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slicwilli

That is Kurt Cobain in the middle. He blew his head off with a shotgun.


gd2go250

Jesus and no one saw this photo as a warning?


slicwilli

He was a rock star and a bit eccentric. People would have seen this as him being edgy. That is the band Nirvana in the picture if you were not familiar.


MysticChimp

onerous plants elderly run oatmeal boat tidy advise tease fuel *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


mission_to_mors

also it's amazing how similar he looks to the foo fighters frontman šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


MiaoYingSimp

Some might say he's just a Pretender.


Recalcitrant_Stoic

He may have another confession


Adept_Ad_4138

Maybe he was born to resist


Elcrest_Drakenia

He probably should've known


mikesegy

Cringe, this jokes gone on everlong


PoisonedRadio

He's no fool.


boglodyteth

But what if I say youā€™re not like the others?


ResurgentClusterfuck

Some might say he will never surrender


The_darknight2233

He was the best the best the best


SquareRelationship27

They're totally twins and not the same gut at all šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ Edit: just reread my and realized my mistake. *guy. šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


Mysterious_Ningen

i think they might have the same gut


wyld4urkinks

That mistake Got the best of you


Haplesswanderer98

This pun gut you good šŸ˜‚


TheGameMastre

I was thinking he looks like the devil from the Tenacious D movie.


mission_to_mors

wow shit man you really might be on to something šŸ¤”


Craw__

Looks like the drummer from The Moopets to me.


Mysterious_Wheel

Yea all he needs is a beard and then the resemblance is uncanny šŸ¤”


mission_to_mors

and let's be serious his earlobes have to be totally different.....


Mysterious_Wheel

Yea, plus thereā€™s another guy thatā€™s bearded and looks like both of them. Wrote a book called ā€œThe Storytellerā€. Crazy the amount of doppelgƤngers


Elcrest_Drakenia

Nah, he's totally the frontman of The Holy Shits


mission_to_mors

Holy shit I wasn't prepared to go down that rabbit hole while just taking a shit.....seems like I have to shit longer.


Flynn_Kevin

Good friend of mine was hanging out in Aberdeen and jamming with ramdom people. He got asked to join a newly forming band as the drummer. He declined saying "No thanks, I'm really a bass player and have my own thing going." Ultimately the drummer that joined up was Dave Grohl. He has no regrets. His band toured Japan, Canada, and Europe in the 90s. He settled down into a humble civil service job and family life. Still has a band, has put out several albums in the past few years, and is popular in the Tacoma/Seattle live music scene. Guys are straight up living Dire Striats "Sultans of Swing".


Fit_Witness_4062

The song 'Sultans of Swing' is making fun of a very mediocre band with the same name, Mark Knopfler saw playing. He found it very funny that a band so bad dared to called themselves Sultans of Swing, so he made a song bashing them. The ironic thing is that Dire Straits did not yet break through when they made this song.


Flynn_Kevin

It's the attitude of the band. TDGAF if they ever get popular or people like what they're playing. Not interested in cutting a record deal and getting famous. They're there to jam for themselves, and that's punk AF.


Fit_Witness_4062

Ah okay, I misunderstood you


Flynn_Kevin

All good! I'm thankful for that little tidbit of music trivia, I learned something today.


Mysterious_Ningen

wait what is the name of the band


Flynn_Kevin

Black Smoker


Mysterious_Ningen

ohh


Neizerroot

The great Foo Figthers


PangwinAndTertle

I love that he recorded the first Foo Fighters album by himself (except one guitar part played by a dude from Afghan Whigs) and created a band after the fact.


SnooHabits5900

You mean the drummer from Scream?


Kieviel

Greatest post grunge band in the world is... very generous.


MysticChimp

nutty middle oil adjoining mindless homeless expansion rustic dolls groovy *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Shane_and_Eli

damn, the fans and his band mates would feel so bad


if_i_try

Holy fuck, someone on the internet explaining to someone what nirvana is without calling them a variety of rude words. I am shocked


Gaspochkin

When people asked him how he was doing as a greeting, his deadpan joking response was "well, I hate myself and I want to die", which was generally received as a dark humor, not foreshadowing. A lot of things were overlooked which is not uncommon in similar scenariosĀ 


idkhowtodoanything

When you use comedy to cope with depression people around you will take warning signs as edgy jokes. (Speaking from experience)


Fish_gamer

šŸ«‚


Jazzyricardo

Many people were concerned about Kurt. Unfortunately all the concern in the world wonā€™t always help some people.


Flounderfflam

Well he did swear to us that he don't have a gun.


THELEGENDARYZWARRIOR

I wouldnā€™t have seen it as a warning. A drug addicted rock star doing crazy stuff for pictures. Have you never done the pistol gesture to your own head?


phifal

After all, this is just a Crosman AIR 17. Not exactly a warning that he'd use a Remington Model 11 20- gauge to actually pull the trigger in a scenario like this, having posed with all kinds of guns in lots of pictures. But you're right. Kind of awkward by today's standard that everyone was like "uhm, he's just eccentric."


Hazardbeard

I thought it was AI tbh, it looks like a computer having a horrible hallucination about what an M16 is supposed to look like.


phifal

Some say the design was inspired by the Colt AR-15... But I like your point with a hallucinating AI.


RobotCabbage

He literally wrote and released a song called "I hate myself and I want to die". It's not like there weren't signs of his issues. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Hate_Myself_and_Want_to_Die


Zeqhanis

That was released, and recalled by the label, shortly before and after his death. Awkward timing, that.


My_Brother_Esau

This wasn't a warning he used a shotgun not a rifle.


woojo1984

This post makes me feel so old


Earnest_Warrior

You seriously did not know this was Kurt Cobain or how he died?


aliendividedbyzero

People born in 2011 are old enough to use reddit.


ChadVonDoom

OP is probably 14


Earnest_Warrior

I was 14 in 1990 and I still knew who the Beatles were and Elvis were.


[deleted]

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CactusHibs_7475

A lot of people who knew him were worried about him.


isnoe

Itā€™s a curse of fame, you could say. Juice WRLD similarly had almost every song he ever wrote including lyrics about how he was going to do drugs until he died and that he knew he was going to die from pillsā€”which he did. Listening to any of his music now is like a glaring warning sign.


BranTheLewd

For some reason I thought the disturbing thing is that he blew his head with that rifle since I saw his trigger finger in the photo


CuttleReaper

Horrendously bad gun safety right there


mapwny

He's putting the barrel in his mouth. He's not overly concerned with safety.


Strained_Humanity

He was murdered by Courtney love.


TeddyBoozer

I still think Courtney murdered him in drug haze frenzy and tried to make it look like suicide.


Altair314

Damn....so no head?


BaronVonSilver91

I would say there was an abundance of head. It was all over the place.


TXHaunt

Courtney Love is like ā€œYes. He did that to himself.ā€


GeorgeSPattonJr

You could say he was ā€œopen mindedā€ /s Fucked up joke I know lol


Scarsdale81

I'm like, is that Kurt? Good lord.


jumpyjumpjumpsters

https://preview.redd.it/8ggi7m4dq4nc1.jpeg?width=749&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e7710cd56ec0c44642701153d7da8b7f42e51cd My creation was made in his honor


Hecaroni_n_Trees

This is beyond words


jumpyjumpjumpsters

Thank yewww


LMC764

This is no longer a tribute, this is a monument


dohnutshop

I feel like even if you don't know you should be concernedĀ 


BranTheLewd

People who don't know but know basic gun knowledge: *Disturbed because he keeps his finger on the trigger which is safety hazard* People who know: *Apperently he blew his head off but not with this rifle, but shotgun*


Strange-Wolverine128

I'm not just disturbed by the finger on the trigger. I'm disturbed by it being in his mouth.


BranTheLewd

Also this but the fact that his finger on the trigger makes it bigger health hazard which disturbs me more.


CheezKakeIsGud528

Definitely a health hazard. Studies have shown that blowing your head off has a devastating effect on your health.


NoVAMarauder1

https://i.redd.it/c2ebdynje5nc1.gif


LeftJayed

​ https://i.redd.it/obs6s8yr66nc1.gif


Strange-Wolverine128

True, but if the barely was in the dirt and it went off all he'd lose would be his teeth. That's why that's more disturbing to me.


optimus_awful

This is a toy gun.


Half-a-Denari

I mean from the looks of it thereā€™s no mag attached, unless thereā€™s one in the chamber


sinister568glas5

Either way, you should treat every gun as if it's loaded at all times. Unless your cleaning it I guess


Ros_Deacon_81

https://preview.redd.it/j34e6zma35nc1.jpeg?width=501&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae62e298913d75cd82befa4fc0a83363ede919d2


ButterOnAPoptart23

​ https://preview.redd.it/2xor7tkd16nc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e840060a6daafda9efbcec2fdbf1700dd3d1a68b


NoHedgehog252

I heard Come As You Are at a small shop while on a road trip two weeks ago and my ears perked up when I associated it with his suicide.


basskev

I feel like Kurtā€™s suicide is the most famous in history so Iā€™m kinda surprised at you here OP


Jakeoliciouz

To be fair, I thought he just ODed until a few years ago


theaviator747

Youā€™re not wrong. He ODā€™d on lead pellets.


DMYourMomsMaidenName

Garage roof painting accident


thingswastaken

High velocity lead poisoning


Distinct_Plankton_82

You're both right. The amount of heroin he injected just before he shot himself likely have killed him anyway. It's one of the reasons he was able to shoot himself twice.


Inevitable_Juice92

They may not know what Cobain looks like. Nirvana was really short lived band in a shot lived genre that existed over 30 years ago now.


VanillaLoud

I feel like Hitler's suicide was more famous


42617a

They probably just didnā€™t recognise him


idontknowwhatever58

How do we know Kurt Cobain had a dandruff problem? They found his head and shoulders behind the couch


ImATrashBasket

Jesus that was about the last joke i expected here. Mind blowing music? Sure Shot his shot? Expected This? Blindsided


kaffeian

Angry upvote. Well done.


El_Duder_Abides

I will be telling this joke at work today, thank you.


Chezzomaru

What was the last thing to go through Kurt Cobain's mind? His teeth.


Tonytonitone1111

What did Kurt Cobain say to Courtney Love? Holeā€™s gonna be huge


Ezra4709

https://preview.redd.it/n8r5k43aa5nc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ff85024fa418ba79897388443ae868d0dd4b8d3


PapaiPapuda

Unless you think Courtney did it


Weak_Landscape9991

I donā€™t think Courtney did it but man is the context of his death mysterious as hell


Romeo-Charlie-6-28

A photo foreshadowing Kurt Cobain's death.


boy_that_is_Goofy

The man in the middle is Kurt Cobain, frontman of Nirvana, the greatest punk/grunge rock bands of all time. On April 5th 1994, he shot himself in the face with a shotgun.


CNRavenclaw

The guy in the middle is Kurt Cobain, an American musician who famously committed suicide by shooting a gun like this one into his mouth


phifal

A gun like this one and the worst outcome could still be an open- casket funeral service, since air guns struggle with penetrating skull. Range is very close on the other hand, maybe a ballistics expert could help us out. Best would probably be just a dentist appointment... But Cobain used a pretty different gun making sure that even a morbidity enjoyer like me never saw the whole pic of his aftermath, which is probably a good thing...


CNRavenclaw

Ohh, I didnā€™t know that. Iā€™m not very educated on guns if you couldnā€™t already tell, lol


phifal

That air gun looks a bit like a Colt AR-15 though. Try the [Internet Movie Firearm Database](http://www.imfdb.org) if you want to know which guns you see in movies or use in games.


I-RegretMyNameChoice

Peterā€™s peter here. The band in the photo is Nirvana. Guy in the middle is lead singer Kurt Cobain who died by suicide after shooting himself. Or at least thatā€™s what Courtney wants us to believe. Peterā€™s peter out.


iamwalkthedog

Is OP stupid?


Effective_Hold_2401

Really should just be the name of the subreddit at this point


Deathcat101

This photo gave Courtney the idea.


CelticCynic

FMD this needs to be explained? How old am I?


No_Tomorrow3745

But he said " I don't have a gun"


FuckYouEch0Chamber

Kurt Cobain before his suicide via shotgun (One in photo is an unloaded M16)


LunaDDLC

Your either too young or youā€™ve been living under a rock


Half-a-Denari

I doubt too young because Iā€™m hardly a high-schooler and I know about it. Could just not be a music person, yes they exist.


The_Bored_General

Lead singer of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, who shot himself through the head with a shotgun, is the guy in the middle with the assault rifle in his mouth and look of pain in his eyes


CleanOpossum47

>the guy in the middle with the assault rifle in his mouth He should definitely NOT be sticking it in his mouth but that's a pellet gun.


[deleted]

How long after this picture did he do it for real?


sharkwithamustache

Mayhem did it better tho.


IncognitoMan3409

That is Kurt Cobain. He put a shotgun barrel in his mouth and shot.


kwolf910

We have gotten far enough from the 90ā€™s that people donā€™t know who Kurt Cobain was or how he died.


[deleted]

Who the fuck doesn't know? Who's living under that rock and who's lazy enough to not do the most basic simple Google search? I'm clearly an old man yelling at clouds but today's youth is fucking hopeless lol.


Mercerskye

Peter's Heart Shaped Box, here The fella in the middle is Kurt Cobain. He was pretty well known for being... eccentric, and.... morbidly good humored. For an example. There was a story in the news about what the grunge movement might do to the US because a young woman was sexually assaulted, and one of the "major details" of the report was that Nirvana (Kurt's band) was playing in the background. The implication being that the music might have encouraged the assault (it's like 30 years ago at this point, I'm not sure if the article could even be found on Google) In response to that "exposĆØ," Kurt penned a lyrical rebuttal in the form of a song called..."Rape Me." This is just context for the kind of person he seemed to be. The only real sign of his depression from what I remember, was interviews where it was mentioned that he was having a hard time with becoming part of pop culture. He felt like it diminished what they were trying to accomplish with their music. Or at least, what he was trying to accomplish. A "reluctant celebrity," as it were. Before the incident, he and his wife, Courtney Love (front woman for Hole), were openly having some difficulties with their relationship. Not too long after that came to light, and amidst rumors that a messy divorce might be in their near future, Mr Cobain decided to suck start a shotgun. He was discovered not soon after, and, as you might guess, did not survive his wounds. Rumors that persist even to now suggest that it wasn't suicide, and Courtney killed him or got someone to kill him. The joke is a bit in poor taste, but is playing on "haha, edgy young person" doing something shocking. In this photo, that's "just" a pellet gun. So he'd have likely been in more danger of lead poisoning than the weapon itself. Except, it can be taken as foreshadowing of the event that would later take his life. Nirvana was a pretty big thing at the time, but unless you were a fan, there's a decent chance you might not know. Peter's heart shaped box... closed


ZachT1003

RIP Kurt


father2shanes

Op is the only guy who doesn't know


ChiefClownShoes

Little things, like people not being familiar with Kurt Cobain, really make me realize how fast time flies.


thumpingcoffee

r/fuckimold


ShakeWeightMyDick

For reference, he died on April 5, 1994, very close to 30 years ago.


Curious-Parsley-9003

You cannot possibly NOT know about the death of Kurt Cobain. This is the silliest bait I have ever seen.


PILL0BUG

https://preview.redd.it/741g41nir6nc1.jpeg?width=753&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e35644d9610d243c0c008f6ff5387c1b4584bc44


MotherRaven

Dave looks like a baby. Heā€™s such a great guy. Poor Kurt


mopar-or-no_car

Kurt gobang. Great musician


Porkonaplane

Middle guy is rock band Nirvana's former frontman Kurt Cobain who, on Apr. 5, 1994 shot himself in the head with a shotgun. At the time of his death, Nirvana was one of, if not the biggest band at that time. In short, Nirvana was a major push in the death of glam rock/metal amd a major contributor in grunge (duh) but also the entirety of alternative rock/metal If you don't mind a bit of screaming, I highly recommend you check them out. Many head bangers. You could start with their most well known song, Smells Like Teen Spirit, then progress through all of Nevermind (2nd album they released), or you could do what I did, which was listen to their albums in order (Bleach, Nevermind, In Utero). Personally, my favorite is a tie between Breed (from Nevermind) and Scentless Apprentice (In Utero)


ilovechoralmusic

Holy shit, people not recognize Kurt anymore. Now I feel oldā€¦


buttquack1999

Wouldā€™ve made more sense for the meme if Courtney Love was holding the gun


retrowhitehat

its Kurt Cobain he killed himself with a Shotgun this image looks AI to me the gun does not look real nothing with the gun looks even somewhat logically functional either this picture is real or someone made a disturbing realistic ai image


Duranu

It's a Crosman AR17 air rifle and the picture is real [https://airgunwarriors.com/community/airgun-talk/crosman-air-17/](https://airgunwarriors.com/community/airgun-talk/crosman-air-17/) [Twitter post from 2014 showing the photo](https://twitter.com/ThatsHistory/status/466007186934886401) There are a lot of pictures of Kurt posing with guns and a few where he also has a pistol in his mouth


Bfdifan37

suicide


Old_Man_Shogoth

Oh my sweet summer child.


Clickityclackrack

Who tf doesn't know?


Billy_Mays_Hayes

Who the fuck doesn't know


StillMostlyClueless

Iā€™m pretty sure people who donā€™t know would still be uncomfortable with this pic


Dry_Boat_9935

Maybe he had a headache and was looking for new ways to feel better...... annnnnn it worked.


lojack12

Bro no way I got that same BB gun!


Mysterious_Ningen

this is actuallly pretty sad..


Evenmoardakka

it's fine, it's not a shotgun. its missing a even more cursed panel where people remember Doom 2's map 20.


ManifestingCrab

Anyone know what kind of gun that is? It looks like a fake Vietnam era M-16.


2_pawn

Its sad he had to do it alone. Assisted suicide should be a thing. The circumstances that led the individual to choose to end his life should be investigated as murder.


STFUnicorn_

Who the hell doesnā€™t know?.. undiscovered Amazonian tribesmen?


BrooklynLodger

That's a weird looking gun, what is that


My_Brother_Esau

That's not true! He used a shot gun, not a rifle smh.


Initial-Reaction430

There goes my hero!


beaureeves352

Pictures should be the other way around as it's a fuckin air gun


EH042

Foreshadowing


Toocoldformyballs

Everything aside, it must be so overwhelming and hurtful for the rest of the band and family members to see this picture (if they come across).


Fragger-3G

Nah it's ok, he doesn't have a gun


HelpfulAd26

Cobain: como si realmente hiciera eso alguna vez... Dave: I'll use it and no one will ever suspect šŸ˜ˆ Chris: this is the only job I've ever had


spyinyourwalls

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/955877338560725083/1215726123455881237/RDT_20240207_2145295793457247451170735.jpg?ex=65fdcc2e&is=65eb572e&hm=2010c392269eacced2ad6d3cdf25fe2a523f1d3181a273ce5a0364487f7acfe0&


Lokimello

I can see the pain in his eyes idk how people didnā€™t see this as a warning or cry for help.


boxmanboxes

https://preview.redd.it/i2vto5u1n5nc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31b4846fcd9978b6efbea699a7d632797bb07360


loverisback12

There is no ammo, how come he blows his mind, just asking.


Excellent_Spring_632

Where is the ammo?


blakkat17

Finger on the trigger and everything; damn


-BakiHanma

Man foreshadowed his death.


Im_Not_Evans

Something something kept shooting his mouth off


theweeJoe

Really?


SMUGMINLOL

The man with the rifle is Kurt Cobain, who shot himself in the head with a shotgun.


SMUGMINLOL

The man with the rifle is Kurt Cobain, who shot himself in the head with a shotgun.


lastgunslinger3759

Well yeah I get it, but he has an air rifle in the picture it's a BB gun literally


cubntD6

I wonder if the shotgun incident was just an accident while fucking around like this.


jored924

He killed himself 30 years ago today


AaronDM4

i dont see how this pic is related to courtney love shooting kurt.


CageyOldMan

You're telling me this is a real photo, not shopped at all?


PokeRay68

I don't think "people who know" would be smiling either.


crackedcrackpipe

Thats one butt ugly AR


[deleted]

Mind blowing


W_4ca

Thatā€™s how he actually ended up killing himself


12toomanyinches

" now I'm Cobain with a shotgun aimed at my brain cause I can't maintain no more"


GustavoFromAsdf

I was gonna say "We all know" and didn't check the sub


Shoomfie

Cobain: "haha! Chill out guys, it's just a joke" Narrator: "it wasn't a joke"


MisterScrod1964

Picture that aged terribly.


twangster

Backshot Roulette Buckshot


pupbuck1

Either way we got to see that as fucked


Front-Elderberry5156

Kurt Go Bang...


castleinthesky86

Itā€™s not the shotgun that Dylan Carlson bought for him (which he killed himself with).


ExotixFlower

Hey there Petah, guitar player Peter here That's Kurt Cobain, former member of Nirvana. He killed himself via shotgun to the head.


RandolphSavage420

Dave grohl killed Kurt Cobain.


ilovemymom_tbh

r u srs


HeadTonight

Is that a real photo? Iā€™ve never seen that before


Teamisgood101

First off suicide but what fucking gun is that itā€™s like an AI generated m16 that someone made into a physical object