R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe Inducting Nirvana Into Rock Hall of Fame
This year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony not only boasts the usual slew of important musical figures, but also one particularly significant pairing.
The Hall announced that R.E.M.'s lead singer Michael Stipe will induct Nirvana into this year's class. Stipe's tie to Kurt Cobain is famously heartbreaking as the former frontman—who is godfather to his daughter with Courtney Love, Frances Bean Cobain—revealed that he attempted to record a duet with the Nirvana singer to "save his life."
In 2011, Stipe told Interview Magazine, "I constructed a project to try to snap Kurt out of a frame of mind. I sent him a plane ticket and a driver, and he tacked the plane ticket to the wall in the bedroom and the driver sat outside the house for 10 hours. Kurt wouldn't come out and wouldn't answer the phone...I was doing that to try to save his life. He was in a really bad place."
Look out for one heartfelt dedication speech.
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