Kurt Cobain Tribute Sneaker...

**skategeezer** · 04-23-2008 03:20 PM

Oh boy...not much I can add to this...except "why?"

and the fact that he's probably rolling over in his grave!
courtesy mog.com

Introducing The Kurt Cobain Converse

Artist: Nirvana

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How else do we honor Kurt Cobain, but by marketing the shoe he killed himself in with his name on it. Yes, Converse will release a new limited edition series of shoes decorated with the late Nirvana frontman's drawings and writing from his 2002 book Journals. The kicks are out this May.
The Kurt Cobain Converse have gotten the full OK and approval of his widow, Courtney Love, unlike last year's Dr. Martens campaign which tried to use Kurt Cobain's image to hype up their shoe, without the estate's approval.
Here are some pictures

On a morbid note, the black One Tops (pictured above), are similar to the one's Cobain was wearing when he committed suicide in 1994. via Filter blog, The Daily Swarm

**gricco** · 04-23-2008 03:21 PM

Nirvana isn't punk rock..

**243racing** · 04-23-2008 03:23 PM

**BrianWilde** · 04-23-2008 03:24 PM

Kurt Cobain was punk rock, NIrvana was just his band.

This is sick...

**enemy combatant** · 04-23-2008 03:27 PM

The black One Tops need some red paint splattered on them and maybe a little mac and cheese.

**skategeezer** · 04-23-2008 03:30 PM

4 posts in 5 minutes...methinks I've hit a nerve...

**streetheap** · 04-23-2008 03:31 PM

That sucks. One of my favorite bros getting sold out again. Courtney must be outta dope. I know if he was alive this wouldn't happen.
I remember being pretty angry when the "Cobain Diaries" was released, too. Now I think the whole thing is just sad. Whatevs.

**streetheap** · 04-23-2008 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by enemy combatant

The black One Tops need some red paint splattered on them and maybe a little mac and cheese.

You're a douche. Go douche somewhere else, douche.

**Mile_High_Mark** · 04-23-2008 03:35 PM

New Balance beat them to the punch:

Fashion: Shoes Will Tear Us Apart

**holyroller** · 04-23-2008 03:51 PM

ill stick to my pumas.

**destroyerofpottery** · 04-23-2008 03:59 PM

wow! That is aweful. Makes one dislike Courtney Love even more. Why not just print out his "suicide" note on a pair of high tops. That would be tactful

**Dizi** · 04-23-2008 04:07 PM

What is truely sad is that people are stupid enough to buy new shoes that already look old and worn.

Idiots.

**Hamkins** · 04-23-2008 04:13 PM

Nirvana are entirely punk rock.

I am a total ignorant music snob, I hate basically all music other than Old School Hardcore Punk Rock, with a spattering of Surf Music from time to time, and would gladly call many a 'punk' band out on their credentials using the term.

But Nirvana fall under the category quite safely if you ask me. Listen to Territorial Pissings, and tell me Nirvana aren't punk.

**arcane** · 04-23-2008 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by gricco

Nirvana isn't punk rock..

Silly.

**gricco** · 04-23-2008 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by Hamkins

Nirvana are entirely punk rock.

I am a total ignorant music snob, I hate basically all music other than Old School Hardcore Punk Rock, with a spattering of Surf Music from time to time, and would gladly call many a 'punk' band out on their credentials using the term.

But Nirvana fall under the category quite safely if you ask me. Listen to Territorial Pissings, and tell me Nirvana aren't punk.

Ok, so thats one song on there one PUNK (not hard xx core) album. There is no way i call that "hardcore punk rock." Listen to every album after that all tell me that it's punk.

**transitioned** · 04-23-2008 04:23 PM

**gricco** · 04-23-2008 04:26 PM

I guess i just don't have the best understanding of late 80's and up punk rock. I'm used to hearing that crap anti flag and what not that they call punk now a days.

**kenofseattle** · 04-23-2008 04:30 PM

Kurt would never agree to something like this in a million million years. This is sad, opportunistic, capitalist crap. The guy was a global icon. He had more talent than any ten other songwriters alive. He created a new genre of music. But he was a junkie, an anarchist and had lifelong depression. The combination of all that stress made him want out, and he offed himself. For some fat, sweaty chump in a suit to waddle up 10 years later with a bunch of boxes of Chinese tennis shoes stamped with his name is pathetic and scummy. Yeah, I feel a sense of ownership since I'm from Seattle and I watched Nirvana evolve, but leaning into someone's grave to sell shoes is really, really low regardless of who we're talking about.

Oh, and it's grunge. Not punk. Punk was much earlier.

**streetheap** · 04-23-2008 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by gricco

I guess i just don't have the best understanding of late 80's and up punk rock. I'm used to hearing that crap anti flag and what not that they call punk now a days.

Must not, because the Clash have been around since the seventies. Punk in a traditional sense is a lifestyle/attitude, not a genre of music. "Punk rock" is a byproduct of this lifestyle. The term "punk rock" does get thrown around pretty loosely these days. Lydon is punk. Strummer is/was punk. Cobain is/was punk. Same spirits, different ways of expressing it.

**Fishguy** · 04-23-2008 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by gricco

Nirvana isn't punk rock..

Originally Posted by gricco

Ok, so thats one song on there one PUNK (not hard xx core) album. There is no way i call that "hardcore punk rock." Listen to every album after that all tell me that it's punk.

Sometimes, you can just smell the negative rep before you see it.