Kurt Cobain

Smells Like Cobain's spirit -Much anticipated Nirvana song reaches airwaves, eight years after singers death.

SEATTLE- A long-anticipated Nirvana song that's been the subject of much speculation and litigation finally surfaced on the nation's airwaves this week, more than eight years after singer Kurt Cobain killed himself.   Cobain's estate closely gaurded "You Know You're Right," making it one of the most legendary unreleased tracks in rock history.  The band, which launched the early 1990's "grunge" movement, recorded it in late January 1994, less than 3 months before Cobain's death.   "It may not be the best song they ever did, but it's probably in the top 10," Cobain biographer Charles Cross said Thursday.  "At the time, people were saying Kurt was over, and that's what's so significant about this song--it's the last great Nirvana song."   It's unclear how the track finally aired.  Several radio stations said that it first surfaced on the Internet, which was where they obtained it.   One station, KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, reported recieving a oneday cease-and-desist order earlier this week, but said it had permission to play the song Thursday.   The release-weather official or not-followed comments last week from Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, indicating that lawsuits involving the song had been settled for "a lot of money" and that "You Know Your Right" would come out before the holidays.   Love and surviving Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic have long fought over "You Know Your Right" and the rest of Nirvana's legacy.  She sued them in May 2001 to block the release of a boxed set including the song, which she wanted released later.  They countersued for breach of contract, calling Love "irrational, mercurial, selfcentered, unmanageable, inconsistent and unpredictable."   Neither Love's Seattle lawyer, O. Yale Lewis, nor Grohl and Novoselic's lawyers would confirm that the case had been settled or discuss the song's release. A spokesman for Interscope Geffen A&M, Nirvana's label, did not return a phone message, and lawyers for Universal Music Group, which includes the label, declined to comment.   The case still was set to go to trial in King County Superior Court beginning Monday, though a bailiff for Judge Robert Alsdorf noted that a hearing set for about 2 weeks ago had been canceled without being rescheduled.   Cross cautioned that the version released on the internet may not be the one the record label planned to release.  He said he heard a substantially better version while researching his Cobain biography, "Heavier than Heaven," which came out last year.   The song shows what more Cobain could have done, had he not commited suicide at 27, Cross said.   "When I first heard it, my jaw just dropped,"he said.  "You get the sense that you're never going to hear this voice again."   BY GENE JOHNSON ASSOCIATED PRESS

Correctly spelled Kurdt Kobain.  He was born in Aberdeen Washington and lived happily until the age of 8 when his parents got divorced.  From then on life was harder.  At the age of 13 he discovered rock and punk music which he escaped to.  Later, he tried starting a band with his high school friend Chris Noveselic. Going through drummer after drummer they finally stuck with Dave Grohl and quickly started recording new songs, releasing albums and touring with a new record label.

The teens of the word were tired with pop and metal had overstayed it's welcome.  Grunge was the next big thing.  Nirvana delivered what the teens were waiting for.  Teen Angst mixed with pain, anger and memories from Kurt's past made Nirvana the biggest band of the early 90's.