Would Nirvana be popular today if Kurt Cobain didn't die?

Better question still - would Nirvana be alive if Cobain were around today? Truth be told, no one can say for sure. When they started off, with Bleach and that, things were radically different. read more

I think Nirvana's career would have been short even if Cobain didn't die. He hated the media, music as a "business" was beginning to irritate him. I would imagine he would have put out another album or two with the band, and then possibly dropped out of the scene for awhile, perhaps doing solo acoustic stuff later. read more

April 5, 1994: Kurt Cobain is admitted to the University of Washington Medical Center after surviving a massive heroin overdose. Discovered in a coma by private investigator Tom Grant, Cobain’s near-lifeless body lay alongside a loaded shotgun and (what appeared to be) a suicide note. read more