It isn’t the first time a child hasn’t like their dad’s music. This time it’s from a rather surprising source.
Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain, lead singer of the band Nirvana, has spoken out recently, in regards to her father’s music saying she’s “not really a fan of her father’s music,” according to Rolling Stone as reported by The Huffington Post.
The 22-year-old artist spoke to Rolling Stone magazine about the new HBO documentary “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,” sharing that she wasn’t really a fan. Shockingly, the daughter of the rock’n’roll couple has stated that she doesn’t “really like Nirvana that much,” The Huffington Post reports. She goes on to say in The Huffington Post: “Sorry, promotional people, Universal. I’m more into Mercury Rev, Oasis, Brian Jonestown Massacre. The grunge scene is not what I’m interested in.”
Finally, she added that “Territorial Pissings” off Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album is a “fucking great song,” The Huffington Post writes. One might assume that the daughter of the rock legend and grunge pioneer might enjoy her father’s music; however, one might add that Nicole Richie doesn’t have to love her dad’s music, or Kimberly Stewart, her father, Rod Stewart’s poppy tunes.
Each generation heralds a new offspring of music fans who may or may not enjoy the music their parents listened to; in this case, it’s the music created directly by the parent, which apparently, does not guarantee loyalty as a music fan.
The shock comes as even more of a surprise, mostly because Frances is the only living legacy to carry her father’s name. Similar to Elvis, Kurt Cobain has achieved cult-like follower status.
Frances goes on to say: “I was around 15 when I realized he was inescapable. Even if I was in a car and had the radio on, there’s my dad. He’s larger than life, and our culture is obsessed with dead musicians. We love to put them on a pedestal. If Kurt had just been another guy who abandoned his family in the most awful way possible…But he wasn’t. He inspired people to put him on a pedestal, to become St. Kurt. He became even bigger after he died than he was when he was alive. You don’t think it could have gotten any bigger. But it did.” This excerpt is taken from the Rolling Stone interview as shared on The Huffington Post.
Despite what Frances says about this being bad for publicity, she might have in fact given the film the exact push that it needed with that extra level of controversy. Whether she likes the music or not, Frances certainly follows the spirit of rebellion inherent to the grunge scene her dad made famous.
