Cobainesque

comparative more Cobainesque · superlative most Cobainesque

1. Reminiscent of Kurt Cobain (1967–1994), American grunge musician.

   He had a lot of Cobainesque qualities: He had shoulder-length hair, played guitar, had a bad childhood, often complained of stomach problems, and had troubling taste in women.

   2009, Chuck Klosterman, Eating the Dinosaur, page 30

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   […] she established a mid-tempo, less-rocking-out standard governing the emotional moments of a certain class of later mature audience artists like Sufjan Stevens in a way that superseded Cobainesque howling.

   2010, Scott Miller, Music, page 189