A downright revolutionary 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of the
iconic bestselling biography of Nirvana, updated with exclusive new
content exploring the personal and cultural forces that inspired the
music, the author's friendship with Kurt Cobain and why multiple
generations remain fascinated by the 1990s.
"Just tell the truth. That'll be better than anything else that's been
written about me."--Kurt Cobain to author Michael Azerrad
It has been three decades since Nirvana upended the pop cultural
landscape with Nevermind, the landmark album that became the
soundtrack of Generation X, capturing its confusion, frustration, and
passion. In 1993, Michael Azerrad published what stands as the
definitive biography of this revolutionary band and its star-crossed
frontman Kurt Cobain. Written with the band's complete cooperation--the
only book to feature interviews with Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave
Grohl--it became a massive bestseller, and in the words of Cobain, "the
best rock book I've ever read."
Seven months after the book's original publication, Cobain was dead by
suicide, making Come as You Are the only book-length record of the
inner life and creative mind of one the most significant songwriters and
musicians in rock history--a haunting and haunted artist whose influence
continues powerfully to the present day.
Azerrad has revisited and reconsidered his original text. The result is
this "amplified" version--a truly unique book within a book featuring
extensive new essay-like annotations that deepen our understanding of
this legendary band. Azerrad solves former mysteries, reinterprets the
key players and the time, investigates depression and other psychic
traumas, debunks myths and legends, and offers celebrations of that
pivotal moment in the mid-1990s as he searches for the answer to the
question: Why was this music so extraordinarily powerful?
Vivid, evocative, and thought-provoking, this gorgeous hardcover
book--featuring more than 99 photos and ephemera--is an essential
document not just for Nirvana fans but for anyone interested in the
cultural legacy of the 1990s.
