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.\n', '

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.\n', '

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.\n', '

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