It always pains me to see Kurt in 94. Clearly he wasn’t in a good place. Clearly they should have paused “Nirvana” from all duties. So Kurt could have got better mentally and maybe gotten treatment for his drug addiction. I think the pressure made him do more drugs and with personal problems and bad mental health issues isn’t a good combination, it’s a nightmare to say the least.
For sure, there where people in the industry who made huge money off of the band so i can see how they wanted him always on as in performing, recording etc and he needed a break . I think if he took the rest of 94 off after he tour ended in June he would have possibly in a better place . Who knows but it goes to show the industry will strip you to the bone to gain a profit from your talent.
People say" Well he was rich take a break or " How can he be so sad hes rich" Totally lose the plot. Yes he was rich but he had to pay a price to be in that position when it comes to his Art, and mental and health being . All That Glitters is Not Gold.
For sure. A huge tour when you've hit the downhill portion of your heroin addiction would be a nightmare. I've been there and going in to work for a mere 8 hours was enough to make me want to run far away. Just imagine how you'd feel if your job was a year long tour. I totally get it.
Totally agree. Nobody wants to stop the money train. Been lisyening to stories from other celebrities, like Dave Chappelle and Motley Crue, and the whole thing turns into this weird machine thats difficult to stop. Puts a ton of pressure on people (as well as any personal problems they have) and yeah... Lots of people depending on this cash cow, money train. Very weird situation to be in. Its no wonder crazy sjit happens.
I remember when Nirvana toured Australia in 1992. My brother wanted to buy a cassette from some band, I can't remember who, and as we were about to walk into the legendary Waterfront Records in Sydney CBD, out walked this really tall guy, this other fella that was jumping around and this smaller, quiet guy. My brother turned to me and asked "Do you know who that is?" I replied no, and he said "That's that Nirvana band we're hearing about." I didn't think too much of it at the time, but after I heard Nirvana I took up drums.
Kurt was at darkest point of his life (before his death) so a 3 month festival tour would of been a awful idea the man needed serious help. And time off sadly he got neither
Id think so, he had few such periods in his life, but as younger he had more stability which he didnt as older, same yrs i felt same as him but i wasnt heroin abuser which helped me not to kill myself
Beastie boys claimed in an interview that they were scheduled to lalapalooza with nirvana as a fact, not a rumor. They were fans and looking forward to it. They didn’t say this until years later, in an interview.
I miss Kurt . . . Nirvana rocked hard! When they played Territorial Pissings instead of Lithium on Jonathan Ross' talk show then quickly destroyed their gear & then abruptly left it was so funny because it wasn't the sort of thing you would normally see. Still gives me chills when I watch it back now & I sometines imagine like I'm seeing it for the very first time. F****ng epic!
I think he felt trapped and treated like a golden cow to people around him, including his wife. You can't force an addict to get sober, they have to want it for themselves. Getting sober shouldn't feel like a contractual obligation. "You know you're right" is a reflection of how he was feeling IMHO.
Such a good song, for it to be Nirvana's last recorded song is fitting. Directed at his management and his wife. Courtney even did a cover at her Unplugged show but changed it to "You've got no right".
@@micnik4793according to Courtney he had 38 million dollars in the bank when he died, google says 25 million dollars in the bank at the time of his death... he had more then enough money to take care of his daughter, and that's not Counting what Courtney had in her bank! So... how many millions do normal people have in there bank to take care of there children with... a little drug problem that could of lasted another 6 months or 3 years wouldn't have effected his bank account much... Courtney was high as hell too! So.... remember he was only 26-27 at the time... fairly very young!
I saw sonic youth in early 2000s and I was sort of trapped in the front row and asked Kim Gordon for water after their set. She went and grabbed a fresh bottle and said “there you go😊”. So, yes. She is a good person heheh
Its a damn shame so many people were putting pressure on him. No wonder he hated the touring at that point, clearly he and the rest of the band were not on good terms(except Pat possibly) but yeah, money talks i guess
Dave has told in recent interviews the last year of Nirvana they were divided in two groups: people who were not in drugs (Krist and Dave) and the other group (Kurt and Pat).
@@efsq78 major problem at that time was royaltys, than separation has began, Dave and Kris were pissed...Still dont understand why, Kurt made all mostly by himself, they were just bandmates or rhythm section
Kurt was moody to much since he becomed famous, to famous, he was simple person, but in his head lot things were circle all the time...he married, take over royaltys over band music, Frances was born, Courtney had strong influence on him too, Dave and Krist had their famillys, separation between bandmates were getting biger...all that led him to abuse drugs even more which finally led him to killing himself, itvwas obvious he didnt want govto rehab, at least not at that point and situation within bandmates...
Saw the 1994 Lolla and all of them (until it got bad). It was a rite of passage for me at that time. Wasn't a big Nirvana fan at the time but was excited to see them. It still kicked ass...Beasties, L7, etc. But Nirvana would've made that year something special.
Clearly Kurt had major swings in mood(we all do to a certain extent) and he agreed verbally to play it at that point but like the book states nothing in writing was official.
Was Kurt really against doing it? Or did everyone just say he was after he was gone as some sort of...other thing to point towards..whatever end? I don't think he needed to lie to the Buzzcocks to show off. Charles Cross is also Courtney's lap dog and fed him information for the book, but that's another issue. Anyway that footage was great and special to see, good work on the audio my friend.
There's a lot of possibilities here, it could he's being diplomatic to the Buzzcocks as they weren't as big. So he didn't want to look he was turning down all that money and exposure. Not in front of band he highly respected and weren't on the same level of fame. IDK chances are he was always intending to do it
@@ErikaMeyer Oh, I was writing to the Dudeman specifically when I said "that's another issue" out of respect. I didn't want to turn it into something else we have already agreed on.
@@agdgdgwngo Yeah absolutely, good point. OR actually going from your narrative, it perhaps would have been more punk rock for him to say "no, we don't really wanna do it." They did have that last second quality of will they or won't they to add to the, anticipation or whatever you want to call it. Kurt was too sick to play Reading 92 etc. I appreciate you.
Yeah anyone who has anything you dont like to say is secretly courtneys lap dog.. Eveyone close to them basically says the same thing. Its not a coincidence.You werent there and the people that were have said the same things
Crazy to think this might've been the final straw for him. I always wondered what else could've been the breaking point for him but i think the stress of his career, obviously facing financial hardships at the time of his death, and everyone around him bascially telling him he has to do this or he'll fail. So sad that no one thought to give him a break and to be there for him. Rip kurt
The music industry are so heartless and greedy. It wasn't Kurts fault he got ill and couldn't finish the tour!!! How nasty to threaten to sue them !!! How I wish that Kurt had just walked away!!!
It’s business bro. Business ain’t got no heart my dude. All that matters is the bottom line; profit. It costs SO much money to set up these events that if someone (especially one of the biggest selling bands in the world atm) pulls out, ofc they’re gonna sue. The music business is taxing. If Kurt knew from the jump he didn’t wanna do it he shouldn’t have done it. If that would have caused problems with his band or in his relationship with Courtney love then fuck them. If his problems are as bad as we think they where they should have been understanding. That’s what family does.
@@somynamesrobbieparker1413 Watch El Duce from The Mentors last interview. He names the $50000 he was offered by Courtney Love( *'s Kurt's money* ) & "Al" a person off camera who did it...SO within weeks (or days) after the video aired Duce was found dead run over on some train tracks with strong speculation and a "fan's" eyewitness testimony as evidence The Mentor's front man was pushed right as the train was fling by just a feet away. The explanation later was he's was about to "sign autographs to fan's" crossing the tracks...lmao
I think Kurt just wanted to have fun and play music with his friends, you can tell he hated being famous and being told what to do. I’ve listened to a few of Kurt’s interviews and he kept saying that Nirvana was nearing a break up, he kept falling out and making up with Dave and Krist but Kurt was saying in these interviews that he might leave the band. I think Kurt should’ve went on hiatus to clear his mind a bit, but the problem was Nirvana was the biggest band on planet Earth at the time and he hated being in the limelight and being told what to do.
@@micnik4793 I’m not sure what interview it was because it’s been a few years since I heard the interview. But in that interview he does say that he keeps falling out and making up with Dave and Krist, and he said he’s not sure if Nirvana will continue or not.
+Nu-Metalfan 24 I disagree. He wanted to be famous but not mega star level. He preferred to be like at sonic youth or dinosaur jr's level. Respected and known but not too high up top in music.
I remember that time rather well. I had attended the Nirvana concert in Rennes and I decided that year to go to the USA to attend the Lollapalooza festival if Nirvana confirmed their presence on stage. There were a lot of rumors and I remember that finally one rumor stronger than the others seemed to confirm Nirvana's presence at the festival. I was very excited.
This is actually true. In the March 10 1994 version of Rolling Stone they talk about Nirvana being a coheadliner. A few weeks later, on April 4th, Nirvana officially "ended negotiations to be on Lollapalooza 1994" amid reports the band were on the verge of breaking up, due to Kurt's health concerns. There's a few articles from the LA Times on Google from that period that help.
Well he didn’t want to do the European tour and he did it anyway, so I think it’s safe to say he would’ve done lollapalooza too. He was too nice for his own good
Was excited see Nirvana at Lollpalooza 94 and was so devastated over his suicide and Nirvana being over. We went anyways and had a blast but was looking forward to seeing Nirvana most. It was also reported in music media that they’d likely be headlining Lollpalooza. I remember reading it back then and planning around going to see them and Pumpkins.
I used to think poor Kurt and blamed Courtney for it all but Dope fks you up physically and mentally and you become a different being. I have no doubt in my mind this man, this idol of mine was absolutely committed to the idea of "finishing" at 27. I've watched, rewatched, read, reread, listened and listened again over the years and to me, famous or not, 27 was his number no matter how he'd do it. It pisses me off and for awhile I felt suckered and betrayed as we all should've but the man was an undeniable revolution of one.
They would have blown smashing pumpkins off the stage. I saw lollapalooza’94 (beastie boys and Green Day were amazing! Smashing pumpkins was garbage) I was also lucky to see Nirvana in Salem Oregon with Breeders and Melvins and Nirvana could have headlined Lollapalooza. Memories! 🤟🤟
More more more I am a late bloomer that missed out on gen x... I've been obsessed for 25 years I missed out... I heard the pumpkins were a bummer on that festival
After Kurt spoke to Buzz,of the Melvins he knew he had to bust free of the CL. Oppression. Too bad he didn't escape off to Scotland to buy his castle ,and just become a painter/artist for awhile. I bet the art would be amazing and worth tons today..Maybe tag W.Burroughs along for a bit and mentor kurt on the art of high/functional drug use.Everything in moderation. That's the key....
@@Cairo98_ In my opinion, He'd be a modern day Johnny Cash. The guy really spoke/sang from the heart.I dont know if he would a made it this far ,but it sure would have been cool to hear his thoughts on all the problems today.
Cool. Can't wait. Should be an awesome show. -_- It's weird but one of the things that most bums me out about Cobain offing himself is all the music he missed out on. What would he have thought of Radiohead going from Pablo Honey to OK Computer or Kid A? What would Cobain think of Modest Mouse emerging from the Olympia scene to release its first few albums? What would he think of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot? Of the shift of music in general that decade? He missed out on this neat stuff by a matter of a few years really. Even if he never made another record or quit music entirely, he'd have at least witnessed some cool shit had he stuck around.
I remember when this was announced about them playing Lollapalooza, and me thinking it was going to be THE BIGGEST thing for that summer(and it WAS, even without them). It's weird how this year (1994) was a giant turning point of punk rock and how it ended with all the rock music magazines having either Green Day or Kurt's Face on the cover. My friends and i went to Lollapalooza that summer in Houston, and there were kids with T-shirts of R.I.P. w/ Kurt's Face crowdsurfing to Green Day and The Beastie Boys. A lot of people say that was the year grunge died too. Fat Mike said that its because of Nirvana that bands have been able to make a living off of punk rock and live well, i.e. The Offspring, Green Day, Bad Religion, Rancid, Pennywise).
I was at that listed Lollapalooza show @ Dominguez Hills/Los Angeles. The absence of Nirvana/Kurt Cobain was the elephant in the room topic/not a topic(if that makes sense). It was felt but not so much discussed. It was a great day despite circumstances. About any “biographies” regarding people in the. entertainment business, especially in popular music or “rock” “punk” “metal”... should be taken with a grain of salt weighing one ton. I work in the entertainment business here in LA. Ive known a few “celebrities.” I sometimes read something about someone in print, and for a second believe what I read. Then, I stop myself and say to myself, “No. They are not like that, nor did that probably not happen.” Even “autobiographies” by artists/musicians are distorted, Ive learned to never believe what i read. Facts are often distorted in the “entertainment business” and the arts for vested interests. A big regret for me was never seeing Nirvana live. I regretted not getting Nirvana tickets for a show at the LA Forum. It was a few months before he died. I remember specifically about passing on the gig thinking I’d just see them later at something like Lollapalooza.
You seem pretty damn happy to me people just say and think what they want to see I think the guy that provided the video was actually right on he did seem pretty damn happy
He might have been sarcastic here about it. Last I heard he did not want to play at Lollapalooza 1994. He really looked like a broken man toward the end, and he needed a mental break. Who knows, maybe he wanted to do it at one point but only he would know. Wish he was still here. 😥
I can see how a band starts drifting apart,especially after they've become millionaires!!! Everyone is putting in their all on the debut album, and maybe second, but after you have sold millions of albums and become a millionaire your attitude starts to change. Now you have all that money to enjoy but you can't really enjoy it while making records and touring.
He very well could have been in a temporary mindset of “ok, I’ll do it”, but later felt differently, perhaps resentful of the idea that everyone can get away with telling him what he can and can’t do with his music. This would make sense as Courtney would have been one of the major sources of pressure on him and he was beginning to have a true distaste for her by the point in their relationship
I wish he'd just said "no" and taken a vacation... But I can't imagine the pressure of what the whole situation was. I think he did care about the fans.
Sad how much Kurt changed. I definitely think due to Heroin. He went from young and hungry living for music playing anywhere they could for small sums of money anytime they could. After 1991 it seems he did everything in his power to avoid playing live. There were proposed spring and autumn of 92 tours Kurt vetoed immediately. I'm sure the exhaustion of their schedule in 91 played a small role in it but ultimately it was Kurt's addiction.
Prior to Kurt's death, it was announced on the radio that Nirvana was going to be playing Lalapalooza. I remember because my friend and I had never seen Nirvana play and Lalapalooza was coming to our area. We had made plans (tickets weren't on sale yet) to go because we really wanted to see Nirvana. As far as we knew at the time, they were going play the festival. So much we didn't know that was going on during those months in 1994....
I remember reading that he dropped out of the tour so I always assumed he was planning on it doing it at first. Dropping out of it is a big deal because there were people who were planning on making a lot of money off him doing that tour so from their perspective it cost them a potential fortune
It was also rumored that they were going to make an appearance at the Woodstock 94 concert that year as well. Greenday was there (on the second stage) so it seemed believable at the time back then. It still was an awesome concert but I was really into Nirvana that summer and it would of made it really special.
In this interview (January 1994), Krist also said that Nirvana will play lollapalooza, instead of doing an Autralian / Japanese tour of In Utero. www.livenirvana.com/interviews/9401gs/index.php
When VS from Pearl Jam came out it upped the ante and sold around 900k in its 1st week. In Utero only sold 180k. So PJ kinda took the reigns and became the bigger band in 93. I think Lollapalooza wouldve been great for Nirvana as far as keeping them in the limelight more instead of Kurt retreating like he did in 92.
he def knows he's being filmed, you see him take glances directly into the lens at times...He clearly didnt wanna be a 'diva' by asking not to be filmed
Dylan Carlson wasn't just "his friend" dude is an incredibly important person in the Stoner/Doom/Drone/Sludge genres of metal in the band Earth and Kurt did vocals on the song Divine and Bright.
Kurt fantasized about being a rock star and when it happened he never realized it would end up being another job. A unique way to make a living, but a drudgery nonetheless. His last note mentions how he was punching the timeclock. The previous intervention was all about Gold Mountain's potential revenue losses if Kurt pulled out of Lolla. Even CL was on Gold's side. Horrible guilt and pressure for Kurt.
- if it was an issue like this one, touring, where they had been heavily over-toured and treated like sheep already since Nevermind, or if it was other incidents like those people called in by C. Love to confront Kurt over his drug use - the bottom line was always the same: Kurt was sick of everybody pushing him and hacking on him - people disregarding they we're touring already to the physical and mental limits - also he was sick of being overcontrolled, literally stalked by C. Love at home as at every step of the way, not being left the space and time to be with himself to even write new stuff (like he was much better of on - with Tracy Marander who understood that he needed his time alone to create his stuff). All those people now hacking on him was his item to be opposition against. The conflict was that he would have listened to his bandmates, on more effort for touring as much as on stepping back from drugs. But doing this would have let him look like giving in to his ''wardens'' C. Love and the ..mob.. from the industry. All those had now money and jobs because of Nirvana and he did want them to leave him space to even make more Nirvana, by being left alone - at home and also without getting sent on tours endlessly to the ruin - to e able to write new stuff and new concept. // Very simple. An almost classic conflict that most people around here might now by it's model. Pressure by ..greedy or dismissive(arrogant) people .. resulting in defiance, which unfortunately is backed up by very sane non-childish reasons ( like in Nirvana's particular case: 'Don't keep over-touring us')// Simple?
Hard to say what he was saying in the video. Could have just been going along with the conversation. Oh he wasn't in a good place mentally. Upside down in every way possible. Management and his record label was all over him. Constantly nagging and reminding him about obligations and I'm sure theres more. Financially he was okay, but nothing else was. I miss that man so much like all of you. R.I.P. KURT COBAIN.
I find it odd how him and Courtney even worked. They liked different stuff, had different ambitions, Courtney was all for the camera more than him although it seemed they always had one on at home anyway. They only had music and drugs in common. According to previous relationships, she was crazy lol I can tell the way she screams in her songs, imagine the screaming battles the pair must've had.
He was a regular 27 year old man like anyone else, but gifted with a drive to make his mark in musical history. Only he knew what that was going to be. He probably wasn't very good at all that other stuff that came with stardom and fame, obviously. That's where management and all the people on his payroll fell short on their obligations. I think Kurt did all he could do in a short period of time. You know the rest...
I wish I had a time machine so I could go back and save him. I would save a lot of other people, too (Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Prince, George Michael, Michael Jackson...).
Look at Nirvana's tour schedule and ask yourself if you would have wanted to play all of those Lollapalooza dates? I know he was young, but that must have been absolutely exhausting. It seems like he never got a break to even enjoy anything.
well, that is a quite normal tour schedule for bands. tour-life is very exhausting. i know that from my personal experience but i would even say that this schedule is actually quite moderate. they played 2 shows and then 1 day off.... that is normally easy going if you are really into it ;) i assume that kurt ran out of steam and he simply had no passion playing with nirvana anymore and i think that there were dark feelings and a lot of personal problems occupying his mind (he comitted suicide 2 months after this) that lead to this tourdesaster.
I read a book called ‘Generation Ech’ they trashed Kurt Cobain yet Courtney was pushing this book, I think at Lollapooza, right after Kurt died. I thought that was very tasteless of her.
I am sure he considered it, otherwise, why would he talk about it? Another peice of evidence that Kurt was thinking about the future and not planning on "suicide"
Given what people have said about his mental state at the time - no. Given that Kurt was at least at one time big into the cultural importance of folks like Hendrix, Morrison, or Janis Joplin and of Woodstock in general, writing in his younger days about joining the "27 club" and wanting to be a big rockstar when he's older - maybe if the price was right. I've actually thought about this before, compared the dates of Woodstock 94 to when Kurt's real decline happened in earnest. Not sure if the invitation was even offered or the idea floated but Woodstock 94 might've appealed to the band, for the novelty if nothing else. 94 does have the popular distinction of being the second-best Woodstock. For whatever that's worth.
Al Kaholic Yikes. You idiots really believe Courtney murdered Kurt? It’s very hard to fake a convincing suicide. Plus Courtney was a fucking junkie and just had a child with him; what would she gain from killing him? It was always gonna be Kurt’s fate and it’s better he died in his peak. Of course I wish he’d stayed alive for Frances.
@@dids3384 It's easy to fake a suicide, if the police doesn't investigate. And they didn't. They rarely do when drugs are involved. Courtney may be a junkie but a very calculating one with a huge ego and believes she can do everything. The coverup was. poorly executed but the police didn't look. What she gained from it? Are you serious? Kurt had told her that he is divorcing her and they had a prenap. She'd be out of money and no one would've remembered her a year later. There's a lot of evidence, if you research the details.
Just the expression on his face and his demeanor tells me how depressed he was. Miserable, hopeless. Unable to feel any excitement or enjoyment. I know what you were fighting Kurt because I go through the same thing. It feels impossible but you have to keep fighting. I wish you would have. rest in peace
Read an article today, originally published 4/6/94, that Nirvana had pulled out of Lollapalooza amid rumors that the band had broken up. Crazy to think that while this was going on in the band's tour planning, Kurt was already gone and just hadnt been found yet. Eerie.
I was at the 1994 Cal State Dominguez Hills (Los Angeles) Lollapalooza. Why was that poster chosen for this clip? Interesting, just tonight, a few minutes ago i came across my saved images of that stop on the tour. I forget if when buying my ticket that it was understood headlining was Nirvana. The absence of Nirvana Kurt Cobain that day night wasn’t so much spoken, it was just understood. It was on everyone’s mind. You could just feel it, despite the great music, it was just understood
I think Kurt just said they were playing Lollapalooza as it was the answer that requires the least explanation. He seemed subdued and resigned to things which isn't surprising given the huge external pressure he was being out under from all angles.. remember, this was a guy who's biggest desire at this point was to become a reclusive painter and heroin addict.
I saw Lollapalooza 1994 and L7 kicked ass, itstoo bad NIRVANA didn't play, Im glad n lucky to have seen NIRVANA Live on January 4 1984 in Vancouver BC Canada 3 months before Kurt's sad death
He should of hada 12 month break.devorced her.and chilled he didn't want all the fame and pressure.....poor guy... and then he was murdered.. miss you Kurt xx
Im not suprise Courtney was pushing for him to do it, even when she knew just how bad the shape he was in was..She was one to gain alot from it as she was married to him..Also, womens mostly dont understand men's struggles.
Or maybe because they had a daughter that he needed to provide for and he was doing hundreds of dollars a day on heroin and was about to get sued because he wasnt turning up to shows. Courtney said this couldve been the last show and they couldve got the 8M and be done with it. You people..Cmon be realistic
@@micnik4793 Give me a break with your 8M..Kurt had no financial problems..He had a drug problem that really needed to be fixed and he suffered from manic-depression. Apart from his drug habit, the man lived a very modest lifestyle and money was not a problem at all. He was the singer and main songwriter of the biggest band of the early 90s and thats when bands sold shit loads of albums. He could have put out an album recorded in his bathroom and it would have sold by the millions. All he needed was to have good people around him, take a fucking break and get his shit together. But sadly he was surrended by manipulative people like Courtney. Leeches that only cared about pushing Nirvana even further for financial gains.
I went to Lollapalooza that year it was a good year too go. But 92 was the best year too go. They were playing all apologies over the loud speakers all day.
But yeah I heard him say this in the video but I did not say or think it could be evident that he hid the fact that he was going to do the tour!!! Man this is a kick in the gut.
IF they had made that appearance i can totally seeing Kurt doing the same Jimmy Hendrix opening that he did on Woodstock but then Kurt will just go all NIRVANA mode the second the intro sounded too harmonic XD but that is how a Belmont images Nirvana opening for that kind of crucial music event
It always pains me to see Kurt in 94. Clearly he wasn’t in a good place.
Clearly they should have paused “Nirvana” from all duties. So Kurt could have got better mentally and maybe gotten treatment for his drug addiction. I think the pressure made him do more drugs and with personal problems and bad mental health issues isn’t a good combination, it’s a nightmare to say the least.
For sure, there where people in the industry who made huge money off of the band so i can see how they wanted him always on as in performing, recording etc and he needed a break . I think if he took the rest of 94 off after he tour ended in June he would have possibly in a better place . Who knows but it goes to show the industry will strip you to the bone to gain a profit from your talent.
People say" Well he was rich take a break or " How can he be so sad hes rich" Totally lose the plot. Yes he was rich but he had to pay a price to be in that position when it comes to his Art, and mental and health being . All That Glitters is Not Gold.
Brian Kenney Exactly. And they don’t care if they dies. They just sell more records when they are dead. “Milk it”....
For sure. A huge tour when you've hit the downhill portion of your heroin addiction would be a nightmare. I've been there and going in to work for a mere 8 hours was enough to make me want to run far away. Just imagine how you'd feel if your job was a year long tour. I totally get it.
Totally agree. Nobody wants to stop the money train.
Been lisyening to stories from other celebrities, like Dave Chappelle and Motley Crue, and the whole thing turns into this weird machine thats difficult to stop. Puts a ton of pressure on people (as well as any personal problems they have) and yeah... Lots of people depending on this cash cow, money train. Very weird situation to be in. Its no wonder crazy sjit happens.
I remember when Nirvana toured Australia in 1992. My brother wanted to buy a cassette from some band, I can't remember who, and as we were about to walk into the legendary Waterfront Records in Sydney CBD, out walked this really tall guy, this other fella that was jumping around and this smaller, quiet guy. My brother turned to me and asked "Do you know who that is?" I replied no, and he said "That's that Nirvana band we're hearing about." I didn't think too much of it at the time, but after I heard Nirvana I took up drums.
Krist is such a giant lmao he was the one always joking in interviews, also smart.
@@Cairo98_ 100% agree. I think they all had moments of hilarity, even a song title like Territorial Pissings is just great.
"this really tall guy, this other fella that was jumping around and this smaller, quiet guy" --best description of the band's chemistry :-}
What a great memory
Kurt Cobain’s music is something you could never replace. Nirvana made Grunge popular and also caused the downfall. R.I.P. Cobain
Wtf no, he made hard rock/punk rock famous again . Grunge isn't even a real genre it's just a label
Darkness Your Old Friend true man. It seemed like a different genre because of all the hair band shit, but Nirvana is just good Rock N Roll
@@greasytacomeat9046 Actually they always seemed kind of punk to me
@@ccunit666 grunge is a real genre. It's a mixture of punk, metal, and indie rock. Look it up...
Darkness Your Old Friend... umm ok buddy, it’s a punk rock genre but ok
Kurt was at darkest point of his life (before his death) so a 3 month festival tour would of been a awful idea the man needed serious help. And time off sadly he got neither
Id think so, he had few such periods in his life, but as younger he had more stability which he didnt as older, same yrs i felt same as him but i wasnt heroin abuser which helped me not to kill myself
He was murdered watch soaked in bleach
How of all you been?
At approx @4:14 you can clearly hear him say after stating the Lolla tour will be 3 months “I’m so sick of it”
Excellent pick up!
Sick of what? A tour he hadn't played yet?
@@krisfrederick5001 being on the road all the time. You obvs don't know anyone in a touring band 😂 It's ruthless
@@cazmichalak541 That wasn't the context, but thanks
@@krisfrederick5001 it most definitely was the context. He was talking about touring
Poor kurt. The entertainment industry machine chewed him up and spat him out. If he had a loving caring partner he'd still be here.
If I treated my dog like Courtney treated Kurt I would get bitten
@@teresapiccirillo1966 Howd she treat him? Ive read more bad stuff he did than the other way around
He got murdered by Courtney
I’m just kidding
@@thefakengx3839 he did tho
Beastie boys claimed in an interview that they were scheduled to lalapalooza with nirvana as a fact, not a rumor. They were fans and looking forward to it. They didn’t say this until years later, in an interview.
I miss Kurt . . . Nirvana rocked hard! When they played Territorial Pissings instead of Lithium on Jonathan Ross' talk show then quickly destroyed their gear & then abruptly left it was so funny because it wasn't the sort of thing you would normally see. Still gives me chills when I watch it back now & I sometines imagine like I'm seeing it for the very first time. F****ng epic!
LMAO in and out loved Kurt, play Nirvana all the time.
Cairo - Nirvana's music still moves me deeply. Sign of a good artist
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I think he felt trapped and treated like a golden cow to people around him, including his wife.
You can't force an addict to get sober, they have to want it for themselves. Getting sober shouldn't feel like a contractual obligation.
"You know you're right" is a reflection of how he was feeling IMHO.
You nailed it Kimberly S!
Such a good song, for it to be Nirvana's last recorded song is fitting. Directed at his management and his wife. Courtney even did a cover at her Unplugged show but changed it to "You've got no right".
Well he was spending most of their money on drugs and they had a daughter he was supposed to provide for...
@@micnik4793 He could afford to do both but think how much he blew on heroin with Courtney in a few short years.
@@micnik4793according to Courtney he had 38 million dollars in the bank when he died, google says 25 million dollars in the bank at the time of his death... he had more then enough money to take care of his daughter, and that's not Counting what Courtney had in her bank! So... how many millions do normal people have in there bank to take care of there children with... a little drug problem that could of lasted another 6 months or 3 years wouldn't have effected his bank account much... Courtney was high as hell too! So.... remember he was only 26-27 at the time... fairly very young!
I saw sonic youth in early 2000s and I was sort of trapped in the front row and asked Kim Gordon for water after their set. She went and grabbed a fresh bottle and said “there you go😊”. So, yes. She is a good person heheh
Its a damn shame so many people were putting pressure on him. No wonder he hated the touring at that point, clearly he and the rest of the band were not on good terms(except Pat possibly) but yeah, money talks i guess
Pat played music with him probably the last person to play with him before he died.
Dave has told in recent interviews the last year of Nirvana they were divided in two groups: people who were not in drugs (Krist and Dave) and the other group (Kurt and Pat).
@@efsq78 major problem at that time was royaltys, than separation has began, Dave and Kris were pissed...Still dont understand why, Kurt made all mostly by himself, they were just bandmates or rhythm section
@@efsq78 Really?
Kurt was moody to much since he becomed famous, to famous, he was simple person, but in his head lot things were circle all the time...he married, take over royaltys over band music, Frances was born, Courtney had strong influence on him too, Dave and Krist had their famillys, separation between bandmates were getting biger...all that led him to abuse drugs even more which finally led him to killing himself, itvwas obvious he didnt want govto rehab, at least not at that point and situation within bandmates...
If he were alive today, we'd probably have acoustic albums and paintings and maybe the odd Nirvana reunion.
Nevermind the Bollocks Here’s Nirvana
Saw the 1994 Lolla and all of them (until it got bad). It was a rite of passage for me at that time. Wasn't a big Nirvana fan at the time but was excited to see them. It still kicked ass...Beasties, L7, etc. But Nirvana would've made that year something special.
Clearly Kurt had major swings in mood(we all do to a certain extent) and he agreed verbally to play it at that point but like the book states nothing in writing was official.
Big differance between wanting to do something, and doing it because you HAD to do it
Was Kurt really against doing it? Or did everyone just say he was after he was gone as some sort of...other thing to point towards..whatever end? I don't think he needed to lie to the Buzzcocks to show off. Charles Cross is also Courtney's lap dog and fed him information for the book, but that's another issue. Anyway that footage was great and special to see, good work on the audio my friend.
There's a lot of possibilities here, it could he's being diplomatic to the Buzzcocks as they weren't as big. So he didn't want to look he was turning down all that money and exposure. Not in front of band he highly respected and weren't on the same level of fame. IDK chances are he was always intending to do it
is it really another issue? or is it the same issue? is Charles Cross the only "lap dog" or is he just being singled out for special punishment?
@@ErikaMeyer Oh, I was writing to the Dudeman specifically when I said "that's another issue" out of respect. I didn't want to turn it into something else we have already agreed on.
@@agdgdgwngo Yeah absolutely, good point. OR actually going from your narrative, it perhaps would have been more punk rock for him to say "no, we don't really wanna do it." They did have that last second quality of will they or won't they to add to the, anticipation or whatever you want to call it. Kurt was too sick to play Reading 92 etc. I appreciate you.
Yeah anyone who has anything you dont like to say is secretly courtneys lap dog.. Eveyone close to them basically says the same thing. Its not a coincidence.You werent there and the people that were have said the same things
Crazy to think this might've been the final straw for him. I always wondered what else could've been the breaking point for him but i think the stress of his career, obviously facing financial hardships at the time of his death, and everyone around him bascially telling him he has to do this or he'll fail. So sad that no one thought to give him a break and to be there for him. Rip kurt
Kurt Cobain only the most beautiful man to ever live and walk this planet. 🥰
The music industry are so heartless and greedy. It wasn't Kurts fault he got ill and couldn't finish the tour!!! How nasty to threaten to sue them !!! How I wish that Kurt had just walked away!!!
It’s business bro. Business ain’t got no heart my dude. All that matters is the bottom line; profit. It costs SO much money to set up these events that if someone (especially one of the biggest selling bands in the world atm) pulls out, ofc they’re gonna sue. The music business is taxing. If Kurt knew from the jump he didn’t wanna do it he shouldn’t have done it. If that would have caused problems with his band or in his relationship with Courtney love then fuck them. If his problems are as bad as we think they where they should have been understanding. That’s what family does.
@@somynamesrobbieparker1413 Watch El Duce from The Mentors last interview. He names the $50000 he was offered by Courtney Love( *'s Kurt's money* ) & "Al" a person off camera who did it...SO within weeks (or days) after the video aired Duce was found dead run over on some train tracks with strong speculation and a "fan's" eyewitness testimony as evidence The Mentor's front man was pushed right as the train was fling by just a feet away. The explanation later was he's was about to "sign autographs to fan's" crossing the tracks...lmao
remenber janis joplin... and so many more.... Music industry sucked them dry
I think Kurt just wanted to have fun and play music with his friends, you can tell he hated being famous and being told what to do. I’ve listened to a few of Kurt’s interviews and he kept saying that Nirvana was nearing a break up, he kept falling out and making up with Dave and Krist but Kurt was saying in these interviews that he might leave the band. I think Kurt should’ve went on hiatus to clear his mind a bit, but the problem was Nirvana was the biggest band on planet Earth at the time and he hated being in the limelight and being told what to do.
What interviews does he say the bands breaking up? Cant find any
@@micnik4793 I’m not sure what interview it was because it’s been a few years since I heard the interview. But in that interview he does say that he keeps falling out and making up with Dave and Krist, and he said he’s not sure if Nirvana will continue or not.
+Nu-Metalfan 24 I disagree. He wanted to be famous but not mega star level. He preferred to be like at sonic youth or dinosaur jr's level. Respected and known but not too high up top in music.
Cool video! What could have been, its such a tragedy, Nirvana were by far the best musical act of the last 30 years yet so short lived...
He just needed about 6 months of sleep .. been there
I remember that time rather well. I had attended the Nirvana concert in Rennes and I decided that year to go to the USA to attend the Lollapalooza festival if Nirvana confirmed their presence on stage. There were a lot of rumors and I remember that finally one rumor stronger than the others seemed to confirm Nirvana's presence at the festival. I was very excited.
This is actually true. In the March 10 1994 version of Rolling Stone they talk about Nirvana being a coheadliner. A few weeks later, on April 4th, Nirvana officially "ended negotiations to be on Lollapalooza 1994" amid reports the band were on the verge of breaking up, due to Kurt's health concerns. There's a few articles from the LA Times on Google from that period that help.
Crushing to think he ended up in a coma and was still being forced to play live despite not wanting to.
Well he didn’t want to do the European tour and he did it anyway, so I think it’s safe to say he would’ve done lollapalooza too. He was too nice for his own good
Was excited see Nirvana at Lollpalooza 94 and was so devastated over his suicide and Nirvana being over. We went anyways and had a blast but was looking forward to seeing Nirvana most. It was also reported in music media that they’d likely be headlining Lollpalooza. I remember reading it back then and planning around going to see them and Pumpkins.
From what I remember, Nirvana were dropped from playing Lollapalooza 94 just days before Kurt’s body was discovered,
😞 so sad
Kurt said NO
I used to think poor Kurt and blamed Courtney for it all but Dope fks you up physically and mentally and you become a different being. I have no doubt in my mind this man, this idol of mine was absolutely committed to the idea of "finishing" at 27. I've watched, rewatched, read, reread, listened and listened again over the years and to me, famous or not, 27 was his number no matter how he'd do it. It pisses me off and for awhile I felt suckered and betrayed as we all should've but the man was an undeniable revolution of one.
27 is the average age for a heroin junkie.
So it's not planned.
They would have blown smashing pumpkins off the stage. I saw lollapalooza’94 (beastie boys and Green Day were amazing! Smashing pumpkins was garbage) I was also lucky to see Nirvana in Salem Oregon with Breeders and Melvins and Nirvana could have headlined Lollapalooza. Memories! 🤟🤟
More more more I am a late bloomer that missed out on gen x... I've been obsessed for 25 years I missed out... I heard the pumpkins were a bummer on that festival
Great clip. Thank you.
I hadn’t seen this clip thanks for uploading
thankyou for the video- awesome
Agreed, quite the interesting revelation 👍
After Kurt spoke to Buzz,of the Melvins he knew he had to bust free of the CL. Oppression. Too bad he didn't escape off to Scotland to buy his castle ,and just become a painter/artist for awhile. I bet the art would be amazing and worth tons today..Maybe tag W.Burroughs along for a bit and mentor kurt on the art of high/functional drug use.Everything in moderation. That's the key....
He definitely would be playing acoustic guitar and painting.
@@Cairo98_ In my opinion, He'd be a modern day Johnny Cash. The guy really spoke/sang from the heart.I dont know if he would a made it this far ,but it sure would have been cool to hear his thoughts on all the problems today.
Huh?
Cool. Can't wait. Should be an awesome show. -_- It's weird but one of the things that most bums me out about Cobain offing himself is all the music he missed out on.
What would he have thought of Radiohead going from Pablo Honey to OK Computer or Kid A? What would Cobain think of Modest Mouse emerging from the Olympia scene to release its first few albums? What would he think of Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot? Of the shift of music in general that decade?
He missed out on this neat stuff by a matter of a few years really. Even if he never made another record or quit music entirely, he'd have at least witnessed some cool shit had he stuck around.
I remember when this was announced about them playing Lollapalooza, and me thinking it was going to be THE BIGGEST thing for that summer(and it WAS, even without them).
It's weird how this year (1994) was a giant turning point of punk rock and how it ended with all the rock music magazines having either Green Day or Kurt's Face on the cover.
My friends and i went to Lollapalooza that summer in Houston, and there were kids with T-shirts of R.I.P. w/ Kurt's Face crowdsurfing to Green Day and The Beastie Boys. A lot of people say that was the year grunge died too.
Fat Mike said that its because of Nirvana that bands have been able to make a living off of punk rock and live well, i.e. The Offspring, Green Day, Bad Religion, Rancid, Pennywise).
it's simple
.just refer to "dumb" lyrics..."I'm not like them but I can pretend"
Just a chill song.
Cairo aye but not really something in the way is more chill
Would have loved to seen that show ...SP, Nirvana and Beasties sharing the stage? .. hell yeah
I was at that listed Lollapalooza show @ Dominguez Hills/Los Angeles. The absence of Nirvana/Kurt Cobain was the elephant in the room topic/not a topic(if that makes sense). It was felt but not so much discussed. It was a great day despite circumstances.
About any “biographies” regarding people in the. entertainment business, especially in popular music or “rock” “punk” “metal”... should be taken with a grain of salt weighing one ton. I work in the entertainment business here in LA. Ive known a few “celebrities.” I sometimes read something about someone in print, and for a second believe what I read. Then, I stop myself and say to myself, “No. They are not like that, nor did that probably not happen.” Even “autobiographies” by artists/musicians are distorted, Ive learned to never believe what i read. Facts are often distorted in the “entertainment business” and the arts for vested interests.
A big regret for me was never seeing Nirvana live. I regretted not getting Nirvana tickets for a show at the LA Forum. It was a few months before he died. I remember specifically about passing on the gig thinking I’d just see them later at something like Lollapalooza.
You seem pretty damn happy to me people just say and think what they want to see I think the guy that provided the video was actually right on he did seem pretty damn happy
He might have been sarcastic here about it. Last I heard he did not want to play at Lollapalooza 1994. He really looked like a broken man toward the end, and he needed a mental break. Who knows, maybe he wanted to do it at one point but only he would know. Wish he was still here. 😥
Thank you for this.
I can see how a band starts drifting apart,especially after they've become millionaires!!! Everyone is putting in their all on the debut album, and maybe second, but after you have sold millions of albums and become a millionaire your attitude starts to change. Now you have all that money to enjoy but you can't really enjoy it while making records and touring.
yea, contracts keep that from happening
He very well could have been in a temporary mindset of “ok, I’ll do it”, but later felt differently, perhaps resentful of the idea that everyone can get away with telling him what he can and can’t do with his music. This would make sense as Courtney would have been one of the major sources of pressure on him and he was beginning to have a true distaste for her by the point in their relationship
Appreciate you braking down that conversation.
Just cause he said it really doesn’t mean anything
Even when you get what you want, there is a lot of pressure in the world. I'm sorry Kurt, what you thought you had to do to escape the conflicts.
I wish he'd just said "no" and taken a vacation... But I can't imagine the pressure of what the whole situation was. I think he did care about the fans.
Outstanding lineup 94 Lollapalooza.
I went 92, 95, 97, 03, and 05 in Grant Park.
Sad how much Kurt changed. I definitely think due to Heroin. He went from young and hungry living for music playing anywhere they could for small sums of money anytime they could. After 1991 it seems he did everything in his power to avoid playing live. There were proposed spring and autumn of 92 tours Kurt vetoed immediately. I'm sure the exhaustion of their schedule in 91 played a small role in it but ultimately it was Kurt's addiction.
Prior to Kurt's death, it was announced on the radio that Nirvana was going to be playing Lalapalooza. I remember because my friend and I had never seen Nirvana play and Lalapalooza was coming to our area. We had made plans (tickets weren't on sale yet) to go because we really wanted to see Nirvana. As far as we knew at the time, they were going play the festival. So much we didn't know that was going on during those months in 1994....
Lollapalooza*
@@planetx1595 oops I left out an l
@@Starshyne9 Also you put an a instead of an o.
@@planetx1595 I guess my lack of spelling is more important than what I was trying to share.
@@Starshyne9 Not sure how you can lack the spelling of the name when it's written right there in the video title?
I remember reading that he dropped out of the tour so I always assumed he was planning on it doing it at first.
Dropping out of it is a big deal because there were people who were planning on making a lot of money off him doing that tour so from their perspective it cost them a potential fortune
Great video
It was also rumored that they were going to make an appearance at the Woodstock 94 concert that year as well. Greenday was there (on the second stage) so it seemed believable at the time back then. It still was an awesome concert but I was really into Nirvana that summer and it would of made it really special.
No wonder they decided to not play this tour, because 45 shows in 2 months in absolutely fucking crazy
In early 1994 if someone had a video camera within 100 feet of you they knew it.
In this interview (January 1994), Krist also said that Nirvana will play lollapalooza, instead of doing an Autralian / Japanese tour of In Utero.
www.livenirvana.com/interviews/9401gs/index.php
When VS from Pearl Jam came out it upped the ante and sold around 900k in its 1st week. In Utero only sold 180k. So PJ kinda took the reigns and became the bigger band in 93. I think Lollapalooza wouldve been great for Nirvana as far as keeping them in the limelight more instead of Kurt retreating like he did in 92.
he def knows he's being filmed, you see him take glances directly into the lens at times...He clearly didnt wanna be a 'diva' by asking not to be filmed
Dylan Carlson wasn't just "his friend" dude is an incredibly important person in the Stoner/Doom/Drone/Sludge genres of metal in the band Earth and Kurt did vocals on the song Divine and Bright.
Really? Didnt know that, jjust thought he was a childhood friend of his.
@@micnik4793 he was also unfortunately the person Kurt borrowed the gun from that he used to kill himself..
Viper505repiV1 no he brought him a gun kurt said it was for home protection apparently
@@maxludlow6629 the same gun was sitting on his chest when they found his body so..
Viper505repiV1 yeah I know
The more i think of it god I feel bad. Dude just needed a break
Maybe he just said it knowing that he wasn't going to be living for much longer
sad but i assume that you are right. people who commit suicide normally plan their decease...
Kurt fantasized about being a rock star and when it happened he never realized it would end up being another job. A unique way to make a living, but a drudgery nonetheless. His last note mentions how he was punching the timeclock. The previous intervention was all about Gold Mountain's potential revenue losses if Kurt pulled out of Lolla. Even CL was on Gold's side. Horrible guilt and pressure for Kurt.
- if it was an issue like this one, touring, where they had been heavily over-toured and treated like sheep already since Nevermind, or if it was other incidents like those people called in by C. Love to confront Kurt over his drug use - the bottom line was always the same: Kurt was sick of everybody pushing him and hacking on him - people disregarding they we're touring already to the physical and mental limits - also he was sick of being overcontrolled, literally stalked by C. Love at home as at every step of the way, not being left the space and time to be with himself to even write new stuff (like he was much better of on - with Tracy Marander who understood that he needed his time alone to create his stuff). All those people now hacking on him was his item to be opposition against. The conflict was that he would have listened to his bandmates, on more effort for touring as much as on stepping back from drugs. But doing this would have let him look like giving in to his ''wardens'' C. Love and the ..mob.. from the industry. All those had now money and jobs because of Nirvana and he did want them to leave him space to even make more Nirvana, by being left alone - at home and also without getting sent on tours endlessly to the ruin - to e able to write new stuff and new concept. // Very simple. An almost classic conflict that most people around here might now by it's model. Pressure by ..greedy or dismissive(arrogant) people .. resulting in defiance, which unfortunately is backed up by very sane non-childish reasons ( like in Nirvana's particular case: 'Don't keep over-touring us')// Simple?
Hard to say what he was saying in the video. Could have just been going along with the conversation. Oh he wasn't in a good place mentally. Upside down in every way possible. Management and his record label was all over him. Constantly nagging and reminding him about obligations and I'm sure theres more. Financially he was okay, but nothing else was. I miss that man so much like all of you. R.I.P. KURT COBAIN.
I find it odd how him and Courtney even worked. They liked different stuff, had different ambitions, Courtney was all for the camera more than him although it seemed they always had one on at home anyway. They only had music and drugs in common. According to previous relationships, she was crazy lol I can tell the way she screams in her songs, imagine the screaming battles the pair must've had.
He was a regular 27 year old man like anyone else, but gifted with a drive to make his mark in musical history. Only he knew what that was going to be. He probably wasn't very good at all that other stuff that came with stardom and fame, obviously. That's where management and all the people on his payroll fell short on their obligations. I think Kurt did all he could do in a short period of time. You know the rest...
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I wish I had a time machine so I could go back and save him. I would save a lot of other people, too (Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Prince, George Michael, Michael Jackson...).
Look at Nirvana's tour schedule and ask yourself if you would have wanted to play all of those Lollapalooza dates? I know he was young, but that must have been absolutely exhausting. It seems like he never got a break to even enjoy anything.
well, that is a quite normal tour schedule for bands. tour-life is very exhausting. i know that from my personal experience but i would even say that this schedule is actually quite moderate. they played 2 shows and then 1 day off.... that is normally easy going if you are really into it ;)
i assume that kurt ran out of steam and he simply had no passion playing with nirvana anymore and i think that there were dark feelings and a lot of personal problems occupying his mind (he comitted suicide 2 months after this) that lead to this tourdesaster.
Worth it for the funny bit at the end!
I read a book called ‘Generation Ech’ they trashed Kurt Cobain yet Courtney was pushing this book, I think at Lollapooza, right after Kurt died. I thought that was very tasteless of her.
Who knows if she really had him killed but she was definitely drove him 2 the grave.
And also Woodstock 1994
I am sure he considered it, otherwise, why would he talk about it? Another peice of evidence that Kurt was thinking about the future and not planning on "suicide"
"Heaver Than Heaven" from Charles Cross is a book full of lies regarding the events in march an april 1994.
God damn the beasties fuckin put on a killer show back then. So much positive energy.
Do you guys think they would of played Woodstock 94?
If he had a choice, no.
Given what people have said about his mental state at the time - no.
Given that Kurt was at least at one time big into the cultural importance of folks like Hendrix, Morrison, or Janis Joplin and of Woodstock in general, writing in his younger days about joining the "27 club" and wanting to be a big rockstar when he's older - maybe if the price was right. I've actually thought about this before, compared the dates of Woodstock 94 to when Kurt's real decline happened in earnest.
Not sure if the invitation was even offered or the idea floated but Woodstock 94 might've appealed to the band, for the novelty if nothing else. 94 does have the popular distinction of being the second-best Woodstock. For whatever that's worth.
min 6:23 Charles Cross
never seen this vid before tx for the explanation
it’s really sad because money and a “career boost” meant way more to courtney than kurt ever did.
she went for the "ultimate fame boost" by killing kurt and making it seem like suicide
Al Kaholic Yikes. You idiots really believe Courtney murdered Kurt? It’s very hard to fake a convincing suicide. Plus Courtney was a fucking junkie and just had a child with him; what would she gain from killing him? It was always gonna be Kurt’s fate and it’s better he died in his peak. Of course I wish he’d stayed alive for Frances.
@@dids3384 It's easy to fake a suicide, if the police doesn't investigate. And they didn't. They rarely do when drugs are involved. Courtney may be a junkie but a very calculating one with a huge ego and believes she can do everything. The coverup was. poorly executed but the police didn't look. What she gained from it? Are you serious? Kurt had told her that he is divorcing her and they had a prenap. She'd be out of money and no one would've remembered her a year later. There's a lot of evidence, if you research the details.
dids 400 million dollars?
@@DutchDukeMan don't be foolish. Kurt killed himself that's the sad truth behind Nirvana.
Just the expression on his face and his demeanor tells me how depressed he was. Miserable, hopeless. Unable to feel any excitement or enjoyment. I know what you were fighting Kurt because I go through the same thing. It feels impossible but you have to keep fighting. I wish you would have.
rest in peace
He was clearly shaking his head when mentioning the tour, he was trying to convey “fuck that shit”, but nobody picked up on it.
Ahh, we're all stress mates.
It takes effort to make peace with your mind, but with intention, it can get better. 🥜
Love that ending clip
Read an article today, originally published 4/6/94, that Nirvana had pulled out of Lollapalooza amid rumors that the band had broken up.
Crazy to think that while this was going on in the band's tour planning, Kurt was already gone and just hadnt been found yet.
Eerie.
link for the photo please 8:50
He also mentions doing Lollapalooza in the Kurt Loder interview in Dec 93
I was at the 1994 Cal State Dominguez Hills (Los Angeles) Lollapalooza. Why was that poster chosen for this clip? Interesting, just tonight, a few minutes ago i came across my saved images of that stop on the tour. I forget if when buying my ticket that it was understood headlining was Nirvana. The absence of Nirvana Kurt Cobain that day night wasn’t so much spoken, it was just understood. It was on everyone’s mind. You could just feel it, despite the great music, it was just understood
Smashing pumpkins being there would of had an effect on him since Courtney used to date the singer.
He didnt seem to care here
im sure he hated billy
n billys a prick anyway
I think the only thing that was wrong with Kurt was Kortney. Just my opinion.
My belief is he was going to dump her for Kristin Pfaff. Everything would have been different if he had pulled that off.
I wish we could have had a Staley / Cobain Colab.
Seemed uncomfortable when he seen the camera.
I think Kurt just said they were playing Lollapalooza as it was the answer that requires the least explanation.
He seemed subdued and resigned to things which isn't surprising given the huge external pressure he was being out under from all angles.. remember, this was a guy who's biggest desire at this point was to become a reclusive painter and heroin addict.
I went to the show in San Diego. I saw Nirvana too around the same time . I found a huge joint that must have taken 3 or 4 papers to roll.
Sonic Youth was on 95 Lollapalooza. Damn, I was at that one. Nirvana would Def done 95 Lollapalooza w/ Sonic Youth
I saw Lollapalooza 1994 and L7 kicked ass, itstoo bad NIRVANA didn't play, Im glad n lucky to have seen NIRVANA Live on January 4 1984 in Vancouver BC Canada 3 months before Kurt's sad death
Cool 1984 Van Halen headlined right ..
It seems that everything that is written in regard to his last days is reinforcing the myth that he was sooo depressed, he seemed okay there?
He should of hada 12 month break.devorced her.and chilled he didn't want all the fame and pressure.....poor guy... and then he was murdered.. miss you Kurt xx
Kurt would have been masked and vaccinated. He was a decent person. Which is all it takes
Masked up for what? Sounds like a trolling comment.
@@brianwilliams6555 exactly. Mask up!
Im not suprise Courtney was pushing for him to do it, even when she knew just how bad the shape he was in was..She was one to gain alot from it as she was married to him..Also, womens mostly dont understand men's struggles.
Or maybe because they had a daughter that he needed to provide for and he was doing hundreds of dollars a day on heroin and was about to get sued because he wasnt turning up to shows. Courtney said this couldve been the last show and they couldve got the 8M and be done with it. You people..Cmon be realistic
@@micnik4793 Give me a break with your 8M..Kurt had no financial problems..He had a drug problem that really needed to be fixed and he suffered from manic-depression.
Apart from his drug habit, the man lived a very modest lifestyle and money was not a problem at all. He was the singer and main songwriter of the biggest band of the early 90s and thats when bands sold shit loads of albums. He could have put out an album recorded in his bathroom and it would have sold by the millions. All he needed was to have good people around him, take a fucking break and get his shit together. But sadly he was surrended by manipulative people like Courtney. Leeches that only cared about pushing Nirvana even further for financial gains.
I went to Lollapalooza that year it was a good year too go. But 92 was the best year too go. They were playing all apologies over the loud speakers all day.
But yeah I heard him say this in the video but I did not say or think it could be evident that he hid the fact that he was going to do the tour!!! Man this is a kick in the gut.
IF they had made that appearance
i can totally seeing Kurt doing the same Jimmy Hendrix opening that he did on Woodstock
but then Kurt will just go all NIRVANA mode the second the intro sounded too harmonic
XD
but that is how a Belmont images Nirvana opening for that kind of crucial music event