On this day in 1994, the inner demons Kurt Cobain struggled with prevailed and the Nirvana frontman apparently took his own life with a shotgun after shooting-up a sizeable dose of heroin. With his band at its peak in popularity and a 20 month old daughter, there was speculation his death was accidental or might have involved foul play, but authorities could find no convincing evidence that his death was something other than a suicide.

 

Other Noteworthy classic rock events on April 5 include....

 

1935 Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant is born.

1942 Allan Clarke of the Hollies is born.

1965 Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready is born.

1971 Chicago becomes the first  Rock band to play Carnegie Hall in New York.

1980 The Grateful Dead play Saturday Night Live.

1980 R.E.M. does its first paid gig, playing at a friend’s party.

1981 Bob "The Bear" Hite of Canned Heat dies of a heart attack.

1993 Construction of the Rock Hall Of fame begins in Cleveland.

1995 Jimi Hendrix's girlfriend Monika Dannermann commits suicide at 50.

1998 Former Rainbow, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Powell) drummer Cozy Powell dies in a car wreck.

2002 Layne Staley of Alice In Chains overdoses at 34.

2002 Peter Buck of R.E.M. is acquitted of air rage charges during a trans Atlantic flight.

2003 Tom Cochrane of Red Rider gets inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame.

2008 Toto does final concert before break-up.

2011 Statue of Kurt Cobain gets dedicated in his hometown of Aberdeen, Washington.

2012 Marshall Amps founder Jim Marshall dies at 88.

2012 Charlie Daniels undergoes cataract surgery in Nashville.

2013 Mark Knopfler cancels Russia concerts in wake of human rights crackdowns...