Cobain was born in 1967. He lived with his sister and parents two hundred miles from Seattle in the small logging town of Aberdeen. His aunt, who helped him form his first band, introduced him to music at a very young age. His parents divorced when Cobain was only seven years old. After the divorce, Cobain was forced to look at his life in a different light (http://www.nirvanafreak.net/kurt1.shtml, last updated April 27, 1997). He became extremely anti-social, had few friends, and was picked on in school because kids thought he was gay or

Cobain hated the music of big rock bands like the Sex Pistols, Rolling Stones and Aerosmith. He felt their lyrics were sexist and pointless with no meaning. Cobain was thought of as a sensitive person, a characteristic that showed through all of his songs. Eventually he became so famous that he a cult following. The songs exemplified the kids’ world. In the song “Dumb”, Cobain sings, “I think I’m dumb” over and over again to show how his years of neglect from his peers at high school and his family made him feel as if he were to blame. This is where I can relate to his music and how it portrays the world in such a cruel light. Cobain didn’t have to hide behind face paint or wear tight clothes to grab attention as the other rock stars. He wore flannels and jeans, something that every other kid wore, and he wasn’t ashamed by it. In one song, “Come As You Are”, Kurt sings “Come as you are as I want you to be.” He wanted to show youth that they don’t have to follow the crowd and do something someone else wants them to do to fit

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