Kurt Cobain was the leader of the groundbreaking Seattle rock band Nirvana. He died in 1994.
"His words kick and scream." —Chicago Daily Herald
“Compelling.” —Seattle Times
“No editing, no footnotes: The Nirvana singer’s Journals is the
year’s most fascinating, heartbreaking rock book.” —Rolling Stone
Magazine
“Especially riveting.” —The Observer Magazine
“Compelling reading...a look into the creative process of one of
rock’s true artists.” —The Seattle Times
“The daily diary of an American dream—and nightmare...Beneath all
the layers of irony and sarcasm and humor and stoner realism,
Cobain had a gift for sincerity, which is everywhere evident in his
journals...The book is swarming with life, and it’s irresistible to
anyone who cares about the music.” —New York Magazine
“Illuminating...charming...we catch glimpses of Cobain’s wry,
mischievous humor.” —Newsday
“Our most elaborate first-hand evidence of the inner life of one of
rock’s most important figures.” —New York Daily News
“Laced with humor and horror...wrenchingly candid.” —LA Times
“Simple and plain, Kurt Cobain was a fuckin’ genius...Journals may
become his most enduring body of work. If Cobain’s life was a
movie, Journals is the director’s cut, the musings and
contemplations of a mad genius. More than that, these passages are
some of the most interesting reading I’ve come across in years, and
I boldly predict they will stand the immeasurable test of
time...Journals, better than any biography could hope to be, will
make essential reading for anyone looking to understand the 1990s’
most important pop star.” —Salon.com
“It displays the formative stages of a man whose deeply felt
empathy became something close to a curse...This remarkable
document finally stands as one last message from the saddest
teenager in the world, hiding his diary in a drawer near an
easy-to-find key.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Fascinating and often charming.” —New York Post
“I heard Cobain’s voice in my head as I read his journals.”
—Telegraph
“How could the intimate diaries of one of rock’s most memorable and
credible icons be anything less than page-turningly
compulsive?...The hype is deserved. You won’t be disappointed.”
—The Zone
“These hand-written fragments from a life say more than any
biography would or could...Cobain was a man who struggled so hard
for definition, it seems fitting that, even after death, he should
be allowed to speak for himself.” —Evening Standard
"Facsimile pages—complete with sketches, margin scribbles, and
handwriting in various states of dishevelment—argue for never again
typesetting a diary." —MOJO
These journal entries by Nirvana front man Cobain record his thoughts from the late 1980s until his suicide in 1994. There are no real answers to his death to be found in this collection of scrawled notes, first drafts of letters, shopping lists, and ballpoint pen drawings, although the nature of Cobain's fame will make it hard for readers not to look for them. At best, a series of intimate portraits emerge: a kid from high school; a cousin and neighbor; a bright, sensitive, fun-loving and morbid punk rocker who became spokesman for a generation he largely detested. Cobain's journals remind fans of how unlikely was his rise to fame: here was a kid from Aberdeen, dreaming of being in the next Meat Puppets, not the next Doors, who signed on with an independent label named SupPop, and ended up changing the course of commercial radio. Cobain's early letters to fellow rockers in the grunge scene also remind readers of how small and close that community was, and of the fairly incendiary politics it had developed through the Reagan years. For a true punk believer like Cobain, the loss of that community was also the loss of himself. (Nov.) Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.
"His words kick and scream." -Chicago Daily Herald
"Compelling." -Seattle Times
"No editing, no footnotes: The Nirvana singer's Journals is the
year's most fascinating, heartbreaking rock book." -Rolling
Stone Magazine
"Especially riveting." -The Observer Magazine
"Compelling reading...a look into the creative process of one of
rock's true artists." -The Seattle Times
"The daily diary of an American dream-and nightmare...Beneath all
the layers of irony and sarcasm and humor and stoner realism,
Cobain had a gift for sincerity, which is everywhere evident in his
journals...The book is swarming with life, and it's irresistible to
anyone who cares about the music." -New York Magazine
"Illuminating...charming...we catch glimpses of Cobain's wry,
mischievous humor." -Newsday
"Our most elaborate first-hand evidence of the inner life of one of
rock's most important figures." -New York Daily News
"Laced with humor and horror...wrenchingly candid." -LA
Times
"Simple and plain, Kurt Cobain was a fuckin'
genius...Journals may become his most enduring body of work.
If Cobain's life was a movie, Journals is the director's
cut, the musings and contemplations of a mad genius. More than
that, these passages are some of the most interesting reading I've
come across in years, and I boldly predict they will stand the
immeasurable test of time...Journals, better than any
biography could hope to be, will make essential reading for anyone
looking to understand the 1990s' most important pop star."
-Salon.com
"It displays the formative stages of a man whose deeply felt
empathy became something close to a curse...This remarkable
document finally stands as one last message from the saddest
teenager in the world, hiding his diary in a drawer near an
easy-to-find key." -Entertainment Weekly
"Fascinating and often charming." -New York Post
"I heard Cobain's voice in my head as I read his journals."
-Telegraph
"How could the intimate diaries of one of rock's most memorable and
credible icons be anything less than page-turningly
compulsive?...The hype is deserved. You won't be disappointed."
-The Zone
"These hand-written fragments from a life say more than any
biography would or could...Cobain was a man who struggled so hard
for definition, it seems fitting that, even after death, he should
be allowed to speak for himself." -Evening Standard
"Facsimile pages-complete with sketches, margin scribbles, and
handwriting in various states of dishevelment-argue for never again
typesetting a diary." -MOJO
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