カート・コバーンが破壊したギター、競売へ　米

【ガーデナ（米国）ＡＦＰ＝時事】米ロックバンド「ニルヴァーナ」のフロントマンだったカート・コバーンがステージで破壊したギターが今月、ニューヨークで競売に掛けられる。（写真は米ロックバンド「ニルヴァーナ」のフロントマン、カート・コバーンがステージ上で壊したフェンダー・ストラトキャスター。米カリフォルニアのジュリアンズ・オークションズで。）
　競売に出されるのは、フェンダー社製の黒のストラトキャスターで、１９９４年に自殺したコバーンも含めメンバー全員のサインが入っている。
　競売会社ジュリアンズ・オークションズによると、修復されてはいるものの実際に演奏することはできない。同社の予想落札価格は８万ドル（約１１００万円）。
　１９～２１日に開催される競売ではまた、コバーンがピンク色のマーカーで書いた、１９９１年にシアトルで行われたライブのセットリストも出品される。予想落札価格は６０００ドル（約８０万円）だ。
　その他、エディ・ヴァン・ヘイレンやエルビス・プレスリー、フレディ・マーキュリー、ビル・ワイマンらゆかりの品も競売に掛けられる。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/05/08-17:12）

A guitar smashed on stage by Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain is going under the hammer later this month in the United States.
The guitar has been put back together, but is no longer playable, said Kody Frederick of Julien's Auctions, which expects the musical artifact to fetch $80,000.
You can see here the break that took place as he slammed down the guitar, where the neck here kind of connects, as well as down here on the bottom where he slammed the guitar down, Frederick told AFP.
Kurt Cobain, when he was on stage, when he played, he was a machine. The man was angry, and you could feel that on stage. And you would feel that by the way he would treat his instruments.
This broken element, in a strange way, from this broken musician, that really defined this rough and tumble era of music.
The busted black Fender Stratocaster was signed by all three members of the Seattle grunge outfit as they rocketed to global fame.
Nirvana's hits, many of which were penned by Cobain, included Come As You Are, Lithium and the breakout Smells Like Teen Spirit -- a track that became anthemic for a generation of alienated teenagers.
Cobain struggled with substance addiction and depression, and had a tumultuous relationship with his wife, Courtney Love.
He took his own life in April 1994.
The auction, which rolls out in New York from May 19 to 21, also includes a set list hand-written in pink marker by Cobain for an April 1991 gig in Seattle, expected to go for up to $6,000.
The gig included an early public performance of Smells Like Teen Spirit, and came months before the release of Nevermind, the multimillion-record selling seminal grunge album.
The auction also includes memorabilia from the careers of Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Freddie Mercury and Bill Wyman.