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Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, has revealed that she doesn’t really like Nirvana, and has discussed the new documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck’. Plus, you can stream a preview of a previously unreleased Kurt Cobain track.
Speaking with Rolling Stone, Frances Bean said that she doesn’t really like Nirvana that much. “Sorry, promotional people, Universal,” she told the magazine with a grin. “I'm more into Mercury Rev, Oasis, Brian Jonestown Massacre [laughs]. The grunge scene is not what I'm interested in. But ‘Territorial Pissings’ [on Nevermind] is a fucking great song. And ‘Dumb’ [on In Utero] – I cry every time I hear that song. It's a stripped-down version of Kurt's perception of himself – of himself on drugs, off drugs, feeling inadequate to be titled the voice of a generation.”
Listen to a preview of a previously unheard Cobain original song, which Morgen discovered in Kurt's storage facility in 2013:
She also discussed the new documentary about her father, Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck, which she served as executive producer on, calling it “emotional journalism”.
“It's the closest thing to having Kurt tell his own story in his own words – by his own aesthetic, his own perception of the world,” Frances Bean shared. “It paints a portrait of a man attempting to cope with being a human.”
“When Brett [Morgen, writer/director/producer] and I first met, I was very specific about what I wanted to see, how I wanted Kurt to be represented,” she continued. “I told him, ‘I don't want the mythology of Kurt or the romanticism.’ Even though Kurt died in the most horrific way possible, there is this mythology and romanticism that surrounds him, because he's 27 forever. The shelf life of an artist or musician isn't particularly long. Kurt has gotten to icon status because he will never age. He will always be that relevant in that time and always be beautiful.”
Frances Bean admits that, as with any great artist, there is a little “manic-ness” and “insanity”. “My dad was exceptionally ambitious,” she stated. “But he had a lot thrown on him, exceeding his ambition. He wanted his band to be successful. But he didn't want to be the fucking voice of a generation.”
Watch the trailer for Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck:
While further discussing the documentary, Frances Bean added that “For me, the film provided a lot more factual information about my father – not just tall tales that were misconstrued, misremembered, rehashed, retold 10 different ways. It was factual evidence of who my father was as a child, as a teenager, as a man, as a husband, as an artist. It explored every single aspect of who he was as a human being.”
Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck will officially air on HBO on May 4 and will be shown in cinemas worldwide starting April 10. It will also be available as digital download on April 24 and on DVD and Blu-ray from April 27.
