About this title: Based on more than 400 interviews; four years of research; exclusive access to Cobain's unpublished diaries; and a wealth of documentation, Heavier Than Heaven traces Cobain's life from his early days in a trailer to his rise to fame and the adulation of a generation. Cross reveals the familial turmoil that fuelled Cobain's creativity and the ...
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Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. 11 cassettes. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hachette Livre Australia
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780340739389ISBN:034073938X
Description: Very good. Text is clean with no markings; binding is tight; cover and page edges have minor shelfwear; not a remainder; quick shipping. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Books, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780786865055ISBN:0786865059
Description: Good. No Jacket. Ex-Libris. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. Black boards have rubbed edges. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Prior owner name on feb. read more
Description: New. New 12-CD Unabridged Set. Factory Sealed. Gift Quality. We fully guarantee all our CDs and audiobooks. We pack with care and ship with Delivery Confirmation. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sceptre
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780340739396ISBN:0340739398
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sceptre
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780340739396ISBN:0340739398
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Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780786865055ISBN:0786865059
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo. Quarter bound in black cloth. Clean and unmarked. xi, 381 pp. Photos. Notes, index. Dust jacket, rubbed at tips, offered in new mylar cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: 2001 Hyperion, NY; ISBN 0-7868-6505-9
ISBN-13:9780786865055ISBN:0786865059
Description: 3rd printing, hardcover, dust jacket has some edge wear with a little rubbing and small edge tears, otherwise very good. The book itself has light edge rubbing on the cover corners and one bumped corner. There is also a very small name written in the top corner of the front endpaper that can easily be corner trimmed; otherwise the book is very good with clean, unmarked text pages. The biography of the late lead singer of the rock band Nirvana. Photos. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Hyperion
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780786884025ISBN:0786884029
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Sceptre
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780340739396ISBN:0340739398
Description: Good. 0-340-73939-8 Review The art of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was all about his private life, but written in a code as obscure as TS Eliot's. In Heavier than Heaven Charles Cross has cracked the code, and this definitive biography is an all-access pass to Cobain's heart and mind. It reveals many secrets, thanks to 400-plus interviews, and even quotes Cobain's diaries and suicide notes revealing an unreleased Nirvana masterpiece. At last we know how he created, how lies helped him die, how his ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780786865055ISBN:0786865059
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. Quarter bound in black cloth. Some pale stains to page edges, else a clean, tight copy. xi, 381 pp. Photos. Notes, index. Dust jacket, slightly rubbed, in new mylar cover. read more
Description: New in no jacket. pp. 399. When Kurt Cobain died by his own hand in April 1994, it was an act of will that typified his short, angry, inspired life. Here, veteran music journalist Charles Cross fuses his intimate knowledge of the Seattle music scene with his deep compassion for his subject in this extraordinary story of artistic brilliance & the pain that extinguished it. Based on more than 400 interviews; 4 years of research; exclusive access to Cobainís unpublished diaries, lyrics, & family ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date Published: 2002-08-01
ISBN-13:9780786884025ISBN:0786884029
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780786884025. read more
Edition: 1st Edition"2d
Binding: HARDCOVER
Publisher: Hyperion Pub, NY
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780786865055ISBN:0786865059
Description: Glossy Photos. Good condition, corners worn. Solid, No names, writing, etc. 6x9" Worn DJ 381pg unclipt dj with rough edgewear to Dust Jacket. Silver spine titles on Black Hard covers..2nd printing of FIRST EDITION. read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780786865055ISBN:0786865059
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 381 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Dust jacket has tear that has been tape at back corner. read more
"i think i read this book before. while the author probably did actually spend 4 years and conduct over 400 interviews to compile this book, he probably couldve put together the same material culled from magazine articles, journals and interviews.
the thing is, nirvana happened just as the internet was becoming a thing and thier career as a popular band coincided with an unprecedented sharing of information. so it was easier than ever to follow as it happened.
which takes away from this book because there really isnt any information in here that i couldnt just read on wikipedia. oh well."
"I read these two Kurt Cobain biographies as part of some research for my new novel, which I wanted to have some tangential connections to Nirvana and Cobain. I read both books along with completely-legally-paying-for (read downloading) all of Nirvana's B-Sides and Rarities and Home-recordings, etc. Actually both the books were quite interesting for very different reasons. Azerrad wrote his book while Cobain was still alive, and so only the epilogue (added later) even addresses his suicide. Cross, on the other hand, wrote his book about 10 years later, so the coming suicide of Cobain really colors almost every chapter in the book. The first book seems completely surprised (as most of the fans were at the time) by Kurt's suicide - despite interviews where Kurt told Azerrad about his destructive drug addictions and so on. The second book seems from the first page to try and unravel the mystery of why he would later kill himself. Cross's book is great to read - in places he brings Kurt to life (no pun intended) almost like a fictional character in a novel - and is greatly aided by unprecedented access to Kurt's old journals and artworks, which Courtney Love has kept in storage all this time. Internet rumors abound that Cross's book will soon be made into a biopic, starring James McAvoy... still not sure how I feel about this, but I imagine there'll be much outrage to come as that goes forward."
"This book is about the life and mind of Kurt Cobain, perhaps one of the most influential rock musicians ever to be on stage and of course the king of grunge and top rocker of the 90's. Charles R. Cross interviews more then 100 people that have met and shaped the life of Kurt. The biography starts off with the birth of Kurt and his young parents trying to provide for the family. Kurt discovers his talent of drawing and begins to pursue this idea of becoming an artist. Life is fine until his father and mother get into a big divorce. Kurt realizes that life is much different and decides to have a more darker out view on life after this. He begins to try out drugs and listen to a punk rock group called the Melvins. Kurt now decides that he should become a musician and picks up a guitar and starts to play. Kurt is still trying to get by in life until his mother kicks him out of the house and he lives on the streets and in hospital waiting rooms. As the years go by he gets better with his guitar skills and meets another kid named Krist Novaselic. Kurt and Krist become best friends and start working on becoming a band. They call the band Nirvana and the music from this band comes from the deep and dark thoughts of Kurt Cobain. Things get better for the band once they get their final drummer named Dave Grohl. The trio release their biggest hit Smells Like Teen Spirit. However Kurt doesn't feel so successful and he turns to drugs such as heroin. The drugs make him a different person but the records and music still keep coming from Kurt's inner thoughts. If one were to fully observe the lyrics of Nirvana songs then you would notice he has something going on in his life. Nirvana at one point becomes the biggest band of Europe and the U.S in the 90's and at this time Kurt meets Courtney Love, lead singer of the band Hole and also in the near future Kurt's wife. Courtney and Kurt do drugs together and Kurt struggles with rehab and becomes a little more depressed. Heroin took over Kurt's life and soon became one the main roots to his dark lyrics and he began to aim most anger towards himself and also says "By the time I was seven I learned to hate everyone" Kurt and Courtney soon after their wedding had a daughter named Francis Bean Cobain. Kurt told everyone that he had never loved anyone more in his entire life. Nirvana was on top of the world but Kurt's inner anger and actions brought the band further down. Kurt begin to cancel shows and he had a rare stomach disease he named Cobain disease. This stomach problem had scared Kurt and he began to puke up blood and his doctors couldn't help him out. Kurt released a few songs that made hits however such as "Heart Shaped Box" "All Apologies" and MTV's least favorite song "Rape Me" These songs showed his love, anger and depression and soon he was on a roll and became more suicidal such as a few suicide attempts. Soon not even his daughter, Courtney or his band mates could keep Kurt from going over the edge. In April of 1994 Kurt committed suicide and died they way he said he would when he was ten: "I want to become a rock musician and then commit suicide and go out in a flame of glory" This story is how he did just that."
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