https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/kurt-cobain Kurt Cobain! en-us Copyright 2026 The New York Times Company Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:13:55 +0000 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:50:19 +0000 https://static01.nyt.com/images/misc/NYT_logo_rss_250x40.png https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/kurt-cobain https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/insider/david-frankel.html https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/insider/david-frankel.html The Lives They Lived, an annual issue in The Times Magazine, was the idea of the director David Frankel. David W. Dunlap Sun, 20 Jul 2025 07:00:24 +0000 Cobain, Kurt Nixon, Richard Milhous Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy Ellison, Ralph Frankel, David https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/arts/music/charles-cross-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/arts/music/charles-cross-dead.html He tracked the rise of grunge as the editor of the Seattle music magazine The Rocket. He also wrote acclaimed books about two of the city’s most celebrated rock luminaries. Alex Williams Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:47:25 +0000 Cross, Charles R Deaths (Obituaries) Pop and Rock Music Writing and Writers Books and Literature Magazines Rocket, The (Magazine) Cobain, Kurt Hendrix, Jimi Springsteen, Bruce Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix (Book) Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain (Book) Seattle (Wash) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/insider/grunge-a-dull-date-the-sound-of-seattle-a-time-capsule.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/07/insider/grunge-a-dull-date-the-sound-of-seattle-a-time-capsule.html The New York Times has a long and complicated history with the word grunge. Let’s get down and dingy in it. Sarah Diamond Sun, 07 Apr 2024 07:02:20 +0000 Pop and Rock Music Newspapers Fashion and Apparel Dictionaries Slang English Language Music Baffler, The Nirvana (Music Group) Pearl Jam (Music Group) Soundgarden (Music Group) Cobain, Kurt Stamper, Kory Seattle (Wash) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/arts/music/amplifier-newsletter-fast-car-cross-generational-covers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/11/arts/music/amplifier-newsletter-fast-car-cross-generational-covers.html With Luke Combs’s version of the singer-songwriter’s hit at No. 2 on the Hot 100, revisit the origins of Björk, the Clash and Nirvana songs. Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:35:32 +0000 Pop and Rock Music Folk Music Country Music Chapman, Tracy Combs, Luke Bowie, David Nirvana (Music Group) Soft Cell (Music Group) Bobby Fuller Four, The (Music Group) Clash, The Hutton, Betty Bjork Cohen, Leonard Buckley, Jeff Cobain, Kurt https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/arts/music/last-days-opera-kurt-cobain.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/arts/music/last-days-opera-kurt-cobain.html The creators of “Last Days,” an eagerly anticipated opera about a grunge star’s final days, insist it’s really about how society treats its icons. Alex Marshall Sat, 08 Oct 2022 13:29:46 +0000 Opera Pop and Rock Music Last Days (Opera) Copson, Matt Leith, Oliver Cobain, Kurt Nirvana (Music Group) Rousselle, Agathe Last Days (Movie) Royal Opera House London (England) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/04/arts/music/nirvana-nevermind-baby-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/04/arts/music/nirvana-nevermind-baby-lawsuit.html Spencer Elden, who was pictured as a baby on the cover of “Nevermind,” argued in his lawsuit that the grunge rock group had engaged in “child pornography.” Eduardo Medina Sun, 04 Sep 2022 19:11:25 +0000 Suits and Litigation (Civil) Nirvana (Music Group) Elden, Spencer Cobain, Kurt Nevermind (Album) Decisions and Verdicts Child Pornography Pop and Rock Music Photography Olguin, Fernando M https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/31/magazine/eddie-vedder-interview.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/31/magazine/eddie-vedder-interview.html “Not everyone is able to get with close friends who have wisdom to impart, the simple thing of waking up and trying again.” David Marchese Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:38:14 +0000 Vedder, Eddie Content Type: Personal Profile Pearl Jam (Music Group) Pop and Rock Music Suicides and Suicide Attempts Cobain, Kurt https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/arts/music/nirvana-baby-nevermind-cover-lawsuit.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/arts/music/nirvana-baby-nevermind-cover-lawsuit.html Spencer Elden, who was pictured naked as a baby on the cover of “Nevermind,” said Nirvana had engaged in “child pornography.” Maria Cramer Tue, 04 Jan 2022 22:51:31 +0000 Suits and Litigation (Civil) Pop and Rock Music Photography Child Pornography Cobain, Kurt Elden, Spencer Nirvana (Music Group) Nevermind (Album) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/arts/music/spencer-alden-nirvana-nevermind.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/arts/music/spencer-alden-nirvana-nevermind.html Spencer Elden, 30, says Nirvana engaged in child pornography when the band used a picture of him naked on the cover of the breakthrough album. Maria Cramer Thu, 26 Aug 2021 17:01:17 +0000 Suits and Litigation (Civil) Child Pornography Pop and Rock Music Nirvana (Music Group) Cobain, Kurt California Elden, Spencer Nevermind (Album) Babies and Infants Photography https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/23/fashion/mister-rogers-cardigan.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/23/fashion/mister-rogers-cardigan.html The versatile sweater is cozy on Mister Rogers, cool on Kurt Cobain and chilling on Logan Roy. Alex Williams Sun, 24 Nov 2019 02:08:44 +0000 Fashion and Apparel Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV Program) Cobain, Kurt A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Movie) Succession (TV Program)