A quelques semaines du vingtième anniversaire de sa mort, le leader de Nirvana fait toujours parler de lui. En effet, une lettre écrite par ses soins viendrait de refaire surface. Dessus, on y trouverait la liste des cinquante meilleurs albums selon Kurt Cobain, ce qui donne :
01. Iggy & the Stooges – Raw Power
02. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
03. The Breeders – Pod
04. The Vaselines – Dying for It
05. The Shaggs – Philosophy of the World
06. Fang – Landshark
07. MDC – Millions of Dead Cops
08. Scratch Acid – Scratch Acid
09. Saccharine Trust – Paganicons
10. Butthole Surfers – Pee Pee the Sailor
11. Black Flag – My War
12. Bad Brains – Rock for Light
13. Gang of Four – Entertainment
14. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols
15. The Frogs – It’s Only Right and Natural
16. PJ Harvey – Dry
17. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
18. The Knack – Get the Knack
19. The Saints – Know Your Product
20. Kleenex – « anything by: »
21. The Raincoats – The Raincoats
22. Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth
23. Aerosmith – Rocks
24. Various Artists – What Is It.
25. R.E.M. – Green
26. Shonen Knife – Burning Farm
27. The Slits – Typical Girls
28. The Clash – Combat Rock
29. The Faith/Void – The Faith/Void
30. Rites of Spring – Rites of Spring
31. Beat Happening – Jamboree
32. Tales of Terror – Tales of Terror
33. Leadbelly – Leadbelly’s Last Sessions Volume One
34. Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff
35. Daniel Johnston – Yip/Jump Music
36. Flipper – Album – Generic Flipper
37. The Beatles – Meet the Beatles
38. Half Japanese – We Are They Who Ache with Amorous Love
39. Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
40. Black Flag – Damaged
41. Fear – The Record
42. Public Image Ltd – The Flowers of Romance
43. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
44. Marine Girls – Beach Party
45. David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World
46. Wipers – Is This Real?
47. Wipers – Youth of America
48. Wipers – Over the Edge
49. Mazzy Star – She Hangs Brightly
50. Swans – Young God
