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Krist Novoselic Biography

Krist Novoselic is an American musician and political activist, best known as the bassist and a founding member of the grunge band Nirvana. Nirvana achieved massive success, earning multiple gold and platinum awards and touring around the world at sold-out shows.

After Nirvana disbanded following the death of its frontman Kurt Cobain in 1994, Novoselic formed Sweet 75 in 1995 and Eyes Adrift in 2002, releasing one album with each band.

From 2006 to 2009, he played in the punk rock band Flipper, and in 2011, he contributed bass and accordion to the song “I Should Have Known” on the Foo Fighters’ studio album Wasting Light, along with playing bass and accordion in his current band, Giants in the Trees, since June 2017.

Krist started music while he was still young. His younger brother, Robert, brought home a new friend one day, Kurt Cobain, who was impressed with the fact that Novoselic was a punk fan. The two had several mutual friends and began hanging out shortly thereafter.

During his senior year of high school, Novoselic had surgery done on his jaw, fixing his underbite. Cobain tried convincing Novoselic to form a band with him, and after turning down the invitation numerous times, he finally agreed.

The duo went through a series of names until settling on Nirvana. The new group specialized in stripped-down punk rock and was a complete reaction against all the horrible glam metal that had been glutting the charts and the airwaves for years — taking a pro-feminist stance amidst the overabundance of testosterone-heavy “macho” rock.

Their debut release for Sub Pop, 1989’s Bleach, established an underground following with the college rock crowd, and shortly after the release of 1991’s Nevermind, the trio’s popularity exploded, as they spearheaded the whole Seattle movement. But after only two more releases, Nirvana would abruptly come to an end with Cobain’s tragic suicide in April of 1994.

Krist attended Aberdeen High School and Kurt attended Montesano High School (Washington). At one point, Cobain gave Novoselic a demo tape of his former band Fecal Matter and asked him to form a band together.

After several months, Novoselic finally listened to the tape, liked it, and agreed to start a band with Cobain. After high school, Krist Novoselic worked as a painter and decorator but was eventually laid off.

In 2016, Novoselic earned a Bachelor Of Science in social sciences from Washington State University.

Krist Novoselic Age

Krist Novoselic’s full birth name is Krist Anthony Novoselic. He was born in Compton, California in the United States of America on  May 16, 1965.

Krist Novoselic Family

Krist is the son of Croatian immigrants. His father’s name is Kristo  Novoselić and his mother’s name is Marija Novoselić.  He has a younger brother who is called, Robert who was born in the year 1968, and a younger sister, Diana who was born in the year 1973.

In the year 1975, his parents sent him to live with relatives in Durban, South Africa. He returned to Aberdeen in 1982. He is partially fluent in Croatian.

Krist Novoselic Height

The American musician and political activist Krist Novoselic stands at an estimated height of  6 feet 7 inches or 2.01 meters. His body weight has not been disclosed yet.

Krist Novoselic Wife

Kist is a married man who has been married twice in his life. He first married his first wife, Shelli Hyrkas in the year 1989. Bith of them met while they were still in high school where they began their relationship. They dated till they got married. This marriage lasted for almost a decade until they divorced in 1999.

In his second marriage a few years later after his divorce with his first wife, Krit married an American artist Darbury Ayn Stenderu, in 2004. They are married to the present and they have 2 children. They currently reside on a farm near Deep River, Washington, where they grow their own food.

Krist Novoselic Foo Fighters

Grohl originally asked Krist Novoselic to join Foo Fighters as a full-time band member, he declined, stating they would call it “Nirvana 2”. Novoselic’s first experience with Foo Fighters was during the encore of their show on August 29, 1997, at Memorial Stadium as part of the Bumbershoot festival, where he played bass for the band’s covers of “Purple Rain” and “Communication Breakdown”. In January 2002, Novoselic performed backing vocals for a non-album track titled “Walking a Line”, later released on a special edition of the band’s album One by One.

Later, during the encore of Foo Fighters’ secret show at Paladino’s in Tarzana, California on December 22, 2010, the band, with Grohl on drums was joined onstage by Krist Novoselic and the band’s live guitarist Pat Smear for a version of Nirvana’s “Marigold” a 1992 Grohl original, which was a B-side on Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box”, the first single from In Utero. Novoselic also recorded bass and accordion on the song “I Should Have Known”, appearing on Foo Fighters’ seventh studio album Wasting Light.

On December 5, 2017, Krist Novoselic joined Foo Fighters on stage at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon, to play bass guitar on “Big Me”, a song off Foo Fighters debut album Foo Fighters. Ten months later, on October 6, 2018, Novoselic joined the band during an encore to play several Nirvana songs, with Dave Grohl on drums, Pat Smear on guitar, and John J. McCauley and Joan Jett filling in as their lead singer.

Krist Novoselic Nirvana

Cobain and Novoselic’s first band lasted barely a few weeks before it disbanded, leaving the pair to move on. However, the duo eventually discovered that Melvins could pull $80 a night for one show.

Inspired, Cobain and Novoselic started a Creedence Clearwater Revival cover band, in which Cobain played drums and Novoselic sang and played guitar.

That band was short-lived as well. Some months later, Cobain and Novoselic met drummer Aaron Burckhard. While the new band never used the name, it was the first incarnation of Nirvana.

Later in 1990, Melvins’ singer-guitarist Buzz Osborne encouraged Novoselic and Cobain to check out a punk band called Scream. The pair were impressed by their drummer, Dave Grohl.

A few weeks later, Scream disbanded, and Grohl placed a call to Osborne for advice. Osborne gave him Novoselic’s phone number, and Novoselic invited Grohl up to Seattle (from San Francisco, where Scream broke up).

Grohl passed the audition and joined Nirvana. A few months later, in the spring of 1991, the band recorded their major-label debut, Nevermind, which launched the band as a worldwide phenomenon with their hit single “Smells Like Teen Spirit”.

Nirvana ended abruptly in April 1994 following Cobain’s death. For most of the rest of that year, Novoselic retreated from the spotlight. Novoselic and Cobain had been virtually inseparable for almost a decade, and the loss of his close friend was especially hard on him.

One of a few public appearances came that September at the MTV Video Music Awards, where the video for Nirvana’s “Heart-Shaped Box” was awarded for Best Alternative Video. Novoselic took the opportunity to pay tribute to his bandmate and best friend, Kurt Cobain.

Krist Novoselic Music Groups

  • Nirvana
  • Sweet 75
  • Flipper
  • Eyes Adrift
  • Giant in the Trees
  • the No WTO Combo
  • Filthy Friends
  • The Stinky Puffs

Krist Novoselic House

The rock musician, best known as the bassist for “Nirvana”, own a home with his wife, Darbury, according to King County records. However, most reports say his main residence is on Anderson Road in the isolated community of Deep River (WA) in rural Wahkiakum County. For more information about his house, go to this link

Krist Novoselic Net Worth

Krist Novoselic is an American rock musician who has a net worth of $50 million dollars as of 2019.

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