In 2014, Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, cementing their already rock-solid place as one of the most influential and important rock and roll bands of all time. At the ceremony, Nirvana alumni Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear jammed at the Barclays Center with huge guest stars including […]
After a roaring debut of their Cal Jam extravaganza in October 2017, the Foo Fighters will be back at it again next fall. On Monday, Dave Grohl and the guys announced Cal Jam 18, set for Saturday, October 6 at Glen Helen Regional Park in San Bernardino, California. The lineup: Foo Fighters Iggy Pop with […]
Foo Fighters are out on the road touring in support of their eclectic new album, Concrete & Gold, and the outing brought them through Oregon earlier this week — where a very special guest joined them onstage. Before playing “Big Me,” Dave Grohl introduced his old pal Krist Novoselic, his former Nirvana band mate-turned accordion […]
Krist Novoselic, perhaps best known as the bassist for Nirvana in addition to being an outspoken environmental/political activist in his home state of Washington, has a new band. As Rolling Stone profiled on Monday, Novoselic and the project, Giants in the Trees, also features Jillian Raye (vocals/banjo), Ray Prestegard (guitar) and Erik Friend (drums). In […]
Sir Paul McCartney‘s new One On One tour is off an an eventful start. Macca kicked off the trek with a bang last week, performing some Beatles songs he’d never previously played live as a solo act. This past weekend’s tour stop in Seattle featured another noteworthy moment with Krist Novoselic, bassist of Nirvana, joined McCartney […]
With the Grammy Awards taking place today in Los Angeles, the stars were out all weekend. Music mogul Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammys party at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday night was the scene of a particularly great David Bowie tribute. At the gala, Beck was joined by Dave Grohl, Pat Smear and Krist Novoselic – […]
Rock bassist Duff McKagan‘s new book, How to Be a Man, is out this week (along with its companion EP). He stopped by the Neptune Theatre in Seattle for the book’s release party to talk about the book with ex-Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic…and in an amazing development, they decided to play an instrumental version of Guns […]
The New York Times has premiered another clip from Brett Morgen’s new Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck. In the clip, which you can see below, grainy footage of early-era Nirvana playing in a tiny (empty) room accompanies bassist Krist Novoselic discussing his friendship with Cobain: Montage of Heck will premiere on HBO on May […]
Last week’s Nirvana reunion at the Rock and Roll of Fame induction ceremony – and subsequent post-ceremony club gig – is still the talk of the Internet. Rolling Stone caught up with Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic to ask them some pointed questions about how the reunion happened, what they thought of it all, and […]
Some Nirvana headlines from the weekend included Muse‘s tribute to the band at the Coachella Valley Musci & Arts Festival. During their headlining set on Saturday, the band launched into a strong cover of Lithium, one of Nevermind‘s signature tunes: Also over the weekend, Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic blogged about his reflections to the band’s […]
