When Kurt Cobain died, I remember thinking ‘I still get to live’: Dave Grohl on the grunge legend's passing

24 years after the Nirvana frontman's passing, former bandmate Dave Grohl details how Cobain's suicide made him realize how much he wants to affirm life
PUBLISHED NOV 15, 2018

Dave Grohl has always been honest about the ways he’s still dealing with the loss of his Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain 24 years ago. Earlier in May, the Foo Fighters frontman revealed he still can’t listen to Nirvana without choking up.

Now, in a rare candid moment during an interview with PBS, Grohl discussed the impact Cobain's death had on him and what he learned from it. “When Kurt died, I remember the next day and thinking, ‘I still get to live’,” Grohl said in the interview. “So I’m going to live everyday like it’s my last one. Even if it’s the worst day, I’m gonna try to appreciate it.”

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