Nirvana Bassist Comes Out Of Retirement

Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic is coming out of retirement to play bass on the first tour in more than a decade by influential punk group Flipper.

Novoselic, who played in various groups after Nirvana's 1994 demise, put music on the shelf in recent years to concentrate on local politics in Washington state, where he has championed free speech and voting issues and even considered a run for lieutenant governor at one point.

Flipper tour dates:

12/01 - Seattle, WA
12/02 - Portland, OR
12/07 - Sommerset All Tomorrows Party's Festival
12/11 - London, England
12/13 - Manchester, England
12/14 - Glasgow, Scotland
12/15 - Belfast, Northern Ireland
12/16 - Dublin, Ireland
12/17 - Galway, Ireland
12/20 - San Francisco, CA

For more information, click here. Thanks for the report to Blabbermouth.net.

Comments

[Guitar Newbie]

All right!!

Novoselic ROCKS!!

[smidy]

Legend

[controlfreak]

got my tix already!! fuk ya!!!

[cobain_is_king]

Krist is a bloody legend, great that hes back out there Novoselic ftw!

[UncleScam]

If you're a fan of this dude, please pick up the criminally overlooked self-titled cd from Eyes Adrift.

It features Krist on bass, Curt from Meat Puppets on guitar, and Bud from Sublime on drums. Rather than a self-indulgent supergroup cd, it's actually a finely crafted album with some great tunes and performances.

I'm still holding out hope that they'll put out another one someday...

[False_God]

^class, I just checked them out their, very rockabilly style!!

[grunger_matt]

Got my tickets, theyre supporting the Melvins in December in Manchester on the 13th, cant wait.

Krist rocks!

[Nelsean]

Wow thats pretty cool.

[Evil Panda]

That's freakin awesome! Krist Novoselic is my hero since the day he tossed his bass in the air and received it on the forhead at the MTV awards lol Long live Krist!

[silent caution]

i never heard of flipper...i guess im going to check them out now

[EmancipatedSoul]

he pwns.

[xXbleed4meXx]

That's awesome...Krist is awesome.

[Nerdo-sez-bo]

Anyone who flames Krist is gonna burn in hell.

Awesome.

[FrenchyFungus]

That's kinda cool.

http://www.200pockets.com/projects/flipper/press/350_images/IMG_4663-01_COLOR.jpg

He looks REALLY old now

[Misc Debris]

Krist is the man.Great bass player.I was majorly disappointed when I heard he was quitting Eyes Adrift and retiring.Its nice to see hes back.I've heard hes been building up a number of his own tunes.Maybe if we're lucky we'll get a solo album.

[danzig-_-]

AWESOME!!!! FLIPPER+KRIST NOVOSELIC=AMAZING!!!!

[civildp1]

silent caution wrote:

i never heard of flipper...i guess im going to check them out now

They're a super badass punk band. They actually did a really cool cover of scentless apprentice for a Nirvana tribute album.


Anybody else fans of one of Krist's other post Nirvana bands Sweet 75?

[blind_melon1995]

flipper is cool

[sbalzac]

where are they playing in galway??!!! please someone tell me im going dont care how i get a ticket im going!

["Tele" Steve]

Cool. Wish they were playing near me.

[hexagram244]

Im gonna go see them in dubline! F**k Ya! Krist is my god! =)

[hexagram244]

*Dublin

[reedwarren33]

first of all no disrespect to krist kurt or nirvana in anyway. but in forums about people like dime bag darrell or really talented people all they talk about is how they suck. but in forums like this one where the musicians abailities are equivlant to a 15 year old guiar player who has been playing for a year its peacefull and nothing but praise. now dont get me wrong i like the sound but its just to boring to play because it is so damn simple.

[Les__Paul__630*]

cool, awesome bassist.

[bignuts101]

reedwarren33 wrote:

first of all no disrespect to krist kurt or nirvana in anyway. but in forums about people like dime bag darrell or really talented people all they talk about is how they suck. but in forums like this one where the musicians abailities are equivlant to a 15 year old guiar player who has been playing for a year its peacefull and nothing but praise. now dont get me wrong i like the sound but its just to boring to play because it is so damn simple.

i toatally agree dude, I dont get how anyone could bash Dime, who is in my opinon is one of the greatest guitarists of all time, but give nothing but praise to this guy

[Room On Fire]

reedwarren33 wrote:

first of all no disrespect to krist kurt or nirvana in anyway. but in forums about people like dime bag darrell or really talented people all they talk about is how they suck. but in forums like this one where the musicians abailities are equivlant to a 15 year old guiar player who has been playing for a year its peacefull and nothing but praise. now dont get me wrong i like the sound but its just to boring to play because it is so damn simple.

Music doesn't have to be mind bendingly difficult or fast to be good.

[Aaron-Maiden]

Music doesn't have to be mind bendingly difficult or fast to be good.

He isnt talking about how good the music is to listen to but to play. I agree with him 100%

[alecks133]

yay krist gotta check this out it took him a while...

[e_man]

Music doesn't have to be mind bendingly difficult or fast to be good.

thats a lie, they best music you will ever hear is the hardest to play or make. it sounds good. but not amaizing.

[Bulls.On.Parade]

F...Flipper? AWESOME!

[ghostmouse859]

i don't think that another hardcore band that was on hiatus for like twenty years needs to go on a tour, along with an unoriginal lineup. (black flag and dead kennedys set the precedent)

[Felkara]

bignuts101 wrote:

reedwarren33 wrote:

first of all no disrespect to krist kurt or nirvana in anyway. but in forums about people like dime bag darrell or really talented people all they talk about is how they suck. but in forums like this one where the musicians abailities are equivlant to a 15 year old guiar player who has been playing for a year its peacefull and nothing but praise. now dont get me wrong i like the sound but its just to boring to play because it is so damn simple.

i toatally agree dude, I dont get how anyone could bash Dime, who is in my opinon is one of the greatest guitarists of all time, but give nothing but praise to this guy

People like Krist for several reasons - he was awesome onstage - many of his basslines aren't actually rootnotes, and Nirvana's music was never meant to be complicated so the simplicity works brilliantly - the simplicity comes from the fact that Kurt Cobain wrote most of Nirvana's basslines aswell as guitar parts and many a time played drums to show Dave Grohl what kind of drumlines he wanted on an album.

Hate Hirvana or not, Krist was awesome (he's much like Mike Dirnt in that respect) - a bassline who rocks hard live and really knows his theory. Now, I love Dimebag and will never slag him off - ever - but remember that everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

...And YAY!!! Krist is back ^_^ That makes me all happy inside - he's one of my biggest bass influences.

[Alibi:Destroyed]

e_man wrote:

Music doesn't have to be mind bendingly difficult or fast to be good.


thats a lie, they best music you will ever hear is the hardest to play or make. it sounds good. but not amaizing.

That's not true dude. Some of the best songs I've ever heard or played have been Punk songs which we all know are the easiest songs to play. There are some songs that are good because they are hard to play but some songs are amazing because they are simple. It's not about the difficulty level but the energy level.

[Bass Cat]

i agree with Alibiestroyed, music does not neccesarily have to be complicated to be good. overcomplication usually just makes for too much noise. i mean, look at smells like teen spiritits a song which defines a generation, and yet its very simple. Krist better not retire again!

[Bryan52803]

I wonder how much he makes per month from Nirvana royalties...

[NOtrab]

why doesnt any good bands come to eastern canada?!!...just because were small doesnt mean we cant rock...anyway...awsome for krist!!! iv always wondered what happened to him?!!! should be awesome!!

[the glue man]

Flipper is a punk/grunge/alternative/hardcore/noise band from San Francisco, around the same time as the DKs.

I'd see them but the show they're playing is 21+ WTF

[BucketheadRules]

UncleScam wrote:
It features Krist on bass, Curt from Meat Puppets on guitar, and Bud from Sublime on drums.

8-0 That sounds awesome.

FTR that's a really goofy tour schedule. 2 dates in NW United States and then to England? WTF on that.

[ihaterap69]

BucketheadRules wrote:

UncleScam wrote:
It features Krist on bass, Curt from Meat Puppets on guitar, and Bud from Sublime on drums.


8-0 That sounds awesome.

FTR that's a really goofy tour schedule. 2 dates in NW United States and then to England? WTF on that.

back to cali after. anyways thats awesome, it's about time hes back.

[xX Maverick Xx]

damn he really let himself go lol...

but musically hes amazing

[recliner33]

Nirvana Bassist Comes Out Of Retirement

I like how they said that, if they were doing an article on kurt cobain the wouldn't say "Nirvana guitarist/vocalist", they say "Kurt Cobain". That just shows how many people don't know who the bass player for nirvana is.
Anyways I'm glad to hear that Krist is coming out of retirment, and to be with Flipper is even better. They are kickass band and they do a great cover of Nirvana's "Scentless Apprentice"

[recliner33]

reedwarren33 wrote:

first of all no disrespect to krist kurt or nirvana in anyway. but in forums about people like dime bag darrell or really talented people all they talk about is how they suck. but in forums like this one where the musicians abailities are equivlant to a 15 year old guiar player who has been playing for a year its peacefull and nothing but praise. now dont get me wrong i like the sound but its just to boring to play because it is so damn simple.

Yeah but if it sounds good it sounds good, regardless of how hard it is to play. There's also stuff out there that sounds like crap but that's really hard to play.

[wingedgopher]

awesomeness

[ChordMonger]

FLIPPER STILL RULE, OKAY

[Rayien_Acc]

Can't wait :P

[kurtcobainisme]

so nirvana is my all time favorite band but i love LOVE walk by pantera Dimebag can rock at guitar i just love how nirvana sounds. krist is a sweet bassist!

[British Josh]

reedwarren33 wrote:

first of all no disrespect to krist kurt or nirvana in anyway. but in forums about people like dime bag darrell or really talented people all they talk about is how they suck. but in forums like this one where the musicians abailities are equivlant to a 15 year old guiar player who has been playing for a year its peacefull and nothing but praise. now dont get me wrong i like the sound but its just to boring to play because it is so damn simple.

THANK YOU!!!! the dimebag darrel page is flooded with "oh he's overrated" yadayadayada bullshit. but, and don't get me wrong, on krist's page, theres nothing but he's the best. well, to be honest, i think he's heavily overrated

[faqu]

Checked.

[Vinura]

awesome

[hexagram244]

British Josh :
reedwarren33 wrote:

first of all no disrespect to krist kurt or nirvana in anyway. but in forums about people like dime bag darrell or really talented people all they talk about is how they suck. but in forums like this one where the musicians abailities are equivlant to a 15 year old guiar player who has been playing for a year its peacefull and nothing but praise. now dont get me wrong i like the sound but its just to boring to play because it is so damn simple.


THANK YOU!!!! the dimebag darrel page is flooded with "oh he's overrated" yadayadayada bullshit. but, and don't get me wrong, on krist's page, theres nothing but he's the best. well, to be honest, i think he's heavily overrated

Its a case that Krist is more popular British Josh, and lets not forget reedwarren33that regardless of the fact how difficult something is to play, sound is very important! Krist had/has an awesome sound/set up! And well "IF" (And thats a big if) you become a better more respectfull & experienced musician you will stop ranting on like an upset teen about how Dimebags "METAL" guitaring is more "difficult" than Krists "GRUNGE" bass playing! The two genres & instruments are different!

[stressfulpeace]

It is about time! I am glad to see that he is back in the game. Who knows, maybe him and Dave can do something together again

[rand0mher00]

Yeh that would be cool Dave and Krist playing again. Anyway its cool noveselics back again.

[NoiseBox]

Awesome. Too bad he come nowhere near the northeast....

[Uninspired_One]

Bryan52803 wrote:

I wonder how much he makes per month from Nirvana royalties...

Exactly nil, from what I understand, neither he nor David see any money from Nirvana cause Courtney Love gets all that shit.

[reedwarren33]

Its a case that Krist is more popular British Josh, and lets not forget reedwarren33that regardless of the fact how difficult something is to play, sound is very important! Krist had/has an awesome sound/set up! And well "IF" (And thats a big if) you become a better more respectfull & experienced musician you will stop ranting on like an upset teen about how Dimebags "METAL" guitaring is more "difficult" than Krists "GRUNGE" bass playing! The two genres & instruments are different!
POSTED: 11/22/2006 - 07:23 am / quote |

i only wanted to know why he gets all the praise and the extremley tallented musicians gets put down all the time. thats it. ooh yeah i know because the people who put them down are just jelous that they cant play as good as them

[guitarist41]

Hmmmm...I don't really like Nirvana but the idea of the guy playing in a punk band interests me.

And a Glasgow show? Hmmmmm.

[unknownalone]

cliff burton will forever be the greatest bassist of all time...krist is cool and pretty talented though, but as everyone stated before, definitely not the greatest nor a god

[recliner33]

Uninspired_One wrote:

Bryan52803 wrote:

I wonder how much he makes per month from Nirvana royalties... Exactly nil, from what I understand, neither he nor David see any money from Nirvana cause Courtney Love gets all that shit.

No I believe that krist and dave get some royalties but it's hardly much at all, the majority of it does go to courtney.

[FrenchyFungus]

checked

[grnger18]

krist fukin rulz! Wish they wer'nt playin so far the fuk away though.

[Mel Torment]

Wish They Playing Nere Me Aswell Thogh Noone Comes To Alpharetta Its not even on a map Good Going Krist Though his work As A Politician made the job itself Finally look positive

[m_daly_123]

reedwarren33 wrote:
i only wanted to know why he gets all the praise and the extremley tallented musicians gets put down all the time. thats it. ooh yeah i know because the people who put them down are just jelous that they cant play as good as them

dude seriously, either respect other people's opinions or keep yours to yourself..this article was in no way, shape, or form about Dimebag Darrel until you made it about him..he was brilliant..a legend..but this article is about Krist Novoselic coming out of retirement..and as for that I wish him nothing but the upmost sucess, and its glad to have him back!