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86-655: Compiled largely by bassist Krist Novoselic , it was released two years after the multi-platinum-selling live album, MTV Unplugged in New York , which was the first Nirvana album to be released after the suicide of the band's songwriter, singer and guitarist, Kurt Cobain , in April 1994. From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah was intended to show the band's heavier side, in contrast to the acoustic MTV Unplugged album, and

172-566: A BSc in social sciences from Washington State University . Breed (song) " Breed " is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana , written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain . It is the fourth song on their second studio album, Nevermind , released in September 1991. Originally titled "Imodium", the demo for "Breed" had a slower tempo. It was one of two Nevermind songs, along with " Polly ", dating back to 1989, when

258-434: A Facebook post discussing President Donald Trump 's speech in response to unrest following the murder of George Floyd . He called Trump "strong and direct" but added that he "should not be sending troops into states". Following criticism, Novoselic made his Facebook page private and deleted his Twitter account. After receiving backlash for the original post, Novoselic clarified: "As an avowed independent, I don't endorse

344-547: A major party or candidate. And it feels insane to have to say this, but I don't support fascism , and I don't support an authoritarian state. I believe in a civilized society and that we all have to work toward that". On May 22, 2023, the Forward Party published a tweet welcoming Novoselic onto their board. In 2024, Novoselic founded the Cascade Party of Washington , a minor political party. To qualify as

430-533: A 2004 run for Lieutenant Governor of Washington as a Democrat , challenging an incumbent of the same party, but ultimately decided against it. He also joined the board of FairVote (then the Center for Voting and Democracy) and was appointed chair in January 2008. In 2020, Novoselic became board chair of Zócalo Public Square. Novoselic's first book, Of Grunge and Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy ,

516-506: A Line", written as a tribute to Cobain, during the One by One album sessions. The track is included on the One by One bonus DVD, as well as being a bonus track to the album. He then joined former Meat Puppets front man Curt Kirkwood and former Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh to form Eyes Adrift . In Australia, there was another group called "Eyes Adrift", and rather than pay to license that name,

602-420: A Video and Best Alternative Video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit." At the show, Nirvana performed " Lithium ". When Novoselic started playing the opening bass riff, he signaled that he could not hear his bass. Instead of continuing to play, Novoselic threw his bass guitar in the air, to perform a "Bass Toss." He failed to catch it, later stating that he misjudged the height; he further stated that he "faked like he

688-460: A band together. After several months, Novoselic finally listened to the tape, liked it, and agreed to start a band with Cobain. After high school, Novoselic worked as a painter and decorator but was eventually laid off. Cobain and Novoselic's first band lasted barely a few weeks before it disbanded, leaving the pair to move on. However, the duo eventually discovered that the Melvins could pull $ 80

774-405: A call to Osborne for advice. Osborne gave him Novoselic's phone number, and Novoselic invited Grohl up to Seattle (from San Francisco, where Scream broke up). Grohl passed the audition and joined Nirvana. Grohl was Nirvana's fifth and final drummer. Novoselic spent the following months with Nirvana traveling to various labels as the band shopped for a deal, eventually signing with DGC Records . In

860-418: A duration of three minutes and three seconds. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by BMG Rights Management , it is written in the time signature of common time , with a moderately fast rock tempo of 160 beats per minute . "Breed" is composed in the key of F ♯ minor , while Kurt Cobain's vocal range spans one octave and three notes , from the low-note of C 5 to

946-527: A farm near Deep River, Washington , where they grow their own food. Novoselic stated, "I live out in the country now and it's quiet and it's a place where I can think a lot." Novoselic is an FAA -licensed pilot, earning a single-engine land rating after passing his flight test in April 2002. He went on to earn a multi-engine pilot certificate in February 2018. He has a strong interest in animals, geology, nature, and other sciences. In 2016, Novoselic earned

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1032-468: A highly active role in the songwriting process, co-writing several songs with Kirkwood. They toured mostly around the United States. The group disbanded in 2003. Following the end of Eyes Adrift, Novoselic announced that he was quitting the music business, noting that he disliked the process of building up publicity for new records. However, in 2005, Novoselic had occasionally worked on music for

1118-407: A house, we can build a tree" displayed Cobain's "gift for crafting witty, purposeful nonsense." In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked "Breed" at number four on their ranking of 102 Nirvana songs, with Julianne Escobedo Shepherd calling it "one of the most alive songs on Nevermind ." In 2020, it was ranked 13th on Kerrang!'s "The 20 Greatest Nirvana Songs - Ranked" list, with Sam Law writing that it

1204-602: A list of the top 20 most played Nirvana songs on television and the radio in the United Kingdom , in which "Breed" was ranked at number 13. On April 24, 2020, the song was performed by American musicians Post Malone and Travis Barker during their 15-song Nirvana tribute concert, which was livestreamed on YouTube and raised more than $ 4 million for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund . The Nevermind version of "Breed" appears in

1290-651: A new band, Foo Fighters . Grohl and his bandmates decided against Novoselic joining; Grohl said it would have felt "really natural" for them to work together again, but would have been uncomfortable for the other band members and placed more pressure on Grohl. During the encore of the Foo Fighters' show on August 29, 1997, at Memorial Stadium as part of the Bumbershoot festival, Novoselic played bass on covers of " Purple Rain " and " Communication Breakdown ". In January 2002, Novoselic performed backing vocals for

1376-574: A night for one show. Inspired, Cobain and Novoselic started a Creedence Clearwater Revival cover band , in which Cobain played drums and Novoselic sang and played guitar. That band was short-lived as well. Some months later, Cobain and Novoselic met drummer Aaron Burckhard . While the new band never used the name, it was the first incarnation of Nirvana. Burckhard lasted only a few months and Melvins' drummer Dale Crover filled in until Novoselic and Cobain met Chad Channing . The trio recorded their debut album Bleach , released in 1989. Channing left

1462-767: A night later at the larger Paradiso in Amsterdam. The versions of "School," " Lithium ," " Been a Son " and " Blew " on the compilation are all taken from this show. As with the Paramount show, several other songs from the Paradiso concert appeared on Live! Tonight!! Sold Out!! . The full show was released in November 2021 on CD and Blu-Ray on the 30th anniversary "Super Deluxe" version of Nevermind . The versions of "Drain You," " Aneurysm " and " Smells Like Teen Spirit " from

1548-462: A non-album Foo Fighters track titled "Walking a Line", later released on a special edition of their album One by One . During the encore of Foo Fighters' secret show at Paladino's in Tarzana, California on December 22, 2010, the band, with Grohl on drums, was joined onstage by Novoselic and the band's live guitarist Pat Smear for a version of Nirvana's " Marigold ", a 1992 Grohl original, which

1634-544: A political party, he announced a campaign for president in the 2024 United States presidential election , with a goal to gather 1,000 signatures. On August 24, 2024, he gathered the votes needed, and dropped out. In 2004, Novoselic published Of Grunge and Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy! . In November 2007, Novoselic started writing blogs for the Seattle Weekly website. He stopped writing for Seattle Weekly in September 2010. Novoselic has been

1720-560: 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

1806-501: A slower tempo than the version of the song which eventually appeared on Nevermind . These songs mark the only appearance of Chad Channing , the band's drummer from 1988 to 1990, on the compilation. The London Astoria show was praised by the British music press at the time, with the NME calling the band " Sub Pop 's answer to The Beatles ". Only one song, "Negative Creep," appears from

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1892-531: A working title for the band's final studio album, In Utero , as well as the title of two Nirvana songs). However, Novoselic and Grohl reportedly had a difficult time working on the album so soon after Cobain's death, and the album was compiled, but never mixed. The original track list featured several songs not present on From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah —" Serve the Servants ", " Dive ", " Rape Me ", " Sappy " and "Territorial Pissings"—and different versions of

1978-463: Is also in the band Filthy Friends , playing bass and accordion. He also collaborates with Lepidopterist and author Robert Michael Pyle with the musical project Butterfly Launches from Spar Pole. In late July 2017, Giants in the Trees released their first song, "Sasquatch", which features a music video Novoselic joked as "costing over 2 million U.S. dollars to produce". Giants in the Trees' first album

2064-597: Is an American musician and activist . Novoselic co-founded and played bass for the rock band Nirvana . Novoselic and Kurt Cobain formed the band Nirvana in 1987 along with drummer Aaron Burckhard , whom they recruited, and was the drummer of the group until October 1987. Through the late 1980s, Nirvana established themselves as part of the Seattle grunge scene. In 1989, the band released its debut album, Bleach . Nirvana released their second studio album Nevermind in 1991. The band achieved worldwide fame through

2150-435: Is listening to Chuck Berry with his father. Growing up, he had a severe underbite , for which he underwent corrective surgery. Novoselic was interested in bands such as Led Zeppelin , Black Sabbath , The Who , Van Halen , Devo , and Aerosmith . He also enjoyed listening to Yugoslavian bands such as Zabranjeno Pušenje , Prljavo kazalište and Azra . He became interested in punk rock , and discovered bands such as

2236-643: Is taken from a show, which benefitted the non-profit media watch organization Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting , at The Forum in Los Angeles , on December 30, 1993. At that show Cobain also dedicated a song to the recently deceased River Phoenix . The vinyl version features additional stage banter from this show. " The Man Who Sold the World " from this show appeared on a bootleg in 2002. The band reportedly played to an audience of about 13,000. The full show

2322-510: Is taken from the band's show at the Springfield Civic Center , Springfield on November 10, 1993. The vinyl version of the album also features additional stage banter from this concert, as well as a brief clip of band performing " Dumb " before stopping it after Cobain accidentally repeats the second verse instead of playing the bridge. These represent the earliest appearance, chronologically, of second guitarist Pat Smear on

2408-590: The DJ numerous times for Coast radio on KMUN . In 2014, ahead of Nirvana's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , Novoselic and Dave Grohl made guest appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . Novoselic has a blog titled Dream Journal . In 1989, Novoselic married Shelli Hyrkas, whom he had dated in high school. They divorced in 1999. In early 2004, he married American artist Darbury Ayn Stenderu. Together they have two children. They reside on

2494-613: The NME called it "a gloriously electrifying aural photo-book of a truly legendary rock’n’roll band, the like of which burns across our skies all too rarely in this sterile, cynical and safely post-modern age." The album was ranked at number nine in Rolling Stone ' s 1997 critics' poll of the top 10 albums of 1996, and number 14 in Spin ' s "20 Best Albums of 1996" list. In his Allmusic review, Stephen Thomas Erlewine called

2580-627: The Sex Pistols and the Ramones when he lived in Croatia at the age of 14 for one year. He has cited Paul McCartney , Geezer Butler , John Entwistle , and Gene Simmons as fundamental influences of his bass playing. Novoselic's brother Robert introduced him to his friend Kurt Cobain , who had noticed loud music coming from upstairs in the Novoselic household. Robert told Cobain that it

2666-470: The Muddy Banks of the Wishkah was the second Nirvana album released following the death of vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain in April 1994. It was compiled primarily by bassist Krist Novoselic , who also wrote the album's liner notes . Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl had originally intended to release a live album in 1994 to accompany what became MTV Unplugged in New York in a two-disc set originally titled Verse Chorus Verse (which had also been

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2752-560: The Preacher ", for the tribute album Twisted Willie , released in January 1996. 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 1999, he joined Jello Biafra and Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil in the No WTO Combo . In 2002, Novoselic performed uncredited background vocals on Foo Fighters' song "Walking

2838-575: The Servants" from this show was included on the abandoned Verse Chorus Verse album. The full show was released on the 30th anniversary Super Deluxe edition of the In Utero album in October 2023. From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah became Nirvana's third consecutive album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 , and fourth to top the chart overall. No commercial singles were released from

2924-401: The Trees . Outside of music, Novoselic has been active politically. From 2007 through 2010, he wrote a weekly column on music and politics for the Seattle Weekly website. Novoselic has served on the board of the electoral reform organization FairVote and has served as its chair. In 2020, he became board chair of Zócalo Public Square. He joined the Forward Party in 2023 and became

3010-729: The US since 1991. The album's first promotional single , for the song " Aneurysm ," reached number 11 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 13 on its Modern Rock Tracks chart , while its music video topped the charts on Much Music in Canada. A second promotional single, for the song " Drain You ," charted briefly as well. From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah was ranked ninth best album of 1996 in Rolling Stone's 1997 critics' poll. From

3096-649: The age of 18. Novoselic and Nirvana actively campaigned against the bill and performed a benefit concert for an organization that opposed it. Novoselic appeared on KOMO-TV ' s Town Meeting as part of the campaign against this bill. In 1995, the Erotic Music Law was reintroduced to the Washington State Legislature as the Matters Harmful to Minors bill. Noting that the music industry had serious clout in Seattle given

3182-567: The album was taken from the band's show at Teatro Castello in Rome, Italy on November 19, 1991. Although the show was professionally filmed and recorded, "Spank Thru" remains the only song from this concert to be officially released. Nirvana were originally scheduled to play at the Melkweg in Amsterdam on November 24, 1991, but due to the band's increasing popularity, the show was rescheduled to

3268-595: The album, but promotional singles were sent out for radio play for a number of the songs, including " Aneurysm " (US and UK), " Drain You " (US), " Lithium " (Portugal and the Netherlands), and " Smells Like Teen Spirit " (France, Portugal and Spain where it charted at number 14 on the Spanish airplay chart). A limited edition promotional box set was also released in Australia containing three promotional singles for

3354-487: The album. "Milk It" from this show was released on the 30th anniversary Deluxe and Super Deluxe editions of the In Utero album in October 2023. "Scentless Apprentice" is taken from the band's "Live and Loud" show, which was filmed by MTV on December 13, 1993 at Pier 48 in Seattle . An abridged version of the show, which included "Scentless Apprentice," was first broadcast by the network on December 31, 1993. The show

3440-460: The annual Reading Festival in Reading, England . The song, which later appeared on In Utero , was introduced by Cobain under its working title of "The Eagle Has Landed." "tourette's" became the second song from the concert to be officially released, following "Lithium" on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! The full concert was released as Live at Reading on CD and DVD in November 2009. " Sliver "

3526-456: The award. After Cobain's death, Novoselic continued to dabble in musical endeavors. He co-formed the band Sweet 75 with Venezuelan musician Yva Las Vegass in 1995, releasing a single self-titled album in 1997. In 1996, Novoselic joined singer Johnny Cash , guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden and drummer Sean Kinney of Alice in Chains to record a cover of Willie Nelson 's " Time of

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3612-637: The band during an encore to play several Nirvana songs, with Grohl on drums, Pat Smear on guitar, and John J. McCauley and Joan Jett filling in as their lead singer. Novoselic was interested in politics—including the Northern Ireland conflict between Irish Nationalists and Unionists —at a young age. In 1992, the Washington State Legislature attempted to pass a bill called the Erotic Music Law. The law would have allowed courts to declare certain albums "erotic" due to their content and would have made it illegal to sell those albums to anyone under

3698-418: The band in 1990 and was briefly replaced by Crover and Mudhoney drummer Dan Peters . Novoselic contributed to the writing of various songs, providing ideas for Cobain. Later in 1990, Melvins' singer-guitarist Buzz Osborne encouraged Novoselic and Cobain to check out a punk band called Scream . The pair were impressed by their drummer, Dave Grohl . A few weeks later, Scream disbanded, and Grohl placed

3784-443: The band members, saying some songs "didn't sound perfect", as well as the band agreeing that Novoselic's bass lines sounded "too low". In Utero sold 3.5 million copies in the United States. In November of that year, Nirvana performed on MTV Unplugged with Lori Goldston playing cello , the introduction of guitarist Pat Smear , and Novoselic playing acoustic bass guitar, accordion, and acoustic rhythm guitar. This live performance

3870-407: The band were still supporting their debut album, Bleach . It was never released as a single, but remained a regular part of the band's setlist until Cobain's suicide in April 1994 . Written by Cobain in 1989, "Breed" was originally titled "Imodium," after the anti-diarrhea medicine used by Tad Doyle , lead singer of Seattle rock band TAD , during Nirvana's and TAD's shared European tour. It

3956-507: The band's performance at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on October 31, 1991, although the vinyl version features additional stage banter from this show on side four. The Paramount concert was the band's first performance in Seattle since the release of Nevermind the previous month, and has retrospectively been described by English music journalist Everett True as "the end of an era" that showed that "incontrovertibly, Nirvana

4042-469: The band. After Nirvana disbanded, Novoselic formed Sweet 75 in 1995 and Eyes Adrift in 2002, releasing one album with each band. From 2006 to 2009, he played in the punk rock band Flipper , and in 2011 he contributed bass and accordion to the song "I Should Have Known" on the Foo Fighters ' studio album Wasting Light . From 2017 to 2020, he played bass and accordion for the band Giants in

4128-503: The band. As a result, the band canceled the remainder of the tour. Rachel Thoele then replaced Novoselic. In 2009, Novoselic played a newspaper vendor in the movie World's Greatest Dad starring Robin Williams . In October 2010, Dave Grohl , former Nirvana bandmate of Novoselic, announced live on BBC radio , that Novoselic would be joining Foo Fighters as a bassist and accordionist on their next album, Wasting Light , which

4214-444: The compilation "a little scattershot" but "still a terrific record" which "finds a great band in top form." American music critic Robert Christgau wrote, "I play Unplugged to refresh my memory of a sojourner's spirituality. I'll play this one when I want to remember a band's guts, fury, and rock and roll music"; Tim Peacock of uDiscover called the album "the formidable yang to the subtle, acoustic yin of MTV Unplugged ," and praised

4300-585: The compilation are taken from the band's show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in Del Mar, California , on December 28, 1991. The show was part of a four-date Californian mini-tour in late December with American rock bands Red Hot Chili Peppers , who headlined, and Pearl Jam , who were the first openers. Describing the tour in his 1993 Nirvana biography Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana , American music journalist Michael Azerrad wrote that "No one

4386-661: The gaze of the pop world onto a town called Seattle." Radio & Records described the 1996 documentary Teen Spirit: The Tribute to Kurt Cobain as the "video scrapbook companion to Nirvana's From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah LP". All tracks are written by Kurt Cobain , except where noted Notes: Nirvana Production Sales figures based on certification alone. Shipments figures based on certification alone. Krist Novoselic Krist Anthony Novoselic ( / ˌ n oʊ v oʊ ˈ s ɛ l ɪ k / ; Croatian : Novoselić ; born May 16, 1965)

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4472-409: The high-note of F ♯ 5 . The song follows a basic sequence of F ♯ 5 –E 5 –F ♯ 5 –A 5 –E 5 in the verses and bridge and D 5 –A 5 –C 5 –B 5 during the refrain as its chord progression . Lyrically, the song addresses themes of teenage apathy and fear within the American middle-class . Stevie Chick of Kerrang wrote that lyrics such as "We can plant

4558-637: The office as a candidate of the "Grange Party" (a reference to his membership in the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry ) although no such party exists. His campaign was intended as a protest against Washington State's party system, in which a candidate can claim any party (real or fictional) as their own without consent or support from the party. Novoselic explained his support for fair voting reforms on C-SPAN 's Washington Journal in 2012. In an interview for Reason TV , Novoselic

4644-726: The overlapping songs, other than " Negative Creep " and " Scentless Apprentice ". The album's title refers to the Wishkah River in Aberdeen, Washington , where Cobain claimed to have spent nights sleeping under the Young Street Bridge as a teenager (as referenced in the song " Something in the Way ", from Nevermind ). This claim has since been refuted by Novoselic, who said, "He never lived under that bridge. He hung out there, but you couldn't live on those muddy banks, with

4730-532: The party's leader in Washington after the resignation of Chris Vance . In 2024, he founded the Cascade Party of Washington . Krist Anthony Novoselic was born in Compton, California , on May 16, 1965, the son of Croatian immigrants Kristo Novaselić and Marija Mustać. Kristo was a native of Veli Iž on the island of Iž while Marija originates from Privlaka . The original Croatian surname of Novaselić

4816-540: The selections from the band's "scintillating" Paradiso and "transcendent" Del Mar Fairgrounds shows in particular. Keith Cameron welcomed the compilation's emphasis on the "positive...versions of 'Polly' and ' Breed ' from the Lamefest gig at London's Astoria in December 1989, [the night] Nirvana opened for Mudhoney and Tad at a two-thirds empty theatre, [and] served notice that they were the band destined to redirect

4902-546: The session was instead used as a demo tape, which led to the band signing with DGC Records in 1991. Vig re-recorded the song during the sessions for what became the band's second album and major label debut, Nevermind , in May 1991 at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys , California . Cobain recorded four vocal takes for the song, with each successive take "getting worse because he blew his voice out," as Vig recalls. The first take

4988-476: The songs "Aneurysm", "Heart-Shaped Box", and "Polly". The box set also included Nevermind It's an Interview , a promotional interview disc released in 1992. Lorraine Ali of Rolling Stone described From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah as the "emotional, visceral flip side" of MTV Unplugged in New York , and as "riotous and liberating", showing the band "in their most natural state, smashing instruments and inducing irreversible tinnitus." Johnny Cigarettes of

5074-509: The spring of 1991, the band entered Sound City Studios in Los Angeles to record Nevermind . Novoselic helped write the song " Polly ". Upon its release, Nevermind (1991) exceeded all expectations and became a worldwide commercial success. Nevermind had launched the band as a worldwide phenomenon with their hit single " Smells Like Teen Spirit ". At the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards , Nirvana would win awards for Best New Artist in

5160-401: The success of Nevermind and the lead track off the album, " Smells Like Teen Spirit ". The band's third studio album, In Utero (1993), was also a major success. Nirvana abruptly ended in 1994 following the death of Kurt Cobain . Novoselic has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Nirvana, and has also received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award as a member of

5246-645: The success of the grunge scene, Novoselic proposed creating a political action committee , which was named JAMPAC (Joint Artists and Musicians Political Action Committee). Over the next several years, JAMPAC fought a number of different issues, including the Teen Dance Ordinance , a 1985 law that strictly limited the ability of minors to attend shows. With JAMPAC, Novoselic began to turn his focus more and more towards politics. Novoselic has advocated for electoral reform (especially instant-runoff voting and proportional representation ). He considered

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5332-481: The third day of the session, Cobain finally arrived. The song " You Know You're Right " was the band's final studio recording. Nirvana ended abruptly in April 1994 following Cobain's death . For most of the rest of that year, Novoselic retreated from the spotlight. One of a few public appearances came that September at the MTV Video Music Awards , where the video for Nirvana's " Heart-Shaped Box "

5418-443: The tide coming up and down. That was his own revisionism." From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah avoids all songs that appear on MTV Unplugged , with the exception of " Polly ", using a heavier, electric version of the song from 1989, as it was originally performed live. It also avoids using any versions of songs previously released as B-sides , or on the home video Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! , which had been compiled by Cobain, and

5504-519: The trio called the band and album "Bud, Curt & Krist" in this nation. Eyes Adrift released a self-titled album with twelve songs, with the Japanese version including two extras. Eyes Adrift was the first official release in Krist's career where he sang lead vocals , singing lead on "Inquiring Minds", "Dottie Dawn & Julie Jewel" and "Pasted". They also released a single named Alaska . He also took

5590-496: Was "probably Nirvana's greatest heads-down banger," and that "its 184 seconds feel guaranteed to light the fuse on every mosh within a 100-mile radius." In 2023, Stephen Thomas Erlewine ranked it at number 13 on the A.V. Club's "Essential Nirvana: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked" list. In 2017, to mark what would have been Cobain's 50th birthday, the Phonographic Performance Limited released

5676-511: Was a B-side on Nirvana's " Heart-Shaped Box ". Novoselic also recorded bass and accordion for the song " I Should Have Known ", appearing on Foo Fighters' seventh studio album Wasting Light . On December 5, 2017, Novoselic joined Foo Fighters on stage at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon , to play bass guitar on " Big Me ", a song from the Foo Fighters' debut album Foo Fighters . Ten months later, on October 6, 2018, Novoselic joined

5762-472: Was an occasional vocalist and backing vocalist in Nirvana, occasionally singing " Scoff " and " Rape Me " at live shows. Novoselic stated that "I kind of discovered my voice for the first time, and the more I did it, the better it got." In September 1993, Nirvana's third album In Utero , debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 . However, the recording sessions mixed by Steve Albini were criticized by

5848-495: Was asked how he described his political views. He responded, "I'm an anarcho-capitalist , socialist , moderate... I don't know" and continued to say that while his political views couldn't be easily categorized, he finds fault in the political philosophies of both the left and right-wing . In 2015, he supported Lawrence Lessig's presidential campaign . In 2016, Novoselic supported and campaigned for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson . In June 2020, Novoselic made

5934-451: Was awarded Best Alternative Video . Novoselic took the opportunity to pay tribute to Cobain. On April 10, 2014, Novoselic was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Nirvana. Novoselic spoke at the band's induction ceremony. On February 4, 2023, Nirvana received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award; Novoselic was on hand, along with Dave Grohl and Pat Smear , to receive

6020-453: Was chosen as the master. Both recordings of the song also feature the guitar being panned from one channel to the next during the guitar solo to create what Cobain biographer Charles R. Cross called "a dizzying" effect. "Breed" was performed for the last time live at Nirvana's final concert, at Terminal Eins in Munich, Germany on March 1, 1994. "Breed" is a punk rock song that runs for

6106-492: Was composed specially for the soundtrack of the documentary Sound City , directed by Grohl. The song was first shown on December 12, 2012, at the 12-12-12 festival , which brought together music stars for the victims of Hurricane Sandy in New York. The song was received well by critics. Allmusic called it a "tune with an immediate hook [and] melody". The song won the Grammy award for Best Rock Song in 2014. The partnership

6192-594: Was first performed live on October 8, 1989, at the Lif Ticket Lounge in Omaha, Nebraska . "Breed" was first recorded in the studio in April 1990 by Butch Vig at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin , during the recording sessions for what was intended to be the band's second album on Sub Pop , their original label. However, this planned album was cancelled after the departure of drummer Chad Channing , and

6278-474: Was happy about Nirvana playing second fiddle to the Peppers, but they had already committed to it during the chaos of the American tour. At any rate, Nirvana stole the show." The full show was released in November 2021 on the 30th anniversary "Super Deluxe" version of Nevermind , which featured the complete concert on CD. Only one song, "tourette's," appears from the band's headlining set on August 30, 1992 at

6364-465: Was his older brother, who listened to punk rock . Cobain eventually befriended the older Novoselic, as the pair had similar musical tastes, including a fondness for local band Melvins . The two had several mutual friends and began hanging out shortly thereafter. Krist attended Aberdeen High School while Kurt attended high school in nearby Montesano . At one point, Cobain gave Novoselic a demo tape of his former band Fecal Matter , and asked him to form

6450-524: Was knocked out." Musician Brian May ran to give him medical attention; he did not suffer any injuries. In 1992, Novoselic and the rest of Nirvana released a compilation album named Incesticide . Novoselic helped write lyrics for the songs " Dive ", " Hairspray Queen ", and " Aneurysm " on the album. This album was produced by a joint venture between DGC and Sub Pop . During Nirvana's 1992 Reading concert, Novoselic sang Oakland punk band 'Fang's' "The Money Will Roll Right In" with Cobain. Novoselic

6536-678: Was mistakenly changed to Novoselic by a clerk when Kristo was applying for a passport to go to America. Novoselic lived in Compton for one year before his parents moved to the ethnically Croatian Los Angeles neighborhood of San Pedro . His first language is Croatian . He has a younger brother, Robert (born 1968), and a younger sister, Diana (born 1973). In 1979, his family relocated to Aberdeen, Washington . In 1980, his parents sent him to live with relatives in Zadar , Croatia . He returned to Aberdeen in 1981. His earliest memory of listening to music

6622-453: Was now big news". "Negative Creep" became the eighth song from the show to be officially released, after " Drain You ," "School" and " Been a Son " appeared as Nevermind b-sides in 1991 and 1992, and " About a Girl ," "Breed," "Polly" and " "Endless, Nameless " appeared on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! . The full show was released as Live at the Paramount on DVD in 2011, and on vinyl in 2019. The version of " Spank Thru " which appears on

6708-528: Was originally meant to be packaged alongside the MTV Unplugged set in a double album called Verse Chorus Verse , although most of what became From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah was eventually recompiled. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 , selling nearly 159,000 copies in its first week of release. It spent 25 weeks on the chart and became the band's sixth platinum album in

6794-590: Was published in October 2004. It covers Novoselic's musical past, including Nirvana's worldwide popularity in the early 1990s. Novoselic supported Democratic Senator Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries and in the 2008 general election . He later broke with the Democratic Party, stating that "it's a top-down structure" averse to reform from its grassroots. In 2009, Novoselic ran for county clerk of Wahkiakum County, Washington , but later withdrew his candidacy. He had sought

6880-424: Was referred to as " Sirvana " by Novoselic, referring to "Sir Paul McCartney". On April 17, 2016, Novoselic performed " Helter Skelter " with Paul McCartney in Seattle as part of the One on One tour. In November 2016, Novoselic confirmed that he was in the process of writing new music. His current band is Giants in the Trees , formed in 2017, with band members Jillian Raye, Erik Friend and Ray Prestegard. He

6966-497: Was released a year later as an album, named MTV Unplugged in New York , which earned a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. Prior to their 1994 European tour, the band scheduled session time at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle to work on demos. For most of the three-day session, Cobain was absent, so Novoselic and Grohl worked on demos of their own songs. The duo completed several songs, including "Exhausted", " Big Me ", " February Stars ", and "Butterflies". On

7052-457: Was released in 2011. Novoselic also played bass on children's music artist Caspar Babypants ' 2010 album This Is Fun! , for a cover of the Nirvana song " Sliver ". In 2011, he performed " On a Plain " and "Sliver" with the band at the Nevermind 20th anniversary celebration in Seattle . In 2012, Novoselic and Grohl partnered with Paul McCartney on the song " Cut Me Some Slack ", which

7138-528: Was released in late 2017. Giants In The Trees' second album, Volume 2 , was released in 2019. Novoselic has been currently working with musicians such as Soundgarden 's Kim Thayil , alongside Matt Cameron , with production being handled by Jack Endino , as a new band, called 3rd Secret . A self-titled album was released in April 2022, with eleven songs recorded at The Bait Shop, in Ballard, Washington, as well as Novoselic's home. In 1994, Grohl founded

7224-463: Was released in unfinished form in November 1994. From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah uses three tracks from the band's show at the London Astoria on December 3, 1989, including "Intro," which features Cobain screaming at the start of the show over a distorted guitar as a vocal warm-up . It also uses "Polly" and " Breed ," the latter of which then featured the working title "Imodium", and

7310-578: Was released on the 30th anniversary Super Deluxe edition of the In Utero album in October 2023. "Milk It" is the only performance from 1994, taken from the band's show at the Seattle Center Arena on January 7, 1994. The vinyl version features additional stage banter from this show, including a clip of Cobain dedicating a song to recently deceased celebrities Frank Zappa , River Phoenix, Fred Gwynne , Dixie Lee Ray and Tip O'Neil , along with "you dumb ass who just threw water on me." "Serve

7396-404: Was set to feature Pearl Jam and Nirvana as co-headliners, but the former band cancelled shortly before the performance, which led to Nirvana playing a longer set. The concert featured American hip-hop act Cypress Hill and American alternative rock band The Breeders as supporting acts. Nirvana's full set was released as Live and Loud on DVD in 2013, and on vinyl in 2019. " Heart-Shaped Box "

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