I am a huge Nirvana fan and I am still saddened by his loss. Here is a remembrance from Entertainment Weekly.

http://music-mix.ew.com/2...m-reviews/

Both him and Layne Staley committed suicide on the same day a few years apart. Both tortured talented and gifted men.

I still miss Kurt to this day.

I'll never accept that suicide is a reasonable option for what ails a person but I won't knock anybody for feeeling upset about his death or anything else. Give him the credit for his place in music history.

Timmy84 said:

Both him and Layne Staley committed suicide on the same day a few years apart. Both tortured talented and gifted men.

I still miss Kurt to this day.

UncleGrandpa said:

I'll never accept that suicide is a reasonable option for what ails a person but I won't knock anybody for feeeling upset about his death or anything else. Give him the credit for his place in music history.

agreed

UncleGrandpa said:

I'll never accept that suicide is a reasonable option for what ails a person but I won't knock anybody for feeeling upset about his death or anything else. Give him the credit for his place in music history.

I'd rather forget him. Him and all the years of my life I couldn't go anywhere without having to listen to songs by a bunch of burned-out junkies from Seattle who got off on shooting up and wallowing in self pity. If I never hear anything by Nirvana or Alice and Chains again I won't complain.

Crikey, that makes me feel really old! I was in ninth grade when he offed himself and don't really remember it being a big deal to anyone at school. For certain the reaction was nothing like what you saw on television during the funeral/wake that was held.

I wasn't a fan when he was alive but I eventually got into his music. It would have been interesting to see if he tried to branch out and do something a bit different. I'm sure that by the late '90s he would have been sick of the grunge/alternative scene and would have been itching to do something else.

jpnyc said:

UncleGrandpa said:

I'll never accept that suicide is a reasonable option for what ails a person but I won't knock anybody for feeeling upset about his death or anything else. Give him the credit for his place in music history.

I'd rather forget him. Him and all the years of my life I couldn't go anywhere without having to listen to songs by a bunch of burned-out junkies from Seattle who got off on shooting up and wallowing in self pity. If I never hear anything by Nirvana or Alice and Chains again I won't complain.

Eh, I give those bands credit for doing something completely different than what was popular at the time. I think the world had heard enough from the Poisons and the Warrants of the music world. Unfortunately the pendulum swung too far in the opposite direction and everyone started to sound like Nirvana. It would have been nice if we had a bit of balance, you can have "depressing" music and "happy" music co-existing with each other. Thank goodness we had the britpop movement, otherwise rock music in the '90s would have been a bit too dark.

jpnyc said:

UncleGrandpa said:

I'll never accept that suicide is a reasonable option for what ails a person but I won't knock anybody for feeeling upset about his death or anything else. Give him the credit for his place in music history.

I'd rather forget him. Him and all the years of my life I couldn't go anywhere without having to listen to songs by a bunch of burned-out junkies from Seattle who got off on shooting up and wallowing in self pity. If I never hear anything by Nirvana or Alice and Chains again I won't complain.

Wow!! Has it really been that long?!?! I was still in High School at the time and remember it very well.

I wasn't a fan and used to dog him and the other grunge guys out as my tastes were still attached to a lot of the music that the grunge movement chased away (that hasn't really changed)... but, I still felt the impact of his death. Really sad stuff.

I don't get the craze of heralding death anniversaries. It comes creepy and incensire. Celebrate their birthday or their work but why people gotta reflect on the day of the death? And now I am starting to see people do it for family members and friends who died. Just feels morbid to me.

good riddance..i only wish he did it 20 years ago so he didnt get a chance to ruin music

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Wham2011 said:

good riddance..i only wish he did it 20 years ago so he didnt get a chance to ruin music

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wow...

It's amazing to me that people dislike Nirvanna for scaring away the likes of hair metal.

Anyway I love Kurt and I know something beautiful must have come from his death.