Guitar World Presents: Nirvana and the Grunge Revolution

by Guitar World Magazine (Editor), Harold Steinblatt (Editor), Brad Tolinski (Editor)

In a relatively short time span, grunge music exploded out of its native Seattle and became the most dominant force of the early '90s. Groundbreaking bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains introduced a generation of young rock fans to their grainy, hard-edged brand of modern metal. The rise to prominence for these and other grunge monsters is detailed here, in Guitar World Presents Nirvana and the Grunge Revolution. The first section of the book serves as a tribute to the late Nirvana guitarist Kurt Cobain. It features revealing interviews with Cobain, a behind-the-scenes look at Nirvana's legendary MTV "Unplugged" performance, and an insider's guide to the making of their groundbreaking album, Nevermind. In addition, the book features interviews with many others who played key roles in the Seattle sound explosion, including Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard and Mike McCready, Alice in Chains' Jerry Cantrell and Soundgarden's Kim Thayil and Chris Cornell. 200 pages, 6" x 9"

206 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

About the author

Guitar World began publishing in July of 1980. It is published 13 times per year, with 12 monthly issues and one holiday issue. Each issue contains contains artist interviews and profiles, lessons, gear reviews, news, and tablature for guitar and bass of several songs.

Stanley Harris launched Guitar World magazine. He was replaced as Editor-in-Chief by Noë Goldwasser. Goldwasser left the magazine in 1988 and was replaced by Joseph Bosso. He was replaced for the June 1989 issues by Brad Tolinski. Tolinski left the magazine in April 2015, and was replaced by Jeff Kitts. Kitts was replaced by Damian Fanelli in June 2018.

Guitar World was published by Harris Publications (1980–2003), Future US, Inc. (2003–2012), NewBay Media (2012–2018), and then Future US, Inc. (2018–present).

Reviews

[Claire Rater · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn’t expecting it to be so much about guitars lol so I didn’t love it but also I should have known it was gonna be about guitars

[Danny · Rating 3 out of 5]

At least this book led me to The Melvins.