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 Gen X poster child and rock legend is my Gen Z hero, too My parents love Nirvana, too. But I have my own relationship with Cobain's music and persona ...

“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 ...

Kurt Cobain dropped out of high school, returned as a janitor, and this irony inspired the dancing janitor in the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" music video.

To mark the 30th anniversary of Cobain’s death, Yahoo Entertainment gathered memories of the Nirvana frontman.

Today would have been Kurt Cobain’s birthday. The Nirvana singer, guitarist and songwriter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in April of 1994 at the age of 27. During his lifetime, Cobain ...

6. Kurt Cobain Learning that he was a few credits away from graduating in his senior year, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain dropped out of high school two weeks before the end of the year.

Acclaimed novelist Dana Spiotta offers a meditation on the late icon’s complicated relationship with his own celebrity in this excerpt from a new collection of Cobain interviews.

Cobain played in garage bands throughout high school but none really took off. Just two weeks before graduating, Cobain dropped out of high school.

Kurt Cobain at a hotel in Tokyo in November 1991. Before Nirvana, Cobain formed a band right after he dropped out of high school called Fecal Matter.