Cobain and Nirvana are now part of a rite of passage through adolescence, and while 'teen spirit' may have changed and evolved since the early nineties, the music remains authentic all the same. Nirvana's music has touched multiple generations, and while the world has changed considerably since Nevermind was first released in 1991, the status of that album only grows as years pass. Here We Are Now attempts to answer where we-the fans, the music business and fashion industry, the addiction and recovery communities, Kurt's family-are, two decades later.Ĭobain's life and work can be seen everywhere, from his indelible marks on music to his more subtle influence on gender and gay rights, the way we view suicide and drug addiction, and the very idea of Seattle as a cultural hub. For the first time ever, Cross, author of the definitive Cobain biography, Heavier Than Heaven, explores how the haunting memory of Cobain-the life he led, the music he played, and the people he touched-lives on in innumerable, and sometimes surprising, ways. While the impact of a person's life is difficult to see fully on the day he dies, the long view provides a wider, and usually more accurate, vista. Two decades have passed since Cross, a Seattle-based editor and writer and early supporter of Nirvana, lived the horror of that day on the front lines, fielding the phone calls as the media descended upon his city, desperately searching for an exclusive on the death of yet another young rock icon. His desperation to kick drugs, his complicated relationship with fame, his tortured soul-all these elements came together in one terrible moment in Seattle, and the landscapes of music and pop culture were forever changed. On April 5, 1994, twenty-seven-year-old Kurt Cobain took his own life.

Twenty years after his death, why does he still matter Kurt Cobain was the voice of a generation.

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