Serving the servant : remembering Kurt Cobain / Danny Goldberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldberg, Danny, 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cobain, Kurt, 1967-1994.

Cobain, Kurt.

Rock musicians--United States--Biography.

Rock musicians.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

294 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Remembering Kurt Cobain

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]

Summary:

"In early 1991, top music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from the underground music scene in Seattle. He had no idea that the band's leader, Kurt Cobain, would become a pop-culture icon with a legacy arguably at the level of that of John Lennon, Michael Jackson, or Elvis Presley. Danny worked with Kurt from 1990 to 1994--the last four years of his life, the events of which resonated around the world. He witnessed the stratospheric success of Nevermind, which turned Nirvana into the most successful rock band in the world and made 'punk' and 'grunge' household terms; Kurt's meeting and marriage to the brilliant but mercurial Courtney Love and how their relationship became a lightning rod for critics; the birth of their daughter, Frances Bean; and, finally, Kurt's public struggles with addiction, which ended in a devastating suicide that would alter the course of rock history. Throughout, Danny stood by Kurt's side as his manager and close friend. Drawing on Goldberg's own memories of Kurt, files that previously have not been made public, and interviews with, among others, Kurt's close family, friends, and former bandmates, Serving the Servant sheds an entirely new light on these critical years. Casting aside the common obsession with the angst and depression that seemingly drove Kurt, Serving the Servants is an exploration of his brilliance in every aspect of rock and roll, his compassion, his ambition, and the legacy he wrought--one that has lasted decades longer than his career did. Danny Goldberg examines what it is about Kurt Cobain that still resonates today, even with a generation who wasn't alive until after Kurt's death. In the process, he provides a portrait of an icon unlike any that has come before."--Dust jacket.

In early 1991, music manager Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from the underground music scene in Seattle. Working with Kurt Cobain from 1990 to 1994-- the last four years of his life-- he witnessed the stratospheric success of Nevermind; Cobain's marriage to the brilliant but mercurial Courtney Love; the birth of their daughter, Frances Bean; and, finally, Cobain's public struggles with addiction, which ended in suicide. Looking past the angst and depression, Goldberg explores Cobain's brilliance in every aspect of rock and roll, his compassion, his ambition, and the legacy he wrought. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Gold Mountain Entertainment

Punk rock 101

Sub pop

Nevermind

Get out of the way and duck

Courtney Love

Internationale

Heroin

Be careful what you wish for

Vanity Fair

Citizen Kurt

Incesticide

In utero

Kurt and the machine

Unplugged

The downward spiral

Aftermath.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-280) and index.

ISBN:

9780062861504

0062861506

OCLC:

1090677081