Horribly upset by his near-suicidal experience onstage in Rome, Italy (1989) the night before, Kurt Cobain took some time alone to sort out his feelings. (The first photo is cute & sad equally) ❤
Kurt smashed his guitar and climbed atop a perilously high amplifier stack, threatening to jump and seemingly having a nervous breakdown in front of the audience. He was coaxed down, only to announce he was breaking up the band. The next day Pavitt and Poneman sent bass player Krist Novoselic and drummer Chad Channing from Nirvana to their next tour stop, but decided to give Kurt a day’s furlough from the grueling schedule. They spent the day as tourists in Rome, wandering the streets of the Eternal City, drinking cappuccino, buying a new guitar and snapping photographs in front of the Coliseum and inside St. Peter’s Basilica.
After Kurt’s meltdown, their sightseeing excursion “was extremely magical,” Pavitt said. “We were all equally dazzled by the beauty of the city. These were epic experiences, and there’s no doubt in my mind that they inspired Kurt. They inspired me. It was also an awesome opportunity to get to know Kurt better. He was a super deep thinker. He was generally a shy and reclusive personality who liked to sleep in really late and stay up late and watch infomercials. He was not a very social person, so having a whole day to spend with him and talk about music was a beautiful experience."The mental break, Pavitt recalled, "was frankly kind of crucial to Kurt’s emotional well-being.
Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sub-pop-co-founder-revisits-1989-rome-trip-with-kurt-cobain-20121117
