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Heavier Than Heaven

The Biography of Kurt Cobain

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A commemorative edition, featuring new material of the definitive, bestselling biography to mark 25 years since Kurt Cobain's death.

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.

©2001 Charles R. Cross (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Entertainment & Celebrities Biography Celebrity
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been listening to this book fir days while at work and can't stop "reading" it, really awesome autobiography.

brilliant read!!

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I found it compelling listening as the author brings to life details of different moments in Kurt Cobain's life, and in the reading how he reflects the the voices of the different contributors to the story, and how they spoke.

I liked the empathy and level of detail, and it's very well written and structured, as well as the transparency in revealing the darker aspects of Kurt's behaviour.

A bit more insight from experts and former addicts into how addiction takes over someone's personality and drives their behaviour, might have helped in providing more insight and understanding, along with including links in the resources at the end, to help people dealing with addiction

What I really dislike, however, is where Charles R. Cross, having remained seemingly neutral up until this point, expresses his opinion in the closing sections, dismissing as 'conspiracy theories' questions that have been raised about whether Kurt's death was a suicide.

There is compelling evidence, combined with some expert opinion, which supports claims it was not physically possible for Kurt to have shot himself, due to the amount of heroin found in his system in the autopsy.

That is more than just made up conspiracy theories from fans and people just out to make money.

Charles R. Cross should have either refrained from passing comment, or explained why he does not agree with the arguments that have been presented, including from experts with experience in pathology.

Charles R. Cross portrays what he imagines Kurt was thinking and feeling in the final moments of his life, which he cannot possibly know for certain.

In that way way he is attempting to speak for Kurt.

But overall I'd say it's a good read/listening experience, that provides a lot of details based on memories of those who knew Kurt.

Well written and compelling.

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Very detailed and brilliantly presented. Research was truly done for this book down to very extraordinary details. This truly presented Kurt to me as I never have seen him before. It was hard to feel a-lot of sympathy for him after this book, he just seemed so much like a narcissistic, self absorbed, whiny, manipulative, moody, angry D**K. Really recognise he had his issues but it just seemed to be his personality was quite rotten but this book I feel did give me more understanding about his personality and character so it gave me a sort of Love/Hate feeling about him while reading listening to this. To say he was a complicated guy is an understatement.

The details on Nirvana is done very well so I think any nirvana fan or a non fan would enjoy this book

WORTH EVERY SINGLE MINUTE!

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AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME really cool listen and well worth the money

Wow

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loved every moment of this.
Very dark autobiography on a very dark guy. Highly recommend.

GREAT!!

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