90 Percent of Kurt Cobain documentary 'Montage of Heck' is BS, Says Melvins Founder

[Miles Archer]

'90 Percent of 'Montage of Heck' is Bulls--t,' Says Melvins Founder

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/90-percent-of-montage-of-heck-is-bulls--t-says-melvins-founder-20150606

Buzz Osbourne, founding member of the Melvins and longtime friend of Kurt Cobain, has quite a few quibbles with the new documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. "People need to understand that 90 percent of Montage of Heck is bullshit. Total bullshit," he declares in a review of the film for The Talkhouse.

The documentary, directed by Brett Morgan, has been widely praised for creating an intimate portrait of the late Nirvana frontman through the use of Cobain's own home movies, journals and audio recordings. The fact that much of the information in the film comes directly from Cobain might lend it some credence, but Osborne says that's where the problem lies. "That’s the one thing no one gets about Cobain — he was a master of jerking your chain."

Osborne says there's absolutely no truth to tales Cobain tells in the film of attempting suicide on the train tracks and trying to hook up with a developmentally challenged girl from his high school. "That’s too good a story to have gone this long without me hearing about it, especially if, as he suggests, the girl’s father freaked out about it at the high school," he writes. "In that small-town shit-hole, exciting news of that nature would have been common knowledge before the sun set."

Osborne also says that the stomach-troubles that reportedly plagued Cobain were an invention. "He made it up for sympathy and so he could use it as an excuse to stay loaded," he explains. "Of course he was vomiting — that’s what people on heroin do, they vomit. It’s called 'vomiting with a smile on your face.'

[mackerel]

1. 10% then....I'll put it in my queue

[CrawlingChaos]

2. Well Courtney Love seems to like it so...

It probably is bullshit.

This was funny - his only praise for the film:

In spite of all the faults he found with the film, Osborne did have two positive things to say about Montage of Heck. "I did enjoy the really cool animation, though, and they did a fantastic job of showing what a depressing shit-hole Aberdeen really was and still is," he writes. "For that, I salute them!"

[Miles Archer]

4. I don't think the film does her any favors...

...then again, this is a scenario where the only two people who knew the whole truth are now down to one, and that's Courtney.

I watched it yesterday for the first time...whether it's fact, fiction, or a mix (I'm guessing "mix," whether the "90%" thing is accurate or not) it is well worth viewing.

[CrawlingChaos]

5. No? Then maybe I will watch it

I saw her popping up everywhere in connection with the film's release - doing Q&A sessions and other press - and I wondered if she'd cooperated in exchange for a flattering portrayal. Maybe she just needs attention.

Glad I read your post because it does seem like something that would interest me. Thanks

[Miles Archer]

6. I think you nailed it, I think she has misstaken "attention" for "admiration."

I don't think the film portrays her in a flattering way at all. I felt pretty much the same about her before and after viewing. She does not "redeem" herself.

[seveneyes]

3. Patti Smith honors Kurt

[hobbit709]

7. Sturgeon's Law