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Kurt Cobain<\/a> undeniably prided himself on being the complete opposite of whatever a guitar hero is meant to be \u2013 the antichrist of the genre, if you will.<\/p>\n Indeed, the entire concept of being a hero, saving the world and being lauded with a bed of roses, quite frankly, made the Nirvana frontman feel sick. He was in music not to become the beacon of a generation, but to simply speak to the masses and deliver some home truths<\/a>. Unfortunately for him, no matter how hard he tried, he still did end up becoming the former.<\/p>\n In this respect, it was one of those things that Cobain just had to learn to live with, no matter how much he resented the status afforded to him. Without ever setting out or intending to be, he was the quintessential anti-establishment beacon of Generation X, otherwise making him be known as a hero to many. Yet among some crowds, this was also met with some consternation \u2013 in what world could your guitar hero ever be someone who couldn\u2019t even get the notes right?<\/p>\n Listen, it\u2019s not an entirely unfair assessment to make. Let\u2019s not beat about the bush: Cobain\u2019s playing style was never exactly characterised on its perfection, meticulousness, or intricacy. His mantra was messy, loud, and blazing, because you just couldn\u2019t make a true rock song by being the prodigal genius. You had to change things up, trial new experiments, and sometimes just take a chance on things. Sure, they didn\u2019t always work, but you can\u2019t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.<\/p>\n Cumulatively, all of this made Cobain an effervescent star, but it didn\u2019t mean he couldn\u2019t have his moments of true shining mastery. Despite every one of his protestations to the contrary, there absolutely was a method in his madness, and a sonic delicacy that flowed through his veins. To this end, whether he liked it or not, he was always a guitar hero, and this was only exemplified from the earliest possible point<\/a>, from one of Nirvana\u2019s breakout songs, \u2018Mr Moustache\u2019.<\/p>\n Taken from the band\u2019s debut album Bleach, and clocking in at 179 beats per minute, this was a song that blitzed through the airwaves and indisputably made Cobain\u2019s fingertips scream until they bled. It wasn\u2019t often that you would find him following intricate patterns or layers of depth in his guitar work, but \u2018Mr Moustache\u2019 was a total rare exception, not only in its speed and sound, but for everything it represented within the Nirvana canon.<\/p>\n Everything about \u2018Mr Moustache\u2019 centred on the premise of machismo and bravado \u2013 characteristics that Cobain morphed between embodying and eschewing over various points in his career. But one thing remained constant throughout it all. The man never wanted to be considered as a hero, and the fact he went to his death being worshipped as one, let alone being enshrined in legend afterwards, could prove to be a blight on all he achieved. But no matter which way you regard him, it was always clear: no one else ever played the guitar like Cobain.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Related Topics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credits: Far Out \/ Nirvana) Sun 17 August 2025 16:00, UK Kurt Cobain undeniably prided himself on being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,19641,216,19642],"class_list":["post-90061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-kurt-cobain","tag-music","tag-nirvana"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}