Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana

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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 include a new final chapter detailing the last year of Kurt Cobain's life, before his tragic suicide in April 1994.

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Amazingly raw andcandid . . . An unsparing and extremely honest depiction of the groups highly tumultuous history . . . A wizardly combination of smart journalism and intelligent analysis, Come As You Are is asgood 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 bands tale from Aberdeen, Wash., to world domination.Rolling Stone

Sects and drugs and rock & rollCome As You Are has got it all. A.Entertainment Weekly

One of the few memorable, indispensable books about alternative rock . . . Its 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

Author Bio

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.