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 as rock bios get.”—
Billboard
“Just tell the truth. That’ll be better than anything else that’s been written about me.”—Kurt Cobain
Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album
Nevermind
, whose thunderous sound and indelible melodies embodied all the confusion, frustration, and passion of the emerging Generation X.
is the close-up, intimate story of Nirvana—the
only
book with exclusive in-depth interviews with bandmembers Kurt Cobain, Krist Noveselic, and Dave Grohl, as well as friends, relatives, former bandmembers, and associates—now updated to include a final chapter detailing the last year of Kurt Cobain's life, before his tragic suicide in April 1994.
Vivid, evocative, and thought-provoking,
is an essential document not just for Nirvana fans but for anyone interested in the cultural legacy of the 1990s.