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Organizers of a recent music festival in Hoquiam are hoping they can develop the concert into an annual event to honor the late Kurt Cobain.

Cobain's musical angst, derived partially from his turbulent childhood in the economically depressed former logging towns of Aberdeen and Hoquiam, became the voice of a generation.

His raw and unique style launched the Northwest's grunge rock movement in the early 1990s and made Seattle the epicenter of youth culture.

Cobain's band, Nirvana, broke through to the mainstream market with its gritty lyrics and appeal to troubled teens. Flannel and heavy boots quickly become fashionable, an ironic nod to Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic's hometown with its logging industry.

Bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains joined the ranks of Seattle grunge icons as Nirvana rose to fame, becoming a platinum-selling success.

No band was bigger. And no band seemed to care…

An exclusive look at some of images from Kurt Cobain About A Son, shot by noted photographer Charles Peterson, is up over at RollingStone.com.  Half the photographs are from Charles' grunge archives, while the other half are some of the newly shot images that Charles created for the film.  You can check it out here.  The site is also featuring the work of two other Seattlites - our composers Steve Fisk and Ben Gibbard, with Overture, their opening piece of score for the film.  Overture is also available on the movie soundtrack.

Former NIRVANA star DAVE GROHL insists he was more than former bandmate KURT COBAIN's "sideman", maintaining his role was fundamental to the band's success. The Foo Fighters frontman, 38, insists he and bassist Krist Novoselic played crucial roles in creating the 90s band's distinct sound and is tired of being overshadowed by late singer Cobain. He says, "I was actually Nirvana's fifth drummer and if you listen to the recordings with the previous guys you will notice it sounds different. "Krist and I have been called sidemen to Kurt for f**king years - that lawsuit is done with, y'know? "We've been called hired guns and I just laugh. Anyone who has ever been in a band, hell... anyone who has ever even listened to a band, understands what happens when one of those elements is removed from the combination. It just falls apart."

The Foo Fighters

When Dave Grohl formed the Foo Fighters, some critics didn’t give him much chance of survival. His previous band, Nirvana, may have changed the world but, without Kurt Cobain, drummer Dave was laughed off as the “grunge Ringo” by one writer.

Twelve years later, it is Grohl, now a happily-married father and frontman of one of the world’s most in-demand rock bands, who has had the last laugh.

The Foos’ new album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, is the band’s sixth and is set to consolidate their reputation for blistering and impassioned songs which range from mindblowing sonic assaults to melodic acoustic beauties. So, not bad for the former grunge Ringo, eh Dave?

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