His howl was born under a hazy Washington sky, a melodic angst that wailed around the world.
And 20 years ago on April 5, Kurt Cobain’s voice was silenced by a shotgun turned on himself in his Seattle home. It was a sudden end for not only the tormented 27-year-old who had become a reluctant spokesman for Generation X, but his band Nirvana.
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