Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and executive producer of the documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, is the only child of the rocker and his widow, singer and actress Courtney Love. Frances Bean Cobain says fame helped push her rock star father, the late Kurt Cobain, into taking his own life at the height of his success as frontman of 1990s grunge outfit Nirvana.
Kurt Cobain was with wife Courtney Love, holding their daughter Frances Bean Cobain, at the MTV Music Awards show in September 1992 in Los Angeles. Frances Bean Cobain is executive producer of a documentary about her late father. Kurt Cobain documentary, first-ever authorized, to air on HBO in 2015, It also features Nirvana songs and performances, and previously unheard Cobain originals. Kurt Cobain of Nirvana during a 1993 taping of MTV Unplugged at Sony Studios in New York City.
• Kurt Cobain: 20 years gone, but still connecting with youth
• AUDIO | The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain
Frances Bean Cobain Reveals All About Kurt Cobain’s Death
For the first time ever, Frances Bean Cobain has spoken publicly about her late father Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide back in 1994 when she was almost two years old. During the interview, she kept it real when talking about her father and his suicide: “He’s larger than life and our culture is obsessed with dead musicians. Currently, Frances Bean Cobain is 22 years old and a visual artist. She is also the executive producer of the new HBO documentary about her father’s life, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck.
Frances Bean Cobain: 'Kurt would be just another guy who abandoned his family if he wasn't famous'
Frances Bean Cobain has spoken about the legacy of her father, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, ahead of the release of
Cobain: Montage of Heck, a new documentary about the late musician.
The shelf life of an artist or musician isn't particularly long. Kurt has gotten to icon status because he will never age.
Elsewhere in the article, Cobain also revealed that she prefers Oasis to her father's former band Nirvana. . "Sorry, promotional people, Universal. Dave said, "She is so much like Kurt."
Cobain: Montage of Heck premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival in January but arrives in UK cinemas this spring.