Kurt Cobain was 'oblivion seeker'

(Agencies)
2010-03-27 13:05
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Kurt Cobain was 'oblivion seeker'

Courtney Love says her husband Kurt Cobain died because he was an "oblivion seeker".

The 'Celebrity Skin' singer and the late Nirvana frontman - who committed suicide in 1994 - experimented with numerous drugs throughout their relationship, including heroin, but while she just wanted to get high on occasions Kurt possessed a nihilistic streak.

She said in an interview with The Guardian newspaper: "He had his drug life. He was an oblivion seeker. I never wanted that. I was the kind of drug addict that just wanted to be comfortable in my skin. Escapism once in a blue moon. Kurt would just go on until he dropped. So he died, that wasn't fun."

Courtney, 45, believes she was made a scapegoat in the wake of his death and admits it came as a shock for her to be so unpopular, especially in the US.

The rocker - who had a daughter, 17-year-old Frances Bean, with Kurt - added: "Being a scapegoat was new for me. I sometimes got the feeling Kurt enjoyed that I p***ed people off. I didn't like it at all."