Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters leader Dave Grohl has posted the online teaser for his upcoming memoir, The Storyteller – Tales Of Life And Music, which drops on October 5th. In the clip, Grohl sheds light on how he chose the stories to spotlight in the book, while revealing that it was only during lockdown that he finally discovered his passion for writing.
According to the official press release, The Storyteller promises, “. . . hilarious childhood mishaps, touching family moments, leaving home to see the world at eighteen, to spectacular stories about Nirvana, Foo Fighters, David Bowie, Joan Jett, Iggy Pop, Paul McCartney, playing drums for Tom Petty on Saturday Night Live, performing at the White House, and even swing dancing with AC/DC, with all love, laughs, loss, and embarrassments along the way.”
Amazing as it seems, with Foo Fighters heading into the Rock Hall next month, Dave Grohl is looked upon as, almost, an elder statesman in the hard rock world. For Grohl, his career begins and ends with quality songs and told us in the past that his approach to songwriting is basic: “It’s pretty simple with this band. If there’s a melody and there’s a good lyric, then we’ve got ourselves a song in a couple of minutes. If we could throw it together, and get an arrangement together, and put it down on tape, that’s kind of what we do best, y’know: that simple, melodic rock that gets stuck in your head.”
