Rolling Stone Cover of Kurt Cobain / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 683, June 2, 1994, Art Print by Mark Seliger Review

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(More customer reviews)The grunge band Nirvana, their second album "Nevermind," and their single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" represent a pivotal moment in the history of American rock music where suddenly everything was changed. Nirvana made punk, post-punk, indie rock, grunge, or whatever you wanted to call what they did, popular and the credit went to Kurt Cobain. The tragic irony was that Cobain could not stand the idea that his alternative music had become mainstream and that popularity by definition denied the integrity of his music. The opening chords of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" became universally recognizable, but Cobain reversed them for the opening of "Rape Me" on Nirvana's next album, "In Utero," in which he told the world what he thought about the group's widespread popularity. In 1994 the group played an MTV unplugged concert and a concert in Munich. Later that year, after being hospitalized in a coma, Cobain was reported missing and then found in a room above the garage of his Seattle home on April 8, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
In the history of rock 'n' roll, Cobain and Nirvana are the equivalent of a supernova with regards to their brief but intensive recording history. Celebrating the 50th anniverary of rock, "Rolling Stone" magazine has been doing a series of special issues. "Nevermind" was named the 17th greatest album of all time while "Spells Like Teen Spirit" finished 9th on the list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time." Nirvana was named 27th on the list of the "50 Greatest Artists of All Time" and when the group filed the video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on August 17, 1991 at a soundstage at Culver City, California was named one of the "50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock & Roll." To top things off, this photograph of Cobain taken by Mark Seliger in Kalamazoo, Michigan on October 27, 1993 was named one of "The 50 Greatest Portraits."
The photographer was well aware that there were good days and bad days when it came to taking photographs of Cobain, recalling: "Kurt was very resistant. He didn't want to be publicized. He didn't want anything but to be true to his fans and to the music." The photograph had been published before with David Fricke's interview, but was used on the cover of the June 2, 1994 issue, where it "carried the weight of an epitaph" as "Rolling Stone" commemorated Cobain's life, music, and tragic death. In that interview, Cobain had told Fricke how he never wanted to sing, but just play guitar. However, when Nirvana hit the big time: "It was so fast and explosive. I didn't know how to deal with it. If there was a Rock Star 101 course, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me." Such a course might have saved Cobain's life, but not even the birth of Frances Bean was enough to do that.
For fans who are still mourning what might have been with Kurt Cobain this cover is a stark reminder of his tragic end. But with this deal not only do you get the larger 15 x 18 inch art print of the cover (a smaller 10 x 12 version is also available) you also get a dozen issues of "Rolling Stone" magazine. Over the years this magazine has covered the ebb and flow of contemporary music, as well as popular culture. The details above will explain the math involved in this offer, and you know that when your free subscription is up "Rolling Stone" will make concerted overtures for you to sign up for the long haul. A dozen issues should be more than enough for you to determine the magazine's worth in your weekly routine.

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