Kurt Cobain

Kurt Donald Cobain (1967-1994) was the lead singer and guitarist of Nirvana. Known for getting deeply into drugs and finally offing himself. Much of the fandom blames his wife, Courtney Love.

Fecal Matter

• Illiteracy Will Prevail

Nirvana

• Sub Pop 200 (1988)
• Bleach (1989)
• Blew (1989)
• Teriyaki Asthma, Vol. 1 (1989)
• The Grunge Years (1991)
• Kill Rock Stars (1991)
• Nevermind (1991)
• Heaven And Hell: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground, Volume 1 (1990)
• Hard to Believe: KISS Covers Compilation (1992)
• Hormoaning (1992)
• Incesticide (1992)
• Where Were You In '89 (1992)
• In Utero (1993)
• No Alternative (1993)
• The Beavis and Butthead Experience (1993)
• Eight Songs for Greg Sage and The Wipers (1993)
• MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)
• Singles (1995)
• Fender 50th Anniversary Guitar Legends (1996)
• Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense (1996)
• From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (1996)
• Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Vol. 2 (1999)
• Downtrodden (2000)
• Music of the Millennium (canadian release only) (2001)
• Nirvana (2002)
• With the Lights Out (2004)
• Sliver: The Best of the Box (2005)
• Jarhead Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2005)
• Live at Reading (2009)
• Theme Time Radio Hour Season 3 With Your Host Bob Dylan (2010)
• Icon (2010)
• Nevermind: The Singles (2011)

The Go Team

• Scratch It Out/Bikini Twilight (1989)

Mark Lanegan

• The Winding Sheet (1990)

Earth

• Extra-Capsular Extraction (1991)
• A Bureaucratic Desire For Revenge (1991)
• 10.1990 (2000)
• Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars (2001)

William S. Burroughs

• The "Priest" They Called Him (1992)

Melvins

• Houdini (1993)

• Ascended Fanboy: Helped his favorite obscure Alternative Rock and Punk Rock bands (like The Vaselines) reach a larger audience.
• Ate His Gun: How he (officially) died. There's a large chunk of his fandom, as well as Love's own father, that believe otherwise.
• Broken Ace: A rock star adored by millions of fans who suffered from a depression that lead him to suicide.
• Byronic Hero
• Cute but Troubled
• Deadpan Snarker: Had a dry, sarcastic sense of humor apparent in most his interviews.
• Dreadful Musician: In his early days.
• Driven to Suicide: Most sane theories of his death.
• Fake Ultimate Hero: Was well aware he was this, despite what his fans thought.
• Freudian Excuse: Blamed many of his psychological and emotional problems on his bitterly unhappy childhood.
• Goodbye, Cruel World: His famous suicide note (which quotes Neil Young).
• Grunge: Well, duh.
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Believed his family would be better off without him.
• Never Suicide, Always Murder: What the worst of the Fan Dumb thinks.
• Perma-Stubble
• Snark Knight: A good real life example.
• Someone to Remember Him By: Left behind his daughter, Frances Bean Cobain.
• Testosterone Poisoning: He wrote songs mocking Macho culture, and he publicly lambasted those who epitomized it.
• The Southpaw: He played left-handed.
• Three Chords and the Truth
• Word Salad Lyrics: He even admitted he was more concerned about the music.