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Title	:	Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
Author	:	Charles R. Cross
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 381 pages
Published	:	2001 by Hyperion
Categories	:	Music. Biography. Nonfiction

Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain

Charles R. Cross

Hardcover | Pages: 381 pages

Rating: 4.12 | 23414 Users | 950 Reviews

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The art of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was all about his private life, but written in a code as obscure as T.S. Eliot's. Now Charles Cross has cracked the code in the definitive biography Heavier Than Heaven, 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 and reveals an unreleased Nirvana masterpiece. At last we know how he created, how lies helped him die, how his family and love life entwined his art--plus, what the heck "Smells Like Teen Spirit" really means. (It was graffiti by Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna after a double date with Dave Grohl, Cobain, and the "over-bored and self-assured" Tobi Vail, who wore Teen Spirit perfume; Hanna wrote it to taunt the emotionally clingy Cobain for wearing Vail's scent after sex--a violation of the no-strings-attached dating ethos of the Olympia, Washington, "outcast teen" underground. Cobain's stomach-churning passion for Vail erupted in six or so hit tunes like "Aneurysm" and "Drain You.")

Cross uncovers plenty of news, mostly grim and gripping. As a teen, Cobain said he had "suicide genes," and his clan was peculiarly defiant: one of his suicidal relatives stabbed his own belly in front of his family, then ripped apart the wound in the hospital. Cobain was contradictory: a sweet, popular teen athlete and sinister berserker, a kid who rescued injured pigeons and laughingly killed a cat, a talented yet astoundingly morbid visual artist. He grew up to be a millionaire who slept in cars (and stole one), a fiercely loyal man who ruthlessly screwed his oldest, best friends. In fact, his essence was contradictions barely contained. Cross, the coauthor of Nevermind: Nirvana, the definitive book about the making of the classic album, puts numerous Cobain-generated myths to rest. (Cobain never lived under a bridge--that Aberdeen bridge immortalized in the 12th song on Nevermind was a tidal slough, so nobody could sleep under it.) He gives the fullest account yet of what it was like to be, or love, Kurt Cobain. Heavier Than Heaven outshines the also indispensable Come As You Are. It's the deepest book about pop's darkest falling star. --Tim Appelo

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Original Title:	Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
ISBN:	0786865059 (ISBN13: 9780786865055)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, Dave Grohl, Nirvana, Courtney Love

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[please, ignore any spelling/grammar mistakes]If you ask me if it is possible to describe the same person as "insane" and as a "genius", I'd say yes without even blinking. And we are talking about Kurt Cobain, who, as the fans know, was a billion contradictions at once.If I already liked his band, Nirvana, after reading this biography I like their music even more.Family issues, drug addiction, depression and other factors surely played a part in Kurt's personality, there's no denying it. But

Going into this I wasn't a huge fan Nirvana and I'm still not. I did however really enjoy this book. It started off working through his childhood and although being very revealing of his character it was very slow to get through. I powered on, hoping it would get better and was not disappointed. Kurt was such an interesting person to read about in his teens/early twenties. He was a true artist and it is clear why he was able to make such a big impact with Nirvana. As the book progressed and

I had read Michael Azerad's "Come as You Are," the story of Nirvana way back in the day so I knew quite a bit about Kurt's life and the history of the band. This went a lot deeper and was compiled of many sources, family members and friends of the band and was a lot more true to life. Michael Azerad's book was based on interviews with the band, so it was mostly how the band wanted to portray themselves. This book made me decide that if I had known Kurt I would have thought him a lazy,

Hmmmm... well, I don't read a lot of biographies. I didn't know a lot about Kurt Cobain even though I am a Nirvana fan. The book was interesting and the author seemed to have interviewed and researched a lot of facts. Mostly what I took from this book is that Kurt was a complex person plagued with self doubt, physical pain, issues of abandonment and a family history of mental illness. Oh and he made a conscious decision to be a drug addict. And, wow, did he do a lot of drugs.The parts about the

this book is almost equal parts fiction and Courtney Love approved versions of "actual events." it gives some information, but it should be taken with a grain of salt. there are TONS of proven historical errors. i don't blame the author for the misinformation, however, as he had to have everything cleared by Courtney Love. he did lose his credibility, though. i can't believe they used him on "busted circuits and ringing ears: the TAD story" dvd that came out a year ago. if you are a Nirvana fan,

4 Stars for Heavier than Heaven (audiobook) by Charles R. Cross read by Lloyd James. This was a sadly insightful story about the tragic life of Kurt Cobain. The author chose to not place any blame on the friends or family around Cobain. And really I dont know what anyone could have done to save him. Sadly the outcome seemed inevitable.

Did you know it's ok to eat fish 'cause they don't have any feelings?Sorry, I had to. Kurt Cobain is my soulmate (it's not weird, I promise). I'm a big fan of the so called 'Seattle Sound.' Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Mother Love Bone and Mudhoney are all among my favorite bands of all time. Sad, depressing, angry songs. Ripped jeans. Fishnet tights. Flannel shirts. You can't get more 90's than that. No one has personified the grunge movement better than Kurt Cobain.It has been 26