Kurt Cobain - Kurt Donald Cobain, was an American musician who served as lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the Seattle based rock band Nirvana.Cobain formed Nirvana in 1987 with Krist Novoselic. Within two years, the band became a fixture of the burgeoning Seattle grunge scene. In 1991, the arrival of Nirvanas Smells Like Teen Spirit marked the beginning of a dramatic shift of popular rock music away from the dominant genres of the 1980s (glam metal, arena rock, and dance pop) and toward grunge and alternative rock. The music media eventually awarded the song anthem of a generation status, and, with it, Cobain was labeled a spokesman for Generation X.During the last years of his life, Cobain struggled with drug addiction and the media pre Kurt Donald Cobain, was an American musician who served ...