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Courtney Love 'Cons' Kurt Cobain

  • Posted on Mar 18th 2008 6:30PM by John D. Luerssen
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Courtney Love and Converse will proudly albeit sadly perpetuate the memory of Kurt Cobain with the issuance of a signature shoe line in the late frontman's name later this spring. Containing artwork and scribbles from Cobain's personal notebooks, first published as part of 2002's 'Journals,' the special collection of athletic footwear – sanctioned by Courtney Love and the Cobain estate – will debut in May, according to Internet reports.

Touted as a tribute to the Nirvana brainchild, three of the Converse models that Cobain was often seen sporting – Chuck Taylor All Star, Jack Purcell and One Star – will be included in the new collection. The revised versions of said Cons classics will include wear and fray detailing, as well as Cobain's signature embroidered on the exterior of each shoe.

Marking the first branded product that the Cobain estate has approved since his death, the shoes will be made in black and white versions and will retail at $50 to $65. Cobain, by the way, was wearing a pair of black Converse One Tops when he was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in April 1994.
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zeusdemoose

this is sad, that dude had problems so bad he killed himself, yet converse is trying to make money off him. like jimi hendrix said, why don't we dig him up to see if he has any change.

FYI: you, famefighter, are dead wrong,by the way, some of the most beloved songs are about nothing.

June 03 2008 at 9:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Milk_It

WTF??!! This is discraseful!! First of all HE WAS MURDERED!! This is like shitting all over him!! He would have never wanted this! Btw pplz he was cremated!! ahhh someone give me a shot gun so i can blow that bitches head off so she stops fuckn selling him out??!! ;)

May 28 2008 at 7:10 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
sleepyjenone

Well... look i didn't know Kurt personally, but my guess is that if he was still alive, he'd probably STILL have a pretty significant drug problem and at this point would probably be on his 100th "best of" album and would take cash from wherever he could get it... including from one of his favorite shoe companies. In my opinion a well designed tribute shoe for a long time fan.

March 28 2008 at 10:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
jk

came home after a few weeks. asked the wife if i could get a pair of this SHOES { i`d been asking her for SHOES, for xmas but she forget things} she says NO F~N WAY IF YOU GET THOSE SHOES I`LL KILL YOU a a a aa a a a a aaaa aa a a a a could I get a U-boat and go to china,she says what ever ???

March 26 2008 at 5:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Azuree

I'm not going to say how I think Kurt Cobain died. What I will say is this: I remember vividly that the 1990's Grunge style was exactly what Kurt DIDN'T want. He NEVER wanted people imitating him and more importantly profitting off of it. This has nothing to do with honoring Kurt Cobain, it's all about Courtney Love's greediness and starving ego. $50 million just isn't enough, is it Courtney?

March 25 2008 at 11:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
anabel

I would never buy those shoes.

March 25 2008 at 9:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Dawn

seriously, people...if courtney was that bad he would have ditched her himself. and by the way, hole's best music was before she got involved with him. not to mention she was not the only one in the band! eric erlanderson (spelling?, kirsten phaff (spelling?) and melissa auf du maur all contributed, probably more than she did. AND she is the one who got her life together, quit drugs and is a great parent to francis bean. i do feel bad for kurt in that his depression was so bad, but when you kill yourself (or want to) it is often not about how bad your life is. look at him! he had everything rock musicians dream about (except the drug problem). courtney did NOT cause his death- it takes two people to mess up a relationship. leave her alone about this. i'm sure she has had a hard enough time reconciling her past. stop beating a dead horse.

March 25 2008 at 9:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Mike

It is not Converse you need to blame, it is Nike! Converse is owened by Nike and Nike needs a way To raise some cash to pay that prostitute Tiger Woods to wear thier hat!

March 24 2008 at 4:57 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
jk

DUDE STOP the talk of miss love being a bad person if you`d lived her liFe.. yea whore in china, back in the USA, rock star, movie star, {not bad really} kurt dies. she has bean, stil tours with hole. Pic of your ass if you want it or not yea life is f`n great every one hates you, but the {us}the 1% yea we love you i need shoes, but not that pair but it`s cool with me. converse will pull them from the stores making them super $$$$$$$$$$$$$ get now for $ 55 ok tina the u- boat have been there ok china has to be good cause they have the big O games in summer no fires on K 2 bad for TV $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for beer !!!!!!!!!!!! yea those brit`s i think it was nike played sir paul song bad taste at the time and nike`s new you donn`t got enuff $$$$$ for this shoes led to fights + gangs + underground think tanks too. thinking what you want??? what you are, they thought of that 10-15 years ago easy !!!! welcome to the boy`s club girls is what i think they are going, just look at the last 10 years we are just our DADS out for blood don`t in stand the my way i just want to do some glue again ok smell that it`s life right//// now come back courtney 19/19/19 4.21.1.23. 13.07..3.2.1.3.15

March 23 2008 at 9:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
saudah

i really don't c what the big deal is
you guys are being really rude about this
i think it's a good idea i rlly c no problem with it
i mean i have my doubts about mrs.love but i think u guys need 2 lightin up on her i think what u guys are doin is wrong if u were courtney and ppl were talin about u like this how would u feel

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