KURT THE MAN COBAIN
The other side of fame
Childhood Stress
When yung Kurt was young his parents were divorced when he was 9 and he became withdrawn. for most of his childhood he was sick with bronchitis. his parents traumatic split fueled a lot of the anguish in Nirvanas music.
Top 10 stressors of fame
Celebrity press
Critics
Threatening letters and or calls
Lack of privacy
Constant monitoring of their lives
Worry about career plunges
Stalkers
Lack of security
Curious fans
Worries about their childrens lives being disrupted
Cobain stress
One reason Cobain found fame stressful was because it rubbed against his punk ethos and fans were giving him an elevated sense of importance that he felt he didn't deserve or have.
Cobain dealt with stress by withdrawing himself. In an interview he says "just to survive lately, I've become a lot more withdrawn from the band... after the show I go straight to the hotel room and go to sleep.
In 1992 Nirvana was the most in demand band in the world, Kurt Cobain wasn't even going on tour with his members.