Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Aberdeen is called the `` Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula , '' but it is more famous as being the hometown of Nirvana members Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic .
Simplified: Aberdeen is sometimes called the `` Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula '' . It is also called the `` Birthplace of Grunge '' because musician Kurt Cobain is from Aberdeen .