Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana

Michael Azerrad

Jan 2013 · Sold by Crown

About this ebook

The definitive biography of the revolutionary band Nirvana and its star-crossed frontman Kurt Cobain, hailed by Rolling Stone as “the first [book] to comprehensively tell the band’s tale from Aberdeen, Wash., to world domination”
 
“Amazingly raw and candid . . . an unsparing and extremely honest depiction of the group’s highly tumultuous history . . . Come As You Are is as good as rock bios get.”—Billboard

“Just tell the truth. That’ll be better than anything else that’s been written about me.”—Kurt Cobain

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.
 
Vivid, evocative, and thought-provoking, Come As You Are is an essential document not just for Nirvana fans but for anyone interested in the cultural legacy of the 1990s.

Ratings and reviews

Mostly well written, balanced and seemingly sincere. I wasn't a fan but remember the band's explosion on to the scene and I was a 20-something Australian suburbanite who didn't even listen to music. Powerful words from CL in response the the letter left behind. Are we really willing to demand the sanctioned path or nothing. It was an interesting read.

This band could be your elitist military-intelligence complex life. Tell the truth about Grohl and "daughter of operative and Grateful Dead MN anager" Courtney Harrison, M.A.

I was always a Nirvana fan ever since I heard the band when I was a teenager. After years of not listening to Nirvana, I read this book and have a new found appreciation and love for one of the greatest bands to have played. Michael Azerrad has a great writing style, and I suggest to read "Our Band Could Be Your Life " which is a great book by Azerrad about the Indie culture before Nirvana.

About the author

Michael Azerrad is the author of Come As You Are and Our Band Could Be Your Life. His work has been published in Rolling Stone, Spin, Musician, and Details.