Sunny day real estate bassist is amazing. Those are some talented people in that band

Does this mean that Dave and Krist in a band looks too much like Nirvana and puts too much pressure on the other bandmates to fill the role of Kurt?

Pat Smear wasn't just Nirvana's "occasional guitarist". He's a punk rock legend from long before that. That's how they knew who he was and wanted him.

I had the privilege of seeing Krist play bass for the Foo Fighters, for a couple song's, at the 1st concert I ever went to! Freaking awesome show.

I heard that Krist said no because he didn't want to put the pressure of 'being the new Nirvana' on Dave Grohl.

Pat Smear wasn’t the “occasional” second guitarist - he was the second guitarist, period. He just joined late 💙

I got to shake Krist's hand when he ran for City Council. He's a really nice guy. Definitely has left his grunge days behind. You wouldn't even recognize him if you passed him on the street. He just looks like a middle aged white guy from Lakewood.

Smear wasn't their "occasional" guitar player. He was their live guitar player to back Kurt, making the sound more full.

man, those clips of kurt from the early days before color television, so nostalgic

Krist has been part of some pretty cool bands since as well. Look up "Giants in Trees" or "3rd Secret" (featuring members of Soundgarden) if ya don't know already.

Krist's bass on Wasted light is my favorite part. Grungy, real and beautifully crushing.

Hot take: I like Sunny Day Real Estate better than the Foo Fighters.

Kurt was the band. Foo Fighters had a lot of fun songs, but Kurt made them something special. To this day, I still refer to Nirvana as my generation's The Beatles. When Kurt died, it really damaged a lot of people who needed him to speak and be their voice. It was a formative event for many. I will never forget the way the teens in my school responded to news of his death... School authorities caught wind of our plan to wear black armbands and walk out of class at a predetermined time for a funeral service on the front lawn. They warned that they would punish us if we did it. I don't think they understood that telling us that galvanized us. So many kids ended up participating that they realized it would be in the local news if they suspended us all. In the aftermath, it was explained to them that, for us, it was like the day Lennon was shot had hit them. When they realized that, it ended their upset. I know this sounds like the whole bus should clap now, but it happened, and I like to think that Kurt would have appreciated that moment of understanding and harmony.

It was because Krist was too punk for Dave's vision. Pat, despite having lived in the golden period of punk whilst playing for the Germs, was just kind of a sassy boy. He fit as 'one of the characters.' Krist was also very loud back then. Like, he loved to talk. Worked great for Kurt when he didn't feel like talking to the press or whomever. But Dave wanted to control not just the music of his vision, but all public perception. While he respected Krist's anarchistic ideals, he did not want those ideals representing his vision, but at the same time didn't want to repress Krist's ability to speak freely. Makes sense. Dave wasn't being a dick and while Krist probably wanted to be a part of it, but he's the kind of guy who in the end would be content just playing music, which he did. And he is finacially set for life so that's whatever. These aren't the type of guys who care that much whether they make $100k or $10million in a year as long as they are fed and comfortable. But Dave, unlike Kurt, does like the spotlight. He is constantly doing interviews and making appearances, which is fine by me. He just had a brushing with punk, he is not one nor claimed to be. And he is the type of guy who actually deserves the spotlight if that is what he wants. Pretty sure this is why, they just don't want to elaborate on it for decades and no one wants to come off as a dick.

That’s not true, pat smear was officially the fourth nirvana member when he came on his first appearance with then on tv

Honestly there's no way i could picture the Foo's without Nate

Maybe Krist knows something we dont about Kurts exercise book of songs that Kurt said vanished in late 92. Maybe Kurt wasnt the only person who knew the content of that exercise book prior to its dissapearance.

I still can’t believe someone named their kid Pat Smear 😂

LOVE the Buck Owen's guitar!! Got mine with Green Stamps!!

😢 Miss You Kurt Cobain 😢. Love The Rest of Nirvana and FooFighters 😊❤

It still really sucks that Kurt died, but thank god for Foo Fighters. Dave writes a lot of great music.

Oh yeah, that classic band Sunny Day Real Estate. I love all their albums. Found one at a garage sale, guy just gave it to me.

Smear wasn’t the sometimes guitarist lol kurt always wanted a second guitar player in nirvana they enlisted smear full time after nevermind

Why all the hate on Pat's name all of a sudden 😂

"To handle bass duties". Wtf

Pat smear was officially a member according to Kurt in many late concerts. He would give him a shout as "brand new member".

I’ve never heard that before. I’ve heard in an interview it was actually much the opposite. Dave said he wouldn’t consider asking krist because he would say no, and it would just awkward like nirvana with a different lead singer.

Amazing how more and more stories evolve .. I actually think Kris would have made it a harder,punk sound than the Fighters forte. The Foos still rock it tho! Sorry Kris never continued with anyone else ( except those unknown sessions we may never hear ) I truly miss that early nirvana sound now a days .

Kirst was always the most mysterious of the 3 always wanted to know more about him from what I've seen he is an interesting character hope he is still doing well Nirvana was a huge part of my childhood

Even without Krist there were a lot of initial comparisons of the Foo Fighters to Nirvana. So I think this makes sense. Also if I recall, Krist took a long break and didn’t do anything musically initially.

Nirvana should have done a new order type thing where one of the members would have stepped up to create a new group

I've seen Pat Smear play 4x: Twice with the Germs in their heyday, once with Nirrrrrvaaaannna, and then with the reformed Germs ...

Krist didn't want to join FF because he thought everyone would just compare them to Nirvana. Krist didn't want that for Dave

Thank you so much for telling me Kurt Cobain was the front man for Nirvana

The first album was definitely nirvana like. To bad Krist wasn't on that album. His bass playing was the reason why I started playing bass years ago.

Because Nirvana was a small band, and Foo Fighters are a big band, it would have felt too much like Nirvana 2 - Bigger and Better, if Krist had joined, and people would have felt that it was direspectful to Kurt. This was Dave's dream, not Nirvana's.

Broke up??without kurt there is no nirvana.without Layne Staley there is no alice in chains, without Bradley nowell there is no sublime.

What happened to Kurt was mind blowing

And the fans screaming at them telling that they want to hear Nirvana music!

Sunny day real estate - Killed by an Angel is one of the most banger songs that came out of the 90's. Idgaf who doesn't agree.

Being in a band is a unique dynamic. Its very intimate.❤you have to be comfortable to make good music really I think

rip kurt

Trivia fact: Both Grohl and Motley Crue’s 2nd vocalist were from the band Scream….

Nate bender is a really interesting bassists. Rip T. Hawkstone.

Originally always thought of Foo as a alt rock supergroup

Pat Smear was the 4th member of Nirvana. Not an occasional backup. Someone didn't do their research

"I really would have been under the microscope...."

When I heard of foo fighters. I immediately thought krist novaselic...

I love Foo Fighters, but actually love Sunny Day Real Estate even more!!

I saw the Foo Fighters live one time Chris joined them for a song or two.

I want that acoustic

I was just about to say “That’s really a shame it didn’t happen, as Krist missed out on a ton of money”. Then I realized that Nirvana was so big, that Krist is still worth 80 million 😅

As great as it would've been for those two to keep working together as bandmates, post-Nirvana, it would've been hella awkward -- especially given that Krist very likely needed a significant amount of time to work thru his grieving process in the wake of Kurt's death, what with the two of them being childhood friends before becoming bandmates (I believe that they met when they were in middle school). I don't mean to minimize Dave and Pat's grief (especially Pat, given that his was compounded by him losing the frontman to his earlier band, D'Arby Crash of L.A. hard-core punk pioneers, The Germs, also to suicide), but they only worked with Kurt for the last few years of his life; so, Krist's had to be much more profound. Those two were like the total embodiment of that "brothers-from-another-mother" cliché -- they were that close. Much of that first FF album was Dave processing his grief in a musical format, and I think that he totally needed to do that in order to heal. In order for Krist to heal, I think that he needed to withdraw himself from the music industry, entirely, and find some other way to define himself, because being in a band with Kurt had been central to his life and identity for at least a dozen years prior to Kurt's suicide. To lose not only a bandmate, but a close childhood friend, in such a dramatic and emotionally devastating way (especially someone like Kurt who literally went from rags to riches, overnight) has got to royally f*** with one's mind. Krist did exactly that very thing; after those first cpl./few years, post-Nirvana, he immersed himself in local progressive political causes but eventually did dip his toe back into the professional musician world. However, he seems content with focusing on short-term, low-profile side-project collaborations with local/regional musicians whom he has strong relationships with whose aspirations don't necessarily involve touring around the world to support big-budget albums backed by major labels. He has appeared to genuinely enjoy himself on the handful of occasions when he and Dave have reunited to perform as Nirvana with other artists subbing-in for Kurt, but he also doesn't want to be part of a novelty act that cynically milks Nirvana's legacy for nostalgia purposes alone. To him, that kind of shameless exploitation would only serve to irrevocably taint the purity of the magic that he and Kurt had had, first, as friends and eventual bandmates, second

if krist was in it it would just be like nirvana part 2 seeing as all three surviving members would be together still, just with a new drummer

I love sunny day real estate and never knew that

If my parents named me Pap Smear I'd be pretty pist off.

my mom was at one of thir first concerts

Oh, that’s why🥱

you can't forget Nate's classic head bob

Never knew Foo Fighters origins

I think it would have been really cool 😎❤💓🤟

Dave is not being honest here. I swear he said way back in the day Krist simply wanted no part in music at all after Kurt died. He withdrew from the industry and basically retired and went into politics. There was never any shot of him picking up bass ever again

Cobain ends himself and then everyone else thrives? Makes you think

Needless to say, IT WORKED OUT

Anyone have tabs to this,??

He was a good aim

Krist did okay accordion on wasting light though❤

Because he knew that they would become mild, safe stadium rock.

I never heard a bass on their albums , they’re mixed so low.

Dave recorded the first album by himself playing all instruments

That’s pat he’s an honorary punk rocker

Nate is one hell of a bass player. He's also responsible for all of the Foo Fighters believing AIDS isn't real.

I think too many people would’ve outed FF as just Nirvana 2. As cool as it would be to see, I bet Krist may have thought this as well

“Handle bass duties”

the germs

Sunny day real estate kicks ass

Though Krist Novoselic played bass in Big Me

What music video is that of Davidwearing braids?

Oh wow that's crazy I didn't know Kurt died

Why didn't i know he was in nirvana and foo fighters

Krist apparently created his own band Sweet 75 but didn't really make it up.

Pat wasn't an occasional second guitarist. He was a member of Nirvana. Put some respect on that man's name. He was a founding member of The Germs, he was in the original Blade Runner, shoot, he's even in Prince's Raspberry Beret video. He's an all-around awesome guy.

And Dave’s been riding those shirt tails eversince

I was 21 when Nirvana ended. They were the biggest band on the planet and-all of a sudden- In 1994-95, Grohl was "the drummer from Nirvana," as in "there's a new band called Foo Fighters fronted by the drummer from Nirvana." The entire pop culture world was waiting and Dave had unfairly high expectations. So I can see Krist saying, "You are a great friend Dave, I love playing music, but I am not ready to be in another high profile band." Krist also gets writing royalties from Nirvana as well as other royalties, so he is living comfortably.

I'd be surprised if Krist would have wanted to be in Foo. He, like Kurt, seemed very averse to that slick, slightly corny sound.

Basically Nirvana without Kurt. Dave taking over singing duties would definitely invite infinite amount of comparisons and scrutiny. Dave made a wise decision.

Thats because Dave wanted to front his own band. Really bad ..

I LISTENED TO FOO FIGHTERS ENTIRE CATALOG AND WATCHED THERE HBO DOCUMENTARY MINI SERIES BUT I JUST DONT FEEL IT FOR FOO FIGHTERS BUT DAVE GROHL IS A AMAZING AMBASSADOR FOR ROCK & ROLL

Because Krist did some real music and didn't want to play the pop that the foo fighters play

He didn't want to fight no FOOS

Makes sense why they wouldn't. Some people definitely would've been rubbed the wrong way by it

Should’ve got krist in it should try it out now w josh freese and pat

They were originally called the Poo Fighters. For me, they will always be The Poo Fighters.

He made the right call. It would’ve been real weird.

the first clip is weezer

His name is pronounced Chris “Novo-selic” the odd spelling was to mess with people lol

Just too bad he couldn't get off that drug. Seemed like he was a good guy.

I tried to warn him

Grohl was greatest thing about Nirvana tho Kurt gets all the credit.

Kurt was my neighbor for awhile