Nirvana

I recently found out that Courtney Love went to my high school - because a teacher who has been there since 1972 remembers her. I don't know for how long she attended, but the revelation prompted me to research her a bit, and by association Kurt Cobain and Nirvana.

Nirvana is definitely what my parents would call a "need to know band." I've known some about them, and I've certainly heard their music - but without it being identified to me, so I couldn't recognize it. I decided to find some of their stuff and start listening to it. So far, it is very much my style! I can recognize similar elements in contemporary music I like such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik and the Afghan Whigs' Gentlemen.

Something that astounds me is that Kurt Cobain's body was found on April 8 1994. I have a specific memory of talking to my parents about my 4th birthday as they tucked me in the night before - April 8 1994. It is incredible to think that the world learned about his death on a day I actually, specifically remember, despite being too young to know or understand myself. That as this memory of mine played out, my parents either knew or would soon be finding out about the tragedy.