The item is one of many rock and roll items up for auction on Oct. Cobain wears one of his famous cardigan sweaters and a knit beanie. What most people didnt notice was that under the green cardigan he wore a shirt from an all girls band from the 1980s called Frightwig. Kurt Cobain performs with Nirvana in concert in Milan, Italy, on February 25, 1994. Kurt Cobain famously wore an old green cardigan sweater for the Nirvana MTV Unplugged show filmed on November 18, 1993. This combination photo of images released by Julien’s Auctions shows the front and back of a turquoise-bodied left-handed Fender guitar built in 1993 and used by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain during the band’s In Utero tour. Julien’s Auctions said Wednesday that the sweater and a custom Fender guitar built in 1993 that Cobain used during the band’s In Utero tour will be offered during a two-day auction of rock. Nirvana and Kurt Cobain rose to prominence almost overnight after being hailed by the media as the voices of the younger generation. Other pieces in the auction include handwritten lyrics by Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Bruce Springsteen. The turquoise-bodied left-handed guitar was on display for several years at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Ĭobain, one of the biggest stars of the grunge rock music scene of the early 1990s, was 27 when he killed himself on April 5, 1994. During the performance, frontman Kurt Cobain sported a ratty, olive green cardigan. Julien’s Auctions said Wednesday that the sweater and a custom Fender guitar built in 1993 that Cobain used during the band’s In Utero tour will be offered during a two-day auction of rock memorabilia this month. A quarter century after grunges enigmatic rhapsodist took his own life, Kurt Cobains iconic cigarette-singed cardigan worn during Nirvanas 1993 'Unplugged' performance has sold for 334,000. Novem1:42 PM EST B ack in 1993, Nirvana performed a now-iconic set for MTV’s Unplugged. LOS ANGELES (AP) - The olive green cardigan that Kurt Cobain wore during Nirvana’s MTV “Unplugged” performance and one of the late rocker’s custom guitars are headed to auction.
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