61 Facts About Krist Novoselic

Krist Anthony Novoselic is an American musician, politician and activist.

Krist Novoselic has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Nirvana, and has received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award as a member of the band.

Krist Novoselic has served on the board of the electoral reform organization FairVote and has served as its chair.

Krist Novoselic joined the Forward Party in 2023 and became the party's leader in Washington after the resignation of Chris Vance.

Krist Anthony Novoselic was born in Compton, California, on May 16,1965, the son of Croatian immigrants Kristo Novaselic and Marija Mustac.

Krist Novoselic lived in Compton for one year before his parents moved to the ethnically Croatian Los Angeles neighborhood of San Pedro.

Krist Novoselic was interested in bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Who, Van Halen, Devo, and Aerosmith.

Krist Novoselic enjoyed listening to Yugoslavian bands such as Zabranjeno Pusenje, Prljavo kazaliste and Azra.

Krist Novoselic has cited Paul McCartney, Geezer Butler, John Entwistle, and Gene Simmons as fundamental influences of his bass playing.

Krist Novoselic attended Aberdeen High School while Kurt attended high school in nearby Montesano.

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

Some months later, Cobain and Krist Novoselic met drummer Aaron Burckhard.

Krist Novoselic contributed to the writing of various songs, providing ideas for Cobain.

Krist Novoselic spent the following months with Nirvana traveling to various labels as the band shopped for a deal, eventually signing with DGC Records.

When Krist Novoselic started playing the opening bass riff, he signaled that he could not hear his bass.

For most of the rest of that year, Krist Novoselic retreated from the spotlight.

On February 4,2023, Nirvana received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; Krist Novoselic was on hand, along with Dave Grohl and Pat Smear, to receive the award.

Krist Novoselic co-formed the band Sweet 75 with Venezuelan musician Yva Las Vegass in 1995, releasing a single self-titled album in 1997.

In 1996, Krist Novoselic joined singer Johnny Cash, guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden and drummer Sean Kinney of Alice in Chains to record a cover of Willie Nelson's "Time of the Preacher", for the tribute album Twisted Willie, released in January 1996.

In 1998, Krist Novoselic directed his first movie, L7: The Beauty Process, a pseudo-documentary that utilizes concert footage taped in 1997 in three American cities.

In 2002, Krist Novoselic performed uncredited background vocals on Foo Fighters' song "Walking a Line", written as a tribute to Cobain, during the One by One album sessions.

Krist Novoselic then joined former Meat Puppets front man Curt Kirkwood and former Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh to form Eyes Adrift.

Krist Novoselic took a highly active role in the songwriting process, co-writing several songs with Kirkwood.

In November 2006, it was announced that Krist Novoselic would join Flipper, replacing Bruno DeSmartas on bass, for a tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Krist Novoselic was a full-time member of the band and had been working on their new album.

On September 22,2008, because of responsibilities at home, Krist Novoselic announced his departure from the band.

In 2009, Krist Novoselic played a newspaper vendor in the movie World's Greatest Dad starring Robin Williams.

In October 2010, Dave Grohl, former Nirvana bandmate of Krist Novoselic, announced live on BBC radio, that Krist Novoselic would be joining Foo Fighters as a bassist and accordionist on their next album, Wasting Light, which was released in 2011.

The partnership was referred to as "Sirvana" by Krist Novoselic, referring to "Sir Paul McCartney".

In November 2016, Krist Novoselic confirmed that he was in the process of writing new music.

Krist Novoselic is in the band Filthy Friends, playing bass and accordion.

In late July 2017, Giants in the Trees released their first song, "Sasquatch", which features a music video Krist Novoselic joked as "costing over 2 million US dollars to produce".

Krist Novoselic has been currently working with musicians such as Soundgarden's Kim Thayil, alongside Matt Cameron, with production being handled by Jack Endino, as a new band, called 3rd Secret.

Grohl and his bandmates decided against Krist Novoselic joining; Grohl said it would have felt "really natural" for them to work together again, but would have been uncomfortable for the other band members and placed more pressure on Grohl.

In January 2002, Krist Novoselic performed backing vocals for a non-album Foo Fighters track titled "Walking a Line", later released on a special edition of their album One by One.

Krist Novoselic recorded bass and accordion for 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 from the 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 Grohl on drums, Pat Smear on guitar, and John J McCauley and Joan Jett filling in as their lead singer.

Krist Novoselic appeared on KOMO-TVs Town Meeting as part of the campaign against this bill.

Krist Novoselic has advocated for electoral reform.

Krist Novoselic considered a 2004 run for Lieutenant Governor of Washington as a Democrat, challenging an incumbent of the same party, but ultimately decided against it.

Krist Novoselic joined the board of FairVote and was appointed chair in January 2008.

In 2020, Krist Novoselic became board chair of Zocalo Public Square.

Krist Novoselic supported Democratic Senator Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries and in the 2008 general election.

Krist Novoselic later broke with the Democratic Party, stating that "it's a top-down structure" averse to reform from its grassroots.

In 2009, Krist Novoselic ran for county clerk of Wahkiakum County, Washington, but later withdrew his candidacy.

Krist Novoselic had sought the office as a candidate of the "Grange Party" although no such party exists.

Krist Novoselic's campaign was intended as a protest against Washington State's party system, in which a candidate can claim any party as their own without consent or support from the party.

Krist Novoselic explained his support for fair voting reforms on C-SPAN's Washington Journal in 2012.

In 2016, Krist Novoselic supported and campaigned for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson.

In June 2020, Krist Novoselic made a Facebook post discussing President Donald Trump's speech in response to unrest following the murder of George Floyd.

Krist Novoselic called Trump "strong and direct" but added that he "should not be sending troops into states".

In 2024, Krist Novoselic founded the Cascade Party of Washington, a minor political party.

In November 2007, Krist Novoselic started writing blogs for the Seattle Weekly website.

Krist Novoselic stopped writing for Seattle Weekly in September 2010.

Krist Novoselic has been the DJ numerous times for Coast radio on KMUN.

In 1989, Krist Novoselic married Shelli Hyrkas, whom he had dated in high school.

Krist Novoselic is an FAA-licensed pilot, earning a single-engine land rating after passing his flight test in April 2002.

Krist Novoselic went on to earn a multi-engine pilot certificate in February 2018.

Krist Novoselic has a strong interest in animals, geology, nature, and other sciences.

In 2016, Krist Novoselic earned a BSc in social sciences from Washington State University.