Nirvana : the biography / Everett True.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

True, Everett.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nirvana (Musical group).

Rock musicians--United States--Biography.

Rock musicians.

Rock groups.

Grunge music.

United States.

Grunge music--United States--History and criticism.

Rock groups--United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 636 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2007.

Summary:

Everett True was the first journalist to cover the music scenes in Seattle, Olympia, and Aberdeen in early 1989 and to interview Nirvana. He is responsible for bringing Hole, Pavement, Soundgarden, and a host of other bands to international attention. He also introduced Kurt Cobain to Courtney Love, performed onstage with Nirvana on numerous occasions, and famously pushed Kurt onto the stage of the Reading Festival in 1992 in a wheelchair.

Nirvana: The Biography is an honest, moving, incisive, and heartfelt re-evaluation of a band that has been misrepresented time and time again since its tragic demise in April 1994 following Kurt Cobain's suicide (and yes, it was a suicide). Everett True captures what the band was really like, from their blue-collar beginnings in Aberdeen to bewildering worldwide stardom. He also faithfully chronicles the rich cultural ferment that was brewing in the Northwest in the late '80s and '90s which spawned bands like Green River, Mother Love Bone, and the Screaming Trees-as well as groundbreaking independent labels like K Records and Sub Pop. Nirvana is a compelling, fiercely opinionated chronicle of the musical landscape of an era-the fellow bands, the scenes, the friends and allies, and the ever-present drug dealers. Drawn from hundreds of original interviews, Nirvana: The Biography is the final, devastating word on Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, and Northwest grunge.

Contents:

Part I Up

Chapter 1 Welcome To Aberdeen 3

Chapter 2 Don't Want To Be Confused 13

Chapter 3 Class Of '86 27

Chapter 4 Gentle Sound, Half-finished Town 39

Chapter 5 Here Comes Sickness 63

Chapter 6 Sub Pop Rock City 85

Chapter 7 No Intellectual Perspective 110

Chapter 8 $50 And A Case Of Beer 133

Chapter 9 Corndogs And Candy 154

Chapter 10 Duct Tape And Splinters 171

Chapter 11 We Take Baths, Not Showers 185

Chapter 12 Monster Of Rock 203

Chapter 13 Angels In The Snow 220

Chapter 14 The Will Of Instinct 233

Chapter 15 Love Is The Drug 251

Part II There

Chapter 16 Excess All Areas 271

Chapter 17 Beautiful, Beautiful Eyes 297

Chapter 18 Territorial Pissings 321

Part III Down

Chapter 19 Dirty Linen And Brimming Ashtrays 343

Chapter 20 Adult-oriented Grunge 365

Chapter 21 Where's The Mud, Honey? 383

Chapter 22 Shut Your Bitch Up 397

Chapter 23 The Royal Couple 422

Chapter 24 Foetuses And Seahorses 439

Chapter 25 Eyes Wide Open 470

Chapter 26 We Had Joy, We Had Fun 486

Chapter 27 Fallen Angels 518

Chapter 28 Lovesick 535

Chapter 29 Spring Rain 555

Chapter 30 The Aftermath 576.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discography (pages 585-608), and index.

ISBN:

0306815540

9780306815546

OCLC:

85823811