DRUG ADDICTION AND MENTAL ILLNESS ARE A COMMON STRUGGLE FOR MANY IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE INCLUDING THE WORLD OF MUSIC AND ON THIS DATE 30 YEARS AGO A MODERN DAY MUSIC GENIUS’ STRUGGLE WITH DEPRESSION AND DRUG ABUSE LED TO HIS DEATH FROM SUICIDE AT THE AGE OF 27… THE LEAD SINGER OF NIRVANA AND A VITAL PLAYER IN THE GRUNGE MUSIC MOVEMENT, KURT COBAIN’S BODY WASN’T DISCOVERED TIL 3 DAYS LATER WHEN AN ELECTRICIAN ENTERED THE HOME TO INSTALL AN ALARM SYSTEM. COBAIN HAD BEEN THREATENED BY HIS BANDMATES DAVE GROHL AND KRIST NOVOSELIC TO DEAL WITH HIS DRUG PROBLEM OR THE BAND WAS DONE, SO, HE HAD ENTERED REHAB, BUT WAS THERE LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE WALKING OUT AND HEADING BACK TO SEATTLE…WITH NO ONE KNOWING WHERE HE WAS, HIS MOTHER EVEN FILED A MISSING PERSON’S REPORT…COBAIN SUCCUMBED TO HIS DEMONS ON THIS DATE IN 1994…AND IT THE WHAT IF’S ARE ENDLESS…NIRVANA PUT FORTH JUST 3 ALBUMS BEFORE COBAIN’S DEATH AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY TIMELESS…CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE GONE ON TO DO? IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU LOVE IS STRUGGLING WITH ADDICITON OR DEPRESSION, DIAL UP 988, THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS LINE …IT IS FREE, ANONYMOUS, & AVAILABLE 24/7 AND IF YOU LIVE IN THE GREATER PEORIA AREA, REACH OUT TO OUR FRIENDS AT JOLT HARM REDUCTION, THEY ARE COMPASSIONATE AND HAVE SHORT & LONG TERM SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH TO HELP YOU LIVE A LONG AND HAPPIER LIFE. TODAY WE REMEMBER KURT COBAIN, DEMONS AND ALL WITH A SONG THAT POETICALLY SPEAKS TO THOSE WHO DEAL OR HAVE DEALT WITH DEPRESSION…IT SPOKE TO ME…TODAY’S ROCK REWIND WAS SLATED TO BE RELEASED IN APRIL OF 1994 AS THE 3RD SINGLE FROM NIRVANA’S THIRD AND FINAL ALBUM, IN UTERO, BUT THAT RELEASE WAS HALTED FOR OBVIOUS REASONS…THE SINGLE…”PENNYROYAL TEA”, TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND ON 105.7 THE X
