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Letters to Kurt

Eric Erlandson
2.92/5 (105 ratings)
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"Eric was the spirit-boy in the Nirvana/Hole dynamic. Quiet, bemused, intelligent, and curiously intuitive to the power of hugging the devil, to say we will all be okay. The early 1990s were an explosive and defining period of creativity and excitement for the underground punk/post-punk scene, particularly with the manifest poetry of Kurt, who we were so proud to have as a light in our shared time and space. Eric expresses how enchanting Kurt was, how the whole scene was, with his thoughtful, radical adult/prose love. Bring on the future, darling."--Thurston Moore, musician"Eric. He was always there: supportive, observing, in the thick of it. Hidden in plain sight . . . Without him, I can't imagine Seattle or L.A. or a dozen other places. This book is beautiful, brutal, brief. Happy-sad eloquence. Boy Scouts playing with the complimentary cologne in the heart of the ghost town. Listen to the man. He knows."--Everett True, author of Nirvana: The BiographyLetters to Kurt is an anguished, angry, and tender meditation on the octane and ether of rock and roll and its many moons: sex, drugs, suicide, fame, and rage. It's part The Dream Songs, part Charles Bukowski, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, and The Clash. Rants, reflections, and gunshot fill these fifty-two prose poems. They are raw, funny, sad, and searching. This will make a beautiful book for anyone who loved Nirvana and Hole and the time and place when their music changed everything. Ultimately, it's an elegy for Kurt Cobain and the "suicide idols" who tragically fail to find salvation in their amazing music.Eric Erlandson is a musician best known as the co-founder (with Courtney Love), songwriter, and lead guitarist of alternative rock band Hole. In 1991 Hole released its debut album Pretty on the Inside and quickly achieved underground success in the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe. Erlandson and Love then signed a contract with Geffen/DGC, and with new band members they wrote and recorded their major label debut Live Through This. The album, ranked by Time magazine as one of the top one hundred albums of all time, received tremendous critical acclaim and sold over a million copies. Following the deaths of Love's husband Kurt Cobain and Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff, the band toured the world in support of Live Through This. In 1998 Hole released the album Celebrity Skin, which also received rave reviews. In 2002 Erlandson and Love officially disbanded Hole. Since then, Erlandson has been involved in a number of musical projects including producing, touring, and songwriting. He has studied creative writing and occasionally reads at various poetry events in Los Angeles, California, where he lives.
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159 pages
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ISBN10:
1617750832
ISBN13:
9781617750830
kindle Asin:
B0CRMX82XV

Letters to Kurt

Eric Erlandson
2.92/5 (105 ratings)
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"Eric was the spirit-boy in the Nirvana/Hole dynamic. Quiet, bemused, intelligent, and curiously intuitive to the power of hugging the devil, to say we will all be okay. The early 1990s were an explosive and defining period of creativity and excitement for the underground punk/post-punk scene, particularly with the manifest poetry of Kurt, who we were so proud to have as a light in our shared time and space. Eric expresses how enchanting Kurt was, how the whole scene was, with his thoughtful, radical adult/prose love. Bring on the future, darling."--Thurston Moore, musician"Eric. He was always there: supportive, observing, in the thick of it. Hidden in plain sight . . . Without him, I can't imagine Seattle or L.A. or a dozen other places. This book is beautiful, brutal, brief. Happy-sad eloquence. Boy Scouts playing with the complimentary cologne in the heart of the ghost town. Listen to the man. He knows."--Everett True, author of Nirvana: The BiographyLetters to Kurt is an anguished, angry, and tender meditation on the octane and ether of rock and roll and its many moons: sex, drugs, suicide, fame, and rage. It's part The Dream Songs, part Charles Bukowski, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, and The Clash. Rants, reflections, and gunshot fill these fifty-two prose poems. They are raw, funny, sad, and searching. This will make a beautiful book for anyone who loved Nirvana and Hole and the time and place when their music changed everything. Ultimately, it's an elegy for Kurt Cobain and the "suicide idols" who tragically fail to find salvation in their amazing music.Eric Erlandson is a musician best known as the co-founder (with Courtney Love), songwriter, and lead guitarist of alternative rock band Hole. In 1991 Hole released its debut album Pretty on the Inside and quickly achieved underground success in the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe. Erlandson and Love then signed a contract with Geffen/DGC, and with new band members they wrote and recorded their major label debut Live Through This. The album, ranked by Time magazine as one of the top one hundred albums of all time, received tremendous critical acclaim and sold over a million copies. Following the deaths of Love's husband Kurt Cobain and Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff, the band toured the world in support of Live Through This. In 1998 Hole released the album Celebrity Skin, which also received rave reviews. In 2002 Erlandson and Love officially disbanded Hole. Since then, Erlandson has been involved in a number of musical projects including producing, touring, and songwriting. He has studied creative writing and occasionally reads at various poetry events in Los Angeles, California, where he lives.
Format:
Pages:
159 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Language:
en-US
ISBN10:
1617750832
ISBN13:
9781617750830
kindle Asin:
B0CRMX82XV

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