Serving the Servant

Remembering Kurt Cobain

By: Danny Goldberg

Narrated by: Danny Goldberg

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

On the 25th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death comes a new perspective on one of the most compelling icons of our time - and the only book written by someone who knew him.

In early 1991, top music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from the underground music scene in Seattle. He had no idea that the band’s leader, Kurt Cobain, would become a pop-culture icon with a legacy arguably at the level of that of John Lennon, Michael Jackson, or Elvis Presley.

Danny worked with Kurt from 1990 to 1994, the most impactful period of Kurt’s life. This key time saw the stratospheric success of Nevermind, which turned Nirvana into the most successful rock band in the world and made punk and grunge household terms; Kurt’s meeting and marriage to the brilliant but mercurial Courtney Love and their relationship that became a lightning rod for critics; the birth of their daughter, Frances Bean; and, finally, Kurt’s public struggles with addiction, which ended in a devastating suicide that would alter the course of rock history. Throughout, Danny stood by Kurt’s side as manager and close friend.

Drawing on Goldberg’s own memories of Kurt, files that previously have not been made public, and interviews with, among others, Kurt’s close family, friends, and former bandmates, Serving the Servants sheds an entirely new light on these critical years. Casting aside the common obsession with the angst and depression that seemingly drove Kurt, Serving the Servants is an exploration of his brilliance in every aspect of rock and roll, his compassion, his ambition, and the legacy he wrought - one that has lasted decades longer than his career did.

Danny Goldberg explores what it is about Kurt Cobain that still resonates today, even with a generation who wasn’t alive until after Kurt’s death. In the process, he provides a portrait of an icon unlike any that has come before.

©2019 Danny Goldberg (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

Amazing!!!

I'm blown away! Danny Goldberg done a fantastic job on this, it was so facinating getting a new glimpse into the life of Kurt Cobain, I highly enjoyed this book and if your a Nirvana or Kurt Cobain fan definitely pick a copy of this book!
Danny Goldberg thank you my friend, really appreciate your honesty and great work on this new book on kurt Cobain you made my year!!!

To Danny

I just finished this book.. What a ride. Kurt was truly one of a kind! ❤️

I enjoyed this book.

It was refreshing to hear from someone one liked Curt and who was a friend. It has new stories in it and a personal look at things I have only heard about before. (The last intervention, Curt being very sweet to some other people). I also like to hear a book read by the author. In short, I’m glad I chose this biography.

Definitely meet expectations

loved this one got through it quick. Great presentation and perspective from the bands manager and inspiring. What a legacy this group has left on the world

I loved this book

Read by the author and former manager of the bad, Danny Goldberg whom offers a unique and different account of the mainstream narrative of Kurt's life and demeanor. There are many anecdotes that present Kurt as a kind and thoughtful man. You can really feel the pain Mr. Goldberg still feels at the loss of this great, talented man. I highly recommend this fine work.

great great book

wow, amazing book and even better performance. loved it. If your a "kurt" fan, it's a must

Touching and well written

Very touching to learn more about Kurt Cobain from someone who was so close to him. Beautifully written. Thank you so much for sharing the stories, many of which made me smile, followed by uncontrollable tears by the end reliving the moment of hearing Kurt Cobain had killed himself.

Nostalgic and rose tinted

Now that I'm getting older I'm a lot more forgiving of the level of rose-tented-ness going on here. If you lived through something this important 20+ years ago, you're going to remember it and the people with fondness. I've listened to a lot of artist memoirs. It was surprisingly a refreshing change of pace to hear it not from a researcher or from the artist's own point of view, but from the perspective of someone else who was there at the time.

All apologies

For anyone who lived through the rise of Kurt, it’s required reading. It’s a moment to remember who we are and how it all came to be.

Good Perspective Danny but you left some stuff out

As an Avid Reader and Listener of all things Cobain I Immediatley recognized a couple facts that didnt seem to go with the official story. First is It was heart shaped Box that Kurt added Harmonies to after the fact NOT All Apologies like you stated also you called Tom Grant "A nut" but the fact is Your significant other Rosemary spoke with Tom about finding handwriting practice notes in Courtneys backpack that were copying Kurts writing style and How she was suspicious about Courtneys behavior. Tom Grant taped all of the conversations and I have heard them, anyone can on his website or Soaked in Bleach, and yes a rock star is worth more Dead if he is going to divorce his wife and she will get nothing because of a prenump and everything if he disappears. Otherwise everything you said seems legit, but these facts are pretty important to be left out.