Insiders Look Into the Music Biz - Bumping Into Geniuses

     MUSIC NEWS-  Grunge rocker KURT COBAIN "detested" GUNS N ROSES frontman Axl Rose, according to reports in a new music biz book.  Former record executive Danny Goldberg writes in his upcoming memoir, Bumping Into Geniuses, that the Nirvana singer Cobain and Rose were engaged in a bitter feud all through their careers.  Goldberg claims promoters were desperate to launch a tour featuring Nirvana, Metallica and Guns N’ Roses during the height of their popularity in the early 1990s.  Unfortunately,  plans for the shows had to be put on hold because of a serious rift between Cobain and Rose after the Nirvana frontman refused to meet Rose after a concert.  Goldberg writes: "There was a lot of money on the table. Kurt really liked Metallica… (but) Rose had the kind of macho rock persona that Kurt detested." The book also tells how the grudge between the pair was still not settled when Cobain committed suicide in 1994. 

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Danny Goldberg has been a major influential figure in the world of rock and roll.  You'll find his name on many album/cd credits.  He's done PR for legends Led Zeppelin; he managed the crazy career of Nirvana; he ran several labels -- Atlantic Records, Mercury Records, and Warner Bros. Records and launched Ms Stevie Nicks’ solo career. In this book, Bumping into Geniuses, he shares his insider rock n roll tales with readers.  His many stories about artists cover a wide and powerful portion of the rock and roll kingdom; Patti Smith, Warren Zevon, Bruce Springsteen, KISS, Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, Hole, Stevie Nicks, Bonnie Raitt, Steve Earle, Led Zeppelin, and more. The book, BUMPING INTO GENIUSES is scheduled to be released on September 18 from Gotham Books and is sure to be a great read for music buffs