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Rocker Dave Grohl almost turned his back on music after Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain killed himself in 1994.

Grohl, who played drums in the legendary group, was devastated by Cobain's suicide and admits his career as the Foo Fighters frontman came about almost by accident.

He says: "When Nirvana was finished I didn't really know what to do. Our lives and our world were turned upside down.

"It's hard to imagine playing music after something like that. It was hard for me. I had always written and recorded songs by myself. I wouldn't really play them for anyone.

"(So) after Nirvana was finished I spent a lot of time just travelling around and thinking, and then I thought, 'I know what I will do. I'll book six…

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The Foo Fighters

When Dave Grohl formed the Foo Fighters, some critics didn’t give him much chance of survival. His previous band, Nirvana, may have changed the world but, without Kurt Cobain, drummer Dave was laughed off as the “grunge Ringo” by one writer.

Twelve years later, it is Grohl, now a happily-married father and frontman of one of the world’s most in-demand rock bands, who has had the last laugh.

The Foos’ new album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, is the band’s sixth and is set to consolidate their reputation for blistering and impassioned songs which range from mindblowing sonic assaults to melodic acoustic beauties. So, not bad for the former grunge Ringo, eh Dave?

“Ha, ha, ha. That’s not a name tag I wear every day, that’s for…

Dave Grohl hasn’t tried to hide his distaste for Courtney Love over the years: In 2002, he and Krist Novoselic filed a legal motion compelling Kurt Cobain’s widow to undergo a psychiatric evaluation as they all battled over the rights to unreleased Nirvana music (he also called her an “ugly fucking bitch” at a show). Now Grohl has spoken to the Guardian about “Let it Die,” a new Foo Fighters song off the band’s forthcoming Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (out September 25; read our sneak peek here) that seems to address the former Nirvana drummer’s feelings about Cobain’s relationship with Love. The song contains the lyrics: “A simple man and his blushing bride / Intravenous, intertwined.”

“[It’s] a song that’s written about feeling helpless to someone else’s demise,” he said. “I’ve seen people lose it all to drugs and heartbreak and…

Foo Fighter Dave Grohl talks to Keith Cameron about what kept him alive and kicking after the death of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana

The Dalmacia hotel in Hammersmith, west London, is clean but frills-free. That it can offer competitively priced triple rooms means its clientele sometimes includes rock bands with budgets on the threadbare end of shoestring. In October 1990, that meant Nirvana, who had arrived in London from Seattle without a record deal but with a wide-eyed new drummer whose powerhouse style would help propel them to global fame in little more than 12 months.

To Dave Grohl, at 21 already a veteran of European squat tours with his previous band Scream, the Dalmacia seemed the height of luxury. "I loved that place," he says. "That's where I discovered English breakfast tea. I didn't realise it had caffeine in it. After seven cups I thought I was going to…

'I still listen to Slayer once a week,' says frontman, chalking up new LP's serious sound, lyrics to 'musical exploration.'

By James Montgomery, with reporting by John Norris

Jul 27 2007 8:01 AM EDT

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl Photo: MTV News

"To be able to get a room to silence with an acoustic song is sometimes more powerful than all the lights and lasers and amps in the world." — Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl

Dave Grohl has been in the rock business for more than 20 years now, and during that time, he's seen many so-called "musical movements" come and go. Thus, he's particularly amused by the current generation of emo-punk acts bounding across stages worldwide. After all, he's been doing this for so long that he remembers emo the first time it came around.

"I have a…

Sunday, July 29, 2007

 

Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl Photo: MTV News

(Watch Dave Grohl talk about his emo past.)

Dave Grohl knows all about angst and emotion. After all, he was a key part of the most angst ridden band to arguably ever don a flannel shirt. So, you would think he can relate to all the young guys like My Chemical Romance and Panic! At The Disco who wear their emotions on their sleeve while carrying the "emo" rock torch forward. And, he does. But, he also knows that sometimes you need to lighten up and just rock out.

On the new Foo Fighters record, Grohl takes a friendly jab at the genre with "Cheer Up Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)." The drummer turned guitar-playing frontman is quoted as saying: ""The title has nothing to do with the song - it's placed right…