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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. Superficial parallels were quickly noticed—Cobain and his loudmouthed peroxided wife, Hole front-woman Courtney Love, were habitual heroin users; Vicious and his notorious bleached-blonde companion, Nancy Spungen, were also well-known junkies. Cobain and his wife even checked into hotels under Vicious?? real name, John Ritchie. Still, the most common association made between the two musicians was their inability to deal with fame—Vicious and Cobain were both characterized as “lost souls” who were unable to reconcile their love of their respective musical...

Author: By Thalia S. Field, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Serving the Servants: A review of Charles R. Cross's _Heavier Than Heaven_ | 9/14/2001 | See Source »

Cross, through repeated, systematic analysis of his subject’s words and actions throughout his life, proves that Kurt Cobain was truly different from Sid Vicious??that despite his claims at the end that he could not handle fame, what Cobain truly despised was the increasing lack of control over his art and his life that accompanied Nirvana’s rise to superstardom...

Author: By Thalia S. Field, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Serving the Servants: A review of Charles R. Cross's _Heavier Than Heaven_ | 9/14/2001 | See Source »

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