Krist Novoselic

Krist Anthony Novoselic (born May 16, 1965, Compton, California) is an American rock musician best known for being the bassist for Nirvana.

Background

His parents were immigrants from Croatia. Krist has a younger brother; Robert, and a sister; Diana. Krist was teased by his peers during his high school years, and his parents, growing concerned about his depression, sent him to live with relatives in Croatia, then still part of Yugoslavia. Although Krist and his family already had some knowledge with the Croatian language, and spoke it around his house, his trip to Croatia widened his vocabulary there, and is to this day fluent in it. Krist greatly enjoyed his time in Croatia, enjoying school and meeting many friends. There, Krist gained interest in punk music. He heard bands like The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, and even some local bands. After a year spent in Croatia, he returned to America.

Related Topics:
Croatia - Yugoslavia - The Sex Pistols - The Ramones

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After returning home, Krist became a heavy drinker and started to smoke marijuana. Krist recalls that he used to drink so heavily because it "puts you in another reality, where everything is cartoon-like". Krist gained a reputation as a party animal, who would drink heavily and act silly at parties. Krist, although well known for his party antics, didn't really have actual "friends". He just would hang around with people. Eventually, Krist decided to get a job, and worked for Taco Bell, saving his money and skipping parties.

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Krist spent the money he had saved on a guitar, a car, and some stereo speakers. Krist took guitar lessons from the man who taught his future bandmate Kurt Cobain, Warren Mason, attempting to learn to play blues. Krist soon quit these lessons, and taught himself, listening to old B.B. King records and trying to play blues songs in his bedroom. One day, Krist's brother Robert walked into the Novoselic house with his friend Kurt Cobain, when Kurt noticed loud music coming from upstairs. Robert told Kurt that it was his brother Krist, who listened to punk rock. Kurt would remember this, as Novoselic, and Cobain would later change the music world forever as Nirvana.

Related Topics:
Kurt Cobain - Nirvana

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