The Antichrist Resurrects Kurt Cobain. Kurt Donald Cobain February 20, 1967 -- c. April 5, 1994 was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana. Cobain formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1985 and established it as part of the Seattle music sce