Kurt Cobain asked Sepultura's Max Cavalera for heroin connections in Brazil, 1993
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Matt Mills
Summary
A 1993 anecdote about Kurt Cobain calling Sepultura's Max Cavalera to ask where to score heroin in Brazil before a festival performance. Cavalera, who Cobain mistakenly believed was a local Brazilian expert (though Sepultura was from Belo Horizonte), recounts the awkward phone call and his refusal to help. The article explores this darkly humorous rock history moment, touching on Cobain's well-documented struggles with addiction and the surreal intersection of two major metal and grunge figures.
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· 3 pulledI'm like, 'I don't know, man! I'm in Arizona!'
He was like, 'Hey, man, I'm in Brazil, I need to score some drugs. Can you help me out?'
I was like, 'Man, I don't know anything about that. I'm from Belo Horizonte, I don't know where to get drugs in Brazil.'
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