This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of the Reagan Eighties--when a small but sprawling network of bands, labels, fanzines, radio stations, and other subversives reenergized American rock with punk rock's do-it-yourself credo and created music that was deeply personal, often brilliant, always challenging, and immensely influential. This sweeping chronicle of music, politics, drugs, fear, loathing, and faith has been recognized as an indie rock classic in its own right.
Among the bands profiled: Mission of Burma, Butthole Surfers,...

Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sellnearly five million copies of their landmark albumNevermind, whose thunderous soundand indelible melodies embodied all the confusion, frustration, and passion of the emergingGeneration X. Come As You Are is theclose-up, intimate story of Nirvana -- theonly book with exclusive in-depthinterviews with bandmembers Kurt Cobain, Krist Noveselic, and Dave Grohl, as well as friends, relatives, former bandmembers, and associates -- now updated toinclude a new final chapter detailing the lastyear of Kurt Cobain's life, before his tragic...