Bad news for Cobain fans desperately clinging to any last connection to the late singer – the museum dedicated to the former Nirvana front man in his hometown of Aberdeen, Washington, has gone up in flames.
Yes, it’s hard to believe but it looks like that couch Cobain slept on at a friend’s house that one time in 1985 might be gone forever.
It took 77 firefighters across a period of ten hours to bring the blaze under control at Aberdeen Museum Of History, and sadly, most of the building and its contents were lost.
#BREAKING Heather Luther sent us this video of fire at the Aberdeen Museum housed in the historic armory. Among the treasures inside is a Kurt Cobain exhibit. @SuzannePhan is heading there for #KOMONews pic.twitter.com/cbxvdxiIyA
— Keith Eldridge (@KeithKOMO4) June 9, 2018
Luckily, no one was harmed.
Sad to hear about the fire at the Aberdeen Museum of History. Here are a couple pics of the Kurt Cobain Exhibit and one of the old Stewart Field (Aberdeen HS stadium) sign I took when I was down there last September. Horrible loss for the community. pic.twitter.com/rsRliBPbmA
— Ryland Spencer™ (@RylandSpencer) June 11, 2018
The museum was filled with random Cobain memorabilia items such as posters, t-shirts and even an outdoor bench (because nothing in this world is sacred, least not Cobain’s legacy).
But here’s the thing…
Cobain really hated Aberdeen.
In a 1992 interview with Monk Magazine, Cobain said:
“It’s a really small place. A very small community with a lot of people who have very small minds. Basically if you’re not prepared to join the logging industry, you’re going to be beaten up or run out of town. They chased me up to the castle of Aberdeen with torches. Just like the Frankenstein monster. And I got away in a hot air balloon. And I came here to Seattle.”
Awkward!
The town have conveniently chosen to ignore the fact that Cobain really despised living there and instead erected a “Come As You Are” welcome sign in 2005.
This was then complimented by plaques that commemorate where Cobain grew up, a memorial park, walking tours, and umm, this weird statue of Cobain crying…
Kurt Cobain crying statue unveiled in hometown http://t.co/9gX8ETmaEo pic.twitter.com/VSaBq50jvr
— Independent Arts (@IndyArts) February 24, 2014
Who doesn’t want to capitalise on the memory of a world-famous musician with money made from tourist dollars?