Kurt Cobain, lead singer for the Seattle-based band Nirvana, performs for an MTV special, Dec. 13, 2004. Nirvana spent only three years in the public eye and released only three studio albums before Cobain's suicide on April 5, 1994. Yet the band's impact on the music scene was explosive, and Rolling Stone magazine named Cobain "Artist of the Decade" in 1999.

Nirvana bassist Chris Novoselic, drummer David Grohl and Cobain pose in a 1991 publicity photo. Cobain and Novoselic formed Nirvana in the late 1980s and Grohl joined the band in 1990, the year Cobain began taking heroin, and the year Nirvana's first album, "Bleach," helped it win a major label deal with DGC, part of Geffen Records.

Cobain performs during the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards. His band launched the early '90s "grunge" movement, helped save the world from hair metal, and with a single line - "Here we are now, entertain us" - captured and captivated a generation that had grown bored and cynical about popular music.

In February 1992, Cobain married volatile musician/actress Courtney Love, seen here performing with her band Hole. The couple's daughter, Frances Bean, was born that summer.

Nirvana bassist Chris Novoselic, drummer David Grohl and Cobain pose in a 1991 publicity photo

Kurt Cobain Nirvana - 1992 MTV video Music Awards

Courtney Love seen here performing with her band Hole

Nirvana pose after receiving an award for best alternative video for "In Bloom" at the 10th annual MTV Video Music Awards, Sept. 2, 1993. The man at right is unidentified.

Cobain performs during a benefit concert at the Cow Palace in Daly City, Calif., April 9, 1993. As Cobain's fame soared, so did his heroin use, in part as a self-treatment for his chronic stomach pain. He also grew increasingly uncomfortable with the trappings of fame, and spoke frequently during the last two years of his life of giving up music for painting.

A piece of Kurt Cobain's childhood artwork is displayed at his grandfather Leland Cobain's home near Aberdeen, Wash., March 26, 2004. According to Leland Cobain, Kurt could draw well from the time he was 6, and Leland's wife, Iris, an amateur painter herself, encouraged him and taught him.

A piece of Kurt Cobain's childhood artwork is displayed at his grandfather Leland Cobain's home near Aberdeen, Wash., March 26, 2004. The Aberdeen Museum of History asked Leland Cobain to contribute to an exhibit about his grandson.

Nirvana pose after receiving an award for best alternative video for "In Bloom" at the 10th annual MTV Video Music Awards

Cobain performs during a benefit concert at the Cow Palace in Daly City, Calif., April 9, 1993

A piece of Kurt Cobain's childhood artwork is displayed at his grandfather Leland Cobain's home near Aberdeen, Wash., March 26, 2004. According to Leland Cobain, Kurt could draw well from the time he was 6, and Leland's wife, Iris, an amateur painter herself, encouraged him and taught him.

A piece of Kurt Cobain's childhood artwork is displayed at his grandfather Leland Cobain's home near Aberdeen, Wash., March 26, 2004. The Aberdeen Museum of History asked Leland Cobain to contribute to an exhibit about his grandson.

As a teen, Cobain would come to this spot underneath a Wishkah River bridge to escape his unhappy home and the persistent gray drizzle of the Washington coast. Now it's where many of his fans have come to pay their respects to the late musician.

A message is written on a bridge support beam where Cobain used to hang out in Aberdeen, Wash., pictured March 26, 2004. "Peace, love, empathy," reads one message scrawled in graffiti. "Kurt," says another, "Your spirit will bounce on happily."

This very rare photo of Kurt Cobain shows him playing with his kitten!

Kurt Cobain - Nirvana Concert Pictures

Kurt Cobain - Childhood Pictures

Kurt Cobain - Pictures of His Life

Kurt Cobain - Outside Pictures His Home in Seattle

This picture shows the last home of Kurt Cobain.

Located at 171 Lake Washington E., Seattle 98112, it was built in 1902.

Current estamated value: $4, 535,000! Last year, before the housing prices dropped, it was worth close to $7,000,000.

4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms and a whopping 7, 070 sq. ft.!

Kurt Cobain - Inside Pictures His Home in Seattle

This picture shows the container that holds Kurt Cobain's hair and ashes.

"Courtney still won't let me leave!"

I hear that some of the ashes were scattered under the tree by the bench, some were scattered in the lake.

And what's this about Courtney losing some or they were stolen and someone is threatening to smoke them?

Picture #2 of the outside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle.

Picture #3 of the outside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle. Notice the ghostly looking area to the right of chimney?

Picture #4 of the outside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle showing the garage and driveway.

Picture #6 of the outside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle.

Picture #7 of the outside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle.

Picture #8 of the outside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle.

Picture #5 of the outside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle. You would almost expect to see him still there looking out from that balcony with a sad look on his face.

Picture #9 of the outside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle.

Picture #10 of the outside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle.

Picture #11 of the outside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle.

Picture #12 of the outside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle. In the background is greenhouse where Kurt died. What's with the dumpster? Still getting rid of evidence? I thought that happened immediately after his death. But then again, ghosts are difficult to get rid of.

Picture #13 of the outside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle. This is the famous bench to the left of his driveway. Behind this bench is the tree where Courtney is supposed to have spread some of his ashes. A very mystical-feeling spot. Shortly after Kurt Cobain's death I visited this spot until someone in the house threated to call the police. In those days the bench looked better.

Picture #2 of the inside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle. This shot of the living room shows an interesting piece of art in that frame.

Picture #3 of the inside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle. Interesting stenceling work.

Picture #4 of the inside of Kurt Cobain's house in Seattle. This is a photo of Frances Bean Cobain's room.