KURT COBAIN – Cool T-Shirts for Sale Brief Biography – Who was Kurt Cobain? Kurt Cobain & Links to Bipolar Disorder (Manic Depression) There is several things that would link Kurt Cobain as being bipolar with the two most obvious links being the fact that he committed suicide and that he interestingly wrote a song …
MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART) – FAMOUS BIPOLAR MUSICIAN Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is known to be one of the most brilliant composers of the Classical Era. Mozart was born in Austria on 27 January 1756. He has to his credit more than 600 works which became some of the most famous compositions of piano, choral, chamber, …
TOM WAITS – FAMOUS BIPOLAR SINGER Tom Waits: From Pomona Kid to Gritty Music Icon Before he became the gravel-voiced, genre-bending legend of American music, Thomas Alan Waits was just another dreamer from Pomona, California with a piano, a wild imagination, and a heart full of untold stories. Born on December 7, 1949, his rise …
GORDON SUMNER (STING) – FAMOUS BIPOLAR MUSICIAN Humble Biginnings: How a Milkman’s Son Found His Rhythm Before he was a global music icon, Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner—aka Sting—was just a kid growing up in the industrial town of Wallsend, England. Born on October 2, 1951, Sting’s childhood was far from glamorous. His father, Ernest Sumner, …
SINÉAD O’CONNOR – FAMOUS BIPOLAR SINGER & SONGWRITER Born on December 8 1966, Sinead Marrie Bernadette O’Connor is a singer and songwriter of Irish origin. She became famous with her first album The Lion and the Cobra. She was known to be outspoken and expressed her view on religion and politics, views which almost always …
OZZY OSBOURNE – FAMOUS BIPOLAR MUSICIAN Ozzy Osbourne’s Origin Story: From Troubled Kid to Heavy Metal Icon John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne—aka the blueprint for rockstar chaos—was born on December 3, 1948, in the industrial depths of Birmingham, England. And let’s be real, his childhood? Not exactly giving luxury. His family was working-class, his dad grinded …
KURT COBAIN – DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR DISORDER & SUICIDE Kurt Cobain’s Early Life & Childhood Influences: The Origins of a Grunge Legend Before Kurt Cobain became the tortured voice of a generation, he was just a sensitive, imaginative boy growing up in the misty, working-class town of Aberdeen, Washington. Born on February 20, 1967, Kurt Donald …
JIMI HENDRIX – FAMOUS BIPOLAR MUSICIAN Jimi Hendrix: The Electric Guitar God with a Beautifully Chaotic Mind James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix (originally born Johnny Allen Hendrix) wasn’t just a rock star — he was the rock star. An American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Hendrix flipped the music world upside down with his mind-blowing electric guitar …
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN – FAMOUS BIPOLAR MUSICIAN Ludwig van Beethoven is one the world’s most popular classical music composers. Beethoven was baptized on 17th December, 1770 at Bonn. Though his exact date of birth is unknown, many writers believe he was born the day before he was baptized. Though he wrote only nine symphonies, Beethoven …
AXL ROSE – FAMOUS BIPOLAR MUSICIAN Early Life & the Chaos That Shaped a Rock Icon Before he became the untamed, electrifying force behind Guns N’ Roses, W. Axl Rose lived through a childhood riddled with trauma, rebellion, and an unrelenting hunger for freedom. Born William Bruce Rose Jr. on February 6, 1962, in Lafayette, …