Kurt Cobain: Come as You Are Timeline

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1967 Kurt Cobain born in Aberdeen, Washington Kurt Donald Cobain Born in Aberdeen, a struggling logging town.
1976 Kurt Cobain's parents divorce Childhood A divorce he later called the defining event of his childhood.
1981 Kurt Cobain gets his first guitar Fourteenth birthday A used guitar for his 14th birthday.
1984 Kurt Cobain sees Black Flag in Seattle First punk show His first punk concert.
1985 Kurt Cobain befriends the Melvins Aberdeen punk The local band introduces him to punk rock.
1985 Kurt Cobain records the Fecal Matter demo With Dale Crover His first recordings, with the Melvins' drummer.
1987 Nirvana formed in Aberdeen, Washington Cobain and Novoselic Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic start a band in a logging town.
1987 Kurt Cobain plays his first show with Nirvana Raymond, Washington A house party in a small town near Aberdeen.
1988 Kurt Cobain records Nirvana's first demo Jack Endino Recorded in one day at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle.
1989 Nirvana release Bleach Debut album Recorded for about 600 dollars.
1990 Dave Grohl joins Nirvana Drummer The final line-up is complete.
1991 Kurt Cobain records Nevermind at Sound City Butch Vig Recorded in Van Nuys with producer Butch Vig.
1991 Nirvana release Smells Like Teen Spirit Anthem of a generation The single that takes grunge into the mainstream.
1991 Nirvana Releases Nevermind Album propels grunge into the mainstream Nirvana's second album, Nevermind, led by the single "Smells Like Teen Spirit," became an unexpected commercial phenomenon. It displaced Michael Jackson from the top of the US charts and brought Seattle grunge into the mainstream. The album is widely regarded as one of the most influential rock records of its era.
1992 Nirvana's Nevermind reaches number one Replaces Michael Jackson Knocks Dangerous off the top, the same day they play Saturday Night Live.
1992 Kurt Cobain marries Courtney Love Waikiki, Hawaii Marries the Hole singer on a beach in Hawaii.
1992 Kurt Cobain on the cover of Rolling Stone Corporate magazines still suck Wears a T-shirt mocking the magazine on its cover.
1992 Kurt Cobain's daughter Frances Bean born Los Angeles His only child.
1992 Nirvana headline the Reading Festival Wheelchair entrance Cobain is wheeled on stage in a hospital gown.
1992 Kurt Cobain at the MTV Video Music Awards Lithium Teases Rape Me against MTV's wishes, then plays Lithium.
1992 Kurt Cobain's Nirvana release Incesticide Rarities A compilation of B-sides and early recordings.
1993 Kurt Cobain plays Hollywood Rock in Rio Brazil Nirvana's biggest crowds, in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
1993 Kurt Cobain records In Utero with Steve Albini Pachyderm Studio Recorded in two weeks in Minnesota.
1993 Nirvana releases "In Utero" Follow-up to "Nevermind" debuts at number one Nirvana released their third studio album, "In Utero," produced with Steve Albini in a deliberately rawer style than its multi-platinum predecessor "Nevermind." The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. It would be the band's final studio album before Kurt Cobain's death the following year.
1993 Nirvana record MTV Unplugged Sony Studios, New York An acoustic set of mostly covers.
1994 Kurt Cobain plays his last concert Munich Nirvana's final show, at Terminal 1 in Munich.
1994 Nirvana's Kurt Cobain dies Seattle Cobain dies at his home in Seattle, aged 27.
1994 Kurt Cobain remembered at a vigil in Seattle Seattle Center Thousands gather — Courtney Love reads from his note.
1994 Nirvana release MTV Unplugged in New York Posthumous number one Released seven months after Cobain's death.
2002 Kurt Cobain's last song You Know You're Right released Final recording Nirvana's last studio recording, released eight years later.
2002 Kurt Cobain's Journals published Notebooks His notebooks are published.
2014 Nirvana inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted in their first year of eligibility.
2015 Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck released Documentary An authorised documentary by Brett Morgen.
2020 Kurt Cobain's Unplugged guitar sold Six million dollars His MTV Unplugged guitar sells for a record six million dollars.