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. In 'Heavier Than Heaven', 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.
Based on more than 400 interviews; four years of research; and a wealth of documentation, 'Heavier Than Heaven' traces Cobain's life from his early days in a trailer outside Aberdeen, Washington, to his rise to fame, success and adulation.
Cross reveals the familial turmoil that fuelled Cobain's creativity, the personal history that helped form his character, and the unusual love story that shaped his relationship with wife Courtney Love. Drawing on medical and police reports, and Cobain's own writings, Cross also reveals the truth about Cobain's health struggles and his tragic final days.
Combining factual analysis with deep compassion, this book is the definitive life of one of the 20th century's most creative and troubled music geniuses.
