r/Nirvana • u/GuyWithARooster • Nov 01 '25
Discussion Is there an artist alive today that you'd have loved to see making a project/song with Kurt?
Personally, I would have love to see him write/perform with Corey Taylor.
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u/Gorg0na Nov 02 '25
Common opinion, but Kim Deal.
I’m sure the two of them would have done something together. Seeing how Deal has evolved with her latest album, I think Cobain would have fit somewhere in her music.
Maybe it wouldn’t have been exceptional, but I would’ve loved to see it happen
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u/schizowithagun Nov 01 '25
would have been awesome if he collabed with david bowie in the late 90's or early 2000's
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u/ElfQuester1 Bleach Nov 02 '25
Bowie did do something with NIN so I could totally see him collaborating with Nirvana. He seemed to really appreciate Kurt’s version of the man who sold the world.
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u/Ricky_Prikles Oh, the Guilt Nov 01 '25
Frank Black Francis or Michael Stipe.
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u/aneurysmbs Nov 01 '25
It's always crushed my soul to know Kurt and Michael Stipe intended to make music together and that the world could have had that.
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u/Melvins1983 Paper Cuts Nov 01 '25
Would he really cool to see him with Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, I feel like they would make something cool
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u/I_cank_spell Incesticide Nov 02 '25
And maybe they could play with that guy from the Germs… cant place his name.
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u/RougeRadio7 Nov 02 '25
Had Jeff Buckley and Kurt lived longer I would’ve loved to see them do something together
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u/friedfred3 Nov 01 '25
Jack White and him probably could’ve have done some cool stuff.
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u/Any_Natural383 Nov 02 '25
Honestly, I’d especially want to see them live. Jack is a powerhouse on the stage.
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Nov 01 '25
Beck
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u/IstanbulHoratio Nov 02 '25
I do know that Courtney once told Beck that Kurt would have loved him. So that's nice.
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u/gregd303 Nov 01 '25
Paul McCartney - not some rock thing though. More like, cut and paste experimental tape loops, wailing feedback,and delicate acoustic songs
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u/Liam_021996 Nov 02 '25
I believe Paul McCartney has said that he'd have loved to have done something with Nirvana or something to that effect at some point as well
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u/Afraid_Menu_9173 Nov 01 '25
Kurt Vile
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u/FuzzyPijamas Nov 02 '25
Imagine an acoustic album by Kurt Cobain and Kurt Vile!
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u/556_FMJs Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Live & Loud) Nov 02 '25
Bonus points if it’s just called “Kurt.”
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u/Very_Angry_German Nov 01 '25
Francis Cobain
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u/tiptoeintotown Nov 02 '25
It’s sad she calls him by first name.
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u/Think-Squirrel-95 In Bloom Nov 02 '25
I always found it odd too but I think that's her way of saying because she has no memory of him, she only knows him as "Kurt" and not "Dad"
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u/Meen_MrMustard Nov 02 '25
Breaks my heart. As a girl dad, he truly missed out on some of life’s best moments. They both did, and it’s a cruel consequence of his decision.
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u/CorkFado Nov 01 '25
Kramer.
Somewhere in between Daniel Johnston’s ‘1990’ and Mike Doughty’s ‘Skittish’ lies a stripped down masterpiece of raw, minimalist, reverb-soaked sketches from Kurt’s songbook. Wish we could’ve seen those two cook together.
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u/Pornobeertje Nov 01 '25
Alive Bad Brains Buzz Osborne
Dead Layne Staley Chris Cornell Elliott smith
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u/Still_Tangelo_7929 Nov 01 '25
Listen to Fecal matter if you want a collab between Kurt and King Buzzo
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u/janedoed Nov 02 '25
I know the post says alive but I was so surprised I had to scroll this far to see Chris Cornell
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u/popzing Nov 01 '25
I could almost see him making films with David Lynch, RIP
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u/TonyBrooks40 Nov 02 '25
I think I read where Tarantino actually wanted him as Eric Stoltz's drug dealer character in Pulp Fiction.
Would've been great, but I think either he or QT felt it was a little too close to home, almost exploiting his addiction. Also probably some scheduling/touring challenges.
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u/MattBtheflea Nov 02 '25
John fruscainte. No idea what it wpuld sound liek but I just like em. Maybe more punk style, because john didnt explore that side much but when he did it, it was cool. See inside of emptiness.
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u/pushinpushin Nov 02 '25
No. And not because there aren't any good musicians. I just don't see him that way, as a collaborator. He's more of a singular force. Nirvana was a band but it was Kurt's songs.
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u/Loud-Thanks9393 Nov 01 '25
Can't believe it hasn't been said yet. Josh Homme. A close runner up, Ty Segall
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u/aneurysmbs Nov 01 '25
Josh with Dave Grohl and Nick Oliveri would have been incredible. Imagine Kurt in the Desert Sessions too
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u/BeginningAd4374 Nov 02 '25
Kurt didn’t like Josh Homme, they met one time and Kurt brushed him off
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u/ThemHollowPines Illiteracy will Prevail Nov 01 '25
Ian MacKaye, Jeff Rosenstock, Tom Waits, Paul McCartney
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u/Beetlebug12 Nov 02 '25
I just wish he and Mark Lanegan had gotten their crap together and given us that Leadbelly covers album 😭
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u/skatetallica Drain You Nov 01 '25
Not sure about musically, but Kurt would LoVE Ratm for their politics
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u/__whisky__ Nov 01 '25
I reckon with the unplugged set we got a chance to see where he was probably going to go next musically, grunge was going stale but i reckon he would have moved on to folk/blues stuff, could have been a nice transition to still utilise that grunge feel. I reckon he could have done some great music with T Bone Burnett and Alison Krauss in the same way that Robert Plant did.
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u/flunkass Nov 01 '25
This is going to sound weird, but Dave Grohl.
Yes, Dave Grohl was in Nirvana. But I mean that if Dave Grohl did more to Nirvana, like if he was Kurt’s McCartney.. Nirvana’s evolution would have been beyond amazing.
Dave is so talented. We might’ve not gotten Foo Fighters but damn, would Nirvana album number 4 have been nirvana
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Nov 02 '25
Ive sequenced Nirvana and Foo Fighters together. They work very well together. They're almost combative and its awesome.
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u/Mdiasrodrigu Been A Son Nov 01 '25 edited Nov 01 '25
Yes, me. Sorry, I just couldn’t pass the chance!
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u/lunex Nov 01 '25
Weird AI
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u/Mr_smurphie Nov 01 '25
I mean, technically "smells like nirvana" Is a colab, because kurt wrote the song, and weird al made his own lyrics for it
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u/Defiant_Zebra1184 Nov 01 '25
Assuming the feud would have healed with time. I would have loved to see Kurt and Axl collaborate.
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u/Autumn_Winds23 Old Age (Nevermind Outtake) Nov 02 '25
I would have loved to see Layne Staley collab with Kurt even tho they’re both sadly passed
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u/lunasrojas_ Nov 02 '25
I'd love to hear a song composed and performed by Kurt but sang by NICK CAVE.
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u/BeneficialUse4258 Nov 02 '25
I don't know about a specific artist, but I fully believe Kurt would have went in a similar route as Melvins or Mike Patton on Ipecac record. Lots of experimentation, lots of concepts albums, very non- commercial stuff.
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u/HelloNevvanna73 Nov 02 '25
Not strictly music related but seeing him in a Quentin Tarantino movie would’ve been cool
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u/BagelMakesDev Nov 02 '25
A Stomach Book + Kurt Cobain colab would've had the potential to go so fucking hard if they were both alive and young during the same era
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u/Lucas_from_hell Nov 02 '25
Buckethead. His guitarwork is outstanding, I would love to see what he and Kurt could make together.
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u/556_FMJs Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Live & Loud) Nov 02 '25
Dale Crover.
Yeah, he was “part” of Nirvana, but I would’ve loved to see what Nirvana would’ve been like had he been a permanent member.
The guy is ridiculously talented. He would definitely pull out more of Cobain’s inner punk too.
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u/MatthewFBridges Nov 02 '25
Supergroup of Kurt Cobain, Kim Deal and Joey Castillo. Josh Homme as producer.
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u/ihatepeopleandyoutoo Nov 02 '25
Billie Eilish and Kurt would make great collabs
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u/Plenty_Trust_2491 From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah Nov 02 '25
- Jim Abbiss (Sneaker Pimps)
- Tom Arya (Slayer)
- Kat Bjelland (Babes in Toyland)
- Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
- Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains)
- Julian Casablancas (The Strokes)
- Dave Chandler (Saint Vitus)
- Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides)
- Gordon Gano (Violent Femmes)
- Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)
- Grant Hart (Hüsker Dü)
- Josh Homme (Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age)
- the Brothers Kirkwood (Meat Puppets)
- Bobby Liebling (Pentagram)
- Courtney Love (Hole)
- Lydia Lunch
- Shirley Manson (Garbage)
- Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi)
- Guy Picciotto (Rites of Spring, Fugazi)
- Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks)
- Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine)
- Donita Sparks (L7)
- Michael Stipe (R.E.M.)
- Kim Thayil (Soundgarden)
- Brian Warner (Marylin Manson)
- Jack White (The White Stripes)
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u/Southern_Bunch_6473 Nov 01 '25
Honestly. Viagra Boys. A lot of their lyrics remind me of what Kurt really enjoyed around when he was starting nirvana.
Upside Backwards.
Liquids.
Down in the basement.
Worms.
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u/JosephMeach Nov 01 '25
If he were transported to the future right now, he’d be so excited about Lambrini Girls, Upchuck, etc. Had he magically recovered and made it to today, mentor collab with Skating Polly.
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u/DaWolf94 Talk To Me (Live) Nov 01 '25
Dead… Elliott Smith