Nirvana Edgewater Hotel Interview 1993

“I really don't care what anyone thinks about my past drug use. I could put the blame on that kind of influence, but it's a mixture of rock 'n' roll in general, the Keith Richards thing, Iggy Pop and all those other people that did drugs. I just thought it was just one of those things that you do, you know, to relieve the pain. But, as I expected, before I started doing heroin, I realised that… I knew at the beginning that it would become just as boring as marijuana does. Like all drugs, after a few months, it's just as boring as breathing air, so… I just don't wanna turn… I've always lied about it, because I never wanted- I didn't want to influence anybody, you know? I didn't want anyone to even consider the thought of doing drugs, because it's really stupid.” - Kurt Cobain
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Seattle, WA, US
August 10, 1993

[@novanebula8004]

Crazy that he said nobody liked In Utero and it's gone on to become one of the most iconic albums of all time and literally their best work

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

When I first heard it I wasn't blown away. Infact I skipped through it. But ten years later I realised after really listening that it's his best work.

[@digitalsoldier3894]

Serve the servants is a powerful song and message. Kurt Was truly a Gift from God.

[@vampvhs]

@@matthewjdouglas6471 kinda how it hit me, the first listen I wasn’t too impressed bc I had already heard nevermind and bleach and then, maybe it was just good timing, but my senior year of high school i was just tired of everything and was just down, didn’t even look forward to graduating, I just remember playing the entire album over and over with my head down, and it just spoke to me. After that, every day in my computer class I’d close my eyes and go into a dream-like state and just enjoy the album on repeat. Great memories looking back, but I thought I was in hell at the time lol.

[@jeffsaddiction]

Kurt was talking nonsense. I was 19 when In Utero came out. The singles were MASSIVE and it was a sold out tour. The normies/mainstream may have been lukewarm to it compared to Nevermind, but the album was loved by the alternative audience right from the get go.

[@justinkoeberl5797]

It's not that nobody liked it...it just wasn't Nevermind and didn't have the same type of apeal to the masses that helped Nevermind be so widely popular...It still had a fee very popular radio played songs with Heart Shaped Box, All Apologies and to an extent Rape Me all were very popular...but the album as a whole is by far my favorite Nirvana album and I love all of their albums

[@Edith1517]

Kurt was highly photogenic. Beautiful soul and artist. It just came through the shots, no matter where or how he looked that day. His soul was bright.

[@sabbracadabra8367]

His looks made them too popular.

[@Caligulamylover]

He didn’t seem to know how handsome he was. Neglected kids are like that. Courtney always told him that he was “so cute” but it didn’t stick. You gotta learn self-confidence, self-love, from your mom and dad, or you’ll never believe it, no matter what other people say. 😢💔Nirvana 4-ever

[@Scotty-P]

@@sabbracadabra8367 Those looks are why the industry chose him to make music which had already been done in the 80's, popular in the 90's and beyond.

[@sabbracadabra8367]

@@Scotty-P I think his great voice and talent for songwriting made them choose him. It had all been done before but most of it was done in an uncommercial way from bands like Husker Du that were deliberately harsh sounding. Kurts songs were liked by rockers and punks and metal heads yet it could go on the radio and sound ok to pop fans too. He was a super talent. But I think he wanted to be about as big as the Pixies or Soundgarden, not become the top music star in the world.

[@Scotty-P]

@@sabbracadabra8367 Horrible screeching does not make for a "great voice". Though there were moments when he showed that he could sing. You're someone else who realises the truth too, and I think that; if he did in fact commit suicide, then it was because he'd had such a major hand in turning the music; and something of the scenes, which he'd loved so much so big.

[@CYNEMICAL]

4:58 Teared up a little when he started talking about his hopes for the future as he got older😢

[@mikewren7532]

Yep murder is sad.

[@carlos66965]

@@mikewren7532 Suicide, if you were actually paying attention.

[@lippi2171]

5:00 you know I can totally imagine Kurt getting clean, getting his life together and become a great acoustic singer and songwriter for so much longer. Dude had some long-term plans

[@ryuklikesapples6752]

we all wish that could happen :(((

[@digitalsoldier3894]

Amen. He had so much to look forward too. He was going to divorce Courtney, move on from the industry, move country and get clean. He did not kill himself

[@15gamershaven89]

@@digitalsoldier3894 he definitely did, all the signs are there for someone at risk

[@LaulauGlimm]

@@15gamershaven89 bullshit. That's some stuff that courtney made up. Several friends of him say he Was moody, sometimes depressed, sometimes on drugs but it wasn't that bad. Overall he Was quiet but fun.

[@Bright_Ghost-308]

@@15gamershaven89 all the signs that Seattle police and cortney want you to believe, on the outside of Seattle , investigators believe it was murder

[@Natalia-fc3ei]

He was so handsome, so charismatic and talented soul.

[@weeze1999]

what a beautiful soul, a true loss. rest in peace kurt.

[@princeedmunddukeofedinburg]

Kurt Cobain did not kill himself.

[@spacealienjesus709]

For some reason this is his saddest interview to me .. I miss you , Kurt.. We all do...

[@weeze1999]

i feel the same way, he looks tired. what a truly terrible loss

[@lordbelshare7669]

Definitely felt that vybe... It is only because we now know his ultimate fate.

[@Carlos_RodriguesS2]

He was so fckng nice, humble and adorable. He shoud be alive

[@briancannon3987]

I think he is. When u ask yourself is it more plausible kurt did what he wanted. Used his influence and money to regain his anonymity the only way possible. Then u look at the facts surrounding everything makes me positive he faked his death

[@billyskittles1036]

The world lost an incredible talented person.

[@ana-mariaalrasul9231]

25 years later, I still like Nirvana. ❤️

[@faithinhumanity3390]

Kurt was so pure and honest

[@hom0s4cer]

honest? Telling the interviewer that he's off drugs when in fact he probably just shot up a few hours before the interview.

[@faithinhumanity3390]

@@hom0s4cer that’s unfortunate but that’s probably the truth

[@hom0s4cer]

@@faithinhumanity3390 so the truth is, he was being dishonest ;)

[@Light.Amargi]

dead 30 years and therres still miscreants like you nabbing at an interview; and he was honest much more than youd be if you were addicted to heroin and top of the world famous

[@ryuklikesapples6752]

a true masterpiece, these interviews are so amazing and interesting

[@sarahmatz4858]

All I can do is sit here with my mouth to the floor, staring at how fucking BEAUTIFUL Kurt is....🥀

[@hales6547]

You know he had a scat fetish? A shit fetish

[@Edith1517]

Gorgeous and with the water..❤

[@DummyYEEEAAHHHHH]

3:39....but Dave, ya guys did change rock n roll, at least it's direction with 4 power chords effectively putting an end to hair metal... I would like to thank you for that. RIP Kurt.

[@hughmackechnie2104]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I heard him say in a later interview that Kurt was the best songwriter of his era. So I think it just took time for him to fully realize the impact of the band.

[@peytonlong5573]

Crazy how much he was talking about his future and moving on from nirvana for almost the whole entirety of 1993, makes you wonder

[@mikewren7532]

Dude was talking and thinking about his career as an old man yet everyone claims he was a depressed suicidal maniac. Sad what happened to him. Murder is messed up

[@227Love]

And astrologically speaking he had non of the critical degrees that would indicate suicide. So weird

[@lmaowwwwwwwj]

he admitted somewhere he had manic depression, and from what i can see, he was insecure, had a temper problem, definitely on the autistic spectrum, plus a drug addiction. all that isn’t a good mix

[@sops_2689]

this is amazing thank u for posting it

[@rachaelconnolly9578]

They were so young had no idea how much they influenced music

[@pamelameymejaime1359]

Do You wanna make me cry? Cause it's working ಥ‿ಥ

[@vic244nst]

THANK YOU

[@oscarmorales960]

This guy Was very special

[@th1agu]

He was in denial about heroin. A deniaaaaal.

[@geraldinelafayette1838]

No he wasn’t. Right after he says the comment about “breathing air and it being boring” he says “I don’t want to influence ANYBODY” As a heroin addict (in recovery) I knew he was lying and I knew he knew that he was lying sadly. Sad bc of how addictive and it is mentally, spiritually (oddly enough) and physically. It’s a balm to all pain. It’s been the hardest fight of my life.

[@user-mw3dd6ys1u]

@@geraldinelafayette1838God bless you. Keep fighting.

[@geraldinelafayette1838]

@@user-mw3dd6ys1u 🙏🏻 thank you!

[@casesoutherland4175]

I never would have thought I'd hear the name Johnny Cash come out of Kurt Cobain's mouth! THAT'S AWESOME!!

[@todayyesterday]

Miss you Kurty

[@inthecouchproductions8103]

Man I miss this dude.

[@rexx9496]

I could listen to him talk all day.

[@dlm425]

I would have loved to hear a Kurt & Courtney album, one thing for sure he didn’t want to do Nirvana anymore & I believe his stomach-pain issues are overlooked, it destroys your quality of life I know personally from a year of hell with digestive issues some days you just want to lay there and cry/die, god I miss this guy, he was so intelligent & creative,

[@aikeband]

Kurt said in an interview that stomach pain was no longer a problem as before and that with the help of medications it was improving, I think the press was what exhausted him the most :(

[@Edith1517]

He was healed from that condition a year before he died. He stated clearly in interviews he got a proper diagnosis and healed.

[@elenee4031]

It's the same for migraines😥

[@elenee4031]

​@@aikebandmedications yea heroin

[@jasonlewis460]

Kurt Cobain making a come back

[@treefrogabby]

Funny how in utero is literally one of their best albums. My favorite, at least ❤️💭 idk how people disliked it so much

[@elenee4031]

He looks gorgeous even when camera is zoomed on his face💗⭐

[@DaKillaCroc859]

I never understood the hate In Utero got. I’ll take it over “Nevermind” any day.

[@megadave1197]

Nevermind is a great album that’s so unique it has no equal. Its the perfect execution of all their influences into a unique package. The problem with In Utero is they tried to make an album like their heroes and it’s a good album but not as good as the albums it’s trying to imitate. The Melvins, Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid all released better albums in that style. Steve Albini knew that too.

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

He was a really nice guy, wasn’t he.

[@nicholasgeoghan7338]

I’ve all their music!!

[@NickyDiamond44]

Moderate Rock

[@habibburrahman1785]

Yeah you did change the rock and roll dave, you're an immortal rock and roll god

[@damone70]

And you are exactly the type of embarrassing fan was talking about. 🤣🫵🤡

[@nicholasgeoghan7338]

I only think about Nirvana

[@ivannoneyah7888]

RIP Kurt

[@babyc.3015]

He's so hot

[@deadroses19]

so r u xo

[@Newwaver2007]

Man, I remember my friend who took his life thinking back about Kurt, I may have met a version of him in life even tho he wasn’t that big but still. My friend could show there was nothing wrong with him, but he had his down sides, I was there, and I knew he was living on an edge at some point. I kinda learn a little about Kurt this way too. I think he might have ended up in a rough place, because suicide is a rough path, I hope he got out of there to at least give him a rest. 🙂 R.I.P. Kurt 🍀

[@Edith1517]

Kurt didn’t take his life.

[@Newwaver2007]

@@Edith1517 I can’t say for sure, but Kurt did hint to guns and off-ing himself and in interviews there would be hints. My friend hinted to being already gone and talked about taking his life. I think Kurt kinda was gone after the rome incident. And he was like a cat seeking a place to go. I can’t say he did or didn’t take his life, but that’s what the traces seem to suggest. I don’t know Kurt, but I wonder if there’s someone actually around who had a bond with him personally, who could talk without bias. Because it’s obvious courtney isn’t reliable, but there’s people who perhaps seen him in other places or hung out with him who weren’t that attached, that perhaps could tell us more that courtney ever can.

[@plawson8577]

@@Edith1517 Yes he did.

[@hom0s4cer]

@@Peter-bv9lj Bollocks. If you shoot up H it doesn't knock you out immediately...it takes a minute before you go blank... sometimes even more. There is definitely enough time if he prepared evrything neatly. I think he wanted to be double sure, that's why he chose the overdose and the shotgun. All of the other overdoses didn't work out because Courtney stepped in to revive him..

[@yaboyreege7158]

@@Edith1517go away

[@BradyA1124]

SUMMARY: "Kurt Cobain talks about his music and life experiences. He discusses the band's latest album, drug use, and his dislike of being praised. He also mentions his desire to play acoustic guitar and be seen as a singer and songwriter. Kurt finds it challenging to connect with the audience when performing and is relieved that they have a new guitar player. He is pleased that people enjoy the music but dislikes the attention he receives. Finally, he shares his thoughts on heavy metal and the city of Seattle."

[@robertalilith7368]

He was so beautiful..................

[@jamesheath7601]

He was so young

[@iamavoidtrippergutterslush666]

Whoa!

[@LightWolf_91]

I stayed at The Edgewater a few times with my family, beautiful right on Elliot Bay. Pier 67, Pearl Jam and The Beatles were there too

[@francoamerican4632]

And Led Zeppelin.

[@BeerCanDan93]

Wasn’t there 3 different interviews at this location within a few days? I recall videos and pictures with 3 different outfits

[@saxon5257]

Amazing

[@I39dj2]

hii 💕💕

[@Lets_RC]

Nothing in this interview screams I want to kill my self. If anything, he’s making future plans. So sad. He seemed so true inside and out. Huge loss!

[@scooterruns9355]

take a guess at what the number one response from family members is when someone ends their own life?

[@zk-nv2ei]

people act like suicidal people are depressed and down all the time when they are one of the most cheerful people you know. they just get better and better at pretending that everything fine

[@Lets_RC]

@@zk-nv2ei no one will ever know. It’s the one interview I’ve seen that he looks really good and genuinely happy. I could be wrong. Either way it’s very sad.

[@67kurtcobainfan27]

I hope his daughter feels proud and happy for her father. May her mother release her song she wrote just and only mainly for him. As he was more focus on a positive future outcome. As a solo acoustic artist. Like Johnny Cash. It all got ruined by suicide. No. There's no way he took his own life. Time to let him rest in Nirvana's peace, love, empathy. #KristenPfaff #KurtCobain #FrancesBeanCobain #CourtneyLove

[@domjoseph2007]

They caught on years later

[@Teekay617]

I think he was up and down at this time he was up, but that intervention put him over the edge and the embarrassment sealed the deal for Kurt, from what I heard from people who knew him personally. Kurt could not deal with embarrassment unlike Courtney she loved thr attention of the drug thing, any attention or press she loved. Unfortunately Kurt it was like hell for him.

[@janet_bristow]

nirvana's yacht rock moment!

[@ruzz6430]

Let’s hear it for drugs, another life destroyed .

[@chops4986]

Drugs? That's just the music business dude

[@Light.Amargi]

never a shortage idiots

[@jacestephenweatherall1732]

Actually Kurt shot himself

[@jd5056]

He seemed sober though .I watch a lot of Nirvana and Kurt seems sober to me .

[@Edith1517]

Kurt stated he never was on drugs for interviews or work on his performances. He might be hung over but he said he was never high.

[@alovemarvel]

When your addicted to heroin there's no stopping for appearances... within a couple hours of not using you start getting sick and within a day going without you're in full blown withdrawal. For the last year or so of his use he was just using daily to stay feeling normal...rip kurt

[@CasualGameDev]

@Edith I have not done any hard drugs, however I can admit I am dependant on weed, and let me tell you, I am a completely different unpleasant person without it. It is almost impossible that Kurt could just be sober when he wanted to be, there is a point of no return where it is no longer your choice, and you need it just to be normal

[@elenee4031]

​@@Edith1517I saw a video where he's on heroin and he is like soooo different

[@Sum67]

Milwaukee Protocol anyone?

[@lol37xd98]

Here my guy

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

KURT DONALD COBAIN 20 DE FEBRERO DE 1967 05 DE ABRIL DE 1994 55 AÑOS 27 AÑOS 28 AÑOS

[@ty-su8zh]

He seems like he was sober here. I don’t think he was ever an actual junkie as he would have never had been sober for periods. I believe he was a junkie on purpose at times when he felt like that’s all he was worth or as a way of self harm and his depression. All the stuff about his stomach pains and stiff is bs and anyone who was there or close to him also says that was all made up to excuse his using. Such a shame he want a classic junkie just needed help or another way out other than joy acting enough to kill himself.

[@cathy2210]

And his teeth always looks great. Seems a small thing but I know junkies and their teeth don’t look like his.

[@mr.bojangles9840]

What happened to OZZY?

[@tylercatron9783]

Kurdt

[@ColtraneTaylor]

4:19 Talking about heavy metal and heavy metal fans.

[@mariedhouib3745]

C'est pas parce que je ne cache la misère de leur condition et leur mode de vie que je soutien leur tortionnaire. Je sais globalement ce qui s'est passé. De l'arrière arrière-grand-père riche et séduisant qui s'est perdu dans les dragues et les flatteries des gens de son Âge jusqu'à oublier tout ses enfants et me laisser en plan. Se faire passer pour mort auprès de tout le monde. Et faire l'insensible lors des tournages de films. Pour autant que dans les années 1990, il n'avait toujours pas couché avec son cousin de son âge qui voulait le séduire. Il a baisé des cadavres de moi.

[@pyntaman-7410]

thanks, whos the interviewer¿?

[@gen2160]

It’s summertime in Washington, why are they in dark, long layers 😮

[@pyntaman-7410]

U KNOW THE DATE OF THIS INTERVIEW ¡¿

[@gleppy163]

I thought this was from 2021 lol

[@nicholasgeoghan7338]

It’s a shame. He would have been a great acoustic guitarist. And songwriter.

[@matthewjdouglas6471]

Don't sound like someone suicidal

[@dlm425]

They never do

[@ruinz7983]

Neither did Chris Cornell. Mental illness is real.

[@Julia-zz1gq]

@@dlm425 Chester Bennington did sound very depressed, his interviews are totally different

[@crumbtember]

@@Julia-zz1gq people are different

[@Julia-zz1gq]

@@crumbtember what a pointless answer

[@brianbcj]

Theses dudes were complex

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

JOHNNY CASH 26 DE FEBRERO DE 1932 12 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2003 71 AÑOS

[@landofthesilverpath5823]

Man, Dave was saying this about Seattle in 1993! Seattle was probably best from 1980 to 1995 or so. It was an affordable city! Not unlike Pittsburgh, it was a workkng class, white city. And now its turned into a totally unaffordable, congested, dump where there is no room for anyone in the middle class. You have to be rich or on government assistance to live there.

[@chilledtorsion]

aaah. Back when dave grohl was cool

[@DRUCEWAYNEOKLAMA110]

1️⃣1️⃣0️⃣

[@user-hl4vr1ci6q]

커드의 미스테리의죽움 그는자살하지않았다 그의아내 러브가죽였다 유서끝장에 판이하게 필체가확연히 다르다했다 처음에는 커드것 끝부분은 다른사람의 필체라는것 수사는뭐했는가? 끝내 범인은드러나지않고 흐지부지끝나고말았다 러브가 커트를죽여달라고 누군가에게부탁했다던대 수사관들의머리는 나뽰다 한국같으면해결이났을탠대 확실히 외국인들의 머리는 영리하지못한사람들이 많다고본다 가엾은커트는 그저자살로 단정지음으로 막을내렸다 커트 당신의영횬은 어떻게죽었는지 알고있을것이다 비운의남자 커트코베인 그곳 하늘에서는 편히쉬였으면 좋겠다 부디 편히쉬기를~

[@sops_2689]

Omg stop ☹️☹️☹️

[@westerling8436]

Ladies and gentlemen: a dunce

[@landofthesilverpath5823]

Could Kurt go 5 minutes without throwing in some shitlib comment about sexism?

[@annamaj2943]

Grande Kurt❤

[@tomjones7736]

Nirvana wasn’t a polished sexist metal band they were true punk rocker not sell out like other bands of era

[@MichaelJordanGoat2324]

dave was so lame

[@chops4986]

For real😂

[@jacestephenweatherall1732]

Courtney fan

[@elenee4031]

You are lame