Come As You Are by Michael Azerrad - ISBN: 9780385471992
Paperback
An illustrated, inside look at the rock group Nirvana offers a candid look the band’s members, chronicling their rapid rise in the music world and revealing the true story of the drug-abuse rumors surrounding them. Original.

Come As You Are

The Story of Nirvana

$51.97

  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    31 March 1999

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Summary

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 includ…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780385471992
ISBN-10:0385471998
Author:Michael Azerrad
Publisher:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Imprint:Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:31 March 1999
Weight:624g
Dimensions:231mm x 154mm x 22mm
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Critics Review

“Amazingly raw and

“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

About The Author

Michael Azerrad

Michael Azerrad is the author of Come As You Are and Our Band Could Be Your Life. His work has been published in Rolling Stone, Spin, Musician, and Details.

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