Claim: Foo Fighters formed after 1980.

On April 8 , 1994 , Kurt Cobain , the lead singer of the grunge band Nirvana , was found dead at his home , located at 171 Lake Washington Boulevard East in Seattle , Washington . Forensic analysis at the time determined that he had committed suicide on April 5 . The Seattle Police Department incident report states : `` Kurt Cobain was found with a shotgun across his body , had a visible head wound and there was a suicide note discovered nearby . '' The King County Medical Examiner noted puncture wounds on the inside of both the right and left elbow . Prior to his death , Cobain had checked out of a drug rehabilitation facility and had been reported as suicidal by his wife Courtney Love .   Despite the official ruling of suicide , it has been suggested that Cobain did not actually kill himself . Tom Grant , a private investigator hired by Love to find Cobain after his departure from rehab , believed that Cobain was murdered . Grant 's theory has been analyzed and questioned by books , television shows , films , and the 2015 American docudrama Soaked in Bleach . Authors and filmmakers have also attempted to explain what might have happened during Cobain 's final days , and what might have led him to commit suicide . Cobain was reported missing by Love and was discovered by an electrical installer with blood oozing from his ear from a self-inflicted shotgun wound .