Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography Of Kurt Cobain - Charles Cross > Reviews

Advantages: very well written with interviews with friends and family
Disadvantages: might be seen crying at the end so have tissues at theready.

Heavier then Heaven. From the back of the book, Kurt Cobain's life and death fast became rock 'n' roll legend. The world wide success of his band Nirvana, defined the music scene in the early 1990's and there songs spoke to and for a generation. Music journalist Charles cross a veteran of the Seattle music scene relates this extraordinary story of artistic brilliance and the Pain that extinguished it. Heavier the Heaven is the definitive life ... Read review

Kurt Cobain. Everybody knows the name. Everybody knows the face. 'Heavier Than Heaven' is a nice insight for even the most casual of readers. It has interviews with Cobain's family and friends, and is not biast towards any groups. However, towards the end Charles R Cross seems to cross the fact to fiction line and enter a stage where he is simply making the story up. He somehow knows what Kurt Cobain was doing within minutes of his tragic end. An enjoyable book, but I wouldn't let every work sink in.

I have read this back time and time again, and still my opinion is only a good one. It's not some biography about a fake actor lost in paparazi.. But one of a real person who had real problems. Problems we can realate to. It was a very well organized book. I do not like the book so much because i'am a big fan of Kurt Cobain, and Nirvana. But only because it is real, raw and uncut. The Author of this book really captured the mood. And I think that Kurt would be satisfied with it. Wether or not he really killed himself, he would...

Advantages: goes into great detail, find out everything you would want to know
Disadvantages: pretty heavy going

this is an amazing book. an unbiast perspective from a fantastic biographer about one of the most influential artists ever to have lives. so much detail and not just about his nivana days but about his childhood, what influenced his music and the experiences that made kurt kurt. this book also has qotes from interviews from the people closest to him such as courtney love and his school friends and a fantastic set of photos in it. the only disadvantages ... Read review

Advantages: Very detailed
Disadvantages: Quite grim in places

Whether you are a fan of Nirvana, or not, when someone in the public eye passes away, it causes interest, especially when they changed things. The time Kurt Cobain died, everything stopped. It was all over the news and in all the newspapers. People couldn't believe that someone so young, who had done so much, (without knowing),had died. That's why this book is for everyone, especially fans of Kurt Cobain and the group. For the fans, it's a detailed ... Read review