What's the best biography on Nirvana?

summer · 04.20.2009, 04:15 AM

Come As You Are, Heavier Than Heaven, both of them at the same time, or is it some other book I should be looking to buy?

PAULYBEE2656 · 04.20.2009, 05:56 AM

heavier than heaven..... excellent read.....

king-buzzo · 04.20.2009, 06:08 AM

I went to this Spiritualist Church the other week, and Kurt Cobain got in touch with me. He said that everyone's got it wrong about Courtney, but she mustn't forget to feed the cat again. That's better than any biography, if you ask me.

radarmaker · 04.20.2009, 06:10 AM

Come As You Are is good, but a little sanitised. Between that and Heavier Than Heaven you'll get pretty much the full picture.

atsonicpark · 04.20.2009, 06:40 AM

heavier than heaven except the part about kurt raping the turtles with pencils. Grossed me out.

h8kurdt · 04.20.2009, 06:53 AM

The Evertt True one is pretty good too I thought. Saying that, you can't go wrong with the Cross one.

Jeremy · 04.20.2009, 07:17 PM

I'd suggest to completely avoid Heavier Than Heaven. Courtney helped with the book and pretty much told Charles Cross what to write and what not to write and threw in some bullshit for good measure. Charles Cross never even met Kurt; Compare that to Michael Azzerad, who interviewed Kurt for months when he was about to write Come as You Are.

The CAYA book is a little bit too "Nirvana are the best band ever! They never do anything wrong! Kurt is the best person to ever live!" at times, but if I had to recommend any Nirvana book, that would be it.

EDIT: I second the Everett True book.

~Jeremy~

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 04.20.2009, 07:22 PM

Both are very good but Heavier than Heaven is prob. better.

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 04.20.2009, 07:26 PM

Heavier Than Heaven
Cobain Journals

That's pretty much all you need if you're mostly interested in Kurt.

Kloriel · 04.20.2009, 09:15 PM

The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam

dazedcola · 04.21.2009, 07:07 PM

I really enjoyed heavier than heaven it had a lot of research behind it where Cross really does a great job trying to understand the mindset of his actions. I know CAYA was written when kurt was still alive but i havent read it yet...

04.20.2009, 04:15 AM	#1
summer stalker Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 540	Come As You Are, Heavier Than Heaven, both of them at the same time, or is it some other book I should be looking to buy? __________________
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04.20.2009, 06:08 AM	#3
king-buzzo little trouble girl Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 76	I went to this Spiritualist Church the other week, and Kurt Cobain got in touch with me. He said that everyone's got it wrong about Courtney, but she mustn't forget to feed the cat again. That's better than any biography, if you ask me.
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04.20.2009, 06:10 AM	#4
radarmaker the end of the ugly Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,122	Come As You Are is good, but a little sanitised. Between that and Heavier Than Heaven you'll get pretty much the full picture.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	heavier than heaven except the part about kurt raping the turtles with pencils. Grossed me out. __________________
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h8kurdt invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In Mulder's Basement room Posts: 5,459	The Evertt True one is pretty good too I thought. Saying that, you can't go wrong with the Cross one. __________________ Down with this sort of thing.
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04.20.2009, 07:17 PM	#7
Jeremy 100% Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Batcave Posts: 833	I'd suggest to completely avoid Heavier Than Heaven. Courtney helped with the book and pretty much told Charles Cross what to write and what not to write and threw in some bullshit for good measure. Charles Cross never even met Kurt; Compare that to Michael Azzerad, who interviewed Kurt for months when he was about to write Come as You Are. The CAYA book is a little bit too "Nirvana are the best band ever! They never do anything wrong! Kurt is the best person to ever live!" at times, but if I had to recommend any Nirvana book, that would be it. EDIT: I second the Everett True book. ~Jeremy~ __________________
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04.20.2009, 07:22 PM	#8
Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	Both are very good but Heavier than Heaven is prob. better. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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04.20.2009, 07:26 PM	#9
Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,570	Heavier Than Heaven Cobain Journals That's pretty much all you need if you're mostly interested in Kurt.
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Kloriel expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,554	The Education of a Coach by David Halberstam
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04.21.2009, 07:07 PM	#11
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	I really enjoyed heavier than heaven it had a lot of research behind it where Cross really does a great job trying to understand the mindset of his actions. I know CAYA was written when kurt was still alive but i havent read it yet... __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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