Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic on Punk, Politics, & Why He Dumped the Dems (Great Video)

Against Crony Capitalism ^ | July 10 2014 | Nick Sorrentino

[PoloSec]

Novoselic was the bassist in the biggest band of my youth, Nirvana. I always kind of liked the guy despite what I thought were his statist leanings.

But what do you know?  He has eschewed a lot of these tendencies for real DIY politics. For honest punk politics. Free thinking politics. In many ways free market politics. I like the guy a bit more now and I am interested in learning more about his efforts to reform our electoral system.

 

He has some good ideas. Scratch that, he has some great ideas. I have to say that I was surprised.

 

[ifinnegan]

He’s no Will Shatter, I tell you what.

[dragonblustar]

Damn, I feel old.

[grimalkin]

Well, I am sort of old, LOL. I saw Nirvana open for Sonic Youth in the early 90's. Nirvana was little known then.

Seattle was a lot of fun for me growing up, but drugs started making things ugly for a lot of people (mainly heroin). I saw a lot of people end up in terrible situations if not dead. I wasn't that stupid, thankfully.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

LOL. He looks like a Republican now.

[dragonblustar]

I grew up in Michigan and Kid Rock and Uncle Cracker were dj’s at my high school’s dance. At the time, I didn’t think much of Kid Rock. lol Little did I know...

I think it was around 89 when I first heard of Nirvana. I loved them right away, especially because the music at that time started to suck with all those damn love song ballads being played. ( Michael Bolton, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, etc..... barf!! )

Was that STP on the poster Stone Temple Pilots? I love that band as well!

[Squawk 8888]

Sounds like he grew up.

[Squawk 8888]

My favourite 90s bands were Coldplay and Audioslave. Don’t know their politics, don’t care either, but they were quality acts.

[grimalkin]

Yes, Stone Temple Pilots!

[dragonblustar]

My favourite 90s bands were Coldplay and Audioslave.

I love Chris Cornell from Soundgarten/Audioslave... I think he teamed up with the guy from Rage Against the Machine, another good band. He's a big lib but I love his sound. I never got into Coldplay but I love Muse. Super Massive Black Hole is my favorite.