Michael Azerrad
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The definitive biography of the revolutionary band Nirvana and its star-crossed frontman Kurt Cobain, hailed by Rolling Stone as “the first [book] to comprehensively tell the band’s tale from Aberdeen, Wash., to world domination”
“Amazingly raw and candid . . . an unsparing and extremely honest depiction of the group’s highly tumultuous history . . . Come As You Are is as good...
“Amazingly raw and candid . . . an unsparing and extremely honest depiction of the group’s highly tumultuous history . . . Come As You Are is as good...
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"Writing about music is hard--and this book proves it 101 times over. It's happened to all of us who read about rock music: you come across a piece about a hot music scene and the writer thinks they're being clever be exclaiming, 'There must be something in the water!' Or maybe a couple of musicians have started a new project that's 'risen from the ashes' of their previous band. There's a million of those dumb things that rock critics say. Well, OK,...
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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...
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El 24 de septiembre de 1991, Nirvana publicaba "Nevermind", que en cuestión de semanas se convirtió en disco de oro y desbancó a Michael Jackson de la lista de discos más vendidos, y, de paso, reinventó la historia del rock y entronizó la música de guitarras con distorsión made in USA y de sellos como Sub Pop.
Michael Azerrad, autor de Nuestro grupo podría ser tu vida (Our Band Could Be Your Life, 2006) -título fundamental de la literatura...
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"Nuestro grupo podría ser tu vida" ("Our Band Could Be Your Life"), que toma el título de un verso de un tema de The Minutemen y está considerado unánimemente como uno de los mejores libros sobre la música rock jamás escritos, relata la trayectoria musical de trece grupos norteamericanos capitales que dieron lo mejor de sí mismos en la década de los 80. Fueron años convulsos que coincidieron con el mandato del presidente Reagan y su política...
6) Nirvana
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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.
It has been three decades since Nirvana upended the pop cultural landscape with Nevermind, the landmark album that became the soundtrack of...
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[2023]
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First edition.
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In 1993, Michael Azerrad published Come as you are: the story of Nirvana, which stands as the definitive biography of Nirvana, the legendary band that upended the pop cultural landscape with Nevermind, the landmark album that became the soundtrack of Generation X, capturing its confusion, frustration, and passion. Written with the band's complete cooperation--the only book to feature interviews with singer-guitarist Kurt Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic,...
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