- Born
- Birth nameKrist Anthony Novoselic
- Nickname
- Novie
- Height6′ 7″ (2.01 m)
- Krist Novoselic is an American musician, political activist, best known as the bassist and a founding member of the rock 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. He is playing bass and accordion in the band Giants in the Trees since June 2017.
Apart from his musical endeavors, Novoselic has been active politically, including the creation of Joint Artists and Musicians Political Action Committee. From 2007 through 2010, he wrote a weekly column on music and politics for the Seattle Weekly website. Since 2008, Novoselic has been board chair of the electoral reform organization FairVote.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
- SpousesDarbury Ayn Stenderu(February 27, 2004 - present)Shelli Dilley(December 30, 1989 - 1999) (divorced)
- His height
- Turned down an offer, from Dave Grohl, to join Foo Fighters.
- In 1979, the Novoselic family shifted to the rural Aberdeen, Washington where the houses value were far more affordable than LA plus there were a lot of Croatian family there.
- Was the bassist and back up vocalist for the Alternative Rock band Nirvana.
- Growing up, Novoselic had a severe underbite, but had surgery to correct it.
- Like Kurt Cobain, he too attended Weatherwax High School in Aberdeen, WA.
- My lot in life is that every band I've ever been in just falls apart. That hurts but I've got a thick hide from years of conditioning.
- Don't follow a trend. Follow your heart.
- The beat of popular music sets the pulse of its time.
- If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar.
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