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TITLE:
Serving the servant : remembering Kurt Cobain / Danny Goldberg.
Alternate Title:
Remembering Kurt Cobain
Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
New York : Ecco,
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
294 p.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-280) and index.
Summary:
In early 1991, top music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from the underground music scene in Seattle. He had no idea that the band's leader, Kurt Cobain, would become a pop-culture icon with a legacy arguably at the level of that of John Lennon, Michael Jackson, or Elvis Presley. Danny worked with Kurt from 1990 to 1994 -- the last four years of his life ... He witnessed Nirvana [turn] into the most successful rock band in the world, ... Kurt's meeting and marriage to the brilliant but mercurial Courtney Love and how their relationship became a lightning rod for critics; the birth of their daughter, Frances Bean; and, finally, Kurt's public struggles with addiction, which ended in a devastating suicide ... Throughout, Danny stood by Kurt's side as his manager and close friend. Drawing on Goldberg's own memories of Kurt, files that previously have not been made public, and interviews with, among others, Kurt's close family, friends, and former bandmates, Serving the Servant sheds an entirely new light on these critical years. ... Serving the Servant is an exploration of his brilliance in every aspect of rock and roll, his compassion, his ambition, and the legacy he wrought...
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780062861504