Posted on 09/08/2019 8:03:33 AM PDT by ameribbean expat
He had three drill sergeants, two of whom were sadists. Thank God it was the easygoing one who saw it. He was reading a magazine, when he slowly looked up and stared at Everman. Then the sergeant walked over, pointing to a page in the magazine. “Is this you?” It was a photo of the biggest band in the world, Nirvana. Kurt Cobain had just killed himself, and this was a story about his suicide. Next to Cobain was the band’s onetime second guitarist. A guy with long, strawberry blond curls. “Is this you?”
Everman exhaled. “Yes, Drill Sergeant.”
And that was only half of it. Jason Everman has the unique distinction of being the guy who was kicked out of Nirvana and Soundgarden, two rock bands that would sell roughly 100 million records combined. At 26, he wasn’t just Pete Best, the guy the Beatles left behind. He was Pete Best twice.
Then again, he wasn’t remotely. What Everman did afterward put him far outside the category of rock’n’roll footnote. He became an elite member of the U.S. Army Special Forces, one of those bearded guys riding around on horseback in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Yup. Read this quite a while back but don’t recall the source.
I dare say he can be lead everything in his own rock band once he gets out.
Left the Army in 2006 and now pursuing a Masters in Military History.
Wow — incredible story of which I was completely unaware. Thanks for posting this.
Impressive!
Holy crap! Soldier of Fortune magazine has a website? I used to read it back in the 1970s but thought it was long out of business. Cool!
He moved from heavy metal (rock) to heavy metal (weaponry).
Fascinating.
Ted Nugent to the 10th Level.
Definitely an interesting article.
Very cool.
I couldn’t even get fired from one band.
George Costanza couldn’t even get fired from the Yankees.
What a story.
Wow!
I just home from seeing G.B.H and Cockney Rejects. Fun show. I never got into Nirvana, but don’t hate them. Dave Grohl’s Foo Fighters sucks to almighty, but his Probot project was awesome, as well as the movie The Pick of Destiny. I saw Saxon on Friday night. Next gig will be Anvil. Venom will be back next year too. In between all that, I’ll be enjoying the local rock, blues and metal and punk gigs once or twice a week, as always.
I saw G.B.H. at a place that no longer exists, the Metroplex in Atlanta. One of the many things torn down for the Olympics.
At the same time, that was 2013. I doubt it would be allowed at the NYT today because it might afford some glimmer of approval to the Deplorable, patriotic way of life.
In any case, great article, and thanks for posting.
Interesting.
WOW.
“..it hit me. Jason Everman had finally become a rock star.”
WOW.
Thanks for posting
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