Novoselic was born to Croatian immigrants Krsto and Maria Novoselic in Compton, California. In March of this year, she released five tracks from her forthcoming album, Heart Shaped Bed her first full-length record since Natural Born Losers, the 2015 breakout that brought her. Inside the making of the enigmatic artists new album Heart Shaped Bed Posted on: OctoBy: Katherine Cusumano Lately, Nicole Dollanganger has been spending a lot of time in abandoned love motels.
At one point, Cobain gave Novoselic a demo tape of his former band Fecal Matter, and asked him to form a band together. The two had several mutual friends and began hanging out shortly thereafter. Cobain eventually befriended the elder Novoselic, as the pair ended up sharing similar musical tastes, including a fondness for local band Melvins. Robert told Cobain that it was his older brother, who listened to punk rock. While in Yugoslavia, he picked up an interest in punk rock, and discovered bands such as Sex Pistols and Ramones. He has cited Paul McCartney, Geezer Butler, John Entwistle, and Gene Simmons as the fundamental influences of his bass playing.Sometime later, Novoselic's brother Robert introduced him to his friend Kurt Cobain, who had noticed loud music coming from upstairs.
For most of the rest of that year, Novoselic retreated from the spotlight. A few months later, in the spring of 1991, the band recorded their major label debut, Nevermind, which launched the band as a worldwide phenomenon with their hit single " Smells Like Teen Spirit".Nirvana ended abruptly in April 1994 following Cobain's death. Grohl passed the audition and joined Nirvana. Osborne gave him Novoselic's phone number, and Novoselic invited Grohl up to Seattle (from San Francisco, where Scream broke up). A few weeks later, Scream disbanded, and Grohl placed a call to Osborne for advice.
He was offered the position of playing bass in a new band, Foo Fighters, with friend and former bandmate Dave Grohl but both decided against it, because they believed people would think of Foo Fighters as a new incarnation of Nirvana. Novoselic took the opportunity to pay tribute to his bandmate and best friend, Kurt Cobain.The following year, Novoselic continued to dabble in musical endeavors. One of a few public appearances came that September at the MTV Video Music Awards, where the video for Nirvana's " Heart-Shaped Box" was awarded for Best Alternative Video.
This band was significant as it was the first official release in his career where he sang lead vocals. He then joined former Meat Puppets front man Curt Kirkwood and former Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh to form Eyes Adrift, which disbanded in 2003. In 1999, he joined Jello Biafra and Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil in the No WTO Combo. The track is included on the One by One bonus DVD, as well as being a bonus track to the album.In 1998, 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 he performed uncredited background vocals on Foo Fighters' song "Walking a Line", written as a tribute to Cobain, during the One by One album sessions.
Novoselic and Nirvana actively campaigned against the bill and performed a benefit concert for the lobbying group in September 1992.In 1995, the Erotic Music Law was reintroduced to the Washington State Legislature as the Matters Harmful to Minors bill. A lobbying group called the Washington Music Industry Coalition formed as a response to the bill. The law would allow courts to declare certain albums "erotic" by their content, and would make it illegal to sell those albums to those under the age of 18. In October 2010, Dave Grohl, former Nirvana band mate of Novoselic, announced live on BBC radio, that Novoselic will be joining Foo Fighters on their next album as a bassist and accordionist which was released in 2011, Wasting Light.Novoselic also played bass on children's music artist Caspar Babypants' (also known as Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America's) 2010 album This Is Fun!, for a cover of the Nirvana song " Sliver".In 1992, the Washington state legislature attempted to pass a bill called the Erotic Music Law. Rachel Thoele then replaced Novoselic.In 2009, he played a newspaper vendor in the movie World's Greatest Dad starring Robin Williams. However, in recent years, Novoselic has occasionally worked on music for a possible solo album, noting, "Right now, I'm just doing it for myself, and that's what it's all about."In November 2006, it was announced, that Novoselic would join Flipper, replacing Bruno DeSmartas on bass, for a tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland. He 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, Novoselic announced his departure from the band. As a result, the band cancelled the remainder of the tour.
He is a member of The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. However, the Grange is not actually a political party. It covers Novoselic's musical past, including Nirvana's rise to a world wide phenomenon of the early 1990s. It also covers his interest in politics, his support of electoral reform, and his belief in the need to return to grassroots movements and clean up politics overall.He supported Democratic Senator Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential election, and in the primary. In 2007 he made a donation to libertarian Republican Congressman Ron Paul.He withdrew from the campaign for county clerk of Wahkiakum County. He was running under the "Grange Party". He also joined the board of FairVote, then the Center for Voting and Democracy, and was appointed chair in January 2008.Novoselic's first book, Of Grunge and Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy, was published in October 2004. With JAMPAC, Novoselic began to turn his focus more and more towards politics.Novoselic remains active in politics as an elected State Committeeman, making appearances to advocate electoral reform (especially instant-runoff voting and proportional representation) and running the website. He considered a 2004 run for Lieutenant Governor of Washingtonas a Democrat, challenging an incumbent of the same party, but ultimately decided against it. Over the next several years, JAMPAC fought a number of different issues, including the Teen Dance Ordinance, a 1985 law that severely limited the ability of minors to attend shows.
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