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Thought these pics might appreciated here. As a bit of a Kurt Cobain nerd I’m always looking for cool photos like these. Anyways, the photos with the 67 Polara were taken at/near Dave Grohls Mother’s house in 1991. I believe I read somewhere that Krist Novoselic owned the car? also sad foreshadowing in the one pic :(

I couldn’t find any history on the photo with the 66 Chrysler assuming it was taken in Seattle.

Bonus picture of Kurt’s 65 Dodge dart I’ve heard he also owned a 68 valiant but never seen proof.

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never thought i would ever look up anything that had to do with Kurt Cobain i found this on his cars

 
That's super cool. Thinking about it further, in the late 80's/early 90's they weren't really collectible, assuming they were just daily drivers for people in non-rusty climates! I knew about the Dodge van they had but not the C's.
 
Thanks for posting this.


I grew up in Seattle,...I remember going to see Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice and Chains, Posies, Melvins, Green River, The Wipers, The Gits, Gas Huffer, The Young Fresh Fellows, etc., at their very first shows.... as I was in a band as well at the time in the mid80's, and that's why I did this

We did it because there was were not many options for us kids then besides to be a fisherman, a logger, or work at Boeing. No to Boeing.

It was a different time then, every band was "pulling" for the other bands to get their due. We would go every weekend to see ANYBODY that was playing, bad or good. We supported each other by going to the shows.... We didn't care if the bands were good or not, we just went. There wasn't else much to do then. We were all excited to see other bands play. It was a community of rejects and misfits. The city of Seattle didn't like us young punks. They didn't. The city and the Seattle Police were totally against us and they showed it. That brought us together, and the result is the music you all know.

I imagine it was like seeing the Beatles at the Cavern Club, with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, the early days in Liverpool how cool.....but I digress.

Then the 90's came and the money from California, things changed and fun!ked up the roots of Seattle. Then some became famous and it was all down hill, or up hill depending on your point of view.

Kurt and Christ and Chad were just like everyone else in a band, normal (weirdos) that had a mission. Some of them made it,..lots of other bands most of you have never heard of, were as good as these guys,...Nirvana, Soundgaden, The Melvins, Mudhoney etc.,just made it. The U-Men from Seattle, The Wipers, The Accused, The Farts, The Posies, Coffin Break, Big Satan INC., Ten Minute Warning, Malfunkshun, Green River, et. al.

We would go get trees from the National Forest, or "the back 40" and cut fire wood and sell it for $125 per cord, to get money for gear etc. It was a good time....everyone was doing that in Bremerton or Olympia or Seattle greater area, because that's all there was to do.

I remember most bands had a shitty van or a 1971 Chrysler Newport four door, that they got for $400, and that was the "tour vehicle".....it touches my heart to see Kurt and Krist and later Dave with MoPar iron in the back ground...but that was just what everyone did. You could buy a 73 Imperial or Newport on the cheap, drive it from Seattle to Portland, to Idaho and make it back to Seattle and "the whale" would always reward you....these cars have the "6 bodies trunk", and a lot of gear can fit in that trunk! You know!!!!!

Good times, I miss those guys....they were just like everybody else, just trying too do something while it rained, and rained and rained....
 
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Fury Pursuit said:
Thanks for posting this.


I grew up in Seattle,...I remember going to see Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice and Chains, Posies, Melvins, Green River, The Wipers, The Gits, Gas Huffer, The Young Fresh Fellows, etc., at their very first shows.... as I was in a band as well at the time in the mid80's, and that's why I did this

We did it because there was were not many options for us kids then besides to be a fisherman, a logger, or work at Boeing. No to Boeing.

It was a different time then, every band was "pulling" for the other bands to get their due. We would go every weekend to see ANYBODY that was playing, bad or good. We supported each other by going to the shows.... We didn't care if the bands were good or not, we just went. There wasn't else much to do then. We were all excited to see other bands play. It was a community of rejects and misfits. The city of Seattle didn't like us young punks. They didn't. The city and the Seattle Police were totally against us and they showed it. That brought us together, and the result is the music you all know.

I imagine it was like seeing the Beatles at the Cavern Club, with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, the early days in Liverpool how cool.....but I digress.

Then the 90's came and the money from California, things changed and fun!ked up the roots of Seattle. Then some became famous and it was all down hill, or up hill depending on your point of view.

Kurt and Christ and Chad were just like everyone else in a band, normal (weirdos) that had a mission. Some of them made it,..lots of other bands most of you have never heard of, were as good as these guys,...Nirvana, Soundgaden, The Melvins, Mudhoney etc.,just made it. The U-Men from Seattle, The Wipers, The Accused, The Farts, The Posies, Coffin Break, Big Satan INC., Ten Minute Warning, Malfunkshun, Green River, et. al.

We would go get trees from the National Forest, or "the back 40" and cut fire wood and sell it for $125 per cord, to get money for gear etc. It was a good time....everyone was doing that in Bremerton or Olympia or Seattle greater area, because that's all there was to do.

I remember most bands had a shitty van or a 1971 Chrysler Newport four door, that they got for $400, and that was the "tour vehicle".....it touches my heart to see Kurt and Krist and later Dave with MoPar iron in the back ground...but that was just what everyone did. You could buy a 73 Imperial or Newport on the cheap, drive it from Seattle to Portland, to Idaho and make it back to Seattle and "the whale" would always reward you....these cars have the "6 bodies trunk", and a lot of gear can fit in that trunk! You know!!!!!

Good times, I miss those guys....they were just like everybody else, just trying too do something while it rained, and rained and rained....
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That is such a cool story! Thank you for sharing.
 
Fury Pursuit said:
Thanks for posting this.


I grew up in Seattle,...I remember going to see Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice and Chains, Posies, Melvins, Green River, The Wipers, The Gits, Gas Huffer, The Young Fresh Fellows, etc., at their very first shows.... as I was in a band as well at the time in the mid80's, and that's why I did this

We did it because there was were not many options for us kids then besides to be a fisherman, a logger, or work at Boeing. No to Boeing.

It was a different time then, every band was "pulling" for the other bands to get their due. We would go every weekend to see ANYBODY that was playing, bad or good. We supported each other by going to the shows.... We didn't care if the bands were good or not, we just went. There wasn't else much to do then. We were all excited to see other bands play. It was a community of rejects and misfits. The city of Seattle didn't like us young punks. They didn't. The city and the Seattle Police were totally against us and they showed it. That brought us together, and the result is the music you all know.

I imagine it was like seeing the Beatles at the Cavern Club, with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, the early days in Liverpool how cool.....but I digress.

Then the 90's came and the money from California, things changed and fun!ked up the roots of Seattle. Then some became famous and it was all down hill, or up hill depending on your point of view.

Kurt and Christ and Chad were just like everyone else in a band, normal (weirdos) that had a mission. Some of them made it,..lots of other bands most of you have never heard of, were as good as these guys,...Nirvana, Soundgaden, The Melvins, Mudhoney etc.,just made it. The U-Men from Seattle, The Wipers, The Accused, The Farts, The Posies, Coffin Break, Big Satan INC., Ten Minute Warning, Malfunkshun, Green River, et. al.

We would go get trees from the National Forest, or "the back 40" and cut fire wood and sell it for $125 per cord, to get money for gear etc. It was a good time....everyone was doing that in Bremerton or Olympia or Seattle greater area, because that's all there was to do.

I remember most bands had a shitty van or a 1971 Chrysler Newport four door, that they got for $400, and that was the "tour vehicle".....it touches my heart to see Kurt and Krist and later Dave with MoPar iron in the back ground...but that was just what everyone did. You could buy a 73 Imperial or Newport on the cheap, drive it from Seattle to Portland, to Idaho and make it back to Seattle and "the whale" would always reward you....these cars have the "6 bodies trunk", and a lot of gear can fit in that trunk! You know!!!!!

Good times, I miss those guys....they were just like everybody else, just trying too do something while it rained, and rained and rained....
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I still have a couple of U-Men records that I bought in the late 80's.
 
Fury Pursuit said:
Thanks for posting this.


I grew up in Seattle,...I remember going to see Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice and Chains, Posies, Melvins, Green River, The Wipers, The Gits, Gas Huffer, The Young Fresh Fellows, etc., at their very first shows.... as I was in a band as well at the time in the mid80's, and that's why I did this

We did it because there was were not many options for us kids then besides to be a fisherman, a logger, or work at Boeing. No to Boeing.

It was a different time then, every band was "pulling" for the other bands to get their due. We would go every weekend to see ANYBODY that was playing, bad or good. We supported each other by going to the shows.... We didn't care if the bands were good or not, we just went. There wasn't else much to do then. We were all excited to see other bands play. It was a community of rejects and misfits. The city of Seattle didn't like us young punks. They didn't. The city and the Seattle Police were totally against us and they showed it. That brought us together, and the result is the music you all know.

I imagine it was like seeing the Beatles at the Cavern Club, with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, the early days in Liverpool how cool.....but I digress.

Then the 90's came and the money from California, things changed and fun!ked up the roots of Seattle. Then some became famous and it was all down hill, or up hill depending on your point of view.

Kurt and Christ and Chad were just like everyone else in a band, normal (weirdos) that had a mission. Some of them made it,..lots of other bands most of you have never heard of, were as good as these guys,...Nirvana, Soundgaden, The Melvins, Mudhoney etc.,just made it. The U-Men from Seattle, The Wipers, The Accused, The Farts, The Posies, Coffin Break, Big Satan INC., Ten Minute Warning, Malfunkshun, Green River, et. al.

We would go get trees from the National Forest, or "the back 40" and cut fire wood and sell it for $125 per cord, to get money for gear etc. It was a good time....everyone was doing that in Bremerton or Olympia or Seattle greater area, because that's all there was to do.

I remember most bands had a shitty van or a 1971 Chrysler Newport four door, that they got for $400, and that was the "tour vehicle".....it touches my heart to see Kurt and Krist and later Dave with MoPar iron in the back ground...but that was just what everyone did. You could buy a 73 Imperial or Newport on the cheap, drive it from Seattle to Portland, to Idaho and make it back to Seattle and "the whale" would always reward you....these cars have the "6 bodies trunk", and a lot of gear can fit in that trunk! You know!!!!!

Good times, I miss those guys....they were just like everybody else, just trying too do something while it rained, and rained and rained....
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What about Mookie Blaylock?
 
I was an instant fan of most of those big grunge bands or at least the ones we heard here in Detroit. Screaming Trees being one of my favorites and I still listen although not as often as back in the day. Lots of good music continues to come from the grunge roots.
 
hated grunge from the day these groups took over the airwaves. usually as i got older my musical taste have changed listen to stuff i never listed to before. but not these groups did not like them then and still will not listen to them now.
 
67newport said:
hated grunge from the day these groups took over the airwaves. usually as i got older my musical taste have changed listen to stuff i never listed to before. but not these groups did not like them then and still will not listen to them now.
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Interesting take. I was kind of torn. I really liked some of their songs but hated the nihilism they seemed to espouse. One of my favourites in Nirvana's take on Bowie's the Man Who Sold The World.
 
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