Kurt Cobain Memorial Foundation (Official)

About Me

It started with a local newspaper article written by three Aberdeen High School students. It was 10 years after Kurt Cobain's tragic 1994 death and still his hometown had done nothing to honor him. The teens wondered why.
The article not only sparked several positive letters to the editor but also the interest of Aberdeen City Councilman Paul Fritts and then-Daily World Arts & Entertainment Editor Jeff Burlingame. Both grew up listening to Nirvana's music. Burlingame had known Cobain in the mid-1980s, had written several regional and national articles on the band and has since written a popular book on Cobain's life. Fritts wanted his hometown to finally recognize Cobain's greatness.
Fritts contacted Burlingame, they carefully formed a committee, and the two wrote an editorial in The Daily World announcing their decision and reasoning to the citizens of Aberdeen.
It's time to get to work.
Please help us as we work to recognize the contribution made by Kurt Cobain and Nirvana to music.
We see the influences of his music and style in so many of today's artists, and it's only fitting we provide a token of our deep appreciation for Kurt, his music and his kindred spirits all over the world.Official Website

My Interests

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Anyone and everyone touched by Kurt Cobain

My Blog

Important Road to Lounge Acts update

Here is the latest on Road to Lounge Acts: Round 1 will be held Saturday, May 30, at the Polish Club in Aberdeen, the same place we used last year. Rules are the same, each band gets two (2) songs and...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 08:42:00 GMT

Road to Lounge Acts application information

Does your band want to compete for a chance to open for a national headliner in front of hundreds of Nirvana fans from across the world in Kurt Cobain's hometown? If you're a band from Grays Harbor or...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:33:00 GMT

Cobain is the topic at winery series

By Rachel Thomson - The Daily World WESTPORT It will be 15 years ago next month that Nirvana frontman and Aberdeen native Kurt Cobain committed suicide, shocking grunge fans all over the world.As a ...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:26:00 GMT

Krist Novoselic honored at Washington state Capitol

Founding Nirvana member Krist Novoselic is among the first three Washington citizens to be chronicled in a new series of oral histories commissioned by Secretary of State Sam Reed and compiled by vete...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:16:00 GMT

Kurt's 42 birthday

It's hard for us here at the Kurt Cobain Memorial Committee to believe Kurt would have been 42 years old today. We constantly wonder what he would be doing if he was still alive, and we wish he was st...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:32:00 GMT

Seattle show April 10!

On April 10, 1994, a large public memorial was held at the Seattle Center to honor Kurt Cobain. Exactly 15 years later, April 10, 2009, we're sponsoring our first-ever Seattle fundraiser. The Kurt Cob...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:03:00 GMT

January update

Long time, no info. We have been busy working behind the scenes to make sure 2009 is the best year yet for our organization. Plans for this year include:A bigger and better Lounge Acts 2009 concert. A...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:06:00 GMT

The first video, pictures and reviews from Lounge Acts 2008!!!!

What you missed at the Kurt Cobain Memorial Committee's Lounge Acts 2008from Ear Candy with Travis HayVideos courtesy of Branden DePriest Videos and im...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:42:00 GMT

Lounge Acts featured in Seattle P.I.

The Seattle P.I. recently conducted an interview with our committee president. He talks about the committee, Nirvana, Aberdeen, and, of course, this weekend's Lounge Acts concert. Read it here: http:...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:59:00 GMT

Lounge Acts T-shirts are in

And we think they are just swell. Gonna sell them cheap -- and only at the show Sept. 13. www.kurtcobainmemorial.org
Posted by on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:32:00 GMT