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Krist Novoselic has revealed that he bought a Nirvana tab book to to relearn his bass parts for the band's reunion performance at their Hall Of Fame induction.

Speaking to Rolling Stone magazine, the bassist explained that it had been so long since he had played the parts that he had to memorise them all over again. At the same time he recounted that as he did, the gravity of what he was doing began to dawn on him. 

"I picked up a Nirvana tab book a week before to relearn my parts," Novoselic told the magazine. "We weren't up to speed at first. But then it started to flow and it got better and better. Then it hit me and I got kind of somber. I was like, 'Oh my God. I'm playing these songs again.'"

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Grohl also commented on the effect of revisiting material from 20 years ago, saying that it took a clear toll on him, leaving him completely exhausted. At the same time he also revealed that PJ Harvey was also in the running for the performance that featured Joan Jett, Kim Gordon, Lorde and St. Vincent."I haven't played those drum parts since I was 25. I'm 45 now. We played for 10 fucking hours each day," said Grohl. "After the first night of rehearsals, I limped home, had two glasses of wine, three Advil, took a hot shower and slept for 10 fucking hours. That's a coma for me, because I never sleep."

"Kurt loved PJ Harvey," Grohl said moving on to discuss the guest performers. "We had always imagined playing our song 'Milk It' from In Utero with her. It's a twisted song, almost like something that could have been on her record Rid of Me, which was also produced by Steve Albini. It just seemed to pair up so well. Unfortunately, she couldn't make it." But as a result, "We thought, 'Wait, it has to be all women. Don't even ask anyone else.'"

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