A few years ago, Frances Bean Cobain worked as an intern in the New York offices of Rolling Stone. (I used to work on the same floor, years ago in the Us Weekly offices.) Frances is the daughter of the late Kurt Cobain and an executive producer of the new HBO documentary, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck She talked about her father, which rarely ever happens, and was shot by David LaChapelle for their current issue:
What was it like hearing his voice?
I’ve been hearing his voice forever, through his music.I was thinking more of his speaking voice.
His speaking voice is sort of similar to mine. It’s sort of a monotone. The depth to it is similar to the way I speak. I don’t know what the fuck that is. I wasn’t even talking when he was around.Don’t mistake the power of genes.
It’s very weird how genes are. Dave [Grohl], Krist [Novoselic] and Pat [Smear] came over to a house where I was living. It was the first time [the ex-Nirvana members] had been together in a long time. And they had what I call the “K. C. Jeebies,” which is when they see me, they see Kurt. They look at me, and you can see they’re looking at a ghost. They were all getting the K. C. Jeebies hardcore. Dave said, “She is so much like Kurt.” They were all talking amongst themselves, rehashing old stories I’d heard a million times. I was sitting in a chair, chain-smoking, looking down like this [affects total boredom]. And they went, “You are doing exactly what your father would have done.”But I was glad they came over [smiles[. It was a cool experience, like having a Nirvana reunion minus one. Except for his spawn.
Read the full interview in the new Rolling Stone.
(Photo, David LaChapelle; via Rolling Stone)
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