The guitar belonging to Kurt Cobain, one of the legendary names of rock music, will be auctioned. The blue guitar featured in Cobain’s ‘Smell Like Teen Spirit’ clip, who died in 1994, is expected to find a buyer for 700 – 800 thousand dollars. The iconic 1969 model guitar is said to be one of the most famous instruments in history.
The band Nirvana released their debut album, Bleach, in 1989. Nirvana released their second album ‘Nevermind’ in 1991. Then the Band had a great success with the song ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’, which caused a stir in the world. Cobain has been described as “the spokesperson of a generation”.
Kurt Cobain struggled with drug addiction in the last years of his life. Cobain performed an acoustic concert as part of the MTV Unplugged series on November 18, 1993, and this was recorded as his last concert. He took his own life five months after this concert.
Martin Nolan, director of the Julien’s Auctions house said that This instrument is one of the most iconic guitars ever to go up for auction. The blue Fender guitar was also one of the singer’s favorite guitars. According to the information obtained, the guitar will be offered for sale in its original bag. The guitar will be received from Cobain’s family and will be put up for auction.
