Cobain Continues: A Kurt Cobain Survives Collaborative Timeline

April 25th, 1999: Cobain responds to allegations that he indirectly influenced the Columbine shooters, vehemently denying any responsibility: "If parents don't do their jobs to keep their fucked up kids in line, I'm not at fault for that. There's always going to be a controversial opinion in the world and just because someone is so demented that they commit atrocities inspired by it, doesn't mean it should be suppressed. We combat illness, so why can't we combat this properly by having better parenting? The illness won't respond by being blocked out by the overprotective media. It'll laugh in its face and break through the barrier. That's why we use vaccines to eradicate the fuckers out of existence. Same issue here, just different names for the virus."
 
All That You Can't Leave Behind is completely butterflied out, as Bono wrote Beautiful Day. Unless that song was written pre-95, U2 is pretty much dead. It'll be interesting to see how Pop would change as a result.

Maybe Connell's influence could take the band into an even better direction then in OTL. I don't know though, as I know next to nothing about him. Yeah, that's actually a good idea. If you're up for it, I challenge someone on here to make U2 an even more influential band in the wake of Bono's death and Connell's arrival.
 
October 12th, 1998: A year after his near fatal plane crash, John Denver is now able to walk with only a cane. He announces intentions to begin work on his next album, an "ode to the beauty of the Outback".
 
May 28th, 1998: Continuing his painting streak, Cobain installs a new room in his Seattle house dedicated to a giant mural he intends to slowly work on throughout the years, eventually finishing it by the time he's 50 to unveil to the public. His daughter Frances and his son Patrick assist him, appreciating their: "Inherent innocence that comes with being an unjaded child."
 
June 15th 1998:Joey Ramone checks himself into New York Presbyterian Hosptial after feeling something clogged up in his throat.

June 26th 1998:Joey Ramone checks himself in for throat cancer threatment.
 
June 15th 1998:Joey Ramone checks himself into New York Presbyterian Hosptial after feeling something clogged up in his throat.

June 26th 1998:Joey Ramone checks himself in for throat cancer threatment.

June 26th, 1999: Joey Ramone is successfully treated for his throat cancer.

June 27th, 1999: Outback Overload, the next studio album by country musician John Denver is released. The album receives generally positive reviews for its vivid depictions of life in the Australian Outback.
 
April 28th 1998:Shannon Hoon is seen campaigning for Republican congressional nominee Mike Pence.

Hoon says he is a proud Republican in a mostly liberal area of rock.
 
June 30th, 1998 - Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots enters court-ordered rehab after his arrest in New York City for attempting to purchase heroin.

August 18th, 1998 - Follow the Leader, the third album from Korn, enters the Billboard 100 at #1.

August 30th, 1998 - Damon Alburn of Blur and Justine Frischmann of Elastica are married in a ceremony in the British Virgin Isles.
 
April 15th 1997: The Second Album of the Outside Trilogy Afrikaans is released

December 31st 1999:
The third and final album of the Outside trilogy contamination is released to great fan fare and Bowie performs a song from it called "451" at times square during the new years festivities.
 
June 15th, 1999: From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah-hah, Kurt Cobain's third solo studio album, is released. The album receives favorable reviews for the satirical take on much of Cobain's early life, with the comedic writing being considered a welcome departure from Cobain's darker works. Three singles are spawned from the album, including: "Crying, Sighing, Frying", "Packetep" and "Artsy Tartsy".
 
February 28th, 1996: The former members of Nirvana win the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Rock Album for MTV Unplugged in New York and the Grammy for Best Rock Song for "You Know You're Right" from their final album Tuc Eht Parc. Former frontman Kurt Cobain thanks: "These two knuckleheads, everyone who supported us from day one, everyone who knew the acoustic performance in New York would be a good idea and all those crazy fangirls who are still camping out in front of venues we haven't performed at in 3 years!"

February 26th, 1997:
At the Grammy Awards, Kurt Cobain wins the Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album and Best Album of the Year for Mist, while the album's lead single "Scattified" surprisingly wins the Grammy for Best Song. In his acceptance speech, he thanks: "My fans, my friends, everyone who put up with me in Nirvana, everyone who put up with me while producing this wonderful album and my kids Frances and Patrick! Every day I raise you, play with you and just be your goofball dad, I get inspiration every second! Thank you!"
 
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November 5th 1997:A practical joke write in campaign for Kurt Cobain mayor of Seattle goes better as expected as Cobain comes in third place.
 
February 29th, 2007: Kurt Cobain wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for the theme song to his documentary Montage of Heck: The Kurt Cobain Story, "Bizarald". In his acceptance speech, he mentions: "This whole award speech thing is kinda pretentious, but in all honesty, thank you to those who don't just think biopics about sad people deserve to win! Thank you for letting a biopic about a sad weird guy win instead!"
 
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