Kurt Donald Cobain 

Kurt Donald Cobain (Aberdeen , Washington, February 20, 1967 - Seattle, Washington, April 5, 1994 ) was an American musician, known as the singer, guitarist and main songwriter of the band Nirvana grunge .

Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen , Washington, in 1985 and established as part of the Seattle music scene with his album Bleach released on the independent label Sub Pop in 1989 .