{"id":504634,"date":"2026-07-01T14:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/504634\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:41:16","slug":"in-1993-kurt-cobain-asked-sepultura-man-max-cavalera-where-to-get-heroin-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/504634\/","title":{"rendered":"In 1993, Kurt Cobain asked Sepultura man Max Cavalera where to get heroin in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Any frequent traveller will tell you that, when you\u2019re out and about, sourcing recommendations from locals will almost always trump whatever you can find in the guidebooks. This can be true of where to eat, what to do and how to get about. Nirvana<\/a> legend Kurt Cobain clearly knew this \u2013 because, in 1993, the alt-rock icon called then-Sepultura<\/a> member Max Cavalera to ask where to score drugs in Brazil.<\/p>\n

Cavalera co-founded Sepultura with his drummer brother Iggor in 1984, during their teenage years in Belo Horizonte. By the time the singer\/guitarist had Cobain on the blower nine years later, his band were among the biggest in metal, touring globally and climbing album charts. Nirvana, meanwhile, were superstars, Nevermind<\/a> having come out and dominated the mainstream two years prior.<\/p>\n

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Cavalera spoke about his unlikely call from Cobain during an appearance on The Bogcast a few years ago. The frontman \u2013 who now lives in Phoenix, Arizona \u2013 told the anecdote when asked about his coolest tour story.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s actually not really a tour story,\u201d he began. \u201cI was here in Phoenix.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was during [the touring cycle for 1993 album] Chaos A.D.<\/a>. My son, Zyon, was just born, Chaos A.D. had just come out and Nirvana went to play in Brazil, big festival.\u201d<\/p>\n

A friend of Cavalera\u2019s was also at the festival, performing lower on the bill as the lead singer of a hardcore band. This friend called Cavalera and, shortly after, put Cobain on the phone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018Oh, shit! Kurt Cobain! Damn!\u2019\u201d Cavalera exclaimed to The Bogcast. \u201cI started talking to Kurt Cobain. He mentioned his daughter [Frances Bean Cobain, born in 1992] and I said, \u2018Yeah I have a son, Zyon, blah blah blah.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Then, out of nowhere: \u201cRight in the middle of the conversation, [Cobain] was like, \u2018Where can I get some fucking drugs man?!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Cobain was addicted to substances at the time, including heroin. Cavalera\u2019s wife and manager, Gloria, wrote on her website<\/a> that the drug the frontman asked her husband after was specifically heroin. The question left the Sepultura man stumped.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018I don\u2019t know, man! I\u2019m in Arizona!\u2019,\u201d Cavalera reflected. \u201c\u2018Tell you what: the guy that you\u2019re hanging out with, he\u2019s the one. Just talk to him about it!\u2019 That was pretty funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cobain tragically took his own life in April 1994, aged 27. Cavalera continued to front Sepultura until 1996, when he left the lineup over disagreements with his bandmates over their management. Iggor stayed in Sepultura until 2006, and the drummer mended fences with his brother shortly after his departure.<\/p>\n

Cavalera now plays in Soulfly, as well as in Cavalera Conspiracy with Iggor. The siblings are currently playing Chaos A.D. in full on tour. Sepultura, sustained by classic members Andreas Kisser and Paolo Jr, continue to perform but are currently in the middle of a farewell tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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