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...more biting criticism against Linkin Park is that its songs lack artistry. Lesley Gore's It's My Party and Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit are sonically distinct and generations removed, but they both used irony (Cobain: "Here we are now/ entertain us") and metaphor (Gore: "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to") to appeal to alienated teens. By comparison, Linkin Park's three biggest hits--Crawling, One Step Closer and In the End--are strictly confessional yawps. Here, the band offers no apologies. "There's a lot of music out there that...
Last week the privacy-averse Courtney Love--widow of Kurt Cobain, the Nirvana rocker who killed himself in 1994--penned a wounded e-mail to the band's fans. Seems the Widow Cobain is being sued by Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, who want her to have no say in the band's affairs. The two are fed up with Love's attempts to block release of a greatest- hits CD. So Courtney went straight to the fans. "Kurt Cobain was Nirvana," she wrote, and said she represents him. Grohl and Novoselic released their own missive, saying Love...
...Losers CARLY FIORINA HP CEO in trouble as Hewletts and Packards oppose Compaq merger. Undoubtedly both of them once owned Presarios MARTHA STEWART Ms. Do-It-Right gets in copyright trouble over her show's theme song. What's the correct etiquette for totally screwing someone over? COURTNEY LOVE Cobain's widow sued by surviving Nirvana members. Apparently, the tiff involves her plan to market Kurt-ables chocolate biscuits...
...Cobain wrote in his journal that he “chose” to become a heroin addict—an assertion unheard of amongst most junkies. Cross recounts Cobain’s mentions to friends about wishing to regularly use—not just try—heroin. Wishing to have control over his body and the stomach troubles that plagued him, Cobain felt that the drug would curb his physical suffering. The central theme of Heavier—Cobain’s desire for control—is thus recapitulated by Cross’s harrowing anecdotes regarding...
Heavier Than Heaven provides a fascinating, honest account of a man whose life has often been shrouded by awe and urban myth. Although at times Cross fails to see Cobain as a mere mortal, lauding the inner meaning and brilliance of lyrics, childhood doodles and teenage graffiti that are not extraordinary in any way, Cross separates himself from other Nirvana biographers in that he is unafraid to prove that despite his obvious musical talent, Cobain was a self-interested hypocrite who was drastically different from how he was portrayed by other journalists and from how he wished to present himself...