Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana

Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana book cover

Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana

Author(s): Michael Azerrad (Author)

  • Publisher: Crown
  • Publication Date: September 1, 1993
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 336 pages
  • ISBN-10: 0385471998
  • ISBN-13: 9780385471992

Book Description

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.

Come As You Are 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,
Come As You Are is an essential document not just for Nirvana fans but for anyone interested in the cultural legacy of the 1990s.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

My favorite book about Nirvana. For one thing, it doesn’t sensationalize, but it doesn’t gloss anything over. Having been active in the Seattle music scene throughout Nirvana’s obscurity, fame, and demise, I can vouch for the accuracy of its description of the music community in the late ’80s and early ’90s and Nirvana’s role. And being in a band that’s currently climbing the ladder, I appreciated the many lessons this book has to offer about the workings of the recording industry.

Best of all, because this book was written before Cobain’s death, it is not tinged with the “isn’t this tragic” attitude that permeates many books about Nirvana and Cobain. Instead, the book is vibrant with the energy, excitement, and passion that swept local musicians the day “Nevermind” was released, local audiences in the months after, the U.S, and–lest we forget–the world, during Nirvana’s more-than-15-minutes of fame.

Review

“Amazingly raw and  candid . . . An unsparing and extremely honest depiction of the group’s highly tumultuous history . . . A wizardly combination of smart journalism and intelligent analysis, Come As You Are is as  good as rock bios get.”—Billboard

“Really takes you inside both the business and soul of rock ’n’ roll, providing the lurid details and lucid pop criticism, too.”Los Angeles Times

Come As You Are is the first [book] to comprehensively tell the band’s tale from Aberdeen, Wash., to world domination.”Rolling Stone

“Sects and drugs and rock & roll—
Come As You Are has got it all. ‘A.’”Entertainment Weekly

“One of the few memorable, indispensable books about alternative rock . . . It’s all here, in one of the most revealing books about rock to come down the pike in a long, long time.”Fort Worth Star-Telegram

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