A more interesting WI would in regards to him just surviving
1994 Courtney Love finds an unconscious, drugged Kurt Cobain in their hotel room in Rome, and he is later convinced to enter a rehabilitation program. His attempt on climbing a wall of the rehab fails and he is forced to complete the rehabilitation.
1995 Fully rehabilited, Cobain returns to Seattle, but he abandons Nirvana during the making of their comeback album. He would later state: "
Fame and success were killing me. By the way, i hated success and fame even before being nearly dead, so that was the right moment to fucking vanish". Nirvana is near to breaking up, but Cobain himself suggests to the former bandmates to continue without him. Nirvana has now a new line-up: Dave Grohl abandons drums for taking the role of singer and rhythm guitarist, Krist Novoselic keeps his position as the bassist, Pat Smear remains the main guitarist while the new entry William Goldsmith becomes the drummer.
1996 Nirvana releases their fourth album,
Rohypnol, whose tracklist includes some songs written and composed by Cobain himself. The album is a great success, both of public and critic, but some people complain it is essentially a "
Clone of In Utero sung by Dave Grohl". A
Rivers of Alcoholand live album is also released to success.
1997 Shangri-La Love-Cobain is born to Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain, but the family keeps the child far from the public enough that some creepy urban legends regarding her identity start to arise. Courtney later assaults some journalists, and bets on how much the child would stay in the Cobain family before being taken by the social services become rather popular.
1998 The fifth album of Nirvana,
Millennium?!, is released. It is a flop compared to the previous works of the band, even though it managed to top the charts for some time. Fans and critics alike complain that Nirvana abandoned the grunge sound for a more punk-rock-ish sound: "
While this is undoubtedly a great album, Cobain's genius is all but present". Speaking of Cobain, he is seen under a mask in the public of the MTV Awards wielding a banner showing the Backstreet Boys'
BSB logo. When they win, he unveils a part of the banner, who noy says
Backstreet
Suck
Balls.
To be continued?