Charles R. Cross (Author of Heavier Than Heaven)

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Charles R. Cross

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Richmond, Virginia, The United States

Died

August 09, 2024

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Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment

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Charles R. Cross

This is Charles R. Cross, a rock music journalist and author based in Seattle. He is the founder of Backstreets magazine, a periodical for fans of Bruce Springsteen, editor of "Springsteen: the Man and His Music," a compilation of Backstreets articles, and is also author of a biography of Kurt Cobain, titled Heavier Than Heaven. His most recent release is entitled Room Full Of Mirrors - A Biography Of Jimi Hendrix.

In 2004, while conducting research for the Hendrix book, Cross rediscovered the gravesite of Jimi Hendrix's mother, Lucille Jeter Hendrix, in an abandoned section of Greenwood Memorial Park, where Jimi Hendrix himself is ...more

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	Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain 4.12 avg rating — 33,770 ratings — published 2001 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix 4.17 avg rating — 10,074 ratings — published 2005 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cobain Unseen 4.33 avg rating — 2,085 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain 3.74 avg rating — 770 ratings — published 2014 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History by Charles R. Cross, Gillian G. Gaar (欧宝娱乐 Author), Bob Gendron 4.18 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Led Zeppelin: Heaven and Hell 4.46 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Led Zeppelin: Shadows Taller Than Our Souls 4.10 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Backstreets: Springsteen: The Man and His Music 4.08 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kurt Cobain and Nirvana by Charles R. Cross, Andrew Earles, Gillian G. Gaar (欧宝娱乐 Author) 4.09 avg rating — 43 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	50 guaranteed tips to great Springsteen tickets really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1990	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“He was able to sit in silence for long stretches without feeling a need to make small talk.”
― Charles R. Cross, Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain

tags: biography, factual, kurt-cobain, music, nirvana

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“Once Ryan asked Kurt, 鈥淲hat are you going to do when you鈥檙e thirty?鈥� 鈥淚鈥檓 not worried about what鈥檚 going to happen when I鈥檓 thirty,鈥� Kurt replied in the same tone he would use to discuss a broken spark plug, 鈥渂ecause I鈥檓 never going to make it to thirty. You know what life is like after thirty鈥擨 don鈥檛 want that.”
― Charles R. Cross, Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain

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“Kurt left in the early morning to walk around Aberdeen in the pale light of dawn. The storm had passed, birds were chirping, and everything in the world seemed more alive. He walked around for hours thinking about it all, waiting for school to begin, watching the sun come up, wondering where his life was heading.”
― Charles R. Cross, Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain

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