Kurt loves his Docs..

Kurt love's his Docs....

If the Go-Betweens were 'the should of been's', Nirvana were the 'how the fuck did that happen' band. I say that as a big fan. As chronicled in Thurston Moore's doco '1991 the year that punk broke' no one, least of all the band themselves expected that their second album would go on to sell 11 million+ records. Of course everyone knows how it ended, On April 5th, 1994, Kurt opted out, leaving Gen Xs the world over stunned and saddened.
Doc Martins have decided to reincarnate Kurt (along with a bunch of other dead punk rock royalty) in a new ad campaign.




At least Kurt's not lonely, he's with Joe....



Joey.....



And Sid.....




Angel's the lot of 'em!! Its pretty funny really but its got a lot of noses out of joint, not the least of which is the considerable snoz of Courtney Love. Her representative said: "Courtney had no idea this was taking place and would never have approved it. She thinks it's outrageous that a company is allowed to commercially gain from such a despicable use of her husband's picture." Doc Martin's have apologised and sacked the ad agency. I can see how some may find it a little offensive, but hey its the most publicity that Docs have had for a while. Besides judging by this recent shot of Ms. Love I think she has other things to worry about...Is that really Courtney??





and OUCH!!!!!





Mickey Leigh, Joey Ramone's brother wasn't impressed either : "Obviously, we are in the same position as Courtney Love, as well as the estates of the others depicted (in the ad). We were never consulted about this ad. We were never asked for permission to use Joey's image, or paid for the use of it. As executor of my brother's estate I never would have approved this ad as Joey never wore these shoes. And, not that my brother was terribly religious, but the fact that he was Jewish, and this ad is not exactly kosher, makes it that much more inappropriate, inconsiderate and contemptible."


Anyway back to Nirvana, six weeks before Kurt showed the world how much he loved shotguns he attempted the tried and true method - overdosing. Turns out the bottle of Rohypnol and a bunch of champagne wasn't enough to do the trick and paramedics were able to save him. At the time Nirvana were on tour in Italy. A couple of days before the suicide attempt they played a show in Rome a recording of which follows. It's a sound board recording and the quality is surprisingly good. Perhaps most startling is Kurt's on stage banter, he seems almost jovial. His last words on stage were "Thankyou, I'm a Rockstar..."

Nirvana Live in Rome, 22/2/1994. Disc 1

Nirvana Live in Rome, 22/2/1994. Disc 2

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