oasis}}.

** By complete coincidence, Duff [=MacKagan=] of Music/GunsNRoses ran into Kurt at the Seattle airport mere days before he committed suicide. Duff could tell something was wrong and [[YouAreNotAlone wanted to ask Kurt if he wanted to hang out]], but he left before Duff had the chance.

** And of course, there's the ambiguously large backlog of unreleased songs recorded with Music/{{Nirvana}}, some of which seem to indicate what direction a follow-up to ''Music/InUtero'' might've taken. Overall, there's huge amount of debates to this day on ''what'' would have happen to Nirvana and Cobain had he not taken his life, however fans tend to believe Nirvana would have split up after their apparent follow up to ''In Utero'' (Music/FooFighters would have continued regardless allegedly) and Cobain would have just retired from the music industry, like Noveselic had believed.

* NoHeroToHisValet: Many people are fans of Nirvana or Hole, Frances Cobain respects these people but she'd rather listen to Music/{{Oasis}}.

* ArtistDisillusionment: Kurt was actually dissatisfied being with an indie label like Creator/SubPop, as he felt that they weren't promoting Nirvana enough to the point that they were really famous. So he went shopping the band around to major labels and got signed to Creator/GeffenRecords. After ''Nevermind'' came out and turned Nirvana into one of the biggest bands in the world, he got the fame he wanted, but later realized that it wasn't all cracked up to be. The fact that all the Nirvana fans wanted him to play were hits like "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and not songs he personally liked didn't help.

** And of course, there's the ambiguously large backlog of unreleased songs recorded with Music/{{Nirvana}}, some of which seem to indicate what direction a follow-up to ''Music/InUtero'' might've taken.

** By complete coincidence, Duff MacKagan of Music/GunsNRoses ran into Kurt at the Seattle airport mere days before he committed suicide. Duff could tell something was wrong and [[YouAreNotAlone wanted to ask Kurt if he wanted to hang out]], but he left before Duff had the chance.

** And of course, there's the ambiguously large backlog of unreleased songs recorded with Music/{{Nirvana}}, some of which seem to indicate what direction a follow-up to ''Music/InUtero'' might've taken.

* CreatorBacklash / MagnumOpusDissonance: Kurt never liked "Smells Like Teen Spirit", widely regarded as both the quintessential Music/{{Nirvana}} and grunge song.

* NoHeroToHisValet: Many people are fans of Nirvana or Hole, Frances Cobain respects these people but she'd rather listen to Oasis.

* ApprovalOfGod: Kurt said he didn't feel he "made it" until Music/WeirdAlYankovic parodied one of his songs. He and his band rolled with laughter the first time they saw the video to "Smells Like Nirvana".

** A version of Hole's "Asking for it" with Cobain on clear backing vocals was planned to be released as a single.

* ApprovalOfGod: Kurt said he didn't feel he "made it" until Music/WeirdAlYankovic parodied one of his songs. His band rolled with laughter the first time they saw the video to "Smells Like Nirvana".

* ShortLivedBigImpact: He was just 27 when he died, but he helped define [[{{Grunge}} the image of rock music]] in the early-mid '90s, and set the stage for [[PostGrunge the rock scene in the next decade]].

** There was supposed to be a collaboration with Michael Stipe of Music/{{REM}} that never came to be.
** Cobain wrote a song for ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' that was never used.
** A version of Hole's "Asking for it" with Cobain on clear backing vocals was planned to be released as a single, until he died.
** Cobain planned on covering Music/YoungMarbleGiants' "Credit in the Straight World" before his death. Hole ended up covering it instead.

** Cobain wrote a song for ''TheRenAndStimpyShow'' that was never used.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: Kurt never liked "Smells Like Teen Spirit", widely regarded as both the quintessential Music/{{Nirvana}} and grunge song.

** Cobain awrote a song for ''TheRenAndStimpyShow'' that was never used.

** Cobain planned on covering Young Marble Giants' "Credit in the Straight World" before his death. Hole ended up covering it instead.