<P> Krist Anthony Novoselic was born on May 16, 1965 to Croatian immigrant parents, Kristo and Maria, in Compton, California . He lived there for one year before his parents moved to the ethnically Croatian Los Angeles neighborhood of San Pedro, where he remained for most of his childhood . </P> <P> Novoselic has a younger brother Robert, born in 1968 . His sister Diana was born in 1973 . His family moved to Aberdeen, Washington in 1979, because of rising property prices in California . In 1980, his parents sent him to live with relatives in Zadar, Croatia . Novoselic returned to Aberdeen in 1981 . His earliest memories of listening to music was listening to Chuck Berry with his father . </P> <P> Novoselic was already interested in hard rock bands such as Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Who, Van Halen and Aerosmith . He also enjoyed listening to Yugoslavian bands such as Zabranjeno Pušenje, Prljavo kazalište and Azra . While in Yugoslavia, he picked up an interest in punk rock, and discovered bands such as the Sex Pistols and Ramones . He has cited Paul McCartney, Geezer Butler, John Entwistle, and Gene Simmons as the fundamental influences of his bass playing . </P> <P> Sometime later, Novoselic's brother Robert introduced him to his friend Kurt Cobain, who had noticed loud music coming from upstairs . Robert told Cobain that it was his older brother, who listened to punk rock . Cobain eventually befriended the older Novoselic, as the pair ended up sharing similar musical tastes, including a fondness for local band Melvins . The two had several mutual friends and began hanging out shortly thereafter . They both attended Aberdeen High School . At one point, Cobain gave Novoselic a demo tape of his former band Fecal Matter, and asked him to form a band together . After several months, Novoselic finally listened to the tape, liked it, and agreed to start a band with Cobain . </P>

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