Three Nirvana Personnel Revived Kurt Cobain
JAKARTA - Three Nirvana personnel who are still alive again together at the annual charity party "Heaven" at The Art of Elysium at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, Saturday, January 4. Dave Grohl (drums), Krist Novoselic (bass), and Pat Smear (guitar) performed at a fundraising event connecting artists with children and communities in need.
Grohl, Novoselic, and Smear played five of Nirvana's hits with Beck, St. Vincent and Dave's 13 year old daughter Violet are on vocals. Lithium was performed by St. Vincent, Beck sang In Bloom and Been A Son, while Violet joined the group to perform Heart-Shaped Box before the set closed with David Bowie's song, The Man Who Sold The World.
WATCH: Dave Grohl, @KristNovoselic, and Pat Smear reunite at @TheArtofElysium gala, joined on stage by @beck and @st_vincent to perform # Nirvana's cover of “Man Who Sold the World.” pic.twitter.com/t0ntCHUDPo
- Tim Chan (@mrtimchan) January 5, 2020
The Art Of Elysium, founded in 1997 by Jennifer Howell, is a non-profit organization that supports "individuals amid life's difficult emotional challenges such as illness, hospitalization, transfer, incarceration, and / or crisis," according to the charity's web site.
"We serve medically vulnerable children, adolescents, adults, the elderly, those dealing with social, emotional and mental health problems and the homeless," it said.
Family ties: Dave Grohl's 13-year-old daughter Violet joins surviving members of #Nirvana to sing "Heart-Shaped Box" at @TheArtofElysium gala in Los Angeles (also in the backing band: Nirvana fans Beck and St Vincent ... NBD ) pic.twitter.com/TICogKODG7
- Tim Chan (@mrtimchan) January 5, 2020
Grohl, Novoselic and Smear previously reunited on stage at the end of the Foo Fighters set at the Cal Jam festival in October 2018 to perform six songs. At that time they were assisted by John McAuley (Deer Tick) and Joan Jett in the vocal line while playing Serve The Servants, Scentless Apprentice, In Bloom, Breed, Smells Like Teen Spirit, and All Apologies.
Prior to Cal Jam, Jett last performed with Nirvana during the inauguration of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2014. At that time, Nirvana performed 19 songs in which Lorde, Kim Gordon, and St. Vincent also participated.
In 2017, Grohl looked back on Nirvana's reunion at Rock Hall saying: "I got together with my old band mates, Krist and Pat, and guests including Joan Jett and Lorde, and we played the songs again. Sounds like it. like that, of course, with one thing missing. We haven't played Nirvana songs since Kurt (Cobain) died. Can we do it again? I don't know. "