Reddit reviews Nirvana: The Biography

I found that Everett True's book offers the most insight on what exactly transpired during that last European tour. Things didn't go wrong all of a sudden, they were pretty bad in 1993 in terms of his addiction and not wanting to go on tour and then became even worse in 1994. Kurt wanted to cancel the European tour many times during that month of February. He even asked his management what would happen if he did cancel it and their response was "you're financially liable". Not good.

He also missed Courtney a lot as she was away in London and LA. He would call up Cali Dewitt (he was with Courtney) and constantly ask him if Courtney is cheating on him. He ultimately canceled the tour after Munich (his voice was gone by that time anyway) and then flew to Rome with Pat so he could finally meet up with Courtney. He didn't get the warm welcome he wanted, he felt emotionally rejected by her, so he tried to kill himself. After Rome various people felt that the coma affected his personality. I believe it was Krist who called him as being monochrome after the whole Rome ordeal.

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He had the following things on his mind during March of 1994:

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-- Was Courtney cheating on him or not? I'm pretty sure he was convinced that yes.

-- The lawsuit over the Heart-Shaped Box video (he felt that he could go bankrupt because of it and this terrified him yet he still canceled the tour and lost a ton of money, which shows you how paradoxical his personality could be at times).

-- The pressure of doing Lollapalooza. Everyone in his circle (especially Courtney) was pressuring him to do it. They would have earned $6M from that single concert, more than their entire European Tour. He just didn't want to do it. I'm sure the other bandmates really wanted to do it since they weren't getting royalties from songs and the In Utero album sales were nowhere near Nevermind's. And this further fostered the toxic environment in the band. By that point he barely even communicated with Dave and Krist.

-- There was also the infamous intervention which quite a few people mention in their books, Danny Goldberg especially. They all tried to get him to quit drugs, clean up and do Lollapalooza. He didn't want to hear any of it. His response was pretty much "If William S. Burroughs can lead a life as a junkie for 20 years, why can't I?". Which goes to show he had no intention of quitting heroin, he just wanted to disappear.

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March 94 was the tipping point for Kurt Cobain. I wish he had the clarity to quit the band, get away from home, cancel all touring and just do nothing for a year or two... But when you're in the thick of it, it's easy to lose sight of the good things in your life.

Link to his book on amazon, great read http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0306815540

I know other's will disagree, but I enjoyed Nirvana: The Biography by Everett True. I hate reading books, but those 650 pages were pretty easy to digest.

https://www.amazon.com/Nirvana-Biography-Everett-True/dp/0306815540

FYI: Everett True's account of Nirvana's history is a much more compelling and interesting read.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0306815540

This one.