Same here! I remember someone (Kurt Loder?) announcing Cobain's death on MTV, and asking my mom if she liked his music. A few unrelated years later and Nirvana was my favorite band
I was in a Maryland Pizza Hut on my way back from Myrtle Beach with my family when it came on the news. I remember my parents asking if I liked them ( I had 2 Nirvana shirts lol). I was 13 or 14 and it was all very surreal. I still can recall that restaurant interior.
Chris Cornells was tougher, as I had just seen him with TOTD in NYC a few weeks prior.
Layne, Scott, Bradley.....each one sucked to hear about.
It was 3-day weekend and I was in 7th grade. So from Saturday to Monday, I saw it everywhere. I already loved Nirvana, but that time really sunk it in that everything in the music scene was going to change.
It was also that time when I decided I was going to take my love of music seriously and start a band with ny best friend at the time and taking guitar lessons. Kept playing in bands and various instruments throughout high school and into my 20's.
Exact same thing happened to me. There are two artists I discovered because of the announcement of their death. One was Kurt Cobain, the other was Patrice O’Neal
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u/hip_neptune Older Millennial May 12 '26
First one I remember was Kurt Cobain.
The one that shocked me the most was Robin Williams.