Throughout there are also stories of his time growing his family with his wife and three daughters, and the organized chaos that is living a normal family life as a world-famous rock star. This time also helped Grohl to move past his “the guy from Nirvana” phase and make a musical identity of his own, one that even led him to performing at tribute concerts in front of two American Presidents. It then follows his three years in Nirvana until Kurt Cobain’s death, and how Grohl was able to cope with his loss through his music in projects that would ultimately lead to the creation of the Foo Fighters. It then goes into his time starting to tour professionally with the band Scream, where he ultimately found Krist Novoselic and Kurt Cobain fresh from Nirvana’s first album Bleach. area, and with a lot of support from his mother, ultimately started performing on the drums as a teenager.
The book begins with stories of Grohl’s early life and how he got into the punk rock scene in the Washington D.C. The Storyteller is a memoir looking at the highlights of Grohl’s life as his love of music blossomed, his time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, and the small moments that made a colossal impact on his own life. I look forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement.Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dave Grohl released his first book, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music in Oct. From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, drumming for Tom Petty or meeting Sir Paul McCartney at Royal Albert Hall, bedtime stories with Joan Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to flying halfway around the world for one epic night with my daughters…the list goes on. This certainly doesn’t mean that I’m quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it’s like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I’ve recorded and can’t wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child.
Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities (‘It’s a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!’), I have decided to tell these stories just as I have always done, in my own voice. Features excerpts from five never-before-heard demos performed by Dave Grohl and an original story exclusive to The Storyteller audiobook.
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