WellRounded.com 1999
The odds were stacked against Dave Grohl from the beginning. I mean, how many people really thought that the drummer from 'the band that saved rock n’ roll' would rise from its tragic ashes and become the driving force behind one of the most successful rock bands of the last decade? Well, that’s exactly what Grohl’s done, picking up the pieces after Nirvana came undone and putting them back together as the Foo Fighters. Across three albums fueled with the same passion, fury, and pathos that drove Nirvana’s best work, Grohl has injected a sense of playfulness and fun that his old band often lacked. With the Foo Fighters, a rock song doesn’t have to be a life or death propisition, it can just be a way to forget your troubles for three-and-a-half minutes. In the midst of touring behind their most recent album, There’s Nothing Left To Lose, Grohl took some time out to talk to WRE about the differences between life in Nirvana and Life as a Foo Fighter, and how that life has changed over the last five years.
Words:David Peisner