Although he was a fan of the music of both AC/DC and Led Zeppelin, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain wasn't into their lyrics.

Kurt Donald Cobain was born February 20, 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. While in high school, he met fellow musician Krist Novoselic, and they started a band together.

Kurt Cobain and Me: ... the entirety of my high school gym class began to move to the music — each individual in their own way — enraptured by its energy and still thrumming with adrenaline ...

“William doesn’t dig. He Burroughs.” This was how Kurt Cobain described the work of one of his literary heroes, William S. Burroughs. First exposed to Burroughs’ work in high school, it ...

In high school, some kids even referred to me as "Nirvana" rather than my name because I was so obsessed with the band. ADAM REHMEIER, 47: Kurt was able to channel from the purest place.

Read 12 revealing quotes from Kurt Cobain on what would have been the late Nirvana frontman's birthday. - Credit: Stephen Sweet/REX/Shutterstock Today would have been Kurt Cobain’s birthday.

Kurt Cobain, in these interviews that start in 1990, the year before Nirvana made the big time, and end two months before he died in 1994, had internalized the punk rock of the 1980s in the indie ...

2. Cher. Cher dropped out of high school at 16 years old and moved to Los Angeles to start her career. Even in high school, she stood out. One former classmate said in the book, Cher, by Connie ...

Kurt Cobain took his own life in April 1994 when he was just 27. News. ... was a high school dropout that would become the voice of his generation but he took his own life at the height of his ...

Before Nirvana, Cobain formed a band right after he dropped out of high school called Fecal Matter. 8. Getty Images. Kurt Cobain performs on stage at the Astoria Theatre in London on November 5, 1991.