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Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the grunge band Nirvana. Through his angsty songwriting and anti-establishment persona, his compositions widened the thematic conventions of mainstream rock music. He was heralded as a spokesman of Generation X and is widely recognized as one of the most influential alternative rock musicians.

Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and Aaron Burckhard in 1987, establishing themselves as part of the Seattle music scene that later became known as grunge. Burckhard was replaced by Chad Channing before the band released their debut album Bleach (1989) on Sub Pop, after which Channing was in turn replaced by Dave Grohl. With this finalized line-up, the band signed with DGC and found commercial success with the single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from their critically acclaimed second album Nevermind (1991). Cobain wrote many other hit Nirvana songs such as "Come as You Are", "Lithium", "In Bloom", "Heart-Shaped Box", "All Apologies", "About a Girl", "Aneurysm", "You Know You're Right" and "Something in the Way". Although he was hailed as the voice of his generation following Nirvana's sudden success, he was uncomfortable with this role.

During his final years, Cobain struggled with a heroin addiction and chronic depression. He also struggled with the personal and professional pressures of fame, and was often in the spotlight for his tumultuous marriage to fellow musician Courtney Love, with whom he had a daughter named Frances. In March 1994, he overdosed on a combination of champagne and Rohypnol, subsequently undergoing an intervention and detox program. On April 8, 1994, he was found dead in the greenhouse of his Seattle home at the age of 27, with police concluding that he had died around three days earlier from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head.

Cobain was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, alongside Nirvana bandmates Novoselic and Grohl, in their first year of eligibility in 2014. Rolling Stone included him on its lists of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time, 100 Greatest Guitarists, and 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love ruled the airwaves. Together they moved into this charming Asian influenced Craftsman in iconic Hollywood Heights.”

The 2,500-square-foot, three-bedroom home is located at 6881 Alta Loma Terrace, in Hollywood Heights near the famous High Tower elevator. The home, built in 1921, is perched on a hilltop and consists of three floors with balconies, high ceilings, a fireplace and a one-car garage. It was used as a shooting location for the 1973 Robert Altman thriller “The Long Goodbye,” the Los Angeles Times reported.

The couple fled to the Alta Loma house and were living there in the summer of 1992, when Love gave birth to their only child, daughter Frances. Cobain also reportedly wrote parts of “In Utero,” which would become Nirvana’s final album, while living in the house.

Alta Loma is otherwise associated with a dark period in Cobain’s life, too. He and Love began fighting, according to an L.A. County social worker who sought to remove the couple’s newborn daughter from their custody. Cobain purportedly spiraled into deeper drug addiction and depression. The rocker couple ultimately left the house the same year, moving to Seattle, where Cobain would die by suicide less than two years later.

The house fell into a state of disrepair even as it sat in one of L.A.’s most desirable neighborhoods. Records show that it traded hands in 1988, for $153,000, then again in 1999, when the property was bought by Karen S. Bryant for $425,000.

Bryant listed the property for just under $1 million in June. For the Hollywood Hills, it was a remarkably low price, reflecting its rough shape. The listing described the house as “full of original character and unique details,” including a “regal open staircase and four oversized french doors leading to a viewing deck,” but also acknowledged the property “has fallen into disrepair and is a major fixer.” Photos showed cracking hardwood floors and walls, and ceilings pockmarked with holes. In what seems to be one small closet, the words “RIP KURT COBAIN” appear scrawled in faded spraintpaint.