This book is another nirvana retrospective to add to your pile of the most writen about rock band of the past twenty years. The book differs from other nirvana biographies because it plays down the Kurt Cobain-as-modern-marthy hyperbowl that dominates many nirvana biographys. This book charts the inception,rise and abrupt ending of the band through a daily breakdown of events. Also the original drummer for the band Chad Channing adds a new dimention remembering a naive band encountering europe for the first time.