New Kurt Cobain documentary to air on BBC next month

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The BBC are set to release a brand new hour-long documentary to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Kurt Cobain.The Nirvana frontman who took his own life on April 5, 1994, will be celebrated in a range of content aired across television and radio by the BBC – including a Saturday night of programmes dedicated to the singer, a documentary titled Moments That Shook Music: Kurt Cobain will air on BBC Two and iPlayer.According to a press release, the documentary will be “told exclusively through powerful and rare archive footage,” providing a “visceral account of the days that surrounded that tragic moment” when Cobain took his own life.During the final years of his life, Cobain had struggled with drug addiction and depression.

Following an overdose in Rome in March 1994 and a subsequent intervention, Cobain died by suicide at his Seattle home on April 8.

He was 27 years old.Cobain formed Nirvana in 1987 with Krist Novoselic and went through a series of drummers before Dave Grohl joined in 1990 and their classic lineup was cemented.Along with winning multiple prestigious music awards and topping charts around the world, they were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2014, and are still one of the best-selling rock bands of all time.Their landmark second album ‘Nevermind’, released in 1991, became a critical and commercial success, propelling the band to fame and earning them three Grammy nominations.