NY Times: The Rock 'n' Roll Casualty Who Became a War Hero

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Fascinating portrait of Jason Everman.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/magazine/evermans-war.html?pagewanted=1&hp&_r=0

And that was only half of it. Jason Everman has the unique distinction of being the guy who was kicked out of Nirvana and Soundgarden, two rock bands that would sell roughly 100 million records combined. At 26, he wasn’t just Pete Best, the guy the Beatles left behind. He was Pete Best twice.

Then again, he wasn’t remotely. What Everman did afterward put him far outside the category of rock’n’roll footnote. He became an elite member of the U.S. Army Special Forces, one of those bearded guys riding around on horseback in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban.

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That was a great article. Thanks for posting! :slight_smile:

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I was going to post this :slight_smile:

through HS and just out we were best friends :slight_smile:

got to say glad folks can see him for what he is now not what he had done in a few bands over 20 years ago :slight_smile:

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Bleach was one of my favorite albums back in high school.
I even had the single for Sliver on vinyl, and Blew on CD.

What an exciting path Ever man has carved for himself.
Definitely a man of strong character to be able to achieve the things he did.

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A trip to find that out; him being SF is more respectable and “rock star” than being from some famous band anyway.

I still listen to Nirvana to this day. Something In The Way is my favorite song by them.

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That was a cool article.

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Good story, Steyr. Thanks for posting :slight_smile:

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Thoroughly enjoyed reading the article, thanks for posting it.

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Talk about finding your purpose!

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Welp, there goes my bet that hippy musicians can’t hack it in Special Operations.

:sarcastic:

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Very cool article. A BA in Philosophy from Columbia ain’t to shabby either…

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Now that’s a dude I’d like to buy a beer sometime.

Thanks for the link –good read.

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Superb article, thanks for sharing it.

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Finally something good to read in the GD :wink: