Buy this book on-line Sandford, Christopher : KURT COBAINVictor Gollancz, 1995 ISBN 9780575059511
A highly collectible first edition, protected in a new brodart wrapper. Too many rock books--particularly those about the recently, luridly dead-- a re hastily assembled from clippings and feature only the most superficial a ssessment of the artist and music in question. It's a pleasure to report, t hen, that veteran music journalist Christopher Sandford has produced a soli dly researched and coherently argued portrait of Nirvana's front man. The a uthor doesn't flinch from the ugly aspects of Kurt Cobain's personality and lifestyle, nor is he wholly admiring of the music. This critical perspecti ve ultimately makes Cobain more human and his 1994 suicide more tragic. -- This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book Description Here is the first biography to explore, with shocking detail, the drama that formed this troubled, tragic rock star. Neither an apology nor a condemnation, Kurt Cobain presents a vivid insider's view of the life and death of a man who galvanized a generation and gave birth to the "grunge" revolution with his band Nirvana. Sandford portrays the provocative, small-town rebel with the talent of John Lennon, and then shows him at work on concert stages in Seattle, New York, and London. Readers follow the struggles of Cobain's emotional life-his tumultuous relationships with family and his fellow band members, his drug addiction and sexual appetite, his stormy marriage to Courtney Love, and the birth of his daughter, who, as Cobain wrote in his suicide note, "reminds me too much of who I used to be." During his research, Sandford has had access to Cobain's family, his colleague, Near Fine/Near Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Sandford, Christopher : KURT COBAIN. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, rare books, fine bindings, antiquarian books and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |