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Kurt Cobain (1967–1994)
Kurt Cobain was born on February 20 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. Kurt and his family lived in Hoquiam for the first few months of his life then later moved back to Aberdeen, where he had a happy childhood until his parents divorced. The divorce left Kurt's outlook on the world forever scarred. He became withdrawn and anti-social. He was ...
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Born:in Aberdeen, Washington, USADied:(age 27) in Seattle, Washington, USA |
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Soundtrack (124 credits)
Soundtrack (124 credits)
Fandom Fights
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2018) (writer - 1 episode, 2018)
- Alex Worden vs Jim Green
(2018)
... (performer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit") / (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2018
Hoy nos toca
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 20 February 2018
(2018)
... (writer: "Rape Me")
2009-2017
Atop the Fourth Wall
(TV Series) (writer - 27 episodes)
- Clive Barker's Hellraiser Dark Holiday Special
(2017)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
- Frank Miller's Holy Terror
(2014)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
- Bill and Ted's Excellent Comic Book #1
(2014)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
- Youngblood #6
(2014)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
- Showcase #4
(2013)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2017
Blaumacher
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Endspiel
(2017)
... (writer: "Smells like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
- Teen Spirit
(2017)
... (writer: "Smells like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
2017
The Defiant Ones
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Part 1
(2017)
... (writer: "Stay Away" - as Kurt Donald Cobain)
2012-2016
One Hit Wonderland
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 6 episodes)
- Beds Are Burning
(2016)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
- "Flood" by Jars of Clay
(2016)
... (writer: "Come as You Are")
- Groove Is in the Heart by Deee-Lite
(2014)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
- Unbelievable by EMF
(2013)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
- Closing Time
(2013)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2011-2016
Tu cara me suena
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #5.5
(2016)
... (writer: "Come as You Are")
- Episode #1.7
(2011)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2016
All or Nothing: A Season with the Arizona Cardinals
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Fog
(2016)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
2012-2016
The Voice
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- The Battles, Part 3
(2016)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
- Live Show 3
(2012)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2016
Formula 1: Ten Sport
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- 2016 Australian Grand Prix - Qualifying
(2016)
... (writer: "Come As You Are" - uncredited)
- 2016 Australian Grand Prix - Practice
(2016)
... (writer: "Come As You Are" - uncredited)
Land Van Lubbers
(TV Mini-Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2016) (music - 1 episode, 2016)
- Lang Leve De Euro
(2016)
... (lyrics: "Smells like teen spirit" - uncredited) / (music: "Smells like teen spirit" - uncredited)
2015
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit (Live on The Word)", "Heart-Shaped Box" - uncredited)
2015
World Championship Snooker
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- 2015: Day 3, Part 3
(2015)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
- 2015: Day 1, Part 3
(2015)
... (writer: "Smells like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
- 2015: Day 1, Part 1
(2015)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
2015
Cobain: Montage of Heck
(Documentary) (performer: "Floyd the Barber (Live)", "Breed", "Been a Son", "Sappy", "Opinions", "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle") / (writer: "Territorial Pissings", "All Apologies", "Something in the Way", "Scentless Apprentice", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "School", "Mr. Moustache", "Hairspray Queen", "Dive (Evergreen Demo)", "About a Girl", "Lithium", "Floyd the Barber (Live)", "Breed", "Been a Son", "Endless, Nameless (Live)", "Polly", "Blew", "Heart-Shaped Box", "Lithium (Alt. Take)", "Breed (Live)", "Drain You (Live)", "On a Plain", "Come as You Are", "Come as You Are (Live)", "Aneurysm (BBC Mark Goodier Session)", "I Hate Myself and I Want to Die", "Sappy", "Tourette's (Instrumental Demo)", "Come on Death", "Territorial Pissings (Live)", "Rape Me", "Opinions", "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle", "Serve the Servants", "Serve the Servants (Live)", "Lake of Fire", "All Apologies (Live from MTV Unplugged)")
2014
American Horror Story
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Test of Strength
(2014)
... (writer: "Come As You Are" - uncredited)
2014
Serial Zavod
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Nirvana Vasil'evna
(2014)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit (Parody Instrumental)" - uncredited)
2014
The 2014 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
(TV Movie) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2014
Daily Ukulele
(TV Series short) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Come as You Are/Love Song - Nirvana/The Cure MASHUP
(2014)
... (writer: "Come as You Are/Love Song")
- Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
(2014)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2014
Born to Be Wild: The Golden Age of American Rock
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Welcome to the Jungle
(2014)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "In Bloom" - uncredited)
2014
Waterloo Road
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
(2014)
... (writer: "Territorial Pissings" - uncredited)
2013
Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2013
Zdravstvuyte, ya vasha Pyatnitsa!
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Zdravstvuyte, ya vash rok!
(2013)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2013
One Night Stand
(TV Series short) (writer - 1 episode)
- Leave No Man Behind
(2013)
... (writer: "About a Girl")
Levenslied
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2013) (music - 1 episode, 2013)
- Episode #2.8
(2013)
... (lyrics: "Smells like teen spirit" - uncredited) / (music: "Smells like teen spirit" - uncredited)
2013
The Voice UK
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Blind Auditions 3
(2013)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
2013
Divorce
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.10
(2013)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2013
Sound City
(Documentary) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "In Bloom", "Lithium", "Breed", "Something in the Way")
2012
Too Young to Die
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Kurt Cobain - Eine Überdosis Ruhm
(2012)
... (writer: "Breed (Live at the Paramount)", "Come as You Are", "Lithium", "Serve the Servants", "You Know You're Right", "Something in the Way", "Something in the Way (Unplugged)", "About a Girl", "School", "Negative Creep", "Scoff", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Rape Me", "All Apologies (Unplugged)")
2012
Australia's Got Talent
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Semi Final #1
(2012)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2011
Metal Evolution
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Grunge
(2011)
... (writer: "Lithium")
2011
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Mickey Rourke/Miss Piggy/Mutemath
(2011)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
- Episode #19.136
(2011)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
2011
Made in Chelsea
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- No One Likes a Banjo
(2011)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2011
PianOwned
(TV Series short) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Nirvana - All Apologies
(2011)
... (writer: "All Apologies")
- Nirvana - Come as You Are
(2011)
... (writer: "Come as You Are")
2011
When Rock Goes Acoustic
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (uncredited), "All Apologies (MTV Unplugged)", "About A Girl (MTV Unplugged)")
2011
Ruisrock - 40 vuotta rockia ja rakkautta
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2011
Music Nuggets
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 30 April 2011
(2011)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2011
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
(Documentary) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Lithium", "All Apologies")
2010
Getaway
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Greek Islands: Part 2
(2010)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "About A Girl", "Come As You Are" - uncredited)
Uvolnete se, prosím
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2010) (music - 1 episode, 2010)
- Episode dated 18 June 2010
(2010)
... (lyrics: "Smells Like Teen Spirit") / (music: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2010
I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Singer
(2010)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
2010
Lamastalgia
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Kadotettu sukupolvi - lama-ajan nuoret
(2010)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2010
Nostalgia Critic
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Bio-Dome
(2010)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - uncredited)
Independent Lens
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
- William S. Burroughs: A Man Within
(2010)
... (performer: "The 'Priest' They Called Him") / (writer: "The 'Priest' They Called Him")
2009
Ruby & the Rockits
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Smells Like Teen Drama
(2009)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2009
Casal Rock
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- El concert
(2009)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
- Tot va bé?
(2009)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
- Moguda a l'institut
(2009)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2008
Californication
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- In Utero
(2008)
... (writer: "Heart Shaped Box" - uncredited)
2008
60/90
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Elvis i les Spice Girls
(2008)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
Parashat Ha-Shavua
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2008) (music - 1 episode, 2008) (writer - 1 episode, 2008)
- VaYakhel
(2008)
... (lyrics: "Smells Like Teen Spirit") / (music: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
- Ki Tisa
(2008)
... (writer: "Heart-Shaped Box", "Something in the Way")
2007
100 Greatest Songs of the 90s
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.5
(2007)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2007
The Singing Bee
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.3
(2007)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2007
Cold Case
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Thrill Kill
(2007)
... (writer: "All Apologies", "Stay Away", "If You Must", "Lithium", "Drain You", "Heart-Shaped Box", "Something in the Way", "Come as You Are" - uncredited)
2007
Lost
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Through the Looking Glass
(2007)
... (writer: "Scentless Apprentice")
2007
La tele de tu vida
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.18
(2007)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Come As You Are")
2007
Cover Art
(TV Series short) (writer - 1 episode)
- Flyleaf: Smells Like Teen Spirit
(2007)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2007
The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (uncredited), "Negative Creep" (uncredited), "Heart-Shaped Box")
Teatr telewizji
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode, 2006) (music - 1 episode, 2006)
- H
(2006)
... (lyrics: "Gathering Storm", "Godseed You!", "Entertain VS") / (music: "Gathering Storm", "Godseed You!", "Entertain VS")
2006
20 to 1
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Greatest Songs of All Time
(2006)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2006
Ha-Shminiya
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The King Ka
(2006)
... (writer: "Lithium" - uncredited)
2005
The World's Greatest Gigs
(TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit (Live at Reading 92)" - uncredited)
2005
Six Feet Under
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- All Alone
(2005)
... (writer: "All Apologies (In Utero Version)")
S.P.U.N.G
(TV Series) (lyrics - 2 episodes, 2002 - 2004) (music - 2 episodes, 2002 - 2004)
- Det är härligt att vara kär
(2004)
... (lyrics: "Come As You Are", "Heart-Shaped Box") / (music: "Come As You Are", "Heart-Shaped Box")
- It's Better to Burn Out Than to Fade Away
(2002)
... (lyrics: "Polly") / (music: "Polly")
2003
Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.7
(2003)
... (writer: "Come as You Are", "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
2003
Idool 2003
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Finale
(2003)
... (writer: "Lithium")
- Liveshow 1 - Mijn Idool
(2003)
... (writer: "Lithium")
2003
Rage
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Heaven and Hell Special
(2003)
... (writer: "Heart-Shaped Box")
2001
Shabatot VeHagim
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Meriach Saruf
(2001)
... (writer: "Lithium")
2000
Cássia Eller: Com Você Meu Mundo Ficaria Completo - Ao Vivo
(Video) (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
1999
Daria
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Lawndale File
(1999)
... (writer: "Heart-Shaped Box" - uncredited)
1994-1997
Mystery Science Theater 3000
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
(1997)
... (writer: "Come as You Are" - uncredited)
- Code Name: Diamond Head
(1994)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
1996
T.V. Kaiser
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Mein Kind ist ein Fan oder Die Boyzone liegt nicht im Osten
(1996)
... (writer: "Smells like teen spirit")
1995
The Epic of Detective Mandy: Book Four - Spoof of the Living Dead II
(TV Movie) (writer: "Serve the Servants")
1995
Eastern Championship Wrestling
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.44
(1995)
... (writer: "Heart-Shaped Box")
1994
Nirvana Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!
(Video documentary) (writer: "Aneurysm", "About a Girl", "Dive", "Breed", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Negative Creep", "Come as You Are", "Territorial Pissings", "Something in the Way", "Lithium", "Drain You", "Polly", "Sliver", "On a Plain", "Endless, Nameless", "Lounge Act")
1994
Dead at 21
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Pilot Episode
(1994)
... (writer: "Come as You Are")
1993-1994
Beavis and Butt-Head
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Butt Is It Art?
(1994)
... (writer: "Heart-Shaped Box")
- Customers Suck
(1993)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
1993
Inyan Shel Zman
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Tmunat Matzav
(1993)
... (writer: "Lithium" - uncredited)
1992-1993
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Charles Barkley/Nirvana
(1993)
... (writer: "Heart-Shaped Box", "Rape Me" - uncredited)
- Rob Morrow/Nirvana
(1992)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Territorial Pissings" - uncredited)
1993
Bill Nye, the Science Guy
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Flight
(1993)
... (writer: "Smells Like Air Pressure")
1992
ABC in Concert
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 20 April 1992
(1992)
... (writer: "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
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