Come As You are – The Legend Lives On

It’s a little over fourteen years since the GoG (God of Grunge) self-destructed himself, but the legend continues to survive. The musician who took the rock scene by storm in the early 90s, battled a life-long heroin addiction and finally died of what was termed a “self-inflicted gunshot wound”, gave such hits as “Come As You are”, “The Man Who Sold The World” and the cult “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. He took the grunge scene by storm and never looked back.

Its really tough to draw a conclusion between Cobain’s severe Bronchitis, Laryngitis, Stomach ailments and his heroin usage, but its said that he used heroin as a refuge to alleviate the pain whereas medical history shows that the stress of tours coupled with his drug abuse actually aggravated the situation.

In the milee Kurt rose from a lead-member of a Garage Band to a Cult figure, and in a way this sudden rise to fame proved his nemesis. He was simply unable to handle the pressures of success. The media blitz really scared him, his drug abuse went from bad to worse and numerous attempts at rehab failed. Finally it ended in April 94.

But the legend lives on. And Smells like teen spirit is still the "anthem of the generation".