What were you doing when you heard the news that Kurt Cobain killed himself?

[POed-poster]

I was at the end of the Hall having lunch with other grad students at UTexas

[Poindexterity]

showing up for school senior year of high school.
there was this really dumb kid who had kind of lost it a bit at the news and carved the name "KIRK" into his arm with a knife.

dude actually thought the man's name was "Kirk Cobain"

[hypedough]

Too young to really care Loved his music postmortem.

[Domain Diva]

No idea...dont even know who the guy is ...sorry

[the Shemp]

i was 44 and working at SFO airport..too old to care, hehe ..

[MikeSmoke]

Whatever it was....it was the exact same thing that I was doing before I heard the news, and the exact same thing that I was doing after I heard the news. News that's unimportant to my life usually doesn't make me stop what I'm doing.

[quiet]

first year of uni, with my gf. watched the suicide note, and the endless music that follow on the canadian version of mtv (much music).

[Va2k]

I just dropped off a Pt at hospital and was taken ambulance back to Hq when I heard it. Was like omg.. Sucked.

[k0nr4d]

I have no idea who that is, so i guess "reading this thread" would be my answer...

[the real magoo]

was just a young lad then so...I was .. masturbating?

[PornMD]

I was living my life and not committing suicide like a pussy.

[kane]

I was walking into a big bookstore. Out front there were a bunch of news stands and the headline of the paper said, "Nirvana singer found dead." I bought the paper and went inside just to make sure I was reading it right. I was pretty bummed. I was a big fan of theirs and knew Kurt was a troubled guy. It is always sad to me when people who have problems end up succumbing to the them and can't find a way out.

[mrwilson]

Here right now, didn't know he was dead :|

But then i have never heard of him either...

[ErectMedia]

don't remember been too long ago...

http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/34263...tml#id=1611983

[BlackCrayon]

I was in grade 10 or something. I remember not being surprised and not really caring.

[SomeCreep]

i forgot

[smutnut]

I'm not sure of the date anymore than I am sure of the date we find out Michael Jackson liked to sleep with little kids.

I can remember a court date of mine being canceled because the courts were closed when the World Trade Centers were bombed though and having to return home to finish watching it on television, but maybe that was more important.

Oh, I can remember watching OJ on television with the police cruisers behind him, but don't know if that would have the same impact today due to all the reality TV

[StaceyJo]

Hmmm... reading this thread?

[Pleasurepays]

right after he killed himself... i was watching the retarded insanity in Seattle where schools were in a full blow panic that kids were going to start shooting themselves right and left. suicide counselors were being dispatched to public schools, constant tv ads/reports etc. i just remember that i kept thinking "you people are fucking up a perfect chance to clean up the gene pool and i don't appreciate it"

[czarina]

can't remember

[Jman]

Never cared for grunge music.

[Martin]

Don't remember.. I just remember not being too surprised by it.

[Jarmusch]

Opening a bottle of champagne to celebrate.

[LeCoq]

Watching the news when a special bulletin came up... Sad day for sure.

[Fletch XXX]

thinking to myself how I couldnt wait for this grunge shit to end listening to Scandinavian Death Metal

[L-Pink]

I was probably stoned.


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[Sarah_Jayne]

I was a junior in high school. I had just walked in the door after getting off the school bus. I turned on the TV, which I had left on MTV from the morning. I was having my post-school pee when I heard Tabitha Soren break in with an MTV News alert. That would have been about 4pm est and I think it was fairly new news at that point.

Then the next day at gym class, I remember having a big debate with two girls about the merits and lack thereof of suicide.

The whole thing is why I don't like Andy Rooney too, btw.

[PR_Glen]

wow it takes a thread like this to flush out the cynical doesn't it?

I was ditching school to help my friends dad in his shop for some dumb reason, and both me and my friend, who were huge fans at the time, turned on the radio and they announced it on there right away. It took a piece out of me. It was because of that band that I ever picked up a guitar in the first place, despite Cobains lack of skills it inspired me to learn myself.

Maybe I was more impressionable then, but I really don't see many inspiring things in music today.

[TheDoc]

I faintly remember Nirvana growing up... we had no MTV and one alt-music radio station, everything else was country or classic rock.

I'm pretty sure 99% of the kids in my area, had no idea who in hell he was until after he offed himself.

[tranza]

I have no idea..

[CDSmith]

Originally Posted by PornMD

I was living my life and not committing suicide like a pussy.

This may be my favorite answer so far.

Me, I don't recall what I might have been doing at that exact moment but in '94 I was 31, still working at the hospital, running two side businesses out of my home, and paid only marginal attention to what the modern day "Sid and Nancy" were doing. I seem to recall not being all that surprised.

Always liked Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots better than Nirvana.

[lacuna]

He was a douche. Nirvana played my college. They went the whole night without playing "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and then during their encore, they riffed the opening. The crowd went absolutely wild.

Kurt laughed, and the band switched to something else. They never did play it.

[Got Porn?]

It was spring break my freshman year of high school. A bunch of us were at a friends house b/c his parents were out of town. I remember we were all shocked when we saw Kurt Loader reporting his suicide on MTV. That night we had a keg party and I remember get really drunk and vomiting

[L-Pink]

Originally Posted by lacuna

He was a douche. Nirvana played my college. They went the whole night without playing "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and then during their encore, they riffed the opening. The crowd went absolutely wild.

Kurt laughed, and the band switched to something else. They never did play it.

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[L-Pink]

His wife is decomposing at a faster rate than he is ........


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[Black Label Scripts]

fuck kurt cobain

the question is..

what were you donig when Tupac died?

I was 12 sitting in my living room watching mtv.

wish he was still alive.

[punkpred]

Like I give a fuck about that stupid motherfucker may he burn in hell!!!

[baddog]

Banging Courtney.

[fuzebox]

I can't believe there are seriously people in this thread who have never heard of him

[Scott McD]

Probably taking a dump. Or masturbating.

[Sarah_Jayne]

Originally Posted by TheDoc

I'm pretty sure 99% of the kids in my area, had no idea who in hell he was until after he offed himself.

In my school, which was very average white America, they had reached the level of being a very big deal with a certain group of people but most people were just slightly aware of them. Also, the people in my school that were big time into them were generally the artsy weird kids (I was on the fringe of that group so I knew them pretty well) that the jocks made fun of regularly. It wasn't until after he killed himself that football players and stuff had heard of him as more than just an occasional name on MTV. Then they became obsessed by them. It is fair to say though that at the time he killed himself they were on the up anyway and probably would have broken through that barrier anyway but just not with as much as a sudden impact.

Oh and I agree that Pearl Jam was a better band but they were also pretty different bands that just happen to be around at the same time. The jocks and stuff loved Pearl Jam at the same time they artsy kids were into Nirvana.

[alexchechs]

Getting ready for class at home when it came on the news. Ditched class that day and listened to Bleach.

[MikeSmoke]

Originally Posted by Black Label Scripts

what were you donig when Tupac died?

See my previous answer.

[mvee]

He's dead?

[beemk]

i dont remember what i was doing, thats how much i gave a shit.

[moeloubani]

teaching a phd class at harvard

[istanboys]

I was getting ready for a night out. How long ago was it? About 15 or 16 years?

[rip raster]

I was at home on the couch smoking a fattie and watching much music

[_Richard_]

i was young, think my mother was taking me shopping and explaining who he was

[Storm_Tracker]

Oh yes I remember now!

I was talking a massive shit at the time.