49 - Kurt Cobain: The Triumph and Tragedy of Alt Rock's Greatest Icon

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2017

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

I remember the exact moment I first heard Nirvana and I remember the day he died. But I didn't know how hard he had to work for Nirvana to break through, and I didn't know how terribly troubled he was while they were breaking through. With the recent suicides of Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, it felt like the right time for this episode. And it was a great excuse to listen to Nirvana all week. They were so good it made me angry all over again that Kurt's not still with us. The life of Kurt, the rise of Nirvana, and the circumstances of his tragic death in today's grunge edition of Timesuck! Timesuck is brought to you today by the Crime in Sports podcast. Find the fantastic Crime in Sports on PodcastONE.com, the PodcastONE app, or anywhere podcasts are found! The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No shame in calling them. Ever. Please rate and subscribe and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG, @timesuckpodcast on Twitter, and www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast

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0:00.0	In 1994, Kurt Cobain should have felt on top of the world.
0:03.3	Nirvana has just released back to back number one albums.
0:05.7	He's headlining the festivals and arenas he had dreamed of just a few years before.
0:09.1	He has a beautiful baby, and a wife who is a rock star in her own right?
0:12.9	Critics loved his music worldwide, but despite all that, he was self-destructing, he was
0:16.8	imploding, turning down tours, fighting with bandmates, blowing off practices, and mostly
0:21.3	doing a shit ton of heroin.
0:23.3	He wanted to name the album In Yudaro, I hate myself and want to die.
0:27.0	Now, he did have a dark humor for sure.
0:29.3	But he also really did seem like he hated himself and wanted to die.
0:32.8	Why?
0:33.8	He was so good, so good.
0:36.2	Let's try to find out what Kurt was all about, what was bringing him down.
0:39.4	Learn how he went from homeless to a huge success and a phenomenally short amount of time,
0:44.3	as we suck on some grunge on today's Northwest, smells like teen spirit, all rock, drop the
0:49.5	addition of Time Suck.
1:02.6	Happy Happy Monday and Hell Nimrod Time Suckers.
1:05.3	I'm Dan Cummins and thanks for listening to The Suck.
1:07.2	Thanks for listening to The Time Suck.
1:08.6	Today's Time Suck is brought to you by the podcast Crime in Sports.
1:12.4	Are you fasting with crimes?
1:13.4	Of course you are.
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