Kurt Cobain Death ‘Didn’t Surprise’ Grunge Singer

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Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne said in a new The Pit interview that Kurt Cobain’s death didn’t surprise him, because heroin addicts dying doesn’t surprise him.

The interviewer asked, “What was the perception of him after he died? You were there, you knew the area, you knew the vibes – do you think that over the years Kurt’s image and Nirvana, in general, has just been blown up? Warm fuzzy places in nostalgia versus where they were at the time…?”

Buzz responded, “It was clouded by the death of heroin. I’m never surprised when heroin addicts die one way or another.

“There was nothing I could do. I did feel like I did everything I could in that situation to keep that from happening. But it was not gonna happen. He was one of the people that had very little interest in me, very little interest in what I thought, and who was not there at the beginning of the whole thing.

And I think it’s sort of like Elvis, where you take a hick who has nothing and you give him tons of money and fame. They may not be ready for that in a way, especially when you mix in drugs in the same way, which leads to an early death.

As far as with the rest of what goes, I’m really happy that something I helped, I inspired those guys to do, change the music on a global level. So I feel like my initial ideas about music and how it should sound, and where it should go were correct.” Ultimate-Guitar transcribed his remarks.

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Brett Buchanan
Brett previously hosted the BWR wrestling and MMA podcast, interviewing pro wrestling and MMA stars like Kurt Angle, Seth Rollins, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Bruce Buffer, AJ Styles, Rob Van Dam, Jeff Hardy, Edge, and DDP. After ending BWR, Brett opened GrungeReport.net in May 2009. The site changed its name to AlternativeNation.net in June 2013.  Brett ran Scott Weiland's social media accounts for his final 'Master Blaster' tour in fall 2015 and continued to run the accounts after Weiland's death until July 2016. On Alternative Nation, Brett controls all aspects of the website and reports the day to day news.  He has interviewed members of Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soundgarden, Imagine Dragons, Nine Inch Nails, Queens of the Stone Age, Stone Temple Pilots, and The Smiths. Brett has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and on the Reelz Channel. You can reach Brett at contact @alternativenation.net