Love & Death : The Murder of Kurt Cobain

Love & Death : The Murder of Kurt Cobain
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Kurt Cobain: Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind (American Rebels)

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Heavier Than Heaven - Biography Of Kurt Cobain

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Godspeed: Kurt Cobain Graphic Novel

Godspeed: Kurt Cobain Graphic Novel
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Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain (English and English Edition)

Love & Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain (English and English Edition)
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27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse

27: A History of the 27 Club Through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse
Howard Sounes (Author), Todd McLaren (Narrator)
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Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain (.)

Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain (.)
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Kurt Cobain: A Pictorial Biography

Kurt Cobain: A Pictorial Biography
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Heavier Than Heaven: The Biography of Kurt Cobain (Scepte 21's)

Heavier Than Heaven: The Biography of Kurt Cobain (Scepte 21's)
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The 27 Club: The Lives and Legacies of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain

The 27 Club: The Lives and Legacies of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain
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*Includes pictures.
*Includes the stars' own quotes about their lives and careers.
*Includes suggested playlists and analyses of their music.
*Includes bibliographies for further reading.
*Includes a table of contents.

It is rare in the world of music for a general consensus to form over who was the best at anything. Many would call The Beatles the greatest rock band, but it’s easy to find strongly opinionated dissenters. However, when it came to playing a guitar and laying the soundtrack for the psychedelic era, just about everyone agrees there was Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) and then there was everyone else. Anyone arguing otherwise either never heard his music or saw him perform.

In fact, Jimi Hendrix is one of the few musicians known primarily for his sound and what he could do with a guitar than for his discography. A part of that is due to his untimely death and entry into the 27 Club, but it is also due to the fact that he was so revolutionary with the use of an electric guitar and so skilled at playing it that the effects have largely not been duplicated since. It was heavy, loud, and completely raw, and yet he was a pioneer in genres as varied as blues and heavy metal. As Pete Townshend famously put it, “With Jimi, I didn't have any envy. I never had any sense that I could ever come close.”

The life and career of Janis Joplin marks such a stark departure from the blues, rock and soul traditions as American society has come to know them that her brief and tempestuous career defies artistic analysis, if only because there is so little precedent aside from the great African-American blues and jazz singers that influenced her. For a woman born in 1943 and coming into her professional prime in the 1960s, Joplin stood as a mesmerizing and baffling foil to the female tradition in non-classical music, which had previously been symbolized by pure, mellow voices singing thoughtful texts. The American music scene was entirely unprepared to witness the emergence of a white woman who could sing the blues with such authenticity, force, and depth of feeling.

Of course, for all the mention of Joplin’s career, there is nearly as much focus on her untimely death at the age of 27, particularly because she died just a few weeks after Jimi Hendrix’s death at the age of 27 and was followed in death by Jim Morrison at the age of 27 less than a year later. Those three all died as a result of alcohol and drug abuse, and they formed the starting point for the legendary “27 Club”, which memorializes rock stars who died at the age of 27. Morrison, the charismatic poet/musician of The Doors, helped to transform the subgenre of rock n’ roll as a stylistic flavor into the full-fledged institution of Rock Music, and he accomplished all of this by being extreme, in every sense of the word. His poetry was assaultive, blatant and graphic, a sign of the times, and his voice was mystical and haunting, lacking any sense of what was previously or typically considered vocal beauty. Whether intentional or not, Morrison also led the charge of excessive defiance toward anything hierarchical or rule-laden, and the acting out of his subconscious urges on public stages around the world amazed and shocked everyone who saw or heard about it.

Kurt Cobain later noted that he tried to model his most famous song after one The Pixies might have done, but “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and its accompanying music video ushered in rock’s “grunge” movement at the start of the 1990s, and the song, ironically named after a deodorant, captured the culture in its entirety. A reaction to the likes of the previous decade’s yuppies and acts like M.C. Hammer, grunge became a sound and culture for angst-ridden teens and the disaffected youth who were proud to be plain. Whether Cobain intended for it or not, grunge became the most popular music of the decade, and the look and sound both became trendy fads, even as he personally struggled with the lifestyle.

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• Published on: 2014-05-05
• Released on: 2014-05-05
• Format: Kindle eBook

Kurt Cobain Comic biografia: Tributo al lider de Nirvana (Spanish Edition)

Kurt Cobain Comic biografia: Tributo al lider de Nirvana (Spanish Edition)
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Cobain

Cobain
Rolling Stone Press (Author)
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Years after his suicide, aged 27, Kurt Cobain remains a vital force in today's music scene. This lavishly illustrated tribute to Nirvana draws on Rolling Stone magazine's coverage of the band's too-brief history.

• Rank: #60335 in Books
• Published on: 1997-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .56" h x 8.44" w x 10.86" l,
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

Kurt Cobain: The Nirvana Years

Kurt Cobain: The Nirvana Years
Carrie Borzillo (Author)
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April 2014 will mark the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's tragic suicide. With Nirvana, Cobain articulated the chaotic emotions of teen spirit, but the intense attention proved too overwhelming for him to handle. Filled with quotes and interviews from the people who were there as Nirvana rose to fame, Kurt Cobain tells the story of the charismatic singer/songwriter and the band. Abundantly illustrated, it's as close as possible to a day-by-day log of every significant event from Nirvana's inception right through to Cobain's untimely death.

• Rank: #458551 in Books
• Published on: 2013-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .87" h x 10.41" w x 10.05" l,
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Heavier Than Heaven

Heavier Than Heaven
Charles R. Cross (Author)
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• Rank: #125155 in Books
• Published on: 2001
• Format: Import
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love: In Their Own Words

Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love: In Their Own Words
Nick Wise (Author), Kurt Cobain (Author)
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Courtney Love - rock chick, rock mother, rock star and rock widow - and Nirvana lead singer, Kurt Cobain, have been misquoted and misunderstood. This book, telling their story in their own words, aims to set the record straight. It includes hundreds of quotes and extracts from their best interviews as they talk about her band, Hole, their child Frances Bean, Kurt's feelings about his music and his increasing isolation and depression, and Courtney's feelings about his suicide. The book is illustrated with pictures from all stages of their respective careers.

• Rank: #1820846 in Books
• Published on: 1996-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .31" h x 7.03" w x 10.02" l, .61 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Legends of Music: The Life and Legacy of Kurt Cobain

Legends of Music: The Life and Legacy of Kurt Cobain
Charles River Editors (Author)
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Includes pictures of Kurt and important people in his life.
Includes a Suggested Playlist of 15 songs.
"It's really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label...Most people don't have any dignity in the first place." - Kurt Cobain
The dark and dusty high school gymnasium seemed like a weird place for a musical revolution. The cheerleaders look like mannequins, and the bleacher bums look like they haven't taken a bath in years. A janitor looks like he's adding to the mess instead of cleaning it up. As the music starts slowly, the crowd is still asleep, but as the tempo and volume of the music gradually increase until the chorus is unleashed at full force, the crowd transforms into a head-banging mob full of crowd surfers.
In the middle of it all is Kurt Cobain, the dirty blond who could have been mistaken for one of the crowd if he wasn't holding a guitar. The song and the music video both end in full-throated chaos, as the frontman for Nirvana and the crowd start ripping up the gym.
Cobain later noted that he tried to model the song after one The Pixies might have done, but "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and its accompanying music video ushered in rock's "grunge" movement at the start of the 1990s, and the song, ironically named after a deodorant, captured the culture in its entirety. A reaction to the likes of the previous decade's yuppies and acts like M.C. Hammer, grunge became a sound and culture for angst-ridden teens and the disaffected youth who were proud to be plain. Combining punk, metal, and hard rock, the grunge sound emanated out of Seattle from groups like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Alice in Chains, giving the young decade its trademark sound.
Whether these groups intended for it or not, grunge became the most popular music of the decade, and the look and sound both became trendy fads. Long, unkempt hair and flannel shirts were suddenly in, and there was no need for shampoo, soap, or even Teen Spirit. Almost overnight, even well-to-do teenagers from the suburbs mimicked the look, wearing ripped jeans, boots, and knitted caps no matter the weather.
Although "Smells Like Teen Spirit" came at the beginning of the decade, it remained the most recognizable track of the '90s, and grunge remained popular through the middle of the decade. By the end of the '90s, however, the popularity of the grunge sound and its accompanying fashion trends were in steady decline, no doubt thanks in large measure to Cobain's suicide in April 1994. Others may have liked the look, but Cobain was living the part, and he struggled during those years with depression, a heroin addiction, and the unusual situation and fame that his music had brought him. Though conspiracy theories surrounding his death continue to linger, a result of the fact that nobody would want to believe that he would kill himself, Cobain's death has continued to be ruled and considered a suicide by most.
As the man most responsible for the grunge movement and its most memorable band, Cobain became a rock star, but his death and entry into the "27 Club" ensured that he became and remained an icon and legend. Legends of Music: The Life and Legacy of Kurt Cobain covers the Nirvana frontman's life and career in detail, both in and out of the studio, while also discussing his death and analyzing his lasting legacy. Along with a suggested playlist of Cobain's songs and pictures of important people, places, and events in his life, you will learn about Kurt like you never have before, in no time at all.

• Rank: #153299 in Books
• Published on: 2013-09-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.90" h x 5.91" w x .8" l, .13 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 34 pages

Kurt Cobain: When I Was an Alien

Kurt Cobain: When I Was an Alien
Danilo Deninotti (Author), Toni Bruno (Illustrator)

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Growing up, Kurt Cobain believed that he was an alien and that his parents weren't really his parents. He thought that his alien race would rescue him sooner or later or that he would at least meet others like him, never feeling alone again. Eventually, Kurt Cobain will meet like-minded friends and start the band, Nirvana, that changes the musical landscape forever. Created by two up-and-coming Italian comic artists, this nonfiction, coming-of-age graphic novel follows Kurt Cobain from his childhood to the brink of worldwide fame with the release of Nevermind, showing how tough suburban life can be for a teenager and how friendship and music can fill that emptiness, especially when you feel different. Alone.

• Rank: #395697 in Books
• Published on: 2014-04-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .0 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 80 pages