Frances Bean Cobain avait un an et demi lorsque son père, Kurt Cobain, est mort. La fille du chanteur de Nirvana n’avait jamais vraiment parlé ouvertement de son père. C’était avant qu’elle réalise le film Kurt Cobain : Montage Of Heck, le premier film qui parle de Kurt Cobain et qui est autorisé par la famille Cobain. Elle s’est entretenue au magazine Rolling Stone à ce sujet.
Bizarrement, elle avoue ne pas être une fan de Nirvana. Elle préfère plutôt Oasis, Mercury Rev et autres :
“I don’t really like Nirvana that much [grins]. Sorry, promotional people, Universal. I’m more into Mercury Rev, Oasis, Brian Jonestown Massacre [laughs]. The grunge scene is not what I’m interested in. But “Territorial Pissings” [on Nevermind] is a fucking great song. And “Dumb” [on In Utero] – I cry every time I hear that song. It’s a stripped-down version of Kurt’s perception of himself – of himself on drugs, off drugs, feeling inadequate to be titled the voice of a generation.”
Elle va plus loin en parlant de la musique de son père. Elle affirme que tout le monde le met sur un piédestal puisqu’il est mort. Les gens glorifient la mort. Comme Lana Del Rey.
“No. I would have felt more awkward if I’d been a fan. 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.”
Frances Bean Cobain est ressemble vraiment à son père. Vous pouvez consulter des photos ici. On peut donc mieux comprendre quand elle dit que les anciens membres de Nirvana voient Kurt Cobain lorsqu’ils sont avec elle.
“It’s very weird how genes are. Dave [Grohl], Krist [Novoselic] and Pat [Smear] came over to a house where I was living. It was the first time [the ex-Nirvana members] had been together in a long time. And they had what I call the “K. C. Jeebies,” which is when they see me, they see Kurt. They look at me, and you can see they’re looking at a ghost. They were all getting the K. C. Jeebies hardcore. Dave said, “She is somuch like Kurt.” They were all talking amongst themselves, rehashing old stories I’d heard a million times. I was sitting in a chair, chain-smoking, looking down like this [affects total boredom]. And they went, “You are doing exactly what your father would have done.”
Frances Bean Cobain est l’héritière (à 37%) des royautés versées à Kurt Cobain. Elle a une fortune estimée à 170M$. Elle est également contre le suicide. Elle avait justement écrit à la fille de Robin Williams après que celui-ci se soit enlevé la vie l’an dernier.
Nouvelle chanson jamais dévoilée de Nirvana
Parlant du film Montage Of Heck, le documentaire dévoile une nouvelle chanson de Kurt Cobain. Le film sort officiellement en salles le 10 avril.