Dave Foster

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Dave Foster was the second drummer for the legendary grunge rock band Nirvana. He was fired after playing only a couple of performances with the band, mostly because of his inability to attend rehearsal sessions regularly. Foster lived hours away from Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic back in Aberdeen, Washington, which required the men to pick Foster up and bring him to the band's rehearsal space in Tacoma. According to Cobain's own account, this made band practices too much of a hassle.

According to Charles R. Cross in his 2001 Cobain biography Heavier Than Heaven, Cobain's final straw with Foster came after Foster was arrested for assaulting the son of the mayor of Cosmopolis, Washington, which landed him in jail for two weeks, and caused him to have his driver's license revoked, and being fined thousands of dollars in the victim's medical expenses.

Neither Cobain nor Novoselic informed Foster directly of his termination. According to Cross, Foster realized he was out of the band when he saw an advertisement for an upcoming Butthole Surfers show featuring Nirvana as the opening act that he hadn't been told about.

Ironically, a lengthy termination note addressed to Foster was included, unsent, in Kurt Cobain's published Journals, which while praising Foster's drumming, also bemoans the difference in cultural background between Foster and Cobain, who both were Aberdeen natives.

[edit] Sources

• Cobain, Kurt. Journals. (ISBN 1-57322-359-X) Riverhead, 2003.
• Cross, Charles R. Heavier than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain (ISBN 0-7868-8402-9) Hyperion Press, 2001.

Nirvana

Kurt Cobain | Krist Novoselic | Dave Grohl Aaron Burckhard | Dave Foster | Chad Channing | Dale Crover | Dan Peters | Jason Everman | Pat Smear

Discography

Albums: Bleach | Nevermind | In Utero | MTV Unplugged in New York | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah

Compilations and Extended Plays: Blew | Hormoaning | Nevermind: It's An Interview | Incesticide | Nirvana | Sliver: The Best of the Box

Singles: "Love Buzz" | "Sliver" | "Molly's Lips" | "Here She Comes Now" | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | "Come as You Are" | "Lithium" | "On a Plain" | "In Bloom" | "Oh, the Guilt" | "Heart-Shaped Box" | "All Apologies" | "Rape Me" | "Pennyroyal Tea" | "About a Girl (Unplugged)" | "The Man Who Sold the World (Unplugged)" | "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" | "Lake of Fire (Unplugged)" | "Aneurysm (live)" | "Drain You (live)" | "You Know You're Right"

Video releases and box sets

Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! | Singles | With the Lights Out | Classic Albums - Nirvana - Nevermind

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