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Grunge icon Kurt Cobain Black-and-white group portrait of Nirvana backstage in a corner, with Kurt Cobain on the left, Krist Novoselic in the center, and Dave Grohl on the right. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana plays electric guitar and sings into a microphone on stage during a live performance, with drums and stage props visible in the background.
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American quartet Boyz II Men (left to right) Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris, Nathan Morris and Michael McClary, 1992. (music, rhythm-and-blues). Photographed at the American Music Awards where they won Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist, Los Angeles, California, January 27, 1992.
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  • Adam Augustyn
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: TeachRock - Kurt Cobain: I'm Not Gonna Crack! Sep 20, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC News - Six reasons why we still love Kurt Cobain. Jun 06, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 01, 2026
Anniversary information added. Feb 16, 2026
Add new Web site: TeachRock - Kurt Cobain: I'm Not Gonna Crack! Nov 25, 2025
Add new Web site: CBC Arts - How Kurt Cobain continues to shape pop culture today. Oct 02, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Music Show - Kurt Cobain — the Last Rock Star? Aug 23, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - Reflecting On Kurt Cobain's 'Crystalline Understanding' 25 Years Later. Jun 20, 2025
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - Carey Mulligan. Dec 11, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Lambiek Comiclopedia - Kurt Cobain. Feb 12, 2024
Add new Web site: HistoryLink.org - Biography of Kurt Cobain (1967-1994). Jul 03, 2023
Noted that Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. Dec 10, 2020
Corrected display issue. May 18, 2018
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Kurt Cobain, Hesitant Poet Of 'Grunge Rock,' Dead at 27. Mar 03, 2017
Standing article replaced by new entry. May 04, 2015
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Kurt Cobain. Dec 22, 2013
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Kurt Cobain. Nov 22, 2011
Added photograph. Aug 17, 2010
New article added. Mar 20, 2009
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