First time Lifetime aired the Kurt Cobain segment?

[jets4life]

Originally Posted by DALLASTEXAN!!

I think the rehab center was in LA and flew back to Seattle after leaving rehab. that's when he ran into the G&R bass player who was one of the last credible individuals to spend time with him. Kurt's fate was already sealed at that point. He was threatened and guilted into seeking rehab by C. Love, Nirvana mates, and closest family members. By that point he wanted to end his marriage and quit the band. He also purchased the gun that he used before he went to rehab.

You are correct. I remember reading about Cobain flying back to Seattle, when he spotted one of the members of GNR on the plane, and ended up chilling out with him. I can't remember which GNR member flew to Seattle with him, but after Cobain's death, he was saying that he was glad the last encounter with Cobain was positive, since it was well known that Axl Rose and some members of Gune N Roses were feuding with Nirvana, for two years after Nirvana refused an offer by GNR to be their opening act. I think I recall him mentioning Kurt's mood as being "heavy" IIRC.

that said, I don't think it is a good segment for UM because I don't see it as a mystery. But I understand why the took on the segment back then. Like you said they were looking for ratings. a lot of credible detail has come out after the segment aired.

I'm not convinced Cobain would have quit the music business, or divorce Courtney Love. Michael Stipe of REM had said later in 1994, that he and Krt had gotten together at the beginning of the year, and were going to work on material (REM and Nirvana) together, once Cobain was finished touring. It was also reported that Kurt and Courtney had somewhat of an "open" relationship. She may have been seeing Trent Reznor on the side, when Cobain was on tour with Nirvana.

[DALLASTEXAN!!]

Originally Posted by jets4life

You are correct. I remember reading about Cobain flying back to Seattle, when he spotted one of the members of GNR on the plane, and ended up chilling out with him. I can't remember which GNR member flew to Seattle with him, but after Cobain's death, he was saying that he was glad the last encounter with Cobain was positive, since it was well known that Axl Rose and some members of Gune N Roses were feuding with Nirvana, for two years after Nirvana refused an offer by GNR to be their opening act. I think I recall him mentioning Kurt's mood as being "heavy" IIRC.




I'm not convinced Cobain would have quit the music business, or divorce Courtney Love. Michael Stipe of REM had said later in 1994, that he and Krt had gotten together at the beginning of the year, and were going to work on material (REM and Nirvana) together, once Cobain was finished touring. It was also reported that Kurt and Courtney had somewhat of an "open" relationship. She may have been seeing Trent Reznor on the side, when Cobain was on tour with Nirvana.

It was Duff McKagan. I think Duff was friendly with Nirvana because Duff was from Seattle and they all knew each other. They sat on the plane together from LA according to Duff's account. I think Duff said that he offered Kurt a ride from the seattle/tacoma airport but Kurt declined because he had arrangements. Duff mentioned in an interview that he really couldn't tell that there was anything extraordinarily wrong with Kurt. he mentions that he wishes that he could have talked Kurt into hanging out after the airport because he felt they had fun hanging out on the plane drinking together. He knew that Kurt was struggling with heavy addiction, but he also said in the interview that he was also an addict at that time so nothing seemed off to him at the time.

I agree, I don't think Kurt was quitting music. I think he wanted to quit Nirvana when he realized that he couldn't escape the chaos and couldn't live up to the demand.