21th anniversary of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's death
Cobain was 27 when he took his own life on 5 April 1994 in the garage of
his home in Seattle, Washington. Despite the strong association of the grunge
icon with Seattle, Cobain only lived in that city for 18 months.
The place where he spent most of his life is Aberdeen, a small logging
town about 100 miles (160km) south-west of Seattle where he was born in 1967.
For most of the 90s, Cobain and Nirvana had helped identify Seattle in
the American imagination. The obligatory flannel shirts, the angst under
overcast skies, the punk-inspired rage.
Today also marks the 13th anniversary of Alice In Chains frontman Layne
Staley death
Layne Staley began showing an interest in
music when he was just 12 years old. In his teens,
he was playing with small time glam bands, and wondering if he was cut out for
vocals. It was not until 1985 when he met Johnny Bacolas and James Bergstrom
that Sleze was created--his first band. A year later, with the addition of Nick
Pollack, Alice N Chains was formed, with their own brand of ‘glam rock and
speed metal.’ After several splits and reformations, the final lineup was
established in 1987. The band was name was changed to Alice In Chains and consisted
of Layne Staley, Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, and Mike Starr.
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