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You have found your way to Renegade Files. Your entertainment and information home for all things weird, unexplained, and mysterious beyond belief.

This is Renegade Files Episode number 10, The Death of Kurt Cobain.

Thank you for tuning in to the show. This one is quite a ride.

In the early 1990s the music industry was poised to change, but it hadn’t truly changed yet. Consumption of music was in the midst of transitioning from the analog world of vinyl to the digital world of CDs, with the portable, but inferior-to-both, magnetic cassette tape bridging the gap.

At the same time the previous decade of music had stripped out the soul of rock and roll, in favor of cookie-cutter tunes that were commercially viable, fit into FM radio timeslots, and could be performed by hair-sprayed, spandexed, pseudo-bad boys.

Grunge emerged as a direct response to the bland, corporate rock machine of the 80s, and was fueled by the exceedingly high profit margin of plastic CDs. 

Grunge was arguably the first truly new musical style to emerge in the US since Rap, and it came from genuine creativity, soul, and as a reaction to a huge music industry that had systematically removed those things from their products. 

Kurt Cobain and Nirvana emerged to become the kings of Grunge and their music and lyrics make up some of the best music released in generations. But in the end, Kurt Cobain met with a tragic end and regardless of how you interpret his last days, he gave us everything he had, and I’m grateful for what he did while he was with us.

On this episode of Renegade Files we’ll look into the facts, the timeline, and the cast of characters involved with the sad death of a creative, talented, and troubled person. Come with me as we dig through the facts associated with the loss of a pioneering musician and songwriter whose band rescued the nation from corporate 80s hairband glam, and became the voice of a generation looking for musical authenticity and lyrical relate-ability.

Much like a hotel room on a grunge band tour stop, this entire case is just a mess. But together we’ll string together the details which paint a very different picture than the sanitized, neatly produced package given to us from the 90s news on MTV, or as Kurt Cobain called it, Empty-TV.

Come with Renegade Files as we investigate…The Death of Kurt Cobain.

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Theme Song: “Steve’s Djembe” by Vani, FMA, licensed: Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 License.

“Shark Bay” by Aniqatia, FMA, licensed: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 License.

“Maneuvers” by Aniqatia, FMA, licensed: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 License.

“Elegy” by Aniqatia, FMA, licensed: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 License.

“The Cost” by Aniqatia, FMA, licensed: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 License.

“Noise” by Lately Kind Of Yeah, FMA, licensed: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License.

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“Virtual Blue” by Lately Kind Of Yeah, FMA, licensed: Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License.