In 1993 Kurt Cobain did not hesitate to throw his guitar on the floor and confront a man in the audience.
Kurt Cobain interrupted a show Nirvana in 1993 to stop sexual harassment. The vocalist was performing in Oakland, California on New Year’s Eve when he spotted a man groping a woman in the front row of the stalls.
the band played “Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam” when Kurt threw his guitar to the ground and didn’t hesitate to run into the crowd and call security.
“Facing a sensation, eh friend?” said the vocalist as he pointed towards the exit.
Nirvana bassist, Krist Novoselic, realized what had happened and said: “How do you feel, huh?”. Check out the video below:
Kurt Cobain, in addition to being one of the greatest artists in history, he never hid the causes he defended. As recalls the Far Out Magazine in 2020, the musician made allegations of rape in the 1990s.
In a 1991 interview with NME, Cobain emphasized believing that society should eliminate sexual harassment and rape. One way to do this, according to the artist, is to educate men about rape.
The musician also took matters into the songs of Nirvana. As the FOMthe artist released “Rape Me”, from the album in uteroas an “anti-rape anthem”.
The issue of violence against women was also addressed in “Polly”, by Nevermind. About the music, Krist Novoselic commented: “It’s about a young girl who was kidnapped, the guy took her in his van. Tortured her. Raped her. The only chance she had to get away was to go find him and convince him to untie her. That’s what she did. did and she ran away. Can you imagine how much force that took?”.
In another interview from 1993, Cobain recalled his high school days and how that period shaped his view: “I didn’t find any friends (at school), male friends that I felt compatible with, I ended up hanging out with girls a lot. I always felt that they weren’t treated with respect . Especially as women are totally oppressed”.
O Far Out Magazine points out that the denunciations and speeches of cobain in the 1990s about violence against women went ahead of his time and showed how music is connected with politics and social agendas.
In the conversation, he remembered a friend who at the time started self-defense classes and wondered about this process. cobain said: “She looked out the window and saw a football field full of boys, and thought these are the people who really should be in a class.”
Source: Rollingstone
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