Originally Posted by ShadowSurfer

Kurt knew what he was getting into. He signed a major label deal with Geffen and leaving Sub Pop.

He knew damn well what he was getting into. Once he got into it, he even changed the royalty rates on the bands music, so he got 75% and Krist and Dave split 25%.. it used to be a three way even split. But once he got famous, he changed, and the pressures of it got to him.

what Kurt didnt like is the fact that major labels now owned his ass, and when they said jump, he had no choice but to say 'how high'

it turned into a job, and they were his bosses. He did not like it, and was very unhappy over it. He started to realize that Geffen now owned his music, he no longer did. It was no longer his, it was and still remains Geffens. his drug use went out of control more and more, he knew he sold his soul to the man and then he blew his brains out because that saddened him so much.

he woke up one day and realized the dream was actually a nightmare. They own you and make you the star. They run your life. You no longer have your own life. You belong to them now. And he just could no longer deal with it. and even in death, he still belongs to them, and they still rape his soul for money by selling his journals and music. he was a commodity then, and hes a commodity now, and thats what killed him.