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Kurt Cobain : The Last Session by Jesse Frohman (2014, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherThames & Hudson

ISBN-100500517649

ISBN-139780500517642

eBay Product ID (ePID)201604285

Product Key Features

Book TitleKurt Cobain : the Last Session

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicPrinted Music / Artist Specific, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Rock

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorJesse Frohman

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight57.1 Oz

Item Length12.8 in

Item Width11.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2014-930924

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsIt's a rare thing to see almost all of the photos taken from a photo shoot and a performance....Seeing a young and already charismatic Dave Grohl is an added plus., Frohman's insightful portraiture transcends the nature of celebrity photography. The pictures are as humanizing as they are glorifying., Iconic images of Kurt make me want to cheer and cry both at the same time. This glimpse into his world is one I don't want to miss., These 100-plus images reflect Cobain's complexity: defiance, charisma, playfulness, and sullen anger all bound up in a shaggy persona lurking behind those goofy oval sunglasses., Some of the most enduring images ever taken of the rock star. All the hallmarks of grunge and Kurt's particular sensibility are there: his Jackie O sunglasses, the chipped paint on his fingernails, the patched jeans, and, most of all, Cobain's iconoclastic vulnerability., A worthwhile coffee-table book for Nirvana enthusiasts. Cobain had overdosed shortly before the shoot . . . yet was still strikingly beautiful despite his condition, and Frohman captures this, leading to a strong and surprisingly varied session. Jon Savage's interview transcript is a worthwhile inclusion--it's one of the final interviews that Cobain gave before his suicide.

Dewey Decimal782.42166092

SynopsisBy July 1993, Nirvana were huge, and Kurt Cobain was subject to an unprecedented, unasked-for level of fame and public scrutiny. In New York City to play the Roseland Ballroom and promote their new album In Utero , Nirvana consented to be photographed by Jesse Frohman - and Cobain gave a candid interview to punk historian Jon Savage - for an article in the Observer . No one involved could know that less than a year later, Cobain would be dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. It was one of the last photo shoots Nirvana ever did, and among the last interviews Cobain ever gave. Here, over twenty years after his death, they're republished in full - including previously unpublished material - and bear witness to a pivotal moment in the history of rock'n'roll. New commentary from Frohman and Savage reveals what was going on behind the scenes that day, and an essay by pop culture maven Glenn O'Brien explores what Cobain and Nirvana meant to us then, and what their legacy will be. Frohman's one-hundred-plus photographs, which have since become iconic representations of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, get to the heart of one of the most beloved bands of all time, at the height of their success - and the moment when everything was starting to unravel. We see Cobain as he was just months before his death, by turns feral and refined, alone and mucking around with his bandmates, engrossed in his music and always ambivalent about the spotlight. Savage's interview reveals an optimistic side of Cobain seemingly at odds with his public image, and particularly poignant as we look back on his life., On the 20th anniversary of his death, a powerful portrait of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana--including many previously unpublished images--taken during their last formal photo shoot before his suicide, In August 1993, when Nirvana was in New York to perform at the legendary Roseland Ballroom, Jesse Frohman photographed them for the London Observer 's Sunday magazine--the last formal photo shoot in which Cobain participated before he committed suicide on April 5th, 1994. Over the course of ninety photographs, Cobain seems an almost feral creature, by turns gentle, playful, defiant, suffering, or absorbed in his music. There's a diverse range of shots of Cobain with fellow band members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl and on his own, posing, performing, and greeting fans. Jon Savage's original interview, which appeared with Frohman's photographs in the Observer is also reproduced, giving us Cobain in his own words. The book is a touching tribute to Cobain twenty years after his tragic demise, and following Nirvana's recent induction in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame., Over the course of ninety photographs, Cobain seems an almost feral creature, by turns gentle, playful, defiant, suffering, or absorbed in his music. There's a diverse range of shots of Cobain with fellow band members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl and on his own, posing, performing, and greeting fans. Jon Savage's original interview, which appeared with Frohman's photographs in the Observer is also reproduced, giving us Cobain in his own words. The book is a touching tribute to Cobain twenty years after his tragic demise, and following Nirvana's recent induction in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

LC Classification NumberML420.C59