It really is no secret. Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain didn’t really like his hometown of Aberdeen, Washington. In fact, when he was old enough, he bailed from the depressed logging town near the Washington Coast for the success he found in nearby Seattle and eventually on the global stage as the face of grunge music. Despite the strained relationship with the town, the former Nirvana frontman was officially honored by his hometown with the first Kurt Cobain Day.
During the event at the Aberdeen History Museum, Joe Ty of the band Black Top Demon drove his van up onto a sidewalk, did a renegade performance, and then lit his guitar on fire.
Former Nirvana drummer Aaron Burckhard spoke to the crowd about his former bandmate.
Fans gathered under the Young Street Bridge on the muddy banks of the Wishkah river, mentioned in Nirvana lyrics and the name of one of the band’s albums.
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But perhaps the most talked-about part of Kurt Cobain Day was the statue unveiled at the Aberdeen Museum of History. It sat in storage for nearly two decades after the City of Aberdeen refused to display it. It was made by a woman that said she felt moved to create it after the death of her own mother.