Презентация на тему «Kurt Cobain»

Brandi Hall Hallie Nix Julianna Wade Angie Johnson

Birth

Kurt's Early Years

Born in Hoquaim, Washington Moved to Aberdeen, Washington Sickly Child

Parents

Kurt's Early Years

Mother, Wendy Father, Donald Divorce Withdrawn Moving Impact On Nirvana’s Music

Early Influences

Kurt's Early Years

School The Melvins British Bands William S. Burroughs

The Melvins

Influences on Nirvana

The Beatles The Monkees Sex Pistols The Clash Black Sabbath Kiss

The Beatles

Helped form Pop Music Beatles effects music greatly Wrote own songs Beatles inspire Clash, Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols

Important Punk Rock Band Unique sound. New Musical Style Cobain listens at an early age

The Clash

Popularized by Sex Pistols Superior lyrics and melodies Political views and looks Nirvana Influenced by Clash

Black Sabbath

New slowed, screaming style Influenced Nirvana’s sound and lyrics

Bands Formed

Kurt's Bands

1986-Kurt formed the band the Stiff Woodies, with long-time friend Krist Novaselic Kurt was drummer, Krist was bass-guitarist, and many different guitarists and vocalists Later changed name to Skid Row featuring Aaron Burkhart on drums

Nirvana

Kurt's Bands

1986-Burkhart replaced by Chad Channing 1987-Nirvana was formed Kurt was lead vocalist and guitarist, Krist was bass-guitarist, and Dave Grohl became the permanent drummer

Nirvana began doing performances in Olympia Made ten demos with

producer Jack Endino In December of 1988, Nirvana released their first single “Love Buzz”

First Album

Kurt's Bands

In 1989 Nirvana released their first album Bleach This album featured songs like “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, “Come As You Are”, and “Something In The Way” It recorded for just over 600 dollars

Kurt's Bands

A new form of music had been born

Nirvana’s popularity grew after appearing on MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball and Saturday Night Live

AWARDS

1991 Melody Maker's Album of the Year- Nevermind 1991 Melody Maker's Single of the Year- Smells Like Teen Spirit 25/01/92 #1 Kerrang's Indie Metal Charts- Bleach 25/01/92 #1 Kerrang's Metal Charts- Nevermind 1992 Spin Magazine's-Artist of the Year 1992 MTV Video Music Awards- Best New Artist - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Best Alternative Group - Smells Like Teen Spirit 1993 MTV Video Music Awards- Best Alternative Video - In Bloom - Best Art Direction 1994 MTV Video Music Awards- Best Alternative Group - Heart Shaped Box1994 Rolling Stone Magazine's-Artist of the Year

1995 Grammy's- Best Alternative Album - Unplugged In New York - MTV's

#1 Video of All Time - Smells Like Teen Spirit - MTV's #1 Album of All Time - Nevermind - Triple J's Top 100 of All Time - #1 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Massive's #1 Album - Nevermind - Alternative Press #1 Album of the 90's - Nevermind - Spin Magazine - Top 90 albums of the 90's -- #1 Nevermind 1998 Kerrang-Kerrang's most influential artist of all time -100 greatest gigs of all time (published July 1997) -100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (published January 1998) 1998 MTV's most Buzz worthiest group of all time- #1 Smells Like Teen Spirit

1999 Q Magazine's -#1 single of all time - Smells Like Teen Spirit

1999 Kurt Cobain: Guitar World Magazine's-Artist of the Decade 1999 Guitar World - Nevermind #1: "20 Albums of the 90's That Mattered Most“ 1999 Diamond Award-Nevermind (over 10 million copies sold award) 1999 Kerrang: Best Song of All Time- Smells Like Teen Spirit 1999 Kurt Cobain: Rolling Stone-Artist of the Decade 1999 VH1 Top 90 Videos of the Decade- #1 Smells Like Teen Spirit 1999 Much Music Top Videos of the Century- #1 Smells Like Teen Spirit2000 Guinness World Book Of Records- Most Played Video on MTV Europe: Smells Like Teen Spirit 2000 Guinness World Book Of Records - Most Sucessful Posthumous Albums: MTV Unplugged in New York & From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah weitere Awards folgen

Family & Personal Life

Kurt's Last Years

Married Courtney Love Frances Bean Cobain Depression and Drug Abuse Marital Troubles Guns

Events Leading Up To Kurt's Death

Kurt's Last Years

Kurt was rushed to Hospital He enters a detox program Courtney files a missing persons report Kurt is found by electrician

Murder or Suicide

Kurt's Last Years

Was Kurt murdered or was it suicide? Investigations and Books

Resources

http://justiceforkurt.com/investigation/crime_scene.shtml http://www.cobain.com/bio.html http://www.indefenceofkurtcobain.com/events.html http://musicfinder.yahoo.com/artist/photos/1800219291/454763 http://wallpaper.saverstuff.com/m/Mtv_Logo.html http://music.msn.com/search/all/?ss=Nirvana www.nirvanaplce.de/nirvana-awards.htm www.launch.yahoo.com/artist/artistFocus.asp?artistID=1019522 http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/nirvana/bio.jhtml http://www.vh1/artists/az/cobain_kurt/bio.jhtml http://www.nirvanaphotos.com/photos.php?Cat=11&Idx=23 http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Venue/2618/Kurtpictures.html http://ricesj.tripod.com/biogf.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/entertainers/music/kurt-cobain/

Resources

Beatles: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1452393.stm The Sex Pistols http://www.fact-index.com/s/se/sex_pistols.html The Clash http://www.wordiq.com/definition/The_Clash Black Sabbath: http://music.channel.aol.com/artist/artistbio.adp?_pgtyp=pdct&artistid=3693

Questions

What was Nirvana first called? What was the name of Nirvana’s first hit song? Who was Kurt Cobain married to? What was the name of Kurt’s daughter?