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===Performance and recording with Foo Fighters=== In 1994, Grohl founded a new band, [[Foo Fighters]]. Grohl and his bandmates decided against Novoselic joining; Grohl said it would have felt "really natural" for them to work together again, but would have been uncomfortable for the other band members and placed more pressure on Grohl.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Mundy|first=Chris|date=October 5, 1995|title=Invasion of the Foo Fighters|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/invasion-of-the-foo-fighers-19951005|url-status=live|access-date=November 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220011937/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/invasion-of-the-foo-fighers-19951005|archive-date=December 20, 2014}} Excerpt only; subscription required for full article.</ref> During the encore of the Foo Fighters' show on August 29, 1997, at [[Memorial Stadium (Seattle)|Memorial Stadium]] as part of the [[Bumbershoot]] festival, Novoselic played bass on covers of "[[Purple Rain (song)|Purple Rain]]" and "[[Communication Breakdown]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bendersky|first=Ari|title=Semi-Nirvana Reunion at Bumbershoot|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=September 5, 1997|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/semi-nirvana-reunion-at-bumbershoot-19970905|access-date=September 2, 2017|archive-date=September 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925035238/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/semi-nirvana-reunion-at-bumbershoot-19970905|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2002, Novoselic performed backing vocals for a non-album Foo Fighters track titled "Walking a Line", later released on a special edition of their album ''[[One by One (Foo Fighters album)|One by One]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/nirvana-bassist-krist-novoselic-secretive-musical-project-dave-grohl/|title=Nirvana Bassist Krist Novoselic Talks About Secretive Musical Project With Dave Grohl|website=Loudwire|date=August 2, 2012 |language=en|access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref> During the encore of Foo Fighters' secret show at Paladino's in [[Tarzana, California]] on December 22, 2010, the band, with Grohl on drums, was joined onstage by Novoselic and the band's live guitarist [[Pat Smear]] for a version of Nirvana's "[[Marigold (Dave Grohl song)|Marigold]]", a 1992 Grohl original, which was a [[B-side]] on Nirvana's "[[Heart-Shaped Box]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Grierson|first=Tim|title=Foo Fighters Secret Show Becomes Nirvana Reunion|publisher=[[About.com]]|date=December 22, 2010|access-date=January 15, 2011|url=http://rock.about.com/b/2010/12/22/foo-fighters-secret-show-becomes-nirvana-reunion.htm|archive-date=January 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101104127/http://rock.about.com/b/2010/12/22/foo-fighters-secret-show-becomes-nirvana-reunion.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Novoselic also recorded bass and accordion for the song "[[I Should Have Known (Foo Fighters song)|I Should Have Known]]", appearing on Foo Fighters' seventh studio album ''[[Wasting Light]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Grierson|first=Tim|title=New Foo Fighters Album Will Be a Nirvana Reunion|publisher=[[About.com]]|date=October 28, 2010|access-date=January 15, 2011|url=http://rock.about.com/b/2010/10/28/new-foo-fighters-album-will-be-a-nirvana-reunion.htm|archive-date=November 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106100217/http://rock.about.com/b/2010/10/28/new-foo-fighters-album-will-be-a-nirvana-reunion.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> On December 5, 2017, Novoselic joined Foo Fighters on stage at [[Matthew Knight Arena]] in [[Eugene, Oregon]], to play bass guitar on "[[Big Me]]", a song from the Foo Fighters' debut album ''[[Foo Fighters (album)|Foo Fighters]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-surviving-nirvana-members-reunite-at-foo-fighters-show-w513601|title=See Surviving Nirvana Members Reunite at Foo Fighters Show|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 20, 2018|archive-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221035539/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-surviving-nirvana-members-reunite-at-foo-fighters-show-w513601|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ten months later, on October 6, 2018, Novoselic joined the band during an encore to play several Nirvana songs, with Grohl on drums, Pat Smear on guitar, and John J. McCauley and [[Joan Jett]] filling in as their lead singer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/foo-fighters/2018/glen-helen-regional-park-san-bernardino-ca-23e97023.html|title=Foo Fighters Setlist at Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernardino, CA, USA |website=setlist.fm|access-date=March 24, 2018}}</ref>
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