Cobain (Rolling Stone) [Paperback]

‘A powerful and worthwhile artefact that details his life and honours his memory without betraying his fans.’ TIME OUT

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The editors of Rolling Stone. Contributors: Grant Alden, Lorraine Ali, Michael Azerrad, Anthony DeCurtis, Alec Foege, David Fricke, Donna Gaines, Mikal Gilmore, Greil Marcus, Chris Mundy, Kim Neely, Ann Powers, Ira Robbins, Neil Strauss.

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i bought this book a couple months back thinking, “this is just gonna be another brief book about Kurt Cobain ’s life. the same material every other book has.” i didn’t think that i’d actually get through the whole thing, cos i had heard his story over and over again anyways. i thought it’d be boring. man was i wrong! i couldn’t put it down. halfway through the book, i realized this wasn’t just any plain biography; this was a big colage of kurt’s life: his music, his family, his drug abuse, and his sad death. some people think that kurt was just another junky-musician. but this book proves far beyond a doubt that he was so much more. he was a creative and influential person to all of us (even though some people choose to deny it). after reading this book, i came to the conclusion that i didn’t need to buy any other books about kurt cobain, or nirvana, because all the imformation i needed was right in my hands.

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Ironic that the best of many books released in the months after Cobain’s death would be a collection from Rolling Stone, alleged promoters of the “corporate rock” he battled against. The editors of this collection of RS articles wisely chose to make it a true memorial, remembering the past, the good and the bad, while not pontificating uselessly on the meaning of Cobain’s suicide. Many have tried in vain to be artfully profound in the wake of Kurt’s death, magazine writers and newspapermen. This kind of purple prose is luckily absent from COBAIN, and the majority of the articles are very well written. Also included are many wonderful photographs; Kurt with his daughter, the infamous bridge from “Something in the Way”, Kurt with a kitten perched on his shoulder, the beautiful cover, Kurt surrounded by Stargazers during Nirvana’s Unplugged performance. In the rush to publish something in the summer of 1994, the market was saturated with books on Nirvana and Cobain. This one was the best and still is. It leaves questions unanswered, as well it should.