Today is the 59th birthday of former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic.
Novoselic is best remembered for his days with Nirvana, the band which he co-founded with legendary frontman Kurt Cobain back in 1987. The band skyrocketed to the top of the rock world in the early nineties, largely off the power of "Smells Like Teen Spirit." That particular song not only launched Nirvana into previously unknown heights, making their second album, "Nevermind," a huge seller and one of the defining albums of the nineties, but it also helped to change the popular musical landscape completely, sweeping aside the previous dominance of pop music and hair bands.
Since the end of Nirvana in 1994, Novoselic has become a political activist.
Hard to believe he's about to turn 60. Almost as hard to believe as that it has now been over 30 years since the shocking end of Nirvana, when Cobain put an end to his life, and of course his band in the process.
Still, the music lives on. It is still there for all to appreciate and enjoy.
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