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    Master Thesis
    Kurt Cobain : a Messiah for the Rock Generation?
    (Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2008) Kertmen, Esra; Howlett, Jeffrey
    Kurt Cobain is a dead rocker who helped grunge music to have been discovered in 1990s. Having been the child of divorced parents he had a very difficult life in which he often dealth with his physical and psychological problems. He was not a perfect powerful example for the music industry. He was not a bright shiny star yet some people recognised a light in Kurt Cobain. They shared something with him and they felt close to him. Therefore he became popular and after his death he became an icon and a martyr. This thesis will examine the interpretations of Kurt Cobain's life and death made by rock fans within American Society. it also includes why people saw Kurt Cobain close and sincere to them investigates what meaning people find in him and how people perceive him and analyzes the reasons for this groups acceptance of Cobain's martyrdom. -- Abstract'tan.