Krist Novoselic

Krist has a weekly radio show under the alias DJ K-NO.

Krist is a licensed pilot and flies his own plane.

Krist: Nazis are better than Christians, because at least theyacknowledge that they're an organised hate group.

Krist considered a 2004 run for Lieutenant Governor of Washington, but ultimately decided against it.

In November 2006, it was announced Krist will join California punk band Flipper for a tour of the UK and Ireland.

Krist's former Nirvana bandmate and friend Dave Grohl invited him to join his new band Foo Fighters after the suicide of Kurt Cobain. Krist declined, fearing that people would see Foo Fighters as being a rip-off of Nirvana.

Krist's family moved to Aberdeen, Washington, in 1979.

He spent most of his childhood years in San Pedro, California.

Krist's parents are Krist Novoselic Sr. and Marija Novoselic.

Krist had gone by the English spelling of his first name (Chris) for most of his life, but after a 1993 trip to Croatia he decided to change it to Krist, the Croatian spelling, to honour his heritage.

Krist is a Democrat.

The original spelling of Krist's surname is Novoseliæ (Novoselich in English).

Krist founded the political action group JAMPAC (Joint Artists and Musicians Political Committee).

Krist is active in politics.

Krist is of Croatian descent.

Krist played guitar during Nirvana's cover of Terry Jacks' 1974 hit Seasons In The Sun.

Krist faked making out with Kurt Cobain during the credits of Saturday Night Live in January 1992, when Nirvana performed on the show.

The first instrument Krist learned to play was the accordion.

While playing Lithium at the 1992 MTV Music Awards, Krist tossed his bass into the air during the intro, however he failed to catch it and it hit him on the head.

He played the baritone saxophone in junior high school.

During Nirvana's legendary MTV Unplugged performance on November 18, 1993, Krist played the accordion for the song Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam.

Krist has been a vegetarian since 1986.

Krist is 6 feet 7 inches tall (2.01 m).

He was the bassist for Nirvana.