Cobain Continues: A Kurt Cobain Survives Collaborative Timeline

May 5th, 1996: Cobain completes his European Mist tour, returning to Los Angeles.

June 10th, 1996:
Mist by Kurt Cobain is released nationwide. Immediately, the album is an enormous critical and commercial success, with many critics noting that: "Not only has Cobain declared his independence from the band that made him an idol to the under 25 crowd, he's truly come into his own as not only a composer, but a writer as well. For once, I can understand something he's saying!" The album spawns four singles, including the title track "Mist", "Plentiful Sorrow", "Is This Who I Knew?" and "Captain Duren". The album immediately sells out, becoming the breakaway hit of the summer of 1996.

December 7th, 1996: Mist becomes certified platinum by the RIAA.

June 10th, 2002: Mist becomes certified diamond by the RIAA.

(Posters, please keep your posts in 1996 for now.)
 
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July 2nd, 1996: Cobain embarks on his next Mist tour, this one being in 10 major cities in the U.S, including Boston, New York City, Baltimore, St. Louis, Chicago, Denver, Los Angles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle.

August 6th, 1996: Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl reveals that their next album Titanium Falcon is scheduled to be released in early 1997. Grohl samples one of the album's intended singles entitled "Batman and Robin", which many fans believe is an allusion to Cobain and Grohl's partnership.

September 2nd, 1996: Cobain concludes the American Mist tour, then receives an offer from MtV to lend his voice to the movie Beavis and Butthead Do America as the film's main antagonist, Muddy Waters. Cobain accepts, calling the opportunity "Something I've always wanted to do!" He also contributes a song to the film entitled "Beav and Butt". His ex-wife Courtney Love was wanted by the studio to play Muddy's wife, but due to their acrimonious breakup and her hospitalization, Demi Moore takes her place.

September 5th, 1996: Cobain is asked what he think about the Foo Fighters' next album, chuckling at the song title "Batman and Robin". He sardonically remarks: "I'm down with being Batman, as long as I don't have those fuckin' nipples on my costume!", in reference to Batman Forever's update to the Dark Knight's costume.
 
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October 3rd, 1996: A month after the murder of rap artist Tupac Shakur, Cobain is spotted once more in Manhattan hanging out with fellow rap star Notorious B.I.G. Some conspiracy theorists believe that Cobain is indirectly related to Shakur's murder due to his friendship with Notorious B.I.G. Cobain immediately dismisses the theories, telling the conspiracists: "If you're going to embody an annoying junkie stereotype, please try a more creative one! For fucks sake, my friendship with Biggie has nothing to do with Tupac's death!"

October 9th, 1996: Cobain is approached by the producers of Lollapalooza to headline the 1997 concert. He accepts, but only if he gets to choose which songs he performs at the concert. The producers comply, but quip that he musn't "pull a 'Rape Me'". Cobain wryly promises to "try his best".

November 28th, 1996: While headlining a Thanksgiving concert in Seattle, Washington, Cobain collapses on stage and is rushed to nearby Northwest Hospital. It is revealed that Cobain was suffering from exhaustion due to intense practicing for the concert and will be completely okay. He is discharged later that night.
 
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January 26th, 1997: Cobain headlines Super Bowl XXXI.

January 28th, 1997: After a year of in-patient treatment, Courtney Love is released from psychiatric containment. After receiving word that her ex-husband recently performed at the Super Bowl, she sarcastically said: "Yes, because that's SO indie, like he always was!"
 
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March 22nd 1996:While on tour with Tabitha's Secert vocalist Rob Thomas calls out Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong saying
"If you look up insane at your local library you will find a picture of him"
 
@TheGuyWhoHeartsHistory I dunno, maybe some folks might see that as a retraction of any previous statements he may have made years prior.

March 24, 1997


Competition for Cobain will soon heat up, as the Spice Girls' singles Wannabe and Say You'll Be There shoot up to the top 10 in the Billboard charts. The Backstreet Boys, already with two bestselling LP's in Europe, are working on a US debut album which will be released in August.
 
@TheGuyWhoHeartsHistory I dunno, maybe some folks might see that as a retraction of any previous statements he may have made years prior.

March 24, 1997


Competition for Cobain will soon heat up, as the Spice Girls' singles Wannabe and Say You'll Be There shoot up to the top 10 in the Billboard charts. The Backstreet Boys, already with two bestselling LP's in Europe, are working on a US debut album which will be released in August.

True, but he's 30 now in this TL, so he's matured a bit since he made the earlier statements. Can you make a post that takes place on his 30th birthday?
 
February 20, 1997

MTV celebrates Kurt Cobain's 30th birthday with an interview between Cobain and Kurt Loder. Cobain hinted at another album he hopes to deliver for the Spring of '98.
 
February 24th, 1997: Cobain responds to the eager music critics demanding to know why he performed at the Super Bowl, to which Cobain replies: "If you've listened to at least 5 of my songs from Nirvana, you'd know that they could replace the word contrarian with my head in the dictionary and people would get the same meaning. Expecting me to stay consistent as a musician is like expecting a pig not to roll in mud. It's against our nature! Hopefully my answer made things a bit less "muddy!"
 
March 1st, 1997: Cobain receives a phone-call from former SNL comedian Chris Farley, in which Farley asks if Cobain would let him sing some of his songs for his intended hosting appearance of SNL in the fall of 1997. Because Cobain is such a fan of Farley's work on SNL, he lets him do it at a discounted price, but warns Chris not to "blow all your [his] remaining money on shit like heroin, cocaine and other rich man shit." Cobain made this comment unaware of Farley's drug abuse. In a 2002 interview with David Letterman, Farley would cite Cobain's joking warning as what would save his life from drugs, as he quit illicit drugs for good by "the summer of 1997", since Farley was "such a huge fan of Kurt's and everything he's done".
 
April 4th 1997:Shannon Hoon welcomes his second kid his son Shannon Jr.

Hoon almost breaks down in tears thinking about his time with drug abuse in a interview with MTV
 
April 19th 1997:Tabitha's Secert debut album This is Tabitha's Secert goes gold in the US.
That same day MTV news interview the frontman Rob Thomas about the recording process of their follow up talking about how they think the second album will sell like, Talking about possible guest appearances from Kurt Cobain or Shannon Hoon and his feud with Billie Joe Armstrong.

(TITS is like OTL's Yourself or Someone like you with a few songs replaced)
 
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March 11th, 1997: Cobain attends the funeral of rap star and friend the Notorious B.I.G. Though Cobain was the only rock musician present at the event, he did not receive scrutiny for said presence, as his friendship with Biggie was seen as genuine by the others in attendance. When interviewed, Cobain is only able to muster up a: "..He was such a good friend of mine and a damn good rapper.."

April 22nd, 1997:
Titanium Falcon, the second studio album by American rock band the Foo Fighters, is released. Though the album is not as much of a commercial hit as the band's debut album, it still is a solid success and receives positive reviews, spawning the singles "My Friend's Fed" and "Justice Po Etic".

April 24th, 1997: Cobain begins work on his second solo album, tentatively entitled: "Doused In Mud". He claims the album will not conform to one particular genre, but instead: "Be focused on telling good stories through good music, the way I want it to be told. Nothing commercial will influence me."
 
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May 7th, 1997: Chris Farley contacts Cobain once more, asking him if one of his songs can be used in Farley's next comedy vehicle The Gelfin, which is scheduled to begin filming in August. Cobain allows Farley to use the song for free, telling him: "You seem so sincere about this and that's such a hard thing to find in the entertainment business. Besides, I got enough money coming out of my ass for the next 50 years." Farley is so happy that he offers Cobain a cameo in his movie, which Cobain says he'll do, provided: "I only sing and don't have to do any shit acting."
 
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