Ice Nine Kills mastermind Spencer Charnas claims that he idolized Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain as a youngster.

The vocalist has cosplayed a complete lot of horror icons about the quite a few years, but he fairly substantially cosplayed the Nirvana frontman as completely. In a new interview with Metallic Hammer, he explained how he attempted out to appear like Cobain when he was youthful.

“He was one particular of my absolute initially idols,” Charnas recalled. “I observed the online video for ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ on MTV and it adjusted everything for me. The tunes, the seem – it made me want to want to invest in a guitar and learn how to enjoy all of Nirvana’s tracks.”

“I grew my hair long and dyed the front of it blonde, I wore flannel shirts and I purchased any Nirvana shirt I could get my fingers on,” he ongoing. “But I was so young – 7, eight years aged – that none of the shirts match me. They all went down to my knees.”

Back again in 2016, Charnas named Nirvana’s 1991 album Nevermind as one particular of the 10 information that adjusted his life all through a dialogue with MusicRadar.

Similar to the interview with Metallic Hammer, he elaborated on how he attempted to glimpse like Cobain, incorporating that he slice holes into his denims for a a lot more grungy seem, in addition to the T-shirts and extensive, bleached hair.

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He also shared that Nirvana had been his gateway to other ’90s bands this sort of as Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots and Silverchair.

“The to get started with track I ever played are living with a band was a Nirvana music at a 4th high-quality talent clearly show and from that moment on I understood I was destined for a lengthy-lasting rock ‘n’ roll existence.”