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April 1994- Kurt falls asleep while writing suicide note
is discovered with gun by electrician and is quickly rushed to Seattle General hospital
put under observation and suicide watch & later ordered to undergo psychiatric counseling and is also put on experimental depression medication unbeknownced to the press
Newspaper read with headlines like "Future of Nirvana uncertain... are we witnessing another Beatles breakup?" and "Kurt Cobain hospitalized!".
Many begin to fear that they were seeing another tragedy similar to that of Elvis Presley at the end of the 70's. To reassure panicked fans, The band puts out a press release saying "We thank all our fans for their continued support and hope to get back to you as soon as possible. in the meantime, we would like to let all our fans know that Kurt is in recovery and is in stable condition".
in the following days and weeks, Kurt begins to show major signs of improvments such as getting off drugs and becoming alot more optimistic.
He also goes through a writing spurr where he'd stay up for days on end writing how he was feeling, song lyrics and even letters to old friends which Kurt stated in a 1997 interview "helped Keep me sane. as counter-intuitive as that might sound. it gave me something to do to get my feelings out. like i was purging my body of these toxic fucking feelings".
October 18th, 1994- Nirvana unofficially breaks up. Cobain decides to call it quits with Nirvana and announces that he wants to do his own indi music saying in a letter "I have decided to go and do other things". the other members, still wanting to play their own music, Dave & Krist decide to form "Foo Fighters" with a new drummer and guitar man.
November 1994- Nirvana on MTV Unplugged is released on CD & VHS just in time for Christmas
February 1995: Kurt releases a new experimental album titled From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah. The album was mostely made up of music and only included 3 songs. the rest was a collection of electric and acoustic melody's that Kurt said "i wanted to see if i could create a synphonic music peice with modern instruments like Beethoven did with the piano and trumpet". The album is moderatly successful but is drowned out by other bands and includes recordings of him talking about his life growing up and fresh music crudely recorded from a tape recorder he bought from his local Radioshack. The talking parts would later become part of the film "Been a son- the chaotic life of Kurt Cobain".
August 1996: Kurt releases a New album titled "Dreams of Aberdeen". Critics say the album is a bigger success then the last album. the album includes mostely acoustic song
1997- Kurt has now gone 4 years without showing his face in public. in that time he has lived alone with his daughter in a private home in Eastern washington state away from the eye of the media. on advice from his friends, and later his daughter, Cobain decides to begin touring again, or at least doing shows again, just to show he's still alive and sane.
To promote his return to the public eye, He goes around singing on talk shows like "The Tonight Show" & "Late Night with Conan O' Brian" some songs are new and some are old. The new songs are part of a new studio album titled from death's door" where he mostely sings about his emotions and depression following his failed suicide attempt. Critics say the album sounds uncharicteristic of Kurt's music style and more charicteristic of Emo music
the tour lasts from 1997 through 1998 and are mosely in ballrooms like the paramount grossing 45 million dollars
most of his shows sell out the first week to eager fans wanting to see Kurt again.
The first few shows are not as energetic as past shows. he was reported to mostely have just sat on a wooden barstool and talked and sang acoustic songs. the stage looks alot like "MTV unplugged"
only near the end of the tour did he start to become energetic stating "I had to get back into the swing of things. it's hard man (pauses) it's hard getting back into something after not doing it for 4 years" he stated in an interview.
After the tour, a live album like the "MTV Unplugged" album is released called "Come back Kurt: Live in Seattle". The concerts have a feel similar to the one they did at the paramount and a stage look and sound of the Unplugged show. His studio album includes all new songs.
1999- Kurt moves with his daughter to Portland, OR after formally devorcing courtney love. Kurt had been living away from Love since 1995. He also kickes his addiction to drugs and never looks back
2000- retires from music and instead goes into painting and poetry.
March 2001- Kurt holds a web chat with Fans on Nirvana.com answering questions and showing that he had not fallen behind the times in relation to technology. Before then, many had written him off and said that he had forgotten about the music fans and had forgotton what made him famous
Sept. 20th, 2001- nirvana reunion concert to benifit the victims of 9/11 held in NY. broadcast live on TV and is sold on DVD nationwide the following year.
1998 or 2002- Nirvana is inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. on stage with the band, Kurt says looking the plaq over, "Um... Damn man. I don't know what to say." (looks out at the croud and smiles, crowd cheers)
"...growing up in Aberdeen, i never really thought i'd be up here with 2 other guys accepting an award. i guess i'll just say that all you young rockers out there. keep at it and you may just be where i am. peace" he holds up the plaq over his head and all the band reach up and grab onto it like it's a superbowl trophy as the crowd gives a standing ovation.
2002- Kurt is approached by a film company to do a Nirvana reunion stadium tour in a series of cities which would later be filmed and put on DVD, VHS, & CD. The guys agree. kurt only agrees after they say yes to Kurt's request to let the Meat Puppets and Vasileens open for them.

They are filmed singing in places like an outside ampitheatre in Paris, The Houston Astrodome, Berlin stadium, Wimbley in london, Osaka, and Tampico, MX.
spring 2011- Kurt Cobain, now with a short hairdo and gotee, plays bonaroo and Glastonbery with Dave Grohl and the rest of his old bandmates songs sung include songs by Dave Grohl, Kurt's solo songs and songs from the Nirvana era. Dave Grohl only agrees to come if he got to sing and not be religated to "the guy who plays the drums".


Differences from OTL- Emo/screamo Rock never came about, grunge remains vibrent today, 1994 has no historical significance other then the republicans taking the house & Nirvana dispanding, Al Gore is elected president after Dave and Kurt appear with Al and publicly announce their support
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