Nirvana's Krist Novoselic on Punk, Politics, & Why He Dumped the Dems
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2014
- Krist Novoselic is best known as the co-founder and bassist of Nirvana, one of the most influential music groups of the past quarter century. The release of the band's albums Bleach, Nevermind, and In Utero in the late 1980s and early '90s not only mainstreamed what became known as grunge but helped to forever end what was once known as the mainstream. After Nirvana, it seems there is only alternative music and alternative culture, a transformation that is both liberating and anxiety-producing.
Born in 1965 in Compton, California, but raised in Aberdeen, Washington, Novoselic (pronounced know-voe-selitch) embodies the forces Nirvana helped to unleash. Since the 1994 suicide of band leader Kurt Cobain, Novoselic has continued to play with various groups, including a stint with the legendary post-punk band Flipper and sporadic collaborations with former Nirvana bandmate Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters. But the bass player is also pushing to create an alternative approach to electoral politics.
In 2004, Novoselic published Of Grunge and Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy, and these days he's chairman of FairVote, a nonprofit that lobbies for electoral reform such as instant runoffs and proportional voting. After serving as chairman of his county Democratic committee for several years and supporting Barack Obama early on, he has broken with the Democratic Party, in part because "it's a top-down structure" impervious to change from the grassroots.
Like Nirvana's music, Novoselic's politics cannot be easily categorized: He has donated money to Ron Paul's campaign and he speaks in favor of the liberal-loathed Citizens United Supreme Court decision, which ended limits on non-coordinated political spending by corporations in federal elections. He's active in his local chapter of the fraternal farmer's organization, the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, proving you can go from grunge to Grange.
Novoselic recently sat down with Reason TV's Nick Gillespie to discuss FairVote (4:18), gerrymandering (8:34), how he self-describes politically (11:30), the Grange (12:23), decentralization in the punk rock world (14:43), his issues with Democrats (20:00), why Republicans should embrace anarchy (22:08), why he fled the anti-World Trade Organization demonstration in Seattle (27:51), living in Croatia in 1980 (30:33), the early days of Nirvana (34:32), playing Germany just days after the Berlin Wall fell (37:46), Kurt Cobain as an individual vs. as an icon (43:20), drug legalization (45:57), going to college online (47:50), why he owns guns (51:31), his musical guilty pleasure (55:34), and more.
Interview by Gillespie; produced by Meredith Bragg. About one hour.
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CMON PEOPLE NOW...SMILE ON YOUR BROTHER!!!
"Territorial Pissings"
"Come on people now, smile on your brother and
everybody get together, try to love one another right now"
When I was an alien, cultures weren't opinions
Gotta find a way, to find a way, when I'm here
Gotta find a way - a better way - I had better wait
Never met a wise man, if so it's a woman
+Mathew Brady EVERYBODY GET TOGETHER TRY TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER RIGHT NOW
*Sloppy but appealing guitar opening*
Game Lover and then the others instruments!!!!!
"Get Together" The Youngbloods
Despite being bald, having aged and carrying a heavy greying growth, you can still see the Krist Novoselic from his Nirvana days, a very dignified and likeable guy
ur an idiot. he knew Kurt was murdered n supported the murderers in the suicide mythology because he was bought like the SPD. what a greedy subhuman
+your majesty
First I've ever heard of that theory. Please, have so,e fuc*ing dignity and not call those you know nothing about, IDIOTS....This not only looks bad for Nirvana fans but even those in the majority who do think Kurt was offed.
Have a grand day.
its not a theory. he was murdered. krist knew all along but spent 20 years supporting the suicide mythology. he hasn't said one work about 'soaked in bleach'. not one word. he spent 20 years supporting the murderers because he was bought by courtney to expouse the suicide mythology. why else would he support the murderers? not other reason. he was bought. but the difference between courtney buying the SPD is that krist was his bandmate, classmate and the person responsible for enriching his life the most.
it is impossible he didn't know he was murdered. people who spent time with kurt towards the end of his life all thought he was murdered. they knew he was not suicidal and wanted a divorce. krist and dave KNEW that. they knew rome was not a suicide attempt, but krist is on youtube saying rome was a suicide attempt (after kurt was killed), just like courtney. he knew all along but vigorously supported the murderers. the question is not did he know kurt was murdered. the question is not was he bought by courtney, he was, clearly, why else would he spend 22 years lying, for money she gave him, the question is when did she buy him. then it becomes he is supporting the murderers because he was one of the co conspirators.
i should knock your fuckin teeth out
Nirvana's first gig in Glasgow, Scotland just before Teen Spirit went global. They're playing the QM Union so we go out there, no money, no tickets but we bring a couple of leads and are completely out of our faces. People on the subway also going to the gig give us beers.
We get there, bouncers instantly tell us to fuck-off. We hold up the leads and tell them we're in the road crew. Nope. More folk start shit and we slip in. Another bouncer comes after us, we walk away from him and bump right into Krist Novoselic. Bouncer starts on us, we tell him we're road crew and look at Krist. He nods, says to us "where you been? We've been waiting on those leads, motherfuckers!" The bouncer goes away, we shake the big man's hand and go into the gig.
That's all I remember. Afterwards, us wandering the streets, shirts gone, black and blue trying to hitch a lift home while talking about what a great fucking night we had.
RIP Kurt.
Glasgow has a subway? I learn something new everyday.
@@turtleflipper9935 Since 1896. Third oldest in the world (before London/Budapest). Always happy to educate!
Nice
Respect mate
That's an awesome story! As much as I love Kurt, I think Krist is my favorite. He seems so great to just chat with, and has a good sense of humor. And he's still working to help better our country.
Krist looks like a Civil War veteran. i dig it
KRIST being tall like Peter Steel was the coolest in the rock industry during the 90's period. Great spirit on this guy. Head butting your bass guitar while bare footed and having an intellectual understanding of politics builds the type of swagger that we won't forget. We Salute you my brother. Nirvana are greater than legends their godly like ELP but their ours because they're western. How the west is won? Release 4 recordings tops and then the frontman blew his fuckin brains out however these guys are deserving of the same respect we show Zeppelin. We'd be at a loss if Kurt was to drink himself to death. Kurt became a Christ figure. The story of Nirvana belong in the 3rd testament. Lastly I wanna say I have a undeniable crush on Frances and I'm saddened I was put on block, but I want everyone to know that I long for the sight of her beautiful face, how fuckin dare anybody take that away from me!
Rage against the machine had such good tunes but they were so antigovernment
@@domcisco6591 nah layne was the coolest
Yeah, you are so anacronic that you are still living on 19th century,
some people say he looks like a math teacher
Krist became the Congressman people talk to about walking on Escalators.
Am I really the only one who knows what you're talking about? Lmao
+Marlon Tapang His campaign slogan is "Excuse me. Pardon me. Excuse me. Pardon me."
+Stoner Simpson lool, I remember, when he was stoned in that mtv interview lool. IM GONNA DO SUMTHIN ABOUT IT!
+TheOnlyRealJohn LOL.
+Marlon Tapang - lmao saw that tirade too.
I have always had a lot of respect for Krist. When he showed that he is not only a talented musician, but a kind-hearted, globally conscious, and intelligent man, I came to have the UTMOST respect for him.
Absolutely. Same here. Seems like a genuine good man.
He’s a politician, after all. Dave Grohl is mostly a passionate artist. I am very proud of them both, but Krist kicked ass in this interview.
He's always had this level of almost childlike honesty. It's a very endearing quality to have.
Nailed it, childlike
@@michaelnice93 He's very eastern european. They are no bullshit. No need to lie. He's very real. Even nirvana's earliest members before they skyrocketed is a special forces military guy. It's amazing.
@@lehliladevandria5712 Jason Everman.
@@lehliladevandria5712 I never knew Jason was in SF, that is so badass!
@@lehliladevandria5712 how did Kurt get along with the SF guy?
Krist is such a humble down to earth guy. Loved him for so long now, he is just great, wow!!
Kind of guy you want to have a drink with
ur daft. he knew Kurt was murdered n supported the murderers in suicide mythology because he was bought like the SPD . what a greedy subhuman.
Have you just searched interviews by Krist and then decided to copy and paste the same spiel because you seem to be everywhere.
your majesty no, some would disagree with your opinion and they would throw question to David grohl as tbh , he would be more plausible to do that if anyone.
I think krist is a true lovely loyal person. you cannot disregard the genuine person krist is.
it is impossibe krist and dave did NOT know he was murdered at the time. they knew. they knew he was not suicidal, knew he wanted a divorce, knew he did not try to commit suicide in rome. yet, krist very vigorously supported the suicide mythology even though he knew it was not true. like courtney he said rome was a suicide attempt AFTER he died when he knew it wasn't. he spent 22 years supporting the suicide mythology and said not one word about soaked in bleach other than he 'hates that fking movie'. why does he hate it. why did he support the murderers? because he was bought. the only question is when was he bought. before or after the murder.
The man I used to watch throw his bass guitar in the air and hit himself in the face, is now in politics. I don't know how I feel about it, but I do know the system is beyond fucked up right now. If he has a better idea on how to run things, MORE POWER TO HIM!!!
bones22j lol the system is broken people think trump going to save everything I think it will be down to the people in the end !!!
no its the people who worsip presidenst and poiltions are the fucked up ones, no one person can do anything in gov it isn't a dictatership... Stop the fucking people worship of Gov empolyes it is sick..
The more people from our generation who become politically active the better. WWII and babyboomers are cancer.
💀💀💀💀💀
didn't you ever notice Nirvana was just slightly political?
"People standing on escalators. And that is a testimony to human laziness!"
-Krist Noveselic
I think Americans should ultimately stand up and demand that we have term limits on Congress members
@Ron Garvin I agree with what you have to say but I also believe that Nancy Pelosi and Jerry Nadler should not be in power longer than I have been born
@Ron Garvin you have officially hit the nail on the head the fact that people do not vote in this country is just as if they took their hands off the wheel and let the dog Drive.
@Ron GarvinIt doesn't have to be about the parties it's about America and it's citizens. Article V gives the states the opportunity to speak up when they are not happy with the government. We have 14 states that have passed this.
For what it's worth, Ted Cruz wrote or co-wrote a bill for term limits, but Congress voted that down....weird.
Absolutely! 8 years, and you're out of congress. There are too many people in the US Congress today who have been there since the 90s, 80s, even longer than that.
kurt had good taste in friends☺
and horrible in women... ;)
@@Anix1142 agreed
@PunkCob I heard some of his female friends from his high school days were nice to him for being all crazy about feminism and whatnot.
Clearly, you don't know much about the people he was hanging around in the '90's.
Okay I know his wife killed him I forgot the part about Dave. I'll have to revisit these documentaries. I guess Dave knew he would make it big in the biz?
Krist The Farmer Will Have His Revenge on D.C. 😂🎸
Love it, lol
Brilliant ol boy
Dave Will Pay His Mortgage In Seattle
Lmao 😂😂
Come on, people now
Smile on your brother, everybody get together
Try to love one another right now
I love hearing him speak. Back in the day I remember not knowing anything about him, really, because the world was so obsessed with Kurt and Dave. But Krist is so articulate, so intelligent. I wish I'd heard that back then.
Yup he always had a political tone to his interviews.
KRIST NOVOSELC FOR PRESIDENT!!!!! YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
He doesnt need none of that shit mang... He is smarter than that.
Bannanals19XX He's got my vote
Sorry what the fuck i just thought about that
That would be interesting.
Co-founder and bassist of Nirvana to being the president of the United States, that's one hell of a life
I am liberal conservative communist capitalist and I embrace both nationalism and internationalism. Also I'm a devoted christian atheist with a penchant for urban agrarian environment. Finally I am hard core male chauvinist with strong feminist beliefs. You name it I believe in it
LOL your post literally made me spit water on my monitor. Bravo!
"A non reductionist view of a complex world, so stupid!"
Seems very juxtaposed.
I think when he, says capitalist, social he means like Democratic socialist system with the economy.
funny joke
So much respect for Krist. People before profit!
i always thought that Cobain was very lucky to have Krist on his life
as musician and as a legit friend
All three of them are so we'll spoken. Kurt, Dave, Krist, all so wise and genuine people.
... should we add Courtney?... lol. Man... I friggin bought “Live Through This” as a means to support an obviously grieving widow!... haha. Oh man. She’s the worst. Not his killer. But, she may have had a part in driving him to it no? Oh man. Too true.
@@jerseymusicman3332 Courtney was a real bitch, and it seems fairly obvious to me that Kurt's struggle with heroine completely overpowered his ability to deal with anything, including Courtney's behaviour. Yes, I think that she played a role in his decision to kill himself, though I don't think that it would be fair to say that she meant to.
Nirvana7734 yup. Couldn’t agree more. Hey, good to meet you.
And I like that you notice it was HIS decision to kill HIMSELF... and not swept into bullshit theories. Sucks. But he did. She didn’t. Although... she’s a piece of shit. Good call homie.
@@jerseymusicman3332 As a teenager, I did an essay in school on a topic of our choice, and I chose this one. I went into it, fully believing that Courtney had Kurt assassinated. "Who Killed Kurt Cobain" was written around that time, and the conspiracy theory was alive and well. The truth is, the more research that I did, the more that I discovered numerous previous suicide attempts by Kurt, as well as admissions by Krist and Dave that Kurt was deeply struggling with heroine, and their verification that Kurt had tried to kill himself prior to successfully committing suicide on April 5, 1994. Eventually, I simply had to face facts. As you said, it sucks, and as Krist said in this interview, Kurt's opiate addiction is why it happened.
People say he's babbling, but it's hard to make total sense when someone keeps interrupting you while you're trying to make a point.
His being gas lighted.
@@bellabear653 He is*
@@TheSoulBlossom 2 months late
Acrylier I mean we’re all technically 5 years late
@@YesNo-hm8hj I just found out this man existed
Krist has matured quite nicely. He seems to be very down to earth. A thinking man's bass player!
I like Krist, he's always seemed like a very empathetic person. I also like his bass playing and sound.
6 years after this video is published, and I'm just now watching this interview. Krist seems like a real stand-up dude. I think a lot of people fall in where he's at politically...maybe not with his exact stances on things but just "trying to find a way to make it work."
I'm really impressed by him though. He seems very humble and down-to-earth and reasonable.
Casey Payne he got out of the city for starters. When you live out on the farm things slow down and we’re just a more reasonable bunch. My friends in the city are just more high strung. Maybe it’s all that social collision and opportunities for dispute. Stress etc...
Too bad fairvote is a corrupt lobby doing evil. He is a useful idiot
To me he sounds like an American...like we all used to be before we drew up lines and separated into groups that scream at each other.
C.L. Cox we’ve been screaming at each other since the beginning
Yes thank you!
It's a nice thought and hopefully one day mankind reaches that point but not to be cynical about it, it will be the downfall of humanity. Too many ignorants out there that will never humble themselves and listen to people with logical ideas. It will never happen.
We can have completely different political perspectives but I know you would at least give me a listen and I would pay the same respect to you. That is not what's happening today lol.
America was a different place before social media and especially before 9/11
50:56 there's the krist novoselic I know
So I'm staring at Krist head looking for a mark from the bass throw incident
I love Krist! Great bass player, great human, great friend. I’m 55. I think he looks great! I admire that he’s active in voting and politics, especially local politics. I’m happy he has his interests. He’s been through a lot. And likely has a lot of knowledge from having been king of the world at one time. Still is in my opinion. x
comparing dave and krist in their older ages, i can only wonder how kurt would’ve looked
Well, the part in his hair would be crooked.
Kurt would definitely have way less hair or even be bald
I think he would look like his father but skinnier
time goes so fast..Krist is turn 50 this year
+ROVICAN RIIP Looks 50 in this.
+ROVICAN RIIP Me too I was born in Seattle but I couldn't stand the Democrats running the state.
Chompingsharks That had nothing to do with his comment lol
@@lifestraight Well he was 49 so that's not much different then 50. You don't just "look 50" the day you turn 50
Krist really aged like fine wine. Well done sir
Love Krist. I hope one day to finally meet him. Him, Kurt , and Dave opened so many people lives to what's right in this world. Changed my life and how I think. Im very grateful for it.
I love this guy!!! He was always very silly and always joked, but ever since Kurt died, he is just serious and monotone. I mean I guess I would be as well.
I love this guy. Sincerely
Simply put, I would love to have a conversation over a pint of beer with this fella.
A gun-tottin' pacifist, who does his own farmer's market while he doesn't hate capitalism or corporations.
I really like this guy.
capitalism is shit though, let's be clear.
@@THEQueeferSutherland nah
@@THEQueeferSutherland depends on what kind of capitalism youre talking about..
@@jasonwalsh8281 Corporations are shit though. Well, for the most part
More proof right-wing caricatures of leftists are b.s. LOL
Nirvana has spawned a great future, if people listen. Here we have Krist on politics etc and making a perfect sense. Dave (Grohl) preaches anti drugs and has a wonderful family life. People should be listening to them BOTH.
awesome interview, with the base playing legend from the classic band nirvana. krist novoselic. i like his music and politics. he is fair and true.
It's interesting seeing Nirvana being described as classic. I was fundamentally moved by Nevermind, it was so radically new sounding and so refreshingly raw and real. I guess anything cutting edge won't be so for long.
Thumbs up if you still love Nirvana's music!
Thumbs up if you think their surviving members have become stupid.
Charlie Angel
No
Charlie Angel explain how
@@MrBeen992 tf you're stupid
Big Smoke a band
Thanks for the timestamps in description. This was done very well. You're a fine example of how people should be doing things.
Watch Nick Gillespie desperately try to pigeonhole someone who seems to intuitively reject identity politics.
I Love him, as a politian, as a musician, as a person. 😍😍
This whole interview made me smile immensely!
Good interview.. Very kind .. Big Ups to both for being gentle and respectful
This is so awesome that we are on the same page. I knew there was a reason I've always liked him. Thanks Krist for talking sense.
Pretty timely comments too about gerrymandering. ie Mississippi
Krist is a cool laid back guy and is logical on the issues. I would definitely welcome any entry he has in politics.
Now he officially recovered from his bass injuries. I love Novoselic, my man.
He looks like a dad but sounds just like he did in the 90’s
85% less drunk though.
He probably is a dad
has two kids
He is a dad
I love this man! He would make a great POTUS. Vote for novoselic!! 🤗
Love this man so much! Glad he is making a difference!!
Kris went from being in the biggest band of the 90s to a high school social studies teacher
Krist looks like he just walked off the set of "There Will Be Blood."
ahahah Damn man thanks for the laugh
I wanna ask him to The Peach Tree Dance!
people standing on escalators
Facundo Avila hahahahaha I’ve seen that interview
a testimony of human laziness
Big Smoke Mitch Hedburg was genius!
It’s interesting how Krist went political and Dave went pop
Now Dave's in Joe Biden's campaign ad.
Dave sold out a long time ago he's too in to all the Hollywood crap
Dave's political. Active dem
Dave was not as political as Kurt and kris . He was always silent during that part of the interviews. He just stayed out of it!
Dave is a complete sellout. I love the first Foo album, but the rest is generic soulless noise. After watching old Nirvana interviews, it all clicked for me.
Besides a bass falling from the sky and kamakazin' his face where, by now, a billion people have seen. I have also seen Krist play drunk crisco twister and he is Kurts best friend. This guy is a legend. Novocelic 2024
I would vote for Krist Novoselic no matter what party he calls himself.
Kris novoselic looks like a middle age dad from the 90s
Well he is middle aged, and a Dad, and from the 90s, so...
@@jaylinsa o shit u just screwed his words up to make sense
I got to hand it to him, that actually made some sense. Most of the time when I hear "election reform" its followed by another blatantly biased system to benefit a single candidate, ideal, or party. His idea wasn't half bad.
Interesting. Nice guy, wanna run into him at a grocery store and have chat or something. I'm also a "gun owning pacifist." I like his ideas and his rhetoric.
why do you own a gun?
ac1dP1nk Why not?
Well I know why I own a gun; so i can do clay pigeon shooting. Did you not buy it/them with a specific reason in mind?
Guns have many uses. The most important one being defense. I just don't see why it's necessary to ask someone why they bought one.
***** I thought he was pretty clear about his personal reasons for owning guns. He has a farm, chickens, goats. When a raccoon gets into the chicken yard, if he didn't have his shotgun there'd be no eggs and no chickens left. He needs a gun to ward off the coyotes after his goats. He lives in the countryside with no one nearby, but if he did get into trouble and needed to defend his family, he'd call the police. I don't hear any irony at all in explaining himself as a gun owning pacifist. He's being practical. Hope your head doesn't explode.
Krist Novoselic RULES
Not gonna lie I imagined for a moment that he left a band called The Dems and I hadn't heard about it.
when I 1st saw Krists interviewer Nick I thought to myself "this guys trying to look hip with his style" and thought he would try to be impressive. I was wrong! He was very well put together with his knowledge of music and politics. Now I'm impressed at this great interview. Either this is how Nick is or he did his homework exceptionally well to pull this off.
Great job! A new subscriber.
Hard to believe this is the same guy who did “bass parkour” by throwing it in the air mid song... legend
Awesome interview.. He should go on Joe Rogan Experience podcast :D !
Joe's popular but a horrible horrible host.
@@bobbyleeah2121 sure
I've been saying him and Dave need to go on.
@@bobbyleeah2121 depends on who it is. He's really good about knowing when to speak and when to shut up.
He and Buzz Osborne would be great interviewees.
I love this interview. Thanks for posting.
Nick has my 1983 hair while Krist has my 1990s hair.
That was a really good hour
***** Thanks for sharing.
"Angel left wing, right wing, broken wing."
~ Kurt Cobain
+RulleBanan protector of the kennel
+Josh Watney Ecto-Plasma,Ecto-Skeletal
"He's the one who likes all our pretty songs, and he (ANY) likes to sing along, and he (ANY) likes to shoot his guns, but he (BODY) knows not what it means..."
+Subotica" left wing, right wing, chicken wing, it makes no difference to m"e-Woody Guthrie
What do lyrics from Milk It have to do with the interview?
I love this man! I know fuck all about politics, which I know is important to Krist but as a person he's just an awesome dude so humble, down to earth and an awesome bass player and musician.
You may not know fuck about politics but that won't stop politics from fucking you.
A good example imo of what krist was talking about..common goals thru denominator of music is this...i went to a concert venue where David Bowie toured with Nine inch Nails. The two crowds were about as differnt as we could be yet it was a concert i will never forget just because of that. Coincidental that i live in Washington state and that show was here? I dont think so. It was an eclectic wonderland. So i completely understood what Krist was trying to convey. I really enjoyed this video thank you for sharing.
I’ll say, I’ve heard many people speak of Nirvana as a “three chord band”... they were pooping on them. Listen... Nirvana made absolutely incredible music. There are only 2 songs of every song they have that I dislike. That’s... a very... incredible record. They are my favorite band when I was young. I’ve loved many since. They’re my first love. They really are.
People are deaf. There's so much more than the chords going on.
Hal Leonard official transcripts prove this.
Curious, which songs do you dislike??
Who are you?
Thanks for this video; I now have a completely new and deeper respect for Krist as a person. I did not like him because of how he acted in old Nirvana interviews but he's matured A LOT and is quite sensible. Cool guy. After a week of watching Nirvana videos, I finally decided to order four of their CDs! Excited.
Love you Kris! You’re funny and humble at the same time.. 😉👍🏼👍🏼❤️
Still, all the best to Krist. Lovely guy, I'm a massive nirvana fan. ✊✌
I like him. He’s definitely come a long way politically. Everybody grows up some time.
Sadly he is getting a LOT of criticism on Twitter because he came out in support of Donald Trump's recent speech on the riots and they are trying to cancel him. I don't like Trump personally, but just because someone has a political opinion I don't think they deserve to be cancelled.
@@CalebHimself Welcome to the New World Order
@@CalebHimself I saw that and was appalled at the reaction. I commend Kris for having the cojones to even come out and say that, he's the real revolutionary.
@@Xr3737 It's a Bizarre Love Triangle
he’s revolutionary by supporting a fascist? amazing
32:40
just loved how old school Krist emerged from his eyes
John Stamos is a pretty good interviewer. It's always good when the person conducting the interview actually knows things and is engaged. It was very insightful and covered a fair bit.
He was always a very intelligent human being, I could tell that in our day in the early 90s when he spoke in nirvana interviews, speaking sarcastically, in a cynical way, in a very" this mundane, repetitive, anyone have a genuine thought" kindv way. I'm glad he's putting it to use now. He proves that you need actual character and intelligence in order to grow up. It's a good thing. It's productive.
This just doesn't feel right krist was a member of my fav band of all time "Nirvana" and now he looks like a principal of a kindergarten school.....krist just reminds us all of how long ago was those great innocent times were buying a case of beer and a couple of packs of smoke on a friday night wouldn't break the bank, what a generation I came from, generation X......how do I get back there :(
Would you rather he conform to your particular conception of "cool"?
CenturyT dude i'm not putting krist down for his looks...my statement was about "TIME" and how "time" can be cruel to some....and how fast time can fly by..... I'm sure krist wasn't happy with his hair going at an early age, like bruce willis.......lets be real here :)
paranormalfrank
Baldness is a natural process that happens to many people. What makes you think he is not happy with it?
If you wish to go back to your 20's, so does everyone. Leave krist out of it.
Scott Vaughan chill out bud.....did I insult krist...I love krist he was part of the best band ever nirvana.......I was just saying how his look doesn't really scream punk rock ok bud...nothing personal to krist.
I've been reading William S. Burroughs for over a year now, and in that time I've read Junky, Queer, Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine, The Ticket That Exploded, Nova Express (Nearly finished with it), The Wild Boys, and Ghost of Chance, so I'm well acquainted with his work and I do not get how anyone with any common sense could read into his novels as him expressing that Heroin is a cool drug to do. He flat out says in Naked Lunch that junk was the worst thing he ever did and yet there's this cult of people who claim to have gotten hooked after reading Naked Lunch or other Burroughs books. I seriously wonder if some people read Junky and then think that their life will be as adventurous (though I'd say more turbulent and rough) as Burroughs' was. Dude was in and out of jail, in and out of withdrawals, and couldn't be a good father or husband in any capacity, not to mention Burroughs was receiving an allowance from his affluent family in St. Louis of $200 a month (which in those days ran for a lot) so that's why he was able to engage in these sort of experiences and make it out alive which most people cannot say they've done. In what way is that appealing?
wow! Chris looks so good! He is even better now.
Not a fan of Nirvana but always liked Krist. A very grounded and humble soul!
Hes just so calming.
he looks like a university professor of grunge
He is a university professor of grunge.
Soo relevant today! Love this guy
This was well done. Cheers!!;)-
not even a fan of the music but I found the interview very entertaining.
I can see why Kris and Kurt were close. Both very intelligent and open minded. I could easily Kurt having very similar views and evolving his ideas and perspectives had he lived into his 30s and 40s.
Dude was more left than RATM.
He literally openly talked about beating cops.
I don't know if the best questions were left for last, or if the two of them hit a chord with each other towards the end. (Pun half intended) The end of the interview seemed the most interesting.
I have a lot of respect for Mr. Novoselic. Not a loud man, but passionate nonetheless.
Really excellent interview. Came away with a better view of both interviewer and guest.
I remember seeing Nirvana open for the Chili Peppers in Del Mar, San Diego. I love the Peppers, but they seemed cartoonish after Nirvana split the night wide open during their set.
MrDasien I'm from San Diego but I was like 5 when they were here I wish I was old enough to have gone dammit.
MrDasien I was there too! My 1st concert
Big Nirvana fan and always was a huge fan of what the band stood for.
@Doll Steak Nirvana's "message" was to "smoke weed, punch a cop and fuck everybody".
Stellar punk! Inspiring introspection. Global awareness. Expanding education. I'm a musician (singer) and studied many of the social sciences as Krist is. I always wanted to do more and just thought I was too old. Krist is 9 or 10 years older than me and he's expanding his education, resurrecting the band. Farming. Politically involved. I love him. I love Dave. I miss Kurt. Long live Nirvana ❤🎶❤🧠❤🤘✌️
this video suggestion just came up so four years later I watched it.
This video makes me like Krist even more;
It doesn't matter on which side of the 49 parallel you live, or which side of either pond, in this political polaristic environment we are all living, we need to figure out how to better get along, and acept, no respect opposing opinions.
Both Dave and Krist are people I'd love to just hang out with... they just seem so cool - in spite of hte fact that I hear things time and again that they say, which I don't agree with.
Love you Krist! Keep being the awesome man that you are, and always were.. ❤️
I’d love to hear Krist’s opinion on recent political events.
If he calls himself libertarian/ancap, it's clear what his opinion should be. Though there has been a lot of psychological torture deployed that has resulted in people taking surprising stances lately.
Reasonable, thoughtful and down to earth.... Oh geez He's dangerous to powerful ppl somewhere. Best wishes.
Very cool interview.
The whole system is built to keep the people divided, while keeping the political class entrenched and out of reach. I’m glad to hear that Krist is concerned with bureaucratic self perpetuation. But, this idea of tinkering with elections a bit is absurd. Independent commissions, huh? Who are these disinterested citizens who will determine fair electoral processes for everyone, without partisanship, ideology or ambition?
It’s a nice thought, but you’re correct.
I could listen to this guy talk about anything
A part of Chris died when Kurt did. Hes never been the same. He was the only true friend Kurt had and truly loved Kurt.
Thank you Krist!
There was a time, when Krist used to take the piss out of interviewers.. Kinda the opposite now!