... listened to bands such as the Beatles and the Monkees until he was 14, when he bought his first guitar. Cobain then began experimenting with different music styles. Kurt was a high school dropout who at age 19 decided to form a band. With Kurt on vocals and guitar and his friend Krist Novaselic on bass, all they needed was a drummer. They decided to hold ... auditions which resulted in the new drummer Dave Grohl. With the release of Nirvana's first album, Bleach, in 1989 Kurt soon began abusing drugs such as morphine and heroin. Kurt Cobain married former stripper Courtney Love in Wakik...

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