"Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl were two thirds of which band, formed in Aberdeen (Washington State) whose albums include ""Bleach"" and ""In Utero""?"
"Friend of a Friend (song) ""Friend of a Friend"" is an acoustic song by Foo Fighters, featured on their 2005 album ""In Your Honor"". The song is performed solely by Foo Fighters' guitarist/lead vocalist Dave Grohl. An earlier version of this song was recorded in 1990, after Grohl had joined the band Nirvana. ""Friend of a Friend"" was the first acoustic song Dave Grohl had ever written. The song was written by Grohl in 1990 (and recorded in secret the same year), and it was about his first impressions of new bandmates Kurt Cobain, and Krist Novoselic. He first wrote"
"of ""MTV Unplugged in New York"" in 2007. The band's performance at the 1992 Reading Festival was released on both CD and DVD as ""Live at Reading"" in November 2009. That month, Sub Pop released a 20th anniversary deluxe edition of ""Bleach"", and DGC released a number of 20th anniversary deluxe-edition packages of both ""Nevermind"" in September 2011, and ""In Utero"" in September 2013. In 2012, Grohl, Novoselic, and Smear joined Paul McCartney at . The performance featured the premiere of a new song written by the four musicians entitled ""Cut Me Some Slack"". A studio recording was released on"
"he contributed bass and accordion to the song ""I Should Have Known"" on the Foo Fighters' studio album ""Wasting Light"", along with playing bass guitar and accordion in his current band, Giants in the Trees since June 2016. Apart from his musical endeavours, Novoselic has been active politically, including the creation of the political action committee JAMPAC (Joint Artists and Musicians Political Action Committee). From 2007 through 2010 he wrote a weekly column on music and politics for ""Seattle Weekly's"" website. Since 2008 Novoselic has been board chair of the electoral reform organization FairVote. Krist Anthony Novoselic was born on"
"May 16, 1965 to Croatian immigrant parents, Kristo and Maria, in Compton, California. He lived there for one year before his parents moved to the ethnically Croatian Los Angeles neighborhood of San Pedro, where he remained for most of his childhood. Novoselic has a younger brother Robert, born in 1968, and a younger sister, Diana, born in 1973. In 1979, his family relocated to Aberdeen, Washington as a result of surging real estate costs in California. In 1980, his parents sent him to live with relatives in Zadar, Croatia. Novoselic returned to Aberdeen in 1981. His earliest memories of listening"
"such as Cormac McCarthy, Jack London, and Paul Bowles. Neurosis (band) Neurosis is an American avant-garde metal band based in Oakland, California. It was formed in 1985 by vocalist and guitarist Scott Kelly, bassist Dave Edwardson, and drummer Jason Roeder, initially as a hardcore punk band. Steve Von Till joined in 1989, replacing Chad Salter as second guitarist and vocalist. Beginning with their third studio album ""Souls at Zero"" (1992), the band developed a unique musical style crucial to the emergence of the post-metal and sludge metal genres. Neurosis' lineup stabilized in 1995 with the addition of Noah Landis, who"
"Entwistle, and Gene Simmons as the fundamental influences of his bass playing. Sometime later, Novoselic's brother Robert introduced him to his friend Kurt Cobain, who had noticed loud music coming from upstairs. Robert told Cobain that it was his older brother, who listened to punk rock. Cobain eventually befriended the older Novoselic, as the pair ended up sharing 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 and Kurt attended Montesano High School (Washington). At one point, Cobain gave Novoselic a demo"
"Bleach (American band) Bleach is an American Christian rock band based in Nashville, Tennessee. Bleach was formed at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky, in 1995, originally under the name Muffin. In 1997, the band earned a Dove Award in the category of Modern Rock Recorded Song of the Year for its song ""Epidermis Girl"", from its first album ""Space"". The follow-up album, ""Static"", reached No. 22 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. In 2003, the band members announced that they were going to disband. The band said goodbye to its fans in the form of a farewell tour,"
"buddy Krist Novoselic added drollery to the band's chaotic irreverence."" Before ""Nevermind"" was released, ""Bleach"" had sold 40,000 copies in North America. The 1992 re-release of the album was more successful on the charts, with ""Bleach"" eventually reaching number 89 at the ""Billboard"" 200, number 33 on the UK album charts, number 34 on the Australian Recording Industry Association chart, and number 22 on the Finland charts. Kurt Cobain's death in April 1994 also led to a resurgence of popularity, with ""Bleach"" entering the Top Pop Catalog chart at number six in the week following his death, and eventually earning"
"the soundtrack to ""Sound City"", a film by Grohl. On July 19, 2013, they would once again play with McCartney during the encore of his Safeco Field ""Out There"" concert in Seattle, the first time Nirvana members played together in their hometown in over 15 years. In 2014, Nirvana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; the members inducted were Cobain, Novoselic, and Grohl. At the induction ceremony, Novoselic, Grohl and Smear performed a four-song set with guest vocalists Joan Jett, Kim Gordon, St. Vincent, and Lorde. Novoselic, Grohl, and Smear then performed a full show at"
"used their sense of dynamics, being soft and quiet and then loud and hard."" In August 1997, in an interview with ""Guitar World"", Dave Grohl said: ""From Kurt, Krist [Novoselic] and I liking the Knack, Bay City Rollers, Beatles and Abba just as much as we liked Flipper and Black Flag ... You listen to any Pixies record and it's all over there. Or even Black Sabbath's ""War Pigs""—it's there: the power of the dynamic. We just sort of abused it with pop songs and got sick with it."" Aside from the genre's punk and alternative rock roots, many grunge"
"Neurosis (band) Neurosis is an American avant-garde metal band based in Oakland, California. It was formed in 1985 by vocalist and guitarist Scott Kelly, bassist Dave Edwardson, and drummer Jason Roeder, initially as a hardcore punk band. Steve Von Till joined in 1989, replacing Chad Salter as second guitarist and vocalist. Beginning with their third studio album ""Souls at Zero"" (1992), the band developed a unique musical style crucial to the emergence of the post-metal and sludge metal genres. Neurosis' lineup stabilized in 1995 with the addition of Noah Landis, who replaced Simon McIlroy on keyboards and electronics. That same"
"Dave Dederer Dave Dederer (born October 5, 1964) is an American guitarist and singer best known as a member of the 2x GRAMMY-nominated, multi-platinum-selling musical group The Presidents of the United States of America. An alumnus of Seattle, Washington's The Bush School and Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, he founded The Presidents with fellow Bush School alumnus Chris Ballew. He has also been a member of The Gentlemen and Loaded with Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan, also a Seattle native, and Subset, a collaboration between The Presidents and Sir Mix-a-lot. Dederer currently heads programming and editorial at Amazon"
"band known as Volcano. The album is currently out of print. Novoselic went on to record songs with Foo Fighters and become a political activist in Seattle, Washington. In Australia, there was another group called ""Eyes Adrift"", and rather than pay to license that name, the trio called the band and album ""Bud, Curt & Krist"". Eyes Adrift (Bud, Curt & Krist in Australia), the band's only album, was released on September 24, 2002. ""Alaska"" was the album's only single, released on March 3, 2003 in the UK. ""Inquiring Minds"" is dedicated to JonBenét Ramsey. The Japanese edition of the"
"""punk/sludge metal"" band Generation of Vipers. Graves is also the drummer for Neurot label mates A Storm of Light, of which Holt has also performed with as a touring guitarist. Violinist Meghan Mullhearn also performs as a solo artist under the moniker Divine Circles in addition to having her hands in many other experimental music projects. U.S. Christmas U.S. Christmas is a psychedelic rock band from Marion, North Carolina, founded in 2002. After Neurosis guitarist/vocalist Scott Kelly heard their debut album ""Salt The Wound"", he signed the band to Neurot Recordings, the label he owns with fellow Neurosis members. Their"
"Chuck Dukowski and drummer Dave Grohl to a new Blast EP ""For Those Who've Graced The Fire"", which was released on Rise Records. Mike Neider & Clifford Dinsmore have recruited bassist Nick Oliveri and drummer Joey Castillo to a new Blast lineup, with plans to tour and record new material. Blast (American band) Blast (stylized as BL'AST!) is an American punk rock band formed in 1983 in Santa Cruz, California. After breaking up in 1991, they reunited in 2001 and again in 2013. To date, Blast has released three original studio albums (the latest being 1989's ""Take the Manic Ride""),"
"in a thrash metal band called ACTiVATE. Treece grew up in Newark, Delaware, where he attended John Dickinson High School, but moved to Philadelphia in 1982 because, according to Treece, ""I was sick of high-school and I knew I wasn't going to college. I knew I wanted to do music and skate."" Between 1982 and 1990, he was a professional skater with endorsements by several , including Santa Cruz Skateboards, Powell-Peralta, and Airwalk sneakers. Treece released two albums with his band McRad, ""Absence of Sanity"" in the 1980s (rereleased 2001) and ""FDR"" in 2007. He also played guitar with New"
"Robert Lee Davidson Robert Lee Davidson (also known as RLee) is an American guitarist known for playing in the seminal Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia punk/hardcore band Scream. Scream also featured Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl on drums. In the 80's Davidson gained recognition playing in the D.C. hardcore band Scream recording albums ""This Side Up"", ""Banging The Drum"", and ""No More Censorship"". In 1998 Davidson reunited for a show with Scream at The Black Cat in Washington, DC and recorded a live record. Davidson later went on to play with The Drills in Los Angeles, California. In 1999"
"2009 in the US. On February 6, 2010, Grohl performed with his band Them Crooked Vultures the songs ""Mind Eraser, No Chaser"" and ""New Fang"" as musical guests on ""Saturday Night Live."" Grohl appeared as a middle-aged punk rock drummer reuniting the group ""Crisis of Conformity"" (fronted by Fred Armisen) after 25 years in a skit later on in the episode. In mid-2010, Dave Grohl added his name to the list of contributing rock star voice cameos for Cartoon Network's heavy metal parody/tribute show, Metalocalypse. He voiced the controversial Syrian dictator, Abdule Malik in the season 3 finale, ""Doublebookedklok"". On"
"a year on the road. They were dubbed ""The Working Man's Band"" for their affinity to tour cities and countries that other bands wouldn't dare. Indecision was the first American band to play in Croatia (Zagreb) after the Croatian War of Independence ended in 1995 Indecision also showed its appreciation for its home Brooklyn as well as New York City—which they regularly labeled ""Gotham City"" on merchandise --. The former Indecision-members Justin and Rachel are now in the hardcore band Most Precious Blood on Trustkill Records. The band released their first recording in 1993 on a 7-inch released by R.P.P.,"
"band's other members. Smear appeared on ""The Daily Show"" to promote ""Wasting Light"" on April 11, 2011, on Comedy Central. Since then, he has performed with Foo Fighters on all performances. In the summer of 2014, Smear spent time working with the rest of the band on the Foo Fighters' 8th studio album, ""Sonic Highways"", recording parts for every song. On August 29, 1997, during the Foo Fighters' Friday night performance at Bumbershoot Festival, former-Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic joined his ex-bandmate Dave Grohl and Pat Smear on stage during the Foo's encore in an apparent salute to the late Kurt"
"Times of Grace Times of Grace is an American heavy metal band formed in Southampton, Massachusetts. The group consists of Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage) and Jesse Leach (Killswitch Engage, The Empire Shall Fall, and Seemless) while guitarist Joel Stroetzel (Killswitch Engage), bassist Matt Bachand (rhythm guitarist in Shadows Fall), drummer Dan Gluszak (formerly of Envy on the Coast) complete the touring lineup. An album was planned for 2009. However, the group remained largely inactive until 2010, releasing the single ""Strength in Numbers"", with their debut album, titled ""The Hymn of a Broken Man"", released on January 18, 2011 through Roadrunner"
"one at Jammin' Java in Vienna VA on 7/23/15, and another at the Elk Creek Cafe in Milheim, PA on 10/10/15. Marah (band) Marah is an American Rock'n'Roll band that formed in the early 1990s and is closely associated with the cities of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Brooklyn, New York. The band is known for its intense live performances, classic rock production style, and association with authors Nick Hornby and Sarah Vowell and musicians Bruce Springsteen and Steve Earle. Marah was formed by singer/songwriter/guitarist Dave Bielanko from Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, bass guitarist Danny Metz and drummer Ronnie Vance in 1993. Singer/songwriter/guitarist and"
"popular Northern California hardcore punk band Bl'ast, contributing a small bit of writing to their second album, ""It's In My Blood"", released on the hardcore punk–alternative label SST Records, founded by Greg Ginn of hardcore punk band Black Flag. DuVall did not, however, stay with the band long enough to record on the album. In 1987, DuVall formed the Final Offering with vocalist Randy Gue (a former Neon Christ roadie), Corrosion of Conformity bassist Mike Dean and drummer Greg Psomas. However, Psomas's heroin habit hindered them from working consistently. Dean would go back to work with Corrosion of Conformity; Psomas"
"Foo Fighters Foo Fighters is an American rock band, formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1994. It was founded by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of Nirvana after the suicide of Kurt Cobain. The group got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II, which were known collectively as ""foo fighters"". Prior to the release of Foo Fighters' 1995 debut album ""Foo Fighters"", which featured Grohl as the only official member, Grohl recruited bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith, both formerly of"
"Mosher, Kuhn, and Horton had left the band being replaced by brothers Jonny and Joah Tunnell, formerly of the band Vibrant Green, on bass and drums, respectively. The new lineup quickly changed their name to The Never. Picker has since gone on to form the band Lost in the Trees, signed to ANTI-Records. The B-Sides The B-Sides are a rock band formed in 2000 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Noah Smith, the vocalist formed the band at the School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina recruiting fellow guitarist Ari Picker and keyboardist Travis Horton. Smith's mother knew Ken Mosher,"
"on the DVD ""Live at Wembley Stadium"" (2008). The band's first compilation, 2009's ""Greatest Hits"", became their sixth album to surpass 1 million copies sold in the United States. In 2011 the album ""Wasting Light"" was released, recorded at Grohl's home in Los Angeles, and debuting at number one in twelve countries. The album's first single ""Rope"" holds the record for the most consecutive weeks at number one on the US Rock Songs chart. Their eighth studio album, ""Sonic Highways"", was recorded in eight different American cities and released in 2014. As of 2015 the band's eight studio albums have"
"Bleach (British band) Bleach were an indie rock band from Ipswich, England, usually considered part of the shoegazing genre. The band was formed in 1989 by brothers Neil and Nick Singleton (guitar and bass, respectively) together with drummer Steve Scott and vocalist Salli Carson. Their first release was the ""Eclipse"" EP in 1990, followed in 1991 by the ""Snag"" EP. The tracks from these two EPs were collected on an album in 1991. 1992 saw the release of the full-length album ""Killing Time"", and the single ""Shotgun"", a surprising mixture of shoegazing and rap. In 1993 the band released two"
"has been performing frequently ever since, making their European debut at Netherlands Deathfest 2016. Infest (band) Infest is an American hardcore punk band, formed in September 1986 by Joe Denunzio, Matt Domino, Dave Ring and Chris Clift. The band is considered to be pioneers of the dissonant hardcore style known as powerviolence. The term was coined by their guitarist Matt Domino, who first used it to describe his other band, Neanderthal with Eric Wood of Man is the Bastard. The Los Angeles quartet blended the ethos, speed and song structure of straight edge hardcore, along with the aggression and anger"
"""Helter Skelter"" in Seattle as part of the One on One tour during the encore. In November, 2016, Novoselic confirmed through a reply to a tweet that he is writing more new music. His current band is Giants in the Trees, with band members Jillian Raye, Erik Friend and Ray Prestegard. He is also in the band Filthy Friends, playing bass and accordion. He also collaborates with Lepidopterist and author Dr. Robert Michael Pyle with the musical project Butterfly Launches Off Spar Pole. In late July 2017, Giants in the Trees released their first song called ""Sasquatch"" which features a"
"and ""Blathers Log"" are thought to apply to two of the compositions on the cassette, though it is unclear which. The end of ""Sound of Dentage"" features various clips from ""Reefer Madness"" as well as commercial excerpts. Recorded in Burien, Washington on TEAC A-2340 four-track recorder. Self-released. The back cover is reported to have contact information for Cobain and Crover on it. Fecal Matter (band) Fecal Matter was a short-lived punk rock band from Aberdeen, Washington. The group was formed in 1985 by Kurt Cobain, the future front man of the grunge band Nirvana, along with Dale Crover of Melvins"
"– the historical Croatian city of Dubrovnik. They had to change their name due to a Brisbane band of that name. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described their sound as ""clattering, yet accessible rock'n'roll was drawn along the lines of The Troggs meets T-Rex by way of New York Dolls"". Citadel Records issued the group's debut single, ""Fireball of Love"", in April 1988. It was produced by Rob Younger (Lime Spiders, Died Pretty, The Stems). Their second single was a cover version of Alvin Stardust's ""My Coo Ca Choo"" in November. A third single, ""Speedway Girls"" appeared in June 1989, followed"
"Achilles (band) Achilles is an American hardcore punk band from Rochester, Upstate New York. Formed in 2004, the band currently consists of Rory van Grol (vocals), Rob Antonucci (guitar), Josh Dillon (bass) and Chris Browne (drums). Achilles formed in 2004 as a result of the demise of three local Rochester bands; Building on Fire, The Breaking Project and Standfast. Their primary influences are said to be Botch, Isis and Cave In, amongst others. Later in 2004, the band released a 5-song self-titled EP, which received fairly mixed reviews. They have since gone on to release two split albums; one with"
"Jason Narducy Jason V. Narducy is an American musician from Evanston, Illinois, United States. After receiving his first guitar at the age of nine Narducy started his music career, playing guitar and writing songs for his punk rock band, Verboten. Verboten is credited as inspiring Dave Grohl to pursue music, and Narducy is featured in the Foo Fighters HBO documentary ""Sonic Highways"". After college, he formed an acoustic duo with cellist Alison Chesley called Jason & Alison. They released the full-length record ""Woodshed"" in 1994. Jason & Alison became a four-piece rock band called Verbow in 1996, adding drums and"