|
Grohl almost quit music after Cobain's suicide
Journal
2 yrs 3 mos ago
"(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 |
|
Who is most likely to win MTV EMA Rock Out category
Poll
2 yrs 3 mos ago
|
|
Fighting fit
Journal
2 yrs 3 mos ago
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 speaks out about Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love -Inspired track
Journal
2 yrs 3 mos ago
“[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 |
|
'I've never gotten off on chaos'
Journal
2 yrs 3 mos ago
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 |
|
Dave Grohl May Be Fond Of String Quartets, But Foo Fighters Haven't Gone Soft
Journal
2 yrs 4 mos ago
'I still listen to Slayer once a week,' says frontman, chalking up new LP's serious sound, lyrics to 'musical exploration.'
"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 |
|
Foo Fighters Jab Emo Boys
Journal
2 yrs 4 mos ago
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. |

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

The Foo Fighters