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Wash. Town Council Won’t Name Bridge After Cobain

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edited July 2011 in Other Music
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The City Council in Aberdeen, Wash., voted 10-1 against a resolution to rename a bridge after the late Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain.

Eight citizens and several council members spoke against renaming the bridge, which is unofficially named after pioneer Alexander Young.

KXRO reports the vote against the Cobain rename drew applause from the audience at Wednesday’s council meeting. Some people were concerned about memorializing the grunge rock musician because of his drug use, suicide and negative comments about his hometown.

The council did vote to name a small body of land on the Wishkah River the Cobain Landing.
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,941
    makes sense to me
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  • thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    mookeywrench wrote:
    makes sense to me

    Yeah, I agree too. I'm glad it wasn't called Cobain.
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  • dlymnflddlymnfld CT Posts: 923
    To name a bridge after someone who was a drug addict (that didn't seek help) and killed himself just because he played music seems pretty outlandish. Now McCready bridge sounds like a great name. He has proven you can face your demons and rise above.
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,941
    dlymnfld wrote:
    To name a bridge after someone who was a drug addict (that didn't seek help) and killed himself just because he played music seems pretty outlandish.

    On top of that, he never gave praise to Aberdeen and left the city as soon as he had the means. It would be a slap in the face to replace the founder's name with Cobain's.
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