Kurt Cobain

Kurt Donald Cobain (1967-1994) was the lead singer and guitarist of Nirvana. Known for getting deeply into drugs and finally offing himself. Much of the fandom blames his wife, Courtney Love.

Fecal Matter

 * Illiteracy Will Prevail

Nirvana

 * Sub Pop 200 (1988)
 * Bleach (1989)
 * Blew (1989)
 * Teriyaki Asthma, Vol. 1 (1989)
 * The Grunge Years (1991)
 * Kill Rock Stars (1991)
 * Nevermind (1991)
 * Heaven And Hell: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground, Volume 1 (1990)
 * Hard to Believe: KISS Covers Compilation (1992)
 * Hormoaning (1992)
 * Incesticide (1992)
 * Where Were You In '89 (1992)
 * In Utero (1993)
 * No Alternative (1993)
 * The Beavis and Butthead Experience (1993)
 * Eight Songs for Greg Sage and The Wipers (1993)
 * MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)
 * Singles (1995)
 * Fender 50th Anniversary Guitar Legends (1996)
 * Home Alive: The Art of Self Defense (1996)
 * From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (1996)
 * Saturday Night Live: The Musical Performances Vol. 2 (1999)
 * Downtrodden (2000)
 * Music of the Millennium (canadian release only) (2001)
 * Nirvana (2002)
 * With the Lights Out (2004)
 * Sliver: The Best of the Box (2005)
 * Jarhead Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2005)
 * Live at Reading (2009)
 * Theme Time Radio Hour Season 3 With Your Host Bob Dylan (2010)
 * Icon (2010)
 * Nevermind: The Singles (2011)

The Go Team

 * Scratch It Out/Bikini Twilight (1989)

Mark Lanegan

 * The Winding Sheet (1990)

Earth

 * Extra-Capsular Extraction (1991)
 * A Bureaucratic Desire For Revenge (1991)
 * 10.1990 (2000)
 * Sunn Amps and Smashed Guitars (2001)

William S. Burroughs

 * The "Priest" They Called Him (1992)

Melvins

 * Houdini (1993)

His life and work contain the following tropes:

 * Ascended Fanboy: Helped his favorite obscure Alternative Rock and Punk Rock bands (like The Vaselines) reach a larger audience.
 * Ate His Gun: How he (officially) died. There's a large chunk of his fandom, as well as Love's own father, that believe otherwise.
 * Broken Ace: A rock star adored by millions of fans who suffered from a depression that lead him to suicide.
 * Byronic Hero
 * Cute but Troubled
 * Deadpan Snarker: Had a dry, sarcastic sense of humor apparent in most his interviews.
 * Dreadful Musician: In his early days.
 * Driven to Suicide: Most sane theories of his death.
 * Fake Ultimate Hero: Was well aware he was this, despite what his fans thought.
 * Freudian Excuse: Blamed many of his psychological and emotional problems on his bitterly unhappy childhood.
 * Goodbye, Cruel World: His famous suicide note (which quotes Neil Young).
 * Grunge: Well, duh.
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Believed his family would be better off without him.
 * Never Suicide, Always Murder: What the worst of the Fan Dumb thinks.
 * Perma Stubble
 * Snark Knight: A good real life example.
 * Someone to Remember Him By: Left behind his daughter, Frances Bean Cobain.
 * Testosterone Poisoning: He wrote songs mocking Macho culture, and he publicly lambasted those who epitomized it.
 * The Southpaw: He played left-handed.
 * Three Chords and the Truth
 * Word Salad Lyrics: He even admitted he was more concerned about the music.