Kurt Cobain Black Chuck Taylor All Star Converse

He haunted Seattle’s music scene, withdrawing into its grit and grime. He thought some of it made sense, but most of it didn’t. So he turned to the only thing he knew for sure: his music. Soon it became clear; the inspired songwriter with scruffy hair and stormy eyes had taken the underground grunge movement mainstream. Converse invokes Kurt Cobains spirit with these Kurt Cobain Black Chuck Taylore All Star Converse. These shoes feature a canvas upper with lyrics from “Come As You Are” and “Dumb”. Available now at Converse.com

Kurt Cobain Converse Collection

Converse has given Kurt Cobain his own signature collection of shoes. Now available and shipping worldwide at Converse.com, Converse is currently producing a limited-edition series of Kurt Cobain footwear as part of the company’s 100th anniversary sales campaign, dubbed “Welcome to the Converse Century.” Each shoe is littered with drawings and writings that were published in 2002’s Kurt Cobain Journals. Several new models of Kurt Cobain shoes are coming with the Converse One Star model and a series of high-top Chucks already confirmed, according to NirvanaClub.com.

Distressed in the way Kurt Cobain wore them, the shoes provide a rarely seen glimpse into the head of this musical and lyrical genius with sketches that display his hopes, dreams and lyrics from amazing songs such as Come As You Are.

To further pay tribute to the late singer, three of the Converse shoes that Cobain was often seen wearing will be reflected in the new collection which includes versions of Chuck Taylor All Star, Jack Purcell and One Star shoes. To make the collection even more unique, they’ll have wear and fray detailing and Kurt Cobain’s signature subtly embroidered on the shoe’s outer.The shoes will be made available in black and white versions and should retail for around $50 - $65. The product line comes with the full cooperation of Courtney Love and the Estate of Kurt Cobain. Converse will release the full details of the shoes in April. Read the rest of this entry »

Kurt Cobain Documentary by Brett Morgen

The opening film from Sundance last year was Brett Morgen’s Chicago 10, a “mixed media” documentary about the anti-war protest during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Although it wasn’t anything amazing, it was a very interesting and exciting attempt at exploring that incident in history. Morgen caught up with Collider recently and talked about his next documentary project - another mixed media film, this time about Nirvana frontrunner Kurt Cobain. Given how well received Control was, Morgen could certainly pull off a pretty awesome documentary as well.Up-and-coming filmmaker Brett Morgen explains that “Courtney Love sort of sanctioned” him to make the film about the deceased legendary musician and it may end up being his next project, although he’s got a narrative feature that he’s trying to get made as well. While he’s hoping to start work on this in the next few months, because there’s so much to it, it could end up taking 3 or 4 years to complete. Read the rest of this entry »

Happy 41st Birthday Kurt!

If you didn’t know, today marks what would have been Kurt Cobain’s 41st birthday. Last year to commemorate Kurt’s life and his contribution to music, The Kurt Cobain Memorial Committee launched its inaugural benefit concert, “Lounge Acts,” in Hoquiam. The concert was a benefit for the committee, which is working to build a teen center in Aberdeen in Cobain’s name among other things. You can read about last year’s event as well as see some photos from the show by clicking here.