Todestag des Grunge-BegründersMythos Kurt Cobain in fünf Punkten
Vor dreissig Jahren schockte der Nirvana-Frontmann die Welt mit seinem Suizid. Der postmoderne Messias wies über seine Generation hinaus. Sein Ende sollte uns eine Warnung sein.
Das «MTV Unplugged»-Konzert ein paar Monate vor seinem Tod machte ihn endgültig zur Ikone: Kurt Cobain.
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Kurt Cobains Leben und sein zu früher Tod ergeben den perfekten Künstlermythos: schwierige Kindheit, Aussenseiter, sensibel, extrem talentiert, gut aussehend, drogensüchtig.
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