Letters to Kurt

by Erlandson, Eric

• ISBN13: 9781617750830
• ISBN10: 1617750832
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-27
• Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.

Summary

Letters to Kurtis an anguished, angry, and tender meditation on the octane and ether of rock and roll and its many moons: sex, drugs, suicide, fame, and rage. It's part The Dream Songs, part Charles Bukowski, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, and The Clash. Rants, reflections, and gunshot fill these fifty-two prose poems. They are raw, funny, sad, and searching. This will make a beautiful book for anyone who loved Nirvana and Hole and the time and place when their music changed everything. Ultimately, it's an elegy for Kurt Cobain and the "suicide idols" who tragically fail to find salvation in their amazing music. Eric Erlandsonis a musician best known as the co-founder (with Courtney Love), songwriter, and lead guitarist of alternative rock band Hole. In 1991 Hole released its debut album Pretty on the Insideand quickly achieved underground success in the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe. Erlandson and Love then signed a contract with Geffen/DGC, and with new band members they wrote and recorded their major label debut Live Through This. The album, ranked by Timemagazine as one of the top one hundred albums of all time, received tremendous critical acclaim and sold over a million copies. Following the deaths of Love's husband Kurt Cobain and Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff, the band toured the world in support of Live Through This. In 1998 Hole released the album Celebrity Skin, which also received rave reviews. In 2002 Erlandson and Love officially disbanded Hole. Since then, Erlandson has been involved in a number of musical projects including producing, touring, and songwriting. He has studied creative writing and occasionally reads at various poetry events in Los Angeles, California, where he lives.