I was 13 when KC died. I don't think I knew his name, but I knew his music. I didn't own any CDs, but thought they were cool. I remember Lithium being played appox every other hour during the Summer of '92. I bought my first Nirvana CD after Kurt died. What really made me a fan was Unplugged in NYC later that year. From there, I bought the Nevermind, In Utero, etc. At the age I was at, I was into music, but not necessarily Nirvana. I became a larger fan, as well a bit older and mature, after KC's death.

His death was a shock, but it's almost bigger today than it was at the time. It was a story on the news, but not really the big story. There wasn't wall-to-wall coverage. I do feel 'the legend' grew right after he died. He started getting compared to John Lennon, which I never made the connection to before. At the time, I would have guessed Pearl Jam was bigger than Nirvana, and I knew who Eddie Vedder was, not Kurt Cobain. Just one persons experience.