Kurt Coba's 1993 Advote Cover Story: 'I'm Gay Spir'

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• ALL APOLOGINIRVANATRACK 12 ON IN UTERO PRODUCED BYSTEVE ALBIAN ATIC FAN FAVORE, “ALL APOLOGI” HAS KURT COBA “APOLOGIZG” FOR HOW HE BEHAV, A WAY HE SUMMARIZED AS “PEACEFUL, HAPPY, FORT”. HE WENT ON TO DITE … READ MORE SEP. 13, 19931 VIEWER578.2K VIEWS133 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSPORTUGUêSALL APOLOGI LYRICS[VERSE 1]WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGIWHAT ELSE ULD I SAY? EVERYONE IS GAYWHAT ELSE ULD I WRE? I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHTWHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGI[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUN[POST-CHOS]MARRIED, BURIED[VERSE 2]I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU, EASILY AMEDFD MY NT OF SALT, EVERYTHG'S MY FLTI'LL TAKE ALL THE BLAME, AQUA SEA FOAM SHAMESUNBURN, EEZER BURN, CHOK' ON THE ASH OF HER ENEMY[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUN[POST-CHOS]MARRIED, MARRIEDMARRIED, BURIEDYEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[OUTRO: KURT COBA & DAVE GROHL]ALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE ARE64EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• KURT COBA'S 1993 ADVOTE COVER STORY: 'I'M GAY SPIR'
• Y, KURT COBA WAS A GNGE IN. HE WAS ALSO A GAY RIGHTS HERO.
• ALL APOLOGI (LIVE & LOUD)NIRVANATRACK 9 ON LIVE AND LOUD SEP. 23, 20131 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSALL APOLOGI (LIVE & LOUD) LYRICS[VERSE 1]WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGIWHAT ELSE ULD I SAY? EVERYONE IS GAYWHAT ELSE ULD I WRE? I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHTWHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGI[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUNMARRIED, BURIED[VERSE 2]I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU, EASILY AMEDFD MY NT TO SALT, EVERYTHG'S MY FLTI'LL TAKE ALL THE BLAME, AQUA SEAFOAM SHAMESUNBURN, EEZER BURN, CHOKG ON THE ASH OF HER ENEMY[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUNMARRIED, BURIEDMARRIED, BURIEDYEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH[OUTRO: KURT COBA & DAVE GROHL]ALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• ALL APOLOGI (MTV UNPLUGGED)NIRVANATRACK 13 ON MTV UNPLUGGED NEW YORK PRODUCED BYALEX COLETTI & STT LTNOV. 1, 19941 VIEWER18.4K VIEWS17 CONTRIBUTORSALL APOLOGI (MTV UNPLUGGED) LYRICS[VERSE 1]WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE?ALL APOLOGIWHAT ELSE SHOULD I SAY?EVERYONE IS GAYWHAT ELSE SHOULD I WRE?I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHTWHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE?ALL APOLOGI[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUNMARRIED, BURIED[VERSE 2]I WISH I WAS LIKE YOUEASILY AMEDFD MY NT OF SALTEVERYTHG IS MY FLTI'LL TAKE ALL THE BLAMEAQUA SEAFOAM SHAMESUNBURN, EEZER BURNCHOKG ON THE ASH OF HER ENEMY[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUNMARRIED, BURIEDMARRIED, BURIEDYEAH, YEAH, YEAH ,YEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[OUTRO: KURT COBA & DAVE GROHL]ALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

ALL APOLOGINIRVANATRACK 12 ON IN UTERO PRODUCED BYSTEVE ALBIAN ATIC FAN FAVORE, “ALL APOLOGI” HAS KURT COBA “APOLOGIZG” FOR HOW HE BEHAV, A WAY HE SUMMARIZED AS “PEACEFUL, HAPPY, FORT”. HE WENT ON TO DITE … READ MORE SEP. 13, 19931 VIEWER578.2K VIEWS133 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSPORTUGUêSALL APOLOGI LYRICS[VERSE 1]WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGIWHAT ELSE ULD I SAY? EVERYONE IS GAYWHAT ELSE ULD I WRE? I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHTWHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGI[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUN[POST-CHOS]MARRIED, BURIED[VERSE 2]I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU, EASILY AMEDFD MY NT OF SALT, EVERYTHG'S MY FLTI'LL TAKE ALL THE BLAME, AQUA SEA FOAM SHAMESUNBURN, EEZER BURN, CHOK' ON THE ASH OF HER ENEMY[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUN[POST-CHOS]MARRIED, MARRIEDMARRIED, BURIEDYEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[OUTRO: KURT COBA & DAVE GROHL]ALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE ARE64EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Everyone is gay. This is Everyone Is Gay, a lumn by Niko Stratis on genr and sexualy neti mic—and how pop culture failed to talk about at the time. When Kurt Coba om Nirvana sand "everyone is gay" All Apologi, did he mean gay as stupid, or was he ally?

What did Kurt mean by "God Is Gay"? The men were proudly sexist and homophobic (Skid Row's Sebastian Bach famoly wore a T-shirt that read, "AIDS Kills Fags Dead"), on the other hand, was sensive and effemate -- someone who regularly spoke out for mori and lled out racism, misogyny, and homophobia.

KURT COBA'S 1993 ADVOTE COVER STORY: 'I'M GAY SPIR'

While many remember Coba and his Nirvana bandmat wearg drs and kissg vios and live performanc, virtually fotten is the fact that Nirvana performed at a gay rights benef Oregon promotg Nirvana's late-1992 pilatn album Inctici -- which clud the followg statement s ler not, "If any of you any way hate homosexuals, people of different lor, or women, please do this one favor for : leave the fuck alone!

Y, KURT COBA WAS A GNGE IN. HE WAS ALSO A GAY RIGHTS HERO.

In the Advote article, Coba displayed fort speakg wh an LGBTQ publitn and a faiary wh gay culture, often g terms like "homophobia" and "misogyny, " appreciatg the scriptn of Love as a "fag hag, " and rellg the time he saw the Village People are some of the choict quot om the terview wh journalist Kev Advote: I read the ler not you wrote on Inctici.

I've never seen somebody on a major label say, "If you're a racist, a sexist, a homophobe, we don't want you to buy our rerds. I n talk about those issu terviews -- I thk 's pretty obv that we're agast the homophob and the sexists and the racists, but when "Teen Spir" first me out, mastream dienc were unr the assumptn that we were jt like Guns N' were his words: "You shut your bch up, or I'm takg you down to the pavement.

Those people are total sexist jerks, and the reason we're playg this show is to fight homophobia a real small way. The guy is a fuckg sexist and a racist and a homophobe, and you n't be on his si and be on our si. " [Lghs]You know, you were probably takg money om people who were votg y on 9 [an antigay ballot measure] -- but they really wanted to see Nirvana.

ALL APOLOGI (LIVE & LOUD)NIRVANATRACK 9 ON LIVE AND LOUD SEP. 23, 20131 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSALL APOLOGI (LIVE & LOUD) LYRICS[VERSE 1]WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGIWHAT ELSE ULD I SAY? EVERYONE IS GAYWHAT ELSE ULD I WRE? I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHTWHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE? ALL APOLOGI[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUNMARRIED, BURIED[VERSE 2]I WISH I WAS LIKE YOU, EASILY AMEDFD MY NT TO SALT, EVERYTHG'S MY FLTI'LL TAKE ALL THE BLAME, AQUA SEAFOAM SHAMESUNBURN, EEZER BURN, CHOKG ON THE ASH OF HER ENEMY[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUNMARRIED, BURIEDMARRIED, BURIEDYEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH[OUTRO: KURT COBA & DAVE GROHL]ALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

I ed to pretend I was gay jt to fuck wh people. I've had the reputatn of beg a homosexual every day sce I was 14.

It was really ol, bee I found a uple of gay iends Aberen [Wash.

How I uld ever e across a gay person Aberen is amazg!

ALL APOLOGI (MTV UNPLUGGED)NIRVANATRACK 13 ON MTV UNPLUGGED NEW YORK PRODUCED BYALEX COLETTI & STT LTNOV. 1, 19941 VIEWER18.4K VIEWS17 CONTRIBUTORSALL APOLOGI (MTV UNPLUGGED) LYRICS[VERSE 1]WHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE?ALL APOLOGIWHAT ELSE SHOULD I SAY?EVERYONE IS GAYWHAT ELSE SHOULD I WRE?I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHTWHAT ELSE SHOULD I BE?ALL APOLOGI[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUNMARRIED, BURIED[VERSE 2]I WISH I WAS LIKE YOUEASILY AMEDFD MY NT OF SALTEVERYTHG IS MY FLTI'LL TAKE ALL THE BLAMEAQUA SEAFOAM SHAMESUNBURN, EEZER BURNCHOKG ON THE ASH OF HER ENEMY[CHOS]IN THE SUN, THE SUN, I FEEL AS ONEIN THE SUN, THE SUNMARRIED, BURIEDMARRIED, BURIEDYEAH, YEAH, YEAH ,YEAHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[OUTRO: KURT COBA & DAVE GROHL]ALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREALL ALL IS ALL WE AREEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

But once I got the gay tag, gave me the eedom to be able to be a eak and let people know that they should jt stay away om me. Instead of havg to expla to someone that they should jt stay the fuck away om me-I'm gay, so I n't even be touched.

Que a few you ed to spray-pat GOD IS GAY on people's tcks? Bee people thought you were gay and you had gay iends, did you ever wonr if you might be gay? And I've always been a really sickly, feme person anyhow, so I thought I was gay for a while bee I didn't fd any of the girls my high school attractive at all.

So I thought I would try to be gay for a while, but I'm jt more sexually attracted to women. But I'm really glad that I found a few gay iends, bee totally saved me om beg a monk or somethg. I mean, I'm fely gay spir, and I probably uld be bisexual.