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7/10/2017

COBAIN: 8 WAYS TO COMMEMORATE HIS DEATH KURT-STYLE

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Kurt Cobain's tragic death on 5 April 1994 gives us an opportunity to remember how his creativity provided a soundtrack that inspired a generation.  


Here are 8 ways to do it Kurt Cobain style:

1. 20 MINUTE LOUNGE MOSH 

Blow the dust off your CD player and rescue your copy of Never Mind (the one with the swimming baby on the front). Select track one, put it on repeat and turn it up to the setting that says LOUDER THAN HELL (careful kids that's quite loud) and start moshing.  BTW here's an awesome live version that gives you a sense of the energy.
2.  MACARONI MAYHEM

Treat your yourself to a bowl of Kurt Cobain's favourite snack.  Yes it's not all sex and drugs you know.
3. UNLEASH THE PISTOLS

Cobain reportedly wrote an entry in his journal that described the Sex Pistols as more important than The Clash. I'm simply not qualified to make that call.  But then I'm not the front man of a band that created a new genre.  Fact.  So when you're 'teen spirited' out from lounge moshing, give yourself a new lease of life with some British Punk.  Let's get really angry. 
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The Sex Pistols. Very bloody important.
4. UNLEASH AN ACTUAL PISTOL

What better way to spend your spare time than to pop to the local friendly butcher, buy some big chunks of meat and take them to the woods so you can shoot at them.  This was apparently one of Kurt's favoured activities.  Beef or lamb sir?

5. 7UP BOMBING

Kurt told a reporter that when he was six, he used to fill empty cans of 7UP with pebbles and throw them at police cars.  I don't know about you, but this sounds kinda fun.  Fire in the hole!
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6. FRENCH KISS YOUR BEST FRIEND

Which of course would be easy if your lucky enough to know that your best friend is your lifelong partner.  A little trickier though if you're straight, on live TV (Saturday Night Live) and the lucky one is the bass player in your band. Right wing christian America were outraged and if that's not a good enough reason I don't know what is.  Pucker up.

7. A NAKED LUNCH

One of Cobain's most prized possessions was a signed first edition of an important piece of American Literature, Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs.  It's full of bad language and talks a lot about drugs.  Yes I bought it too. 

"Western man is externalizing himself in the form of gadgets.”  William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch



Warning: it's not the easiest of reads.
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8. PUBLIC DECLARATION OF YOUR PARTNER'S PROWESS IN BED


A few seconds before playing live on the British cult-TV show The Word, Kurt declared, “Courtney Love, the lead singer of the sensational pop group Hole, is the best fuck in the world.” For that we salute you both.  I'd love to be fly on the wall of your next family dinner.


We leave you with one of his lyrics "really ain't no use in hanging' around."  RIP KC 20 February 1967- 8 April 1994

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2/2/2017

Viola Beach: Live at the BBC

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Rock In Peace Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe (27) and Jack Dakin and their manager Craig Tarry. x

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18/9/2013

remembering jimi hendrix died 18 SEPT 1970

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30/8/2013

REMEMBERING ALAN BLIND OWL WILSON

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The lead singer of the brilliant Canned Heat died of a barbiturate overdose (suspected suicide) on 3 Sept 1970.  This was 15 days before Hendrix died at 27 and one month before Janis Joplin died at 27.  1970 was a big year for the 27ers.

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11/8/2013

REMEMBERING WALLACE YOHN 12 AUGUST AGED 27

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Jazz organist (for the band Chase) Wallace Yohn died aged 27 on 12 August 1974 in a tragic plane crash.  He was on his way to play a gig in Jackson County, Minnesota with band leader Bill Chase when their plane (a Piper Twin Comanche) came down.

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11/8/2013

REMEMBERING RICHARD TURNER MUSICIAN WITH @FRIENDLYFIRES

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Trumpet player with the Friendly Fires Richard Turner died tragically of a heart attack on 11 August 2011. Richard was the most recent person to join the Forever 27 Club.  The Friendly Fires are a fantastic band - check them out here: http://www.wearefriendlyfires.com/

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6/8/2013

remembering @natjaffe (aged 27)

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Nat Jaffe was an American jazz swing pianist who died on 5 August 1945 (high blood pressure).  He played with the likes of Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong.

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5/8/2013

cobain original art: artist?

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We love this: original art sent to us by Laura Jane Keoghan - this has given us some ideas for a project or two.  If you're interested in a gallery project for original f27 art - get in touch

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5/8/2013

Hendrix: a 60 second tribute

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2/8/2013

REMEMBERING CECILIA - 2ND AUGUST 1976

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Cecilia was a Spanish singer/songwriter who took her stage name from a track by Simon and Garfunkel.  She died in a car accident on the way back from a gig on 2nd August 1976 having composed some 70 songs, some of which were censored by Franco's government.

View her official website

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