The author of the Kurt Cobain biography "Heavier Than Heaven" examines the legacy of the Nirvana frontman and discusses why he still matters twenty years after his death. On April 5, 1994, 27-year-old Kurt Cobain took his own life. His desperation to kick drugs, his complicated relationship with fame, his tortured soul--all these elements came together in one terrible moment, and the landscapes of music and pop culture were forever changed. Two decades...

Collects Rolling Stone interviews of the 1990s.

"Drop into the Pacific Northwest in the early '90s and watch a vibrant underground music scene explode into a global 'grunge' media frenzy. Hype! follows the music from local band playing for their friends, to Sub Pop's brilliant exploitation of 'the Seattle Sound, ' to Nirvana's 'Smells like teen spirit' hitting #1 on the charts. Questions of money, authenticity, and fame arise as 'grunge fashion' hits the runways and a mass migration of wanna-be...

In August 1994, Manic Street Preachers released The Holy Bible, a dark, fiercely intelligent album that explored such themes as mental illness, murder and war. Richey Edwards, the band's lyricist and motive force, vanished five months later; he was never found. In his absence The Holy Bible entered the rock canon alongside Joy Division's Closer and Nirvana's In Utero, the valedictory works of troubled young men. This book tells the dramatic story...