Frank Micelotta, Getty It was 19 years ago today that Nirvana singer Kurt…
Kurt Cobain May Be Honored With Bridge Dedication in His Hometown
- Posted on Jul 14th 2011 2:30PM by Dan Reilly
Frank Micelotta, Getty Images
The Young Street Bridge, located above the Wishkah River just a few blocks from the home Cobain shared with his mother, might become the Kurt Cobain Bridge if the city's residents approve it. A nearby park could also be renamed Cobain Landing.
The bridge has become something of a shrine to Cobain fans, with graffiti and memorabilia being left on the mud-ridden banks underneath it. Some people claim that the grunge icon slept there in his teens after he dropped out of high school, though it's unclear if that's true. Cobain also allegedly wrote the 'Nevermind' track 'Something in the Way' about the time he spent there in his youth.
Members of the local community are expected to share their opinions on the matter at a July 27 City Council meeting. Although the Council seems in favor of the honor, radio station KXRO says "up until now, the City of Aberdeen has been slow to memorialize Cobain due to his suicide, drug use and negative comments about his hometown."
- Filed under: News
Chris Bailey Dead: The Angels Bassist…
NoisecreepRock On Summit Chris Bailey, bassist for Australian rock act The Angels, has…
Dave Grohl, SXSW 2013 Speech: 'The…
SpinnerGetty Foo Fighters/Sound City/Nirvana/Probot/Queens of the Stone Age/etc…
To Unplug or Not to Unplug? The Best…
SpinnerAFP | Getty Justin Bieber is releasing Believe Acoustic this week, which will…
Add a Comment
Grunge is alive: http://www.thecaitlinelizabeth.com/styled-5/index.html
August 04 2011 at 2:43 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
danny
lol 'F' u all....this would one of the last things Kurt would want anyway..haha joke's on you Nirvana was the best punk rock band from my generation. Kurt was the last real rock star who sang from the heart...his crushed broken heart...you people go on with your petty lives and leave him the f*&#$ alone, you know nothing about this man.
July 28 2011 at 4:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyA tribute to the music and memory of Kurt Cobain, an American song writer and musician would be appropriate at this time because sufficient time has past for us to remember the good things this artist left us. Kurt Cobain represented the American Spirit and the freedom and contribution our music has made. I like many, love his music, and after all these years I have never really gotten over his untimely death, but it's not something that I dwell on. If we do not honor the American Spirit, (freedom) and our creatively innovative, then we're are just honoring them in a very different way. At their worst, most valunable state is no legacy and is no way to be honored. A bridge in the name of "Kurt Cobain" is a very good way for us all to focus on the collect body of music he contributed.
peterdavid2009@aol.com
They renamed the james brown bridge here when he went to jail lmao why would any one name a bridge after that junky wheres oj's bridge
July 18 2011 at 6:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBy all means, honor a high school drop out and drug addict so he can become someone our children look up to.
July 18 2011 at 5:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat a shot gun blast going to go off when you sucesfully reach the other side ?
July 18 2011 at 5:54 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyThey certainly don't honor real heros like in days of old. The times they are surely changing.
July 18 2011 at 5:39 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyFRAN.....GET A LIFE.......HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED...............
July 18 2011 at 4:34 AM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down ReplyWHATTA LOSER,HE DID DRUGS,HE DID BOOZE HE KNOCKED HIMSELF OFF.....I HAVE NO SYMPATHY........HE PAID THE PRICE,GIVING HIM A BRIDGE IS LIKE GIVING OSMA BIN LADEN A STATUE.......OR EVEN OBAMA.............DON'T GIVE IN THE LIBERAL LEFTY'S AND THEIR PISS POOR CAUSES............
July 18 2011 at 4:33 AM Report abuse Permalink -2 rate up rate down ReplyThat's right. Give the suicidal a place of pilgrimage.
July 18 2011 at 2:55 AM Report abuse Permalink +3 rate up rate down Reply
53 Comments