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I really haven't had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I'd rather tell a story about somebody else.

-Kurt Cobain

On April 8, 1994, a generation was in morning. For days, their king had been dead. Some woke up, and for days, months-years-, thinking to day was another day when they got up. And he didn’t. Their lives were touched by him and the music he made. They could relate to him in ways they couldn’t with others. In this essay, I intend to prove that Kurt Cobain was one of the greatest and most influential musicians because of the awards his band won, people who he inspired and the legacy he left.
First I will discuss that the awards Cobain won make him an influential musician. One example deals with a Grammy he won. In 1996 Cobain won a Grammy for his album “MTV Unplugged In New York” (http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/kurt_cobain/index.shtml). He got it 2 years after Nirvana disbanded and he was dead. It’s already a huge enough accomplishment to get one when you and your band are around, but after is unheard of after not really existing anymore.
Another award Cobain won that proves his was a great and influential musician deals with their MTV video music award in 1994 for the video “heart-shaped box”. The award is for bands breaking into the world and becoming more and more known . I know its pretty easy for a band to win one, but seriously, they were non-exestint by then.