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Krist Novoselic to the music industry: "I quit."

The former Nirvana bassist (for those that make a point of ignoring the last 10 years in music) is packing in his music career in favour of a future in politics. Some of us might say that his career after Nirvana went nowhere anyway, since he basically fell off the face of the planet after the questionable Willie Nelson tribute. It's not like he had the luck or charisma of Dave Grohl either, to launch another band into the stratosphere. Instead he was seen as a failure with such bands as Sweet 75 and Eyes Adrift who both did very poorly in record sales (and had little or no publicity). He claims that is the reason for leaving the business, but I'm sure he was just frustrated.

Personally, if he wants to pursue a career in politics, good for him. I'm sure he's had more than a taste of that while battling the she-bitch. My first reaction was to label him a coward for calling it quits with the music industry, but if you look back on what he had, it was too much too soon. The grunge scene exploded with Nirvana at the top, so how the fuck are you supposed to follow something like that? I can only imagine his lack of success outside of Nirvana made him seem inadequate alongside his former bandmate.

Krist began several good causes after the breakup of Nirvana, the most notable being JAMPAC (Joint Artist and Music Promotions Action Committtee), which lobbies against censorship and other legislation detrimental to the cultural and economic vitality of the music community.

I wish him the best of luck.