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THE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY ON KURT COBAIN
‘A joy to read’
Observer
‘Superbly researched’
Sunday Times
‘Is, or should be, the last word on Kurt Cobain’
Lynn Barber, Daily Telegraph
Kurt Cobain’s life and death fast became rock ‘n’ roll legend. The worldwide success of his band, Nirvana, defined the music scene in the early 1990s and their songs spoke to and for a generation. Music journalist Charles R. Cross, a veteran of the Seattle music scene, relates this extraordinary story of artistic brilliance and the pain that extinguished it. Heavier Than Heaven is the definitive life of one of the twentieth century’s most creative and troubled music geniuses, and includes a new introduction commemorating twenty five years since Cobain’s death.
‘Wins immediate entry into the rock lit pantheon. Five stars’
Q Magazine
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Reviews
Superbly researched and harrowing...The squalor is ghastly but the sheer sadness of Cobain's brief life is beautifully conveyed here. Cross has painstakingly accumulated a wealth of telling detail
Cross's research is impeccable...HEAVIER THAN HEAVEN is, or should be, the last word on Kurt Cobain.
I was very glad to read this biography, the result of four years' research and 400 interviews, not to mention the sainted Kurt's police and medical records AND his unpublished journals. I was in hog heaven all the way through - in a caring, wistful way, of course.
'Wins immediate entry into the rock lit pantheon. Five stars'
Cross's portrayal of a shy but prodigiously gifted child, in artistic as well as musical terms, is a joy to read
The secret here is that Cross was allowed unprecedented access to Cobain's world; his diaries, artworks and most significantly the people who surrounded him. Cross may vividly depict the seemingly inevitable demise of a rock star but he also successfully conveys just what all the fuss was about in the first place.