Remembering when Kurt Cobain met his idol William Burroughs …
Jul 11, 2020 · Diving back into the Far Out Magazine Vault, we take a moment to recall the moment Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain met his idol, William Burroughs. Back in 1992, Cobain contacted one of his longstanding idols, Burroughs, a writer and visual artist who was a major player of the Beat Generation.
The "Priest" They Called Him - Wikipedia
"The 'Priest' They Called Him" is a collaboration between the American novelist William S. Burroughs and musician Kurt Cobain. On the piece, Cobain provides noisy, discordant guitar backing based on "Silent Night" and "The Star-Spangled Banner" to Burroughs' deadpan reading.
Kurt Cobain's heartfelt letter to his hero William S. Burroughs
Aug 10, 2020 · William S. Burroughs, it is safe to say, was always a part of his life. Back in 1992, Cobain contacted his longstanding idol, Burroughs, the writer and visual artist who was a major player of the Beat Generation.
William S. Burroughs and Kurt Cobain: A Dossier - RealityStudio
At Timberland Library [high school senior Kurt Cobain] discovered S.E. Hinton and William Burroughs, whose work would have an increasing influence on Cobain’s life. He read Burgess admiringly and J.D. Salinger without complaint.
The Story Behind Kurt Cobain's Forgotten Obscure Recording
Feb 5, 2021 · In 1992, he called up William S. Burroughs, who was, by this time, a largely forgotten cult figure, in his mid-70s at the time, and asked to do a collaboration. In response, Burroughs sent...
Understanding William S. Burroughs' influence on music - Far …
Jan 2, 2024 · Kurt Cobain. Burroughs clearly valued the grunge scene as he also struck up a friendship with Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain.
Interzone - William S. Burroughs & the Cult of Rock 'n' Roll
Apr 5, 2018 · As Christopher Sandford describes in the biography Kurt Cobain, Burroughs, troubled by the musician’s violent end, attempted to find meaning in Kurt’s lyrics: “There was surely poignancy in the sight of the 80 year-old author, himself no stranger to tragedy, scouring Cobain’s songs for clues to his suicide. In the event he found only ...
The "Priest" They Called Him: A Dark Collaboration Between Kurt Cobain ...
Two months later, the reading was given a soundtrack when Kurt Cobain, then the frontman for Nirvana, stepped into a Seattle studio and gave Burrough’s reading a soundtrack full of harsh, dissonant guitar riffs that captured the spirit of the story.
When Kurt Cobain met William Burroughs - Dangerous Minds
Oct 26, 2012 · During this first week of the tour, Alex MacLeod drove Kurt to Lawrence, Kansas, to meet William S. Burroughs. The previous year Kurt had produced a single with Burroughs titled The “Priest” They Called Him, on T/K Records, but they’d accomplished the recording by sending tapes back and forth.
William S. Burroughs and Kurt Cobain: A Dossier
At Timberland Library [high school senior Kurt Cobain] discovered S.E. Hinton and William Burroughs, whose work would have an increasing influence on Cobain’s life. He read Burgess admiringly and J.D. Salinger without complaint.