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Michael Azerrad is an American author, journalist and musician. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a He grew up in the New York City area and received his BA degree from Columbia College in 1983. The City of New York History Columbia College was founded as King’s College by royal charter of King George II of England in the During his college years, he was both a roommate and a bandmate of keyboard virtuoso Marc Capelle (who later went on to become a member of American Music Club. American Music Club is a San Francisco -based band led by Singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel. )

After college, Azerrad played drums in various small bands while pursuing a career in music journalism. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Besides writing features for Spin, Musician and Details, and a stint at MTV News from 1987 through 1992, Azerrad wrote several hundred pieces for Rolling Stone magazine from 1987 through 1993, and was eventually named contributing editor. Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published In 1993 Doubleday Books published Azerrad's definitive, best-selling biography of the band Nirvana, entitled Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana^[1], which appeared six months before bandleader Kurt Cobain died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. Come as You Are The Story of Nirvana is a 1993 Book by Michael Azerrad, covering the career of Nirvana from its inception Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20 1967 – c April 5 1994 was an American musician who served as lead singer, Guitarist, and songwriter for the Seattle Azerrad spent many months interviewing the band members and their friends, relatives and associates, and Cobain and the other members of the band shared a wide variety of archival materials with him, many of which are reproduced in the book.

His subsequent book, Our Band Could Be Your Life ^[2] was a collection of profiles of thirteen prominent indie rock bands of the 1980s and early 1990s, including Sonic Youth, Black Flag and The Replacements. Our Band Could Be Your Life Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 is a book by Michael Azerrad (ISBN 0-316-78753-1 Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Sonic Youth is an American Alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981 Black Flag was a Hardcore punk band formed in 1977 in southern California, largely as the brainchild of Greg Ginn: the guitarist The Replacements were an American Alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979 In 2000 Q magazine named Come as You Are one of the 50 greatest rock books ever written, and in 2006 the Guardian rated Our Band Could Be Your Life as one of the 50 best music books ever written. Our Band Could Be Your Life Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 is a book by Michael Azerrad (ISBN 0-316-78753-1

Since 2002 Azerrad has himself been a member of indie band the King of France and in 2005 became an original member of Reprise Records recording artists the LeeVees. The LeeVees is a rock band from New York City featuring Adam Gardner of Guster and Dave Schneider of the Zambonis

In 2006, Azerrad co-produced a documentary about Kurt Cobain, "Kurt Cobain About a Son". Kurt Cobain About a Son is a documentary about Kurt Cobain that debuted at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.

References

^ (1993) Come as You Are. Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-47199-8.
^ (2001) Our Band Could Be Your Life. Little Brown. ISBN 0-316-78753-1.

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