Dave Grohl has commented on the lawsuit launched against Nirvana earlier this year over the artwork of 1994 album ‘Nevermind’.
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Dave Grohl is currently on a book tour in support of his new memoir The Storyteller, and during a recent stop in New York he got behind a drum kit and played along to Nirvana‘s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’.The event – which took place on Tuesday (October 5) at The Town Hall – saw the Foo Fighters frontman share some of his life adventures live and in-person, from his early days growing up in the suburbs of Washington, DC, to hitting the road at the age of 18, his time as drummer for Nirvana, and
.Dave Grohl has commented on the lawsuit launched against Nirvana earlier this year over the artwork of 1994 album ‘Nevermind’.
Dave Grohl has discussed the ongoing lawsuit between the cover star of Nirvana‘s iconic ‘Nevermind’ artwork and the band themselves.Earlier this year, Spencer Elden, the child who appears in the artwork, sued the surviving members of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain’s estate, alleging the image was an example of child pornography and sexual exploitation.After saying he had “many ideas of how we should alter that cover” in the future, Grohl has now further discussed the ongoing issue in a new
Dave Grohl‘s daughter Violet accompanied X on stage last week for a performance of the veteran punk band’s 1980 track ‘Nausea’ – you can watch it below.The Foo Fighters frontman’s daughter took to the stage at the Greek Theater on Saturday night (October 23) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of X’s debut album ‘Los Angeles’.It comes after Violet and Grohl previously shared a cover of the song which they released earlier this year and performed it on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with Nirvana bassist Krist
Dave Grohl has admitted that he was “scared” to write about Kurt Cobain‘s death in his new memoir The Storyteller.The book sees the Foo Fighters frontman share some of his life adventures from his early days growing up in the suburbs of Washington DC, to hitting the road at the age of 18, his time as drummer for Nirvana, and all the music that followed.Speaking in a new interview with Amanpour And Company, asked why he chose to write the chapter about Cobain’s death last, Grohl said: “‘Cause I
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Dave Grohl has recounted the first time he met the two surviving members of The Beatles, sharing the story to his blog Dave’s True Stories.The latest entry to Grohl’s blog – which evolved from pandemic posts on Instagram, and eventuated into his recent book The Storyteller – titled “Entering Valhalla” (and taken from The Storyteller) is a retelling of when Grohl first met Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in 2002.Grohl recounts being approached by Dhani Harrison (son of the late George Harrison)
Dave Grohl is the latest high-profile star to appear on BBC’s CBeebies Bedtime Stories, reading Ringo Starr‘s children’s book, ‘Octopus’s Garden’.The Foo Fighters frontman read the 2014 story based on the lyrics of ‘Octopus’s Garden’, a 1969 cut from The Beatles’ album Abbey Road’, on yesterday’s (October 8) episode of the CBeebies show.The story, which is written by Starr and features pictures by Ben Cort, “follows five children on a magical journey through the Octopus’s garden.
Dave Grohl has revealed how his band, Foo Fighters, may never have happened if he didn’t have a chance encounter with an Irish hitchhiker.
Dave Grohl is mining his personal and professional life for a new collection of short stories, The Storyteller: Tales Of Life And Music in which he details his journey from drumming with Nirvana to creating the Foo Fighters and everything in between. ET Canada’s Carlos Bustamante caught up with Grohl to get the inside scoop on how the project came to be and stories he shares, including his bond with Beatles icon Paul McCartney.
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music,” the rocker recounts how he got a call — after Cobain overdosed at a Rome hotel on March 3, 1994 — saying that his Nirvana bandmate had died.“My knees gave out and I dropped the phone as I fell to my bedroom floor, covering my face with my hands as I began to cry,” writes Grohl, 52, in his book, which was released on Tuesday. “He was gone.
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Dave Grohl has spoken in a new interview about how Nirvana‘s music has “become a part” of his children’s lives in recent years.Grohl was speaking following the recent 30th anniversary of the release of his former band’s album ‘Nevermind’, which came out in September 1991.Speaking to The Dave Berry Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio this morning (October 5), Grohl acknowledged that he used to feel uncomfortable whenever he heard a Nirvana song.“There was a long time when a song would come on and I
Dave Grohl is speaking out. In August, Spencer Elden – who was featured on Nirvana's "Nevermind" album cover in the nude as a baby – filed a lawsuit against Grohl, the estate of Kurt Cobain and several others associated with the rock band.