The 1975 album Krist Novoselic calls his favourite of all time

The 1975 album Krist Novoselic calls his favourite of all time

In 1994, when Krist Novoselic was delivering a eulogy to his late Nirvana bandmate, Kurt Cobain, he happened upon a line that sounded something like the group’s defining ethos, “If you’ve got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it.” This outlook was distinctly punk-like in its fortitude and favouring of passion over technicality, but the rather more emotive note of having “a lot of soul” set it apart from the sneering 19…