The Complicated Life Of Kurt Cobain

Cobain Didn’t Want To Play With Nirvana Anymore & Planned A Project With Michael Stipe

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After returning to Seattle from Rome, Cobain’s friends and colleagues noticed that the singer’s behavior was off. Gold Mountain Entertainment’s Janet Billig, who managed Love’s group Hole, described Cobain as “cuckoo.” He had problems with Love and was also struggling with his band. Love told MTV that when Cobain returned from Italy he was disgruntled with Nirvana, saying: “I hate it — I can’t play with them anymore.” He only wanted to work with R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe. “In the last few weeks, I was talking to Kurt a lot,” Stipe told Rolling Stone. “We had a musical project in the works, but nothing was recorded.”