Kurt Cobain murder On April 8, 1994 Pearl Jam played a concert in Fairfax, Virginia. Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jams lead singer, addressed the crowd with the following words before Pearl Jam began their set. We are elevated a little more than usual, either that or I've gotten taller. I don't think it's a very good thing to elevate yourself. I think it would be a very dangerous thing... sometimes, whether you like it or not people elevate you...whether you like it or not, and it's very easy to fall. So..uh..I don't want to be the messenger, somebody who delivers bad news, you know. Kill the messenger, but I don't think any of us would be in this room if it weren't for Kurt Cobain. bodyOffer(261) Earlier that day, the world had learned of the death of Kurt Cobain. Cobain, the man who almost single-handedly made the world take notice of Seattles alternative music, had been found dead in his house outside of Seattle. Suddenly, Nirvana was no more and bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Candlebox stepped out of Nirvanas shadow to take their place at the front of the growing alternative music scene. Despite the well-known animosity that existed between Vedder and Cobain, Vedder knew as well as anyone that, without Cobain, Pearl Jams music would probably never have been heard outside of Seattle. On April 8, 1994 at 9:40 A.M., Marty Reimer, the morning DJ on KXRX-FM, a Seattle alternative music station, received a phone call from the dispatcher of Veca Electric, local security company. Gary Smith, an electrician who worked for Veca Electric, had been installing a security system at the mansion outside Seattle owned by Kurt Cobain and his wife Courtney Love. Smith saw Kurt Cobains body on the floor in a room above the garage, a room that later came to be called The Greenhouse. Smith said that he saw blood in Cobains right ear, and a shotgun across Cobains chest, pointing up at his chin. Smith called his boss, who called Marty Reimer at KXRX-FM and then called the police. | |
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