What is the name of Michael Azeraad's biography of Nirvana?

Michael Azerrad’s biography of Nirvana is titled Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana. The book was published in 1993 and chronicles the band’s development from its early years in Washington state through its international success.

Azerrad was a music journalist who conducted extensive interviews with Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl, as well as people connected with the band. His access and firsthand interviews helped make the book one of the best-known accounts of Nirvana’s history.

The title is taken from “Come as You Are,” Nirvana’s 1992 single from the album Nevermind. The book appeared before Cobain’s death in April 1994, so its narrative ends before that event and does not provide a retrospective account of his final months.

Readers sometimes confuse the biography with Nirvana’s song or with later books about Cobain. The full title identifies it as the biography: Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana, written by Michael Azerrad and published by Doubleday.