Krist Novoselic
Krist Novoselic
Krist Anthony Novoselicis an American rock musician, and was the bass guitarist and member of the grunge band Nirvana. After Nirvana disbanded following the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, Novoselic formed Sweet 75 and Eyes Adrift, releasing one album with each band. From 2006 to 2009 he played in the punk band Flipper, and in 2011 contributed bass and accordion to the song "I Should Have Known", on Foo Fighters' studio album Wasting Light...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth16 May 1965
CityCompton, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.
Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it.
When Nirvana hit it big, it was overwhelming because we were part of the counterculture. Nirvana didn't go to the mainstream - the mainstream came to Nirvana.
But this is pretty new for me, both songwriting and singing.
I really like to write, so I can just relax and think about things and realize things and then try to express it on my computer.
I think pot should be legalized, but I think the promotion of party culture is irresponsible.
We have to move beyond the grainy black-and-white approach of blaming lyrics. We need to move forward and apply full-spectrum, high-definition solutions to the challenges facing our nation.
We all live in Seattle, and this is a close music community. We just, Peter and I met each other about 7 years ago. I'd stay at his house in Athens.
We asserted ourselves as a music community, and showed legislators that music is positive. Especially if you've sold 300 million records worldwide and pay taxes.
It felt like being in the center of the world, and I felt like I was a witness to history and I knew that the whole world was watching on television. So, I could feel the collective consciousness of the world focused on this little strip of land called Seattle.
Our idea is simply to play the songs and to emphasize our musicianship.
I don't know about the time those songs were written. But he was jamming with someone in Colorado or San Francisco, and I'm sure he was working on the lyrics right up to the show because they were really relevant for the situation.
The only way you do anything is to become really active. And the most effective way to get your message to your elected representatives is to make campaign contributions and develop relationships with them.
We're all players and musicians and we sure all get along good. We just clicked right off the bat. We started playing and then we almost immediately started recording.