Kurt Cobain's hometown, Aberdeen, Washington is doing all they can to give tribute to the rock star who put the small town in the map of the world. That includes declaring a "Kurt Cobain Day" on his birthday, and unveiling of a statue that shows the "Smells like a Teen Spirit" singer shedding a single tear last February 20.

The official declaration was made possible by the Aberdeen Mayor Bill Simpson. In an interview with USA today, he explained the reason behind the holiday: "we have been remiss for a long time of not honoring him."

He also admitted that the move was something to boost the tourism of the town. "We hope this is just as big as Graceland eventually," Mayor Simpson added.

The event featured a 30-minute performance by Gebular, a local rock act, plus guest appearances from Cobain's guitar teacher, Warren Mason and Aaron Burckhard, an early bandmate of Kurt's on his pre-Nirvana days.

A news feature from King 5, a local network, mocked the event by calling Cobain as "not exactly George Washington," Stereogum reports. The observation is mainly rooted from the debate years ago whether it is right to glorify a man who is "a well-known drug addict who shot himself."

It did not help that the Kurt Cobain statue erected to pay tribute to Washington's most popular rocker is overly dramatic.

Seattle's KOMO News reported that the sculptor Randi Hubbard began work on the statue just after Cobain's suicide in 1994, and was closely supervised by the late rock star's grandfather.

The sculpture is being eyed as the future main attraction in the Aberdeen Museum of History.

Fans see the tribute as a sad and even disgusting ordeal, but the funny thing about it is that Aberdeen isn't the only town who announced the same holiday.

Hoquiam City of Washington, where the Nirvana frontman briefly lived, thinks their Kurt Cobain Day, to be celebrated on April 10, is the official tribute.