Our star image is similar to the star image of kurt cobain, a grunge rock star who has mental issues and lives an abnormal life. In 1987 he formed the band Nirvana with Krist Novoselic and their debut album 'Bleach' was released in 1989. However it was only until Nirvana released the album 'Nevermind' that gave them success through the song 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.
However one of the problems Cobain had was that he was uncomfortable with the label he signed with and he thought the audience to his music didnt really get the message he tried to put across. He lived with many mental issues even growing up, and would sometimes become extremely aggressive when challenged. He also found the media attention invasive and unnecessary. 
Cobain also struggled with several physical health problems, such as chronic stomach pains. This pain sometimes became too much for him that it turned him on to heroin and this became a huge struggle for him during his the last years of his short life.
His performances would be extravagant and his music videos would be extraordinary. For example, in 1992 at reading festival, Kurt Cobain came onto stage in a wheelchair and dressed in a hospital gown portraying an injured patient, to later collapse while singing as part of the act. His music videos also showed weird clips such as him climbing up a Christians cross.
Kurt Cobain was found dead in his home in Seattle by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. His death shocked the music world and is still spoken of to this day. In 2014, Cobain was posthumously added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his contribution to the grunge genre and his influence in music.
We would like to base our star image similarly to Kurt Cobain as our plot is similar to his performance at reading festival in 1992 with the psychiatric patient. We want our artist to be portrayed as depressed and mentally ill therefore through comparison to Kurt Cobain his image can be constructed. We feel that we want our audience to buy into our star image of alienated disaffected youths if we focus on our artists star image as being alternative and different from the norm. The genre of music is also alternative, therefore by focusing on a narrative that is different from the norm we can better reflect the genre.
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