Krist Novoselic Joins Flipper
by Staff | 00.00.0000

Former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic has come out of his retirement to join seminal California hardcore band Flipper. Novoselic will replace Flipper’s original bassist Will Shatter, who died of a drug overdose in 1987, on their forthcoming tour of the UK and selected cities in the US.

Several of Flipper’s subsequent members also died of drug overdoses causing Bruce Loose to joke that the band was "like Spinal Tap, except the bass player keeps dying". While the band never achieved any mainstream success, they were often cited as an influence by many of the alternative bands of the early 90s, including Nirvana.

The tour will be Novoselic’s first public appearance since leaving Eye’s Adrift, the band he formed with Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets and Bud Gaugh of Sublime.


Flipper Tour Dates:
1 - Seattle, WA
2 - Portland, OR
7 - Sommerset, England (All Tomorrow's Parties Festival)
11 - London, England
13 - Manchester, England
14 - Glasgow, Scotland
15 - Belfast, Northern Ireland
16 - Dublin, Ireland
17 - Galway, Ireland
20 - San Francisco, CA