Summary Of Carl Wilkinson

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Carl Wilkinson appears to be written as a sort of profile, or biography in a sense. It is pointed out multiple times about how David Grohl is the perfect rock star. More than anything though, this article describes the fact that he joined Nirvana and maintained his roots of simplicity where he still lived in a spare bedroom with a friend well after selling millions of records.

It also talks about his success after the untimely departure of Kurt Cobain. Having been a fan of Nirvana,reading about Dave Grohl’s success was very fascinating. I feel that it appears that the intended audience of this piece, as published in the textbook is geared more towards the fans. I believe Wilkinson’s occasion for writing was to help introduce Dave Grohl not

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