Which former member of Nirvana recently contemplated running for lieutenant governor in the state of Washington?
Krist Novoselic. He decided not to run against fellow Democrat, Brad Owens, who was up for a third term. UPDATED: From Reuters News WASHINGTON (Jan. 31 2005) – Eleven years after the demise of his million-selling rock band Nirvana, Krist Novoselic is back on the road, but this time he’s getting out of bed before noon. Novoselic, whose bass guitar anchored one of the most popular and influential bands of the 1990s, now spends his time pushing for voting reforms that he thinks could change the cynicism many people feel about U.S. politics. It’s a gig that requires him to wear a suit and tie and speak to audiences that measure in the dozens, rather than the thousands. But Novoselic, 39, sees parallels with the heady days when Nirvana stormed up the charts and brought grunge into the mainstream before singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain killed himself in 1994. “Once music becomes predictable and a formula to sustain the establishment, people tune out, they become cynical and they stop buying reco
