Kufambidzana kwavo kwakatanga, Cobain akaputsa misi uye akafuratira kufambira mberi kwaRudo nekuti aive asina chokwadi kana aida hukama. Cobain akacherekedza, "Ini ndaive ndakatsunga kuve bachelor kwemwedzi mishoma [...] Asi ndaiziva kuti ndaifarira Courtney zvakanyanya zvekuti kwaive kurwira kwakaoma kugara kure naye kwemwedzi yakawanda kudaro". Rudo rakatanga kuona Cobain achitamba muna 1989 pamusangano muPortland, Oregon. Vakataura kwenguva pfupi mushure memusangano uye rudo rwakamukurira.Cobain akange atoziva nezvebasa rake mufirimu re1987 reHell to Hell. Sekureva kwechokwadi, vaviri vacho vakaunzwa kuLittle Butthole mu1991, asi Cobain aive achinyengerera. Kubvunzurudzwa kwakaitwa naFrancesca Cobain muna Kukadzi 24, 1992, apo Cobain akatanga kutevera vanhu vakasiyana-siyana kuHawaii, kusanganisira kuGuardian Ground, kwaakambopfeka majaketi matsvuku nekuti vaive vakambopfeka zvinodhaka.
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