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Shortly after the release of ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, Lanegan remembers hanging out with Cobain at a hotel in Seattle. Libby, Brian. "Even in His Youth". Consumer.HealthDay.com. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014 . Retrieved August 28, 2014. Allen, M. (January 20, 2005). "Décor by Timothy Leary". The New York Times. Retrieved May 21, 2021. In the early 1990s, Kurt Cobain and his band Nirvana were at the forefront of the grunge music scene, helping to popularize the genre with their landmark album, Nevermind. Cobain was also well-known for his use of drugs, particularly heroin, and his struggles with mental health. One of the substances that Cobain frequently used was cigarettes. Cigarettes were not only a part of Cobain’s addiction, but also a prop that he used on stage. Cobain would often smoke cigarettes while performing, and the act became synonymous with his image. In the years since his death, Cobain’s use of cigarettes has been cited as a contributing factor to his death by some experts. Kurt Cobain Found Dead After Committing Suicide Three Days Earlier". World History Project. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013 . Retrieved June 18, 2021.

Several of Cobain's friends were surprised by his suicide. Mark Lanegan, a long-time friend of Cobain, told Rolling Stone: "I never knew Cobain to be suicidal. I just knew he was going through a tough time." [33] In the same article, Carlson stated that he wished Cobain or someone close to him had told him that the Rome incident was a suicide attempt. Danny Goldberg, founder of Gold Mountain Records, refers in his book Dispatches From the Culture Wars: How the Left Lost Teen Spirit to "the crazy Internet rumors that Kurt Cobain had not committed suicide but had been murdered," stating that Cobain's suicide "haunts him every day". [34] Azerrad, Michael (1993). Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana. New York City: Knopf Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-47199-8.a b Dalton, Stephen. " Suicide Blond." Uncut Magazine August 2005. Beautifully Scarred. Accessed on August 24, 2005.

Getting sober has also done wonders for Lanegan’s productivity. It took him eight years to release his first three solo albums. In the last eight, he’s released six. ‘Straight Songs of Sorrow’ was written directly after the memoir and has the book’s enormous weight imprinted in it. “Right off the bat I realised: ‘Wow, wait a minute, these songs are kind of heavy’,” he recalls. “I realised they were directly an extension of the book.” This shit is incredible!!" commented Busta Rhymes. Tyrese was into the picture too. "Wow we already know you’re legendary,” he wrote, "you just took it up a few levels!!" After the release of "Bleach," the band headed out on tour to small clubs where they often entertained audiences that hadn't come for them. Everett True, author of " Nirvana: The Biography," recalls how at one such event in Portland, Oregon, the band discovered the club nearly empty. Sub Pop had asked Nirvana to fill in for Cat Butt, and apart from one loyal fan, the other 11 hadn't come for them. So, Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl decided to have fun with the audience, covering songs on request. Hits played that night included Kiss's "Do You Love Me?"Kim asks if it’s like seeing an old partner happy with someone new, even though you dumped them. “I think it makes your gut feel the same,” says Jim. It's ridiculous. He killed himself. I saw him the week beforehand, he was depressed. He tried to kill himself six weeks earlier, he'd talked and written about suicide a lot, he was on drugs, he got a gun. Why do people speculate about it? The tragedy of the loss is so great people look for other explanations. I don't think there's any truth at all to it. [55]