On what would have been his 59th birthday, Kurt Cobain remains the restless voice behind Nirvana. Decades later, the distortion, vulnerability and defiance still echo far beyond the ’90s.

Part of the allure of Nirvana was their ability to juxtapose incredibly dark, somber lyricism with powerful, driving rock arrangements that almost made it easy to forget just how bleak the songs ...

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