In 1991, Nirvana and Hole were on tour in the U.K. and Kurt Cobain’s flirtation with Courtney Love was ongoing but musician Mary Lou Lord believed she was Kurt’s girlfriend. When Lord visited the U.K., Cobain couldn’t bring himself to tell her in person so when Lord switched on Channel 4 to watch Nirvana perform on the U.K. show “The Word”, she heard Kurt announce,

“I just want everyone in this room to know that Courtney Love, of the pop group Hole, is the best fuck in the world.”

I guess Kurt didn’t think much of Mary Lou Lord…Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love sent this fax in 1993 as a response to a profile that appeared in a magazine about Mary Lou Lord and her brief but intense relationship with Kurt around the time that Nevermind came out.

But Everett True’s Nirvana: The Biography confirmed that for a time Kurt was telling people how in love he was with Mary Lou, and even dreaming about moving to Boston to be with her.

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In 1992, at the height of his Nirvana fame, Kurt Cobain moved to an apartment in Los Angeles’ Fairfax district.  Kurt put down his guitar, picked up a paintbrush and contemplated a life without music.  For several months he painted using acrylics and oils, but at times he mixed his own blood, semen, cigarette ash and fecal matter into his art.

Here’s a few photo’s of Kurt inside the apartment…

After some research and some help from Kurt Cobain fan Keith Kuramoto we have found the building where Kurt and Courtney lived.

448 North Spaulding Avenue
Los Angeles, Ca 90036

Apparently, the Cobains moved out when they came home from a tour to find that the bathtub had a major leak that had flooded most of the apartment.   Coincidently, that same bathroom is where Kurt wrote the song “Heart Shaped Box.”

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This video shows Kurt Cobain backstage after Nirvana’s now classic performance at the Reading Festival in 1992.  Kurt is asked by a father to sign an autograph for his sick kid so Kurt takes the time to sign the autograph and meet the kid.

Pretty awesome to see this side of Kurt.

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Feelnumb.com is really looking for a photo and location of this freeway sign that Kurt Cobain took the time to get boosted by Krist Novoselic to take this classic photo.  It’s in Washington State somewhere.

Winner gets a tee shirt from our sponsor Lemon Rags. Leave info and photo in the comment section…Good Luck!!!

Dan Kozak from Los Angeles wins!!!  Here is the link he sent in.  Click on the photo below to check it out on Google street view.

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Kurt Cobain made this ink on paper painting crica 1982 while at Aberdeen High School, Washington and signed ‘COBAIN’ on the lower right.  It sold for £13,750 (approx $17,000 USD) at auction on November 21, 2009.

I think it is pretty obvious what the “landscape” is but give us your opinion.

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Nirvana has some extreme words for the band Extreme in the home video, Live! Tonight! Sold Out! where Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain, and Krist Novoselic talk about the band. Novoselic refers to their music “Shlock Rock” and Grohl just says they suck.

The clip is at the around the 7 minute mark….enjoy…

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The Days Inn Lincoln Park is nicknamed the Rock & Roll Days Inn for its musician clientele, which includes Sean Lennon, Dave Matthews, KRS One, Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Wilco, Smashing Pumpkins, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nirvana, to name a few….

It is also the first place Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love had sex for the first time and it’s rumored to be the place where the conceived their child Frances Bean Cobain, says Stefanie Hrejsa, general manager of the hotel.  Years later, Love allegedly walked out of the hotel and said she couldn’t stay there because of the painful memories, Hrejsa says.

On October 12, 1991,  Courtney boarded a plane in Los Angeles and flew to Chicago,  she spent her last $10 on a cab to the Metro Club, where she was surprised to find Nirvana on the bill.  She watched the final 15 minutes of Nirvana’s set, which basically involved Kurt smashing the drum kit, all the time wondering what made this boy so angry . After the show she made her way to a backstage party, where she beelined for Kurt.

Here’s the audio of the last song of the night that - Nirvana “Endless, Nameless” Live Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL 10/12/91 (Soundboard audio)

They left the club together and walked along Lake Michigan, eventually ending up at the Days Inn - Lincoln Park where Courtney says they had sex for the first time.  We don’t know the room number…but here is the google street view and the link.

Days Inn - Lincoln Park North, 644 W Diversey Pkwy

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Footage of Nirvana and The Smashing Pumpkins playing Twister with Crisco lard has emerged. The three minute clip sees the bandss struggling to get to grips with the game, and each other.  Krist Novoselic, Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, D’Arcy Wretzky and Billy Corgan fail spectacularly to hold a civilised game of Twister for MTV.

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Here’s a great photo of Kurt Cobain wearing a Michael Jackson Jackson 5 (afro era) tee shirt.  Maybe it was just Kurt being Kurt since Nevermind replaced Michael Jackson’s album Dangerous at number one on the Billboard charts in 1992.

Dave Grohl also wore the same shirt on Nirvana MTV Live & Loud….Guess the shared the shirt or both got one…

Seems like it was a photo like this on the shirt…

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One of the best Kurt Cobain photos cames from Monk Travel Magazine Seattle edition 1992. It’s of Kurt dangling from a cracked “space needle.”

The second week of November Kurt did a photo session for Monk–he was to be on the cover of their Seattle issue.  He arrived alone at Charlie Hoselton’s studio, and unlike most photo sessions, cooperated fully. ‘Here’s the deal,’ Kurt told Hoselton. ‘I’ll stay as long as you want, I’ll do whatever you want, you just have to do two things for me: Turn off your phone, and don’t answer the door if anyone knocks.’ Monk editors convinced Kurt to dress like a logger and pose with a chainsaw.  At one point during the shoot, Kurt dared to venture outside, and when Hoselton asked him to pose in front of the espresso machine, Kurt did one better–he pushed the barista aside and made a coffee.”

Read the whole Nirvana and Kurt Cobain interview by clicking below:

www.monk.com

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