Steven Tyler offered to help Kurt Cobain with his drug addiction, but Cobain wasn’t interested in the Aerosmith singer’s help.
His initial response was savage, joking: “Steven Tyler got to be a junkie for 18 ****in’ years. I’ve only been doing drugs for an hour.”
Cobain, who died of a drug overdose in April 2024, would express regret and concern about his drug use, once stating in an interview “I just hope to God nobody is influenced to do drugs because of me.”
Cobain had a near-death experience from a heroin overdose shortly before meeting Tyler, which may have influenced his receptiveness to help.
Tyler says he spoke to Cobain about 12-Step recovery groups and tried to offer encouragement, but Cobain tragically died nine months later.
