Nirvana ceased to exist as a band following the death of frontman Kurt Cobain in 1994. But the surviving members still get together in the studio from time to time and record “some stuff that’s really cool,” according to drummer Dave Grohl.
During a recent interview with Howard Stern, Grohl, who now fronts rock heavyweights Foo Fighters, spoke about the relationship he has with bassist Krist Novoselic and Nirvana’s touring guitarist Pat Smear. Grohl revealed that the trio remains good friends and will occasionally engage in jam sessions.
“We don’t like run through a big old Nirvana setlist, but we do like to just fool around, and sometimes as we’re fooling around, songs happen,” said Grohl. “And you know if we’re in a studio, we’ll record them. So we’ve recorded some stuff that’s really cool.”
But Grohl immediately gave Nirvana fans a cold shower, saying that it’s unlikely any of that stuff will reach the public.
“But we’ve never done anything with it. To us, it’s more just like friends, jamming around, it doesn’t really seem like any sort of like a big official reunion,” he explained before adding that the stuff they do is just instrumental.
Since 1994, Nirvana’s living members have reunited on multiple occasions. The first one was in 2012 when Grohl, Novoselic, and Smear joined Paul McCartney on several shows to perform their collab effort “Cut Me Some Slack.”
They then reunited in 2014 for Nirvana’s induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The trio performed a four-song set at the ceremony with guest vocalists before performing a full show at Brooklyn’s St. Vitus Bar.
Novoselic and Grohl played together several times after this, including Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy party in 2016 and Cal Jam festival in 2018.
