Krist Novoselic talks possibility of Nirvana avatar reunion experience show

26 September 2023, 14:06

The former Nirvana bassist was asked what he thought about an ABBA Voyage-style show featuring the grunge band.

Krist Novoselic isn't saying "never" when it comes to the chances of Nirvana doing a ABBA Voyage style show with their late frontman Kurt Cobain's hologram.

The grunge rockers are currently celebrating 30 years since the release of their final album In Utero and quizzed if he could see the band's surviving members creating something similar to the Swedish pop outfit, he told MOJO magazine: “You never know!

“I’ll say ‘no way’, then it’s like, ‘How much?? When do we start?!"

His response about a Nirvana avatar show may have been somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but one thing Novoselic does look forward to is the time he can get back on stage with his former bandmates and now Foo Fighters rockers Dave Grohl and Pat Smear.

“I’m always hoping for that,” he told the outlet. “There was a time where I thought I’d never play those songs again. We had a conversation – ‘Let’s do it, but not overdo it.’ So yeah, when it’s the right moment.”

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Earlier this month it was announced that the 30th anniversary of In Utero will be marked with a series of deluxe editions, featuring 53 previously-unreleased tracks.

The unreleased material includes two full In Utero-era concerts - Live In Los Angeles (1993) and the band’s final Seattle performance, Live In Seattle (1994) - plus six bonus live tracks from Rome, Springfield, and New York.

The series of reissues will include a limited-edition 8-disc Super Deluxe vinyl box set, a 5CD set and a vinyl edition which comes with a bonus 10" of b-sides and bonus tracks.

In Utero’s original twelve songs, along with five bonus tracks and B-sides, have been newly remastered from the original analog master stereo tapes by Bob Weston at Chicago Mastering Services — who assisted producer Steve Albini on the original sessions.

The reissues will be released on 27th October 2023. You can pre-order and pre-save from various outlets here.

The Super Deluxe editions will include bonus items that include a 48-page book with unseen photos, a reproduction of a Los Angeles gig poster, replicas of the promo Angel mobile, three replica gig flyers, all-access tour laminates and backstage passes.

Nirvana - In Utero Super Deluxe CD Edition track listing

CD 1 - In Utero Original Album Remastered

1. Serve The Servants
2. Scentless Apprentice
3. Heart-Shaped Box
4. Rape Me
5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
6. Dumb
7. Very Ape
8. Milk It
9. Pennyroyal Tea
10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
11. Tourette’s
12. All Apologies
    Bonus Tracks & B-Sides
13. Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip
14. Marigold
15. Sappy
16. Moist Vagina
17. I Hate Myself And Want To Die

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CD2: Live In Los Angeles, Great Western Forum – 30th December 30 1993 (previously unreleased)

1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
2. Drain You
3. Breed
4. Serve The Servants
5. Come As You Are
6. Smells Like Teen Spirit
7. Sliver
8. Dumb
9. In Bloom
10. About A Girl
11. Lithium
12. Pennyroyal Tea

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CD3: Live In Los Angeles, Great Western Forum – 30th December 30 1993 (previously unreleased)

1. School
2. Polly
3. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
4. Rape Me
5. Territorial Pissings
6. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam
7. The Man Who Sold The World
8. All Apologies
9. On A Plain*
10. Heart-Shaped Box
11. Blew
12. Feedback Jam

CD4: Live In Seattle: Seattle Center Arena – 7th January 1994 (previously unreleased)

1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
2. Drain You
3. Breed
4. Serve The Servants
5. Come As You Are
6. Smells Like Teen Spirit
7. Sliver
8. Dumb
9. In Bloom
10. About A Girl
11. Lithium
12. Pennyroyal Tea

CD5: Live In Seattle: Seattle Center Arena – 7th January 1994 + Bonus Live (previously unreleased)

1. School
2. Polly
3. Frances Farmer Will Haver Her Revenge On Seattle
4. Milk It
5. Rape Me
6. Territorial Pissings
7. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam
8. The Man Who Sold The World
9. All Apologies
10. On A Plain
11. Scentless Apprentice
12. Heart-Shaped Box
13. Blew
14. Serve The Servants (Live in Rome)
15. Scentless Apprentice (Live in Rome)
16. Heart-Shaped Box (Live in Rome)*
17. Very Ape (Live in Rome)
18. Milk It (Live in Springfield)

Tourette’s (Live in New York)