I think his death was just a kinky accident.

Like the asphyxiate wank, he tried having a shot gun shoved in every orphis in his body.

He was going for the nose and he was so heroined up he accidently pushed the trig.. yeah I'm talking shit.

I think the man was a genius although I believe if he didn't die after the second album and Nirvana carried on to write lots more music, I don't believe they'd be rated as highly as they are now.

yep probs..... hahah just thinking about him makes me laugh coz he didnt give a crap about anyone and he was like yeah screw you man makes me LaughMyAssOff

Kurt?

He didn't give a crap about anyone?

He was forced to go to drug rehab, if he didn't, he'd lose his daughter. He cared about her..

i always figured they'd go the neil young / crazy horse way. cobain could have easily been successful as a solo acoustic act and then toured with nirvana when he felt like rocking out.

the real question is what would the foo fighters have amounted to if cobain hadn't killed himself.

I always did wonder whether Cobain would be a succesful solo artist, I came to the conclusion that no he would not.

why not?

he seemed more than capable during the unplugged performance. whether or not he could have handled the stress has already been answered, but if you could take that away i don't see how he would have failed.

I agree with mr dave, I think if Cobain had of lived he would have been a fine solo artist. As a musician I think he was what drove Nirvana, from everything I've heard/ seen/ read about them. Emotionally I doubt he would be able to handle the stress but musically and charismatically he could have gone on to do some pretty good stuff.

I bet if he hadn't killed himself Nirvana would've broken up pretty quickly anyway. Obviously he was really unhappy with their career trajectory and basically without him there's no way the band would've continued on. I'm sure the Foo Fighters still would've been successful, though maybe not as much, and I bet Kurt Cobain would've pulled a Sly Stone and just retreated from the public eye. What I want to know is would Krist Novoselic still have dropped out of the music business?

As far as I'm aware, Krist Novoselic has still dabbled in the music industry post Nirvana. He apparently turned down Grohl's offer to join The Foo Fighters because he thought people would think they were just a reformed Nirvana, but despite this he's been doing all bits and pieces for various bands and I've read a lot of stuff he's written on music in various publications.

Really? I thought he pretty much stopped making music to focus on his political career.