15 years ago this week, Kurt Cobain took his own life, and in so doing, ended the first, more innocent phase of alternative rock (think about it: things got a lot more corporate after '94). Idolator has a nice piece asking people where they were when they heard about Cobain's death. Among the commenters weighing in: ex-Lemonheads guitarist John Strohm.
I was a sophomore, going to high school in suburban DFW. A reporter from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram came up to get reactions from teenagers at school, but in that pre-Internet, pre-cell phone age, she ended up breaking the news to everyone. Word spread pretty quick after that. A buddy of mine had just gotten his license, and after school, we just drove around in his beat-up Mercury Cougar, listening to KDGE play the more somber Nirvana deep cuts ("Pennyroyal Tea," "Something in the Way," etc.) while we wound our way around the cul-de-sacs.
Where were you in April '94?
Here's the actual Kurt Loder newsbreak on MTV announcing the death:
Here's "Pennyroyal Tea," live from Toronto (bad video, but pretty good audio)
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Where were you in '94?
Posted by Mr. Peepers at 10:38 PM
Labels: anniversaries, Kurt Cobain
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2 comments:
Wow. 15 years already. :(
Too soon?
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/4/22/
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