Kurt Cobain
Nascimento : 1967-02-20, Aberdeen, Washington, USA
Morte : 1994-04-05
História
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana.
Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music scene, having its debut album Bleach released on the independent record label Sub Pop in 1989. After signing with major label DGC Records, the band found breakthrough success with "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from its second album Nevermind (1991). Following the success of Nevermind, Nirvana was labeled "the flagship band" of Generation X, and Cobain hailed as "the spokesman of a generation". Cobain however was often uncomfortable and frustrated, believing his message and artistic vision to have been misinterpreted by the public, with his personal issues often subject to media attention. He challenged Nirvana's audience with its final studio album In Utero (1993).
During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with heroin addiction, illness and depression, his fame and public image, as well as the professional and lifelong personal pressures surrounding himself and his wife, musician Courtney Love. On April 8, 1994, Cobain was found dead at his home in Seattle, the victim of what was officially ruled a suicide by a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head. The circumstances of his death have become a topic of public fascination and debate. Since their debut, Nirvana, with Cobain as a songwriter, has sold over 25 million albums in the US alone, and over 50 million worldwide.
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Self (archive footage)
Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and perspective, O’Connor’s unflinching refusal to conform means that she has often been patronized and unfairly dismissed as an attention-seeking pop star.
Self
A look at the special relationship between Nirvana and the UK on the 30th anniversary of their seminal album Nevermind, including the role Britain played in paving the way for their success.
Self (Archival Footage)
Este documentário da série "Music Box" da HBO examina como o festival Woodstock '99 desmoronou sob o peso de sua própria ambição.
Himself (archive footage)
Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin e Jim Morrison morreram com a idade de 27 anos entre 1969 e 1971. Na época, a coincidência deu origem a alguns comentários, mas não foi até a morte de Kurt Cobain, cerca de dois e um Seis décadas depois, a idéia de um "Clube 27" começou a se destacar na percepção pública, reacendida com a morte de Amy Winehouse em 2011. Através de entrevistas com pessoas que os conheciam, como estrelas da música, críticos, médicos especialistas e invisíveis. filmagens, a vida, música e arte daqueles que morreram aos 27 anos são investigados com o objetivo de encontrar respostas.
Um filme experimental sobre Kurt Cobain
Himself
Twenty years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The world was told it was a suicide, but evidence would lead many people to believe it might be otherwise. The film investigates the possibilities that exist that Kurt Cobain's death might not have been a suicide, that the Seattle Police Department rushed their verdict, and the global media perpetuated lies and misinformation fed to them by Courtney Love that created the belief in many that Cobain killed himself—but when revealed to be lies—lead many to now question what happened.
Self (archive footage/voice)
Documentário sobre o vocalista, guitarrista e compositor Kurt Cobain, líder do Nirvana. Com acesso a arquivos pessoais e depoimentos de familiares de Cobain - inclusive com a participação da filha dele com Courtney Love, Frances -, o filme conta do início até a ascensão de sua carreira, apresentando diversas canções, algumas delas inéditas. O retrato íntimo de um artista que raramente se revelou para a mídia.
Self (archive footage)
The rise to fame (and the near-fatal fall from it) of Patty Schemel, drummer for Courtney Love's seminal rock band, Hole. Given a Hi-8 video camera just before Hole's infamous Live Through This world tour, Patty captured stunningly intimate footage of the scene that has never been seen... until now. Not just an all-access backstage pass to the music that shaped a generation, Hit So Hard is a harrowing tale of overnight success, the cost of addiction, and ultimately, recovery and redemption.
Writer
Como parte das comemorações do aniversário de 20 anos do histórico album Nevermind, está sendo lançado um show totalmente inédito que fez parte da tour do disco. Filmado no Teatro Paramount em Seattle, no Halloween de 1991, o show inclui muitas canções de Nevermind, incluindo "Breed", "Lithium" e "Polly", além de músicas como "Sliver", "Aneurysm" e uma cover de "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam", do Vaselines (registrada posteriormente pela banda no Unplugged MTV, em 1994, pouco antes do suicídio de Kurt Cobain).
Himself - Vocals, Guitar
Como parte das comemorações do aniversário de 20 anos do histórico album Nevermind, está sendo lançado um show totalmente inédito que fez parte da tour do disco. Filmado no Teatro Paramount em Seattle, no Halloween de 1991, o show inclui muitas canções de Nevermind, incluindo "Breed", "Lithium" e "Polly", além de músicas como "Sliver", "Aneurysm" e uma cover de "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam", do Vaselines (registrada posteriormente pela banda no Unplugged MTV, em 1994, pouco antes do suicídio de Kurt Cobain).
Vocals, Guitar
This was the band's second performance at the music festival and their first since the success of 'Nevermind' had elevated them to the position of what magazines called the "biggest" rock band in the world. It was also sadly their final concert in the United Kingdom.
Self (archive footage)
Documentário sobre a vida e a obra do músico brasileiro Arnaldo Baptista, fundador da banda Os Mutantes, um dos grupos mais importantes da Tropicália. Depoimentos de vários músicos e parceiros e show da banda com nova formação.
Himself
Over 5 hours of full-length interviews with Nirvana, Tommy Chong, Sonic Youth, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Ron Jeremy, and many more. Includes videos of Nardwuar's band, The Evaporators, along with all sorts of bonus material!
Himself
Baseado em mais de 25 horas de fitas de áudio gravadas pelo jornalista musical Michael Azerrad para seu livro Come As You Ar: The Story of Nirvana, o documentário apresenta um retrato íntimo sobre o falecido músico Kurt Cobain, e tem conversas até então inéditas. Kurt Cobain reconta sua própria vida – de sua infância à adolescência, seus dias de descoberta musical e a necessidade de lidar com a fama explosiva. O filme tem trilha sonora dos artistas que o influenciaram (Iggy Pop, David Bowie, REM, Queen) e cidades que mudaram sua trajetória, como Aberdeen e Seattle.
Self
By 1993, Nirvana was in a state of disarray. Having kick-started the grunge phenomenon two years earlier, the band were now keen to return to their roots.
Rock Milestones: Nirvana - In Utero documents the recording of this popular album. In addition to footage of the band performing songs from the record, musicians and critics help explain why the work was a critical and commercial success.
lui-même
Self
On April 8th 1994, Kurt Cobain - the lead singer of post-punk band Nirvana - was found dead in his Seattle home of an apparent shotgun wound to the head and three times the lethal dose of heroin in his system. Today, the cause of his death is still debated. This film charts the tragic downward spiral and increasing isolation of this hero of a generation, which even his marriage to Courtney Love and the birth of his daughter Frances Bean could not stop.
Legendary photographer and director Anton Corbijn is responsible for many of the most indelible and important images of the past two and a half decades. His recently released book U2 & I is a photographic retrospective of his 25 year collaboration with U2. Later this year, Anton will direct his first feature film, Control, based on the life of the late Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis.
Highlighted on the With The Lights Out DVD is a previously unreleased video of nine songs performed in 1988 at bassist Krist Novoselic's mother's house in Aberdeen, Washington; the rare "In Bloom" Sub Pop music video, and 10 never-before-seen live performances. Noteworthy among them are debut renditions of "Pennyroyal Tea", "Smells Like Teen Spirit" both from early 1991. Also premiering is an unlikely performance of Jacques Brel and Rod McKuen's "Seasons In The Sun" shot at a Rio de Janeiro studio.
Himself
Ten years after the wasteful death of Kurt Cobain he remains the only true musical icon of the post punk age. This film traces the early life of Kurt from his childhood in small town Washington right up to his first taste of superstardom at the dawn of the release of the multi platinum Nevermind album. Taking in all aspects of his life and career up to that pivotal stage, the story hinges on a narrative from esteemed Cobain biographer Charles Cross and is embellished with lengthy contributions from his relations, friends, band members, fellow musicians and numerous others who recall a side of Kurt not previously revealed.
Himself
While planning the eventual DVD release for "1991: The Year Punk Broke", Dave Markey cut a 40-minute film out of unused footage to create a companion piece to include. The film was also shown to a handful of lucky audiences before the DVD's eventual release in 2011. It's an awesome bonus with tons of great footage that could have easily been in the film. These songs were probably the best to leave out of the full-length film, since 2 were brand new and still quite shaky. The only tour staple not accounted for in either film is "Mary-Christ". Here are the sources I could determine: Inhuman - ?? White Kross - 08/27/91 Bremen Orange Rolls, Angel's Spit - 08/24/91 Koln In Bloom (Nirvana) - 09/01/91 Rotterdam Eric's Trip - 09/01/91 Rotterdam (but spoken intro is from 08/25/91?) Tunic snippet - 08/27/91 Bremen Chapel Hill - 08/27/91 Bremen
Himself (archive footage)
Lou Reed narrates this Television special that takes a look back at the beginnings of the punk rock movements in New York & England, the underground punk scenes in the 70's & 80's, and the punk resurgence in the 90's. A collaboration between VH1 and Spin magazine.
Himself (archive footage)
After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a documentary. Director Nick Broomfield talks to lots of people. Portraits emerge: a shy, slight Kurt, weary of touring, embarrassed by fame, hooked on heroin; an out-going Courtney, dramatic, controlling, moving from groupie to star.
This documentary examines the Seattle scene as it became the focus of a merging of punk rock, heavy metal, and innovation. Building from the grass roots, self-promoted and self-recorded until break-out success of bands like Nirvana brought the record industry to the Pacific Northwest, a phenomenon was born.
Self
Documentary that gives a voice to the percentage of youth that were outcasts/non-conformists in the 90's. Interviews many famous musicians and other celebrity personalities, who talk about their being outcasts as youths, in school etc., leading up to their successes in adult life, and how being an outcast/non-conformist played a role in their artistic expression.. Also touches upon the topic of teen suicide & depression.
Himself - Vocals, Guitar
Originally conceived by Kurt Cobain, Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! is a video document of Nirvana’s rise from a scruffy trio from the Pacific Northwest into one of the most iconic and important bands in the history of rock music. Combining live material from their ’91-’92 Nevermind tour, Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! has long been the “holy grail” for Nirvana fans. Digitally remastered live performances of songs like "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Lithium", "Breed", "Drain You" and "Aneurysm" are mixed into loads of interview footage from across the world.
Himself - Vocals, Guitar
Live and Loud foi editado em setembro 2013 como parte do 20º aniversário do lançamento do 3º e último ambum de estúdio da banda - In Utero. Gravado no Pier 48 em Seattle e gravado para o Live and Loud da MTV.
Variety special featuring guests from the downtown New York club scene to stellar artists including Nirvana and Elton John.
Self
O show da banda de rock Nirvana no Sony Music Studios em Nova York que se tornou um álbum ao vivo.
Lead Vocals, Guitars
Unplugged in New York is a live album by American rock band Nirvana, released on 1 November 1994. The album features an acoustic performance recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York City on 18 November 1993, for the television series MTV Unplugged. In a break with MTV Unplugged convention, Nirvana played mainly lesser-known material and covers of songs.
Self
David Markey's documentary of life on the road with Sonic Youth and Nirvana during their tour of Europe in late 1991. Also featuring live performances by Dinosaur Jr, Babes in Toyland, The Ramones and Gumball.
himself
Nirvana Recorded Live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, on November 25th 1991. Drain You, Aneurysm, School, Floyd the Barber, Smells Like Teen Spirit, About a Girl, Polly, Lithium, Sliver, Breed, Come as You Are, Been a Son, Negative Creep, On a Plain, Blew, Love Buzz, Territorial Pissings
Performer
A compilation of all the Sub Pop videos from the grunge era. Tracks include Nirvana's 'In Bloom' and Mark Lanegan's 'Ugly Sunday'.
Director
A montage of odd and creepy visuals such as Krist Novoselic shirtless in the middle of pentagram with a Mr. T mask, Kurt Cobain stabbing a dog, and a scene of Kurt Cobain cutting and stabbing himself with a knife.
Story Artist
Christmas Eve, a cold junkie roams the city trying to score a fix. Peculiar wanderers and a strange briefcase make his night less lonely.
