Fender Stratocaster guitar smashed by Kurt Cobain sold for nearly ₹5 crore

Broken Guitars was signed by all three members of the Seattle grunge outfit. nirvana as he rocketed to global fame.

The auction house said it expected the instrument to sell for $60,000 in front of a live audience at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City.

Instead, it went for $595,000, an “astonishing” total, Julian said in a statement.

“You can see here that when he slammed the guitar, it was broken where the neck connects here, as well as down below where he slammed the guitar,” Frederick told AFP in early May.

,Kurt Cobain, When he was on stage, when he played, he was a machine. The man was furious, and you could feel it on stage. And you would feel that way the way he treats his equipment.

“It’s this broken element, in a weird way, from this broken musician, that really defined this rough and tumble era of music.”

Nirvana’s hits, many of which were written by Cobain, included “Come As You Are,” “Lithium” and 1991’s Breakout.smells like Teen Spirit“—a track that became the anthem for a generation of alienated teens.

Cobain struggled with drug addiction and depression, and his relationship with his wife, Courtney Love, was tumultuous.

He took his own life in April 1994.

The three-day auction, which ends on Sunday, also includes memorabilia from the careers of Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Freddie Mercury, Bill Wyman and Janet Jackson.

(With inputs from AFP)