In conjunction with our two-part Nirvana/Cobain
feature, we present this photo gallery from relevant Cobain memorials in Aberdeen and Olympia,
Wash.
Photos & text by Gillian G. Gaar (except where noted)
(above) Kurt Cobain sign
in Aberdeen
Where Did You Sleep Last
Night: Fans admire the graffiti under the bridge where Kurt Cobain went to get
away from it all
Commemorative sign under the bridge
The sign that greets you
at Riverfront Park.
Yes, he really was here. A
bench to contemplate from in Riverfront
Park.
The new Kurt statue
Left to right: Tori
Kovach, who cleaned up the park area, and Kim and Lora Malakoff, who made the
new statue
About
a grandson: Leland Cobain with a Kurt doll
Aaron
Burckhard, Nirvana’s first drummer, meets the press
Aaron Burckhard with Aberdeen’s
other Kurt Cobain statue at Hubb’s Muffler Shop
Nicklas
Makinen at Hubb’s Muffler Shop (photo by Mitch Holmquist)
If
these walls could talk: Kurt Cobain’s Olympia
residence
Nicklas
Makinen and Aaron Burckhard jamming in Kurt’s old garage in Olympia
Aaron
Burckhard in Kurt’s garage
[All photos by Gillian G. Gaar, except where
noted.]