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"Kurt Cobain: About a Son" documentary due out in February

Contributed by dontwantaname. Posted by aubin on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 12:00 PM (EST)

Shout Factory have set a release date for the upcoming DVD of the documentary, Kurt Cobain: About a Sun. The disc is due out February 19, 2008 and features a narrative assembled from more than 25 hours of interviews conducted by notable music journalist Michael Azerrad (Our Band Could Be Your Life)

The film is largely autobiographical with Kurt talking about his upbringing through his discovery of punk rock and the band's eventual (massive) success as well as his problems with heroin and his relationship with Courtney Love. The film features an original score by Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie as well as selections from many of Kurt's favorite bands including the Vaselines, Black Flag, and many more.

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listofdemands (January 17, 2008)

ugh. you know, i liked nirvana as much as the next guy and i was sad to see cobain go. but, is this necessary? i guess you could say that about a lot of things these days.
-nic

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Situboy (January 17, 2008)

I have the same qualms about this whole thing as you. However, I would like to at least check it out on the soul basis of Michael Azerrad being involved with it. His book (Our Band Could Be Your Life) was great and I can only assume this would follow suit.

listofdemands (January 17, 2008)

yeah, i agree. i'll have to check it out. i check everything out. there have been multiple times in my life where i have said the same thing and have been pleasantly surprised.
-nic

SumWon (January 17, 2008)

Favorite Nirvana song?

GO!

All Apologies

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fallingupwards84 (January 17, 2008)

Serve The Servants

listofdemands (January 17, 2008)

lithium.
-nic

01011010 (January 17, 2008)

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Someone (January 17, 2008)

drugs are bad, mmk?
-nic

notfeelingcreative (January 17, 2008)

Drain You

TheLando (January 17, 2008)

Negative Creep

JxPx (January 17, 2008)

sliver

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7-9R3zWUF8

Someone (January 17, 2008)

all apologies? i didn't think anyone liked that song. ugh

Someone (January 17, 2008)

all apologies? i didn't think anyone liked that song. ugh

SumWon (January 17, 2008)

I've never heard that. That main riff gets stuck in my head quite frequently.

weffjebster (January 17, 2008)

Downer!

Sleepwalker (January 17, 2008)

Radio Friendly Unit Shifter

Godfather (January 17, 2008)

in bloom

ibitchslappedyourmama (January 17, 2008)

on a plain

BrandonSideleau (January 17, 2008)

Negative Creep

Holy_Balls (January 17, 2008)

Drift and Die, Blurry, She Hates Me

fallingupwards84 (January 17, 2008)

queue the nirvana-hating comments

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listofdemands (January 17, 2008)

don't you mean "cue"? i love nirvana.
-nic

fallingupwards84 (January 17, 2008)

ah yes, oh well. queue looks cooler, and more british.

baldsteve (January 17, 2008)

I'm not a hater, but they are VERY overrated.

SumWon (January 17, 2008)

I'm not really sure that when people talk about how great they are they are entirely refering to their music. For large-scale creativity to occur, I think most people understand that there is an interaction between artist and society (aka "right place in the right time" syndrome). Nirvana was there when they needed to be, and that is what makes them "great". I think most critics who deem them great acknowledge that it's not entirely because of their music, though their music was damn good.

baldsteve (January 17, 2008)

They weren't the first, they weren't the most original, they were just unbelievably fucking lucky.

SumWon (January 17, 2008)

True, but I'm a subscriber to the idea that, generally (and in this case) luck = skill + opportunity.

kirbyjcox (January 19, 2008)

what skill this dude couldn't sing let alone play guitar. he had a sound that some suit knew he could exploit and did so. how much is David Geffin getting as a music royalty?

Rudy_Rules (January 17, 2008)

...and they wrote the best songs.

baldsteve (January 17, 2008)

Compared to what?

the_other_scott (January 17, 2008)

http://www.blender.com/video/bytes/index.aspx?key=11601&src=icm: MTd

care bears on fire > nirvana

b0cephus (January 17, 2008)

'Our Band Could Be Your Life' is a must read. I trust this'll be good as well.

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horcruxes (January 17, 2008)

i was thinking the same thing.
i'm too lazy to google it and see which one is right.

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baldsteve (January 17, 2008)

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Tobin_Ownlife (January 17, 2008)

A lot of people are better than Kurt Cobain....a lot.

horcruxes (January 17, 2008)

you caught me! i was thinking the same thing right now. we must share a brain, thus making us equally great.

i have a binary converter on my bookmark bar for such occasions as these.

you are greater than kurt cobain. if only he sang in binary i may be able to like nirvana. (yeah i said it, so what)

notfeelingcreative (January 17, 2008)

I'll give your gardener heads up!

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listofdemands (January 17, 2008)

pretty sure it's son.
-nic

jakeweed (January 17, 2008)

can't wait to see this. and yes, this is completely necessary.

Osloboditelj (January 17, 2008)

Regardless if it's necessary or not, this will make a mint.

aggrolite (January 17, 2008)

Will this be about our Solar System's sun? Or a different one?

And since when is Kurt Cobain the expert on such things?

notfeelingcreative (January 17, 2008)

Hopefully this biopic will go into an in depth discussion of how films such as this and posthumous lists of influential rock figures have turned Cobain into the iconic figure that he never wanted to become!

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outofstep81 (January 17, 2008)

Thats just history enjoying some good old fashioned irony, no biggie.

"This Band Could Be Your Life" is a must read for anyone on this board, seriously.

MPC (January 17, 2008)

On the subject of biopics, has anyone seen Control yet?

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baldsteve (January 17, 2008)

NO, but I'm dying to.

MPC (January 17, 2008)

On the website it lists the DVD release date as Feb 11, but I'm pretty sure that's UK only. From the clips I've seen that guy did a great job of portraying Curtis.

baldsteve (January 17, 2008)

Yeah, he even got the spastic arm-dancy thing down. I'm stoked for it.

Aubin (January 17, 2008)

Yes, it's really good. Among the best biopics I've seen and the cinematography is beautiful.

baldsteve (January 17, 2008)

Thanks lover. I would be tempted to order the uk disc but I'm sure we will get the same edition eventually.

psychosis_cheer (January 17, 2008)

For the love of anything you have faith in NO MORE KURT COBAIN DOCUMENTARIES! This is like right after he died and all those books came out, it was horrible then its horrible now.

JxPx (January 17, 2008)

in torrent form

ArtieFufkin (January 17, 2008)

Trailer looks good. I'll watch it when it hits NetFlix

AlexBLP (January 17, 2008)

it's 'OUR band could be your life'.

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AlexBLP (January 17, 2008)

hmm, i meant to post that a reply to someone else.. ignore!

Holy_Balls (January 17, 2008)

Yellowcard

letthebeatdrop (January 17, 2008)

i'm very, very, very excited about this.

manincognito (January 17, 2008)

i liked the man while alive as an artist and thought he had alot of good points which were made bovious through his lyrics..but now that he's gone, i prefer to concentrate on the living, and not dwell on the past..also, courtney love is a creative consultant on this film..so nuts to that hoebag getting any more credit and cash for his efforts.

thePassenger (January 18, 2008)

he was perfectly happy till the age of 8. Must have been nice. I lost that at 5. Yet I've outlived this motherfucker by three years now and have nothing. And still the last quote during that trailer is about him not wanting to abandon his daughter like his dad did him. Ugh.

I'm sorry for this comment but I'm tired and depressed right at this moment....but, fuck...

His music = pretty good, esp. punkier/poppier like Drain You, tourette's, etc.
In Bloom, Heartshaped Box=shit
but whatever music is all personal taste.

but, fuck...

"He might be a father/but he sure ain't a dad"

Coldwaffles (January 18, 2008)

Writers always produce one critically lauded general rock book, then write about Green Day or Nirvana, then disappear.

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