Curt Cobain's disdain for fame is well known but his wife Courtney Love says the Nirvana rocker wanted to be a big rock star.
Cobain died in 1994 at the age of 27 apparently from a self-inflicted gun wound.
In a revealing interview with National Geographic for channel's 'The 90s: The Last Great Decade?' programme, Love opened up about the troubled musical genius, reported Us magazine.
The segment includes vintage footage of Cobain saying, "I'm too stubborn to allow myself to ever compromise our music or turn us into big rock stars. I just don't feel like that."
But according to Love, a "big rock star" was exactly what Cobain was hoping to become.
"He wanted it bad. He wrote to every major, minor... Any label. 'We'll pay! Let us be on your label!'," she said.
"He was desperate to be the biggest rock star in the world. Absolutely desperate. But he made it look like it was thrust upon him.
