Come as You Are
The Story of Nirvana
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Come as You Are
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Narrated by:
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Kurt Loder
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Michael Azerrad
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By:
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Michael Azerrad
About this listen
“Amazingly raw and candid . . . Come As You Are is as good as rock bios get.”—Billboard
Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album Nevermind, whose thunderous sound and indelible melodies embodied all the confusion, frustration, and passion of the emerging Generation X.
Come As You Are is the close-up, intimate story of Nirvana—the only book with exclusive in-depth interviews with bandmembers Kurt Cobain, Krist Noveselic, and Dave Grohl, as well as friends, relatives, former bandmembers, and associates—now updated to include a final chapter detailing the last year of Kurt Cobain's life, before his tragic suicide in April 1994.
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Critic reviews
“Amazingly raw and candid . . . An unsparing and extremely honest depiction of the group’s highly tumultuous history . . . A wizardly combination of smart journalism and intelligent analysis, Come As You Are is as good as rock bios get.”—Billboard
“Really takes you inside both the business and soul of rock ’n’ roll, providing the lurid details and lucid pop criticism, too.”—Los Angeles Times
“Come As You Are is the first [book] to comprehensively tell the band’s tale from Aberdeen, Wash., to world domination.”—Rolling Stone
The story of the boys is outstanding because it just was. But the narration is delivered with the energy of a grandad telling war stories in a care home between naps. I've heard this read by podcast hosts during Lockdown so I know it's possible to do it with vitality and spark.
It won't put you off purchasing. But it might make you think about returning it. This title benefits by being more balanced than the others you can read. The author isn't spinning a narrative because of a friendship with a widow, it's a title unburdened by the angle influenced by client journalism. The narrator is the author here, which means his delivery should be better because the words really are is. Indefensible really.
Great story, good book, get over the narration. It's so sleepy, that's okay coz so are you.
Entertain Us. The story will, the narrator doesn't
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28 years later? The book is still great. Azzerad is an excellent writer. I cannot fathom any future Kurt/Nirvana books topping this one in information or personal insight.
Kurt sat and told Azzerad his story, from beginning-to-end - and this is the transcription of Kurts telling.
A MUST for any big Nirvana fan.
A thorough and in-depth mining of the history, and the psyche, of Kurt and his band.
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