Rockstars Who Don't Like Dave Grohl & Foo Fighters
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- Rockstars who don't like Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters
0:00 - Introduction/Kurt Cobain
2:28 - Courtney Love
3:17 - William Goldsmith
5:03- Noel Gallagher
6:06 - Taylor Hawkins
6:48 - The Cult
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I cite my sources and they may differ than other people's accounts, so I don't guarantee the actual accuracy of my videos.
Kurt Cobain - Despite impressing Cobain and Novaselic with his drumming chops and becoming one of the biggest drummers of the 90’s with his work on Nevermind and In-Utero, Cobain and Grohl’s relationship went through a lot of ups and downs. Grohl would be the band’s sixth drummer by the time he joined the group. By the time Grohl joined the group in 1990 the band already released their debut record Bleach and were wanting a new drummer with Cobain telling an interviewer Krist [Novoselic] and I have been playing together for about four and a half years now with a few different drummers. Dave has been in the band for about a year. This is the first time we've felt like a very definite unit. The band is finally complete because all the other drummers we had pretty much sucked." Despite musically sharing similar interests there was always a feeling of tension even from the early days as Grohl told the big issue in 2021 , "When I first met Kurt [Cobain] and Krist ... musically, it was a match made in heaven. But personally, it was a bit off, to be honest. Of course we loved each other. We were friends. But, you know, there was a dysfunction in Nirvana that a band like Foo Fighters doesn't have.
Taylor Hawkins - Despite being the best of friends the bandmates also had some bumpy times, most notably during the recording of the group’s fourth album One by One. It was in 2001 the band was out on the road playing some shows in Europe when Hawkins suffered a near fatal overdose following a gig. In the documentary Back and Forth Hawkins revealed that once the band assembled to record One by One the band was not gelling in the studios and Grohl was splitting his time between the Foo’s and playing drums in Queens of the Stone Age. Grohl was upset that Hawkins hadn’t seen him play in Queens of the Stone Age and Hawkins was upset that Grohl was acting selfish. The band would play Coachella in 2002 and planned for the gig to be their last. But following the gig, the band gave recording their fourth album another shot and the band kept going for the next two decades.
The Cult - Unbeknownst to a lot of people there existed some bad blood between The Cult and Dave Grohl. It all stemmed from an interview Grohl gave around the year 2000 when the cult were working on their comeback album Beyond Good and Evil. Grohl told alternative press that around the new millennium he went to concert the Cult were playing on a dare. He would add he thought the band’s music was overprioduced and their live show was so tortuous he wanted to shoot himself. The Cult frontman Ian Astbury got wind of the comments and it was during the recording of Beyond Good and Evil they had tentatively titled one song ‘Bring Me The Head of Dave Grohl.’ The members of the Cult were taken aback by the comments considering they were big fans of Grohl. They of course didn’t use the title when the song came out. Then 16 years later while the Cult and Foo Fighters were playing the same festival on the same day in Portugal Astbury revealed Grohl buried the hatchet telling vanyaland:
“He walked into our dressing room, walked straight up to me, and said, ‘Hi, I’m David Grohl. It’s really nice to meet you. Because I’m not sure what happened in the past, but hopefully we can put all that behind us, and I just want to say great to meet you.’
I shook the man’s hand. I have no problem with him. He’s an incredible artist. There’s room for everybody. If you don’t like it, don’t listen to it. But don’t put down a fellow artist, ever. I’m sure there have been times when I’ve said slight things about artists and later have gone away and gone, like, ‘Why did I say that? Was I jealous? Was it just a brain fart?'” - Hudba
This video should be called “Bandmates that had occasional problems with Dave Grohl”.
@Christopher Bingham Yes but Noel disliking Dave has absolutely no relevance seeing as Noel dislikes anyone & everyone
Agreed, bad title. Honestly, odd time to put out this vid.
Or, "People Who Have Had A Few Slightly Minor Problems With Dave Grohl" 🤷♂️
@@josephblaint777 Yes, precisely, lol. All true.
That’s this whole channel bro. This guy takes one or two quotes and makes an entire video on it. Amazing
Dave spends a good chunk of the year at his bungalow at 4 Seasons, Hawaii island - which is the island I live on. Whenever he needs gear, he usually comes into my music shop. He's always been really, really nice to us. The first time he came in, I said "Hey! I know you! You're that judge from American Idol!" and he laughed his ass off.
One time he even signed my Kurt Cobain signature Jaguar guitar for me. ..and I randomly found out later that he usually has a "no autographs" policy due to e-Bay sellers. He didn't have any attitude whatsoever. He just commented on how beautiful the guitar was.
I obviously don't actually know the guy, but in my personal experience, he's a really nice, down to earth dude. (Unless you're unvaxxed, apparently. Lmao)
Same thing with TAYLOR HAWKINS, when i was living in LA for about a year, his side project BIRDS OF SATAN was having a show nearby and we went around the back lot area where there load in was gonna be. Me and a friend of mine approached him and he was really cool despite catching him off guard. He let us have a couple photos with him and went back to his van.
I did the Everlong video and he’s seriously one of the most regular, down to earth guy in music. I met a hell of a lot of musicians in my music video days (early to late 90’s) and he was one of my favorites personality wise.
The staunchly pro vax will eat their words.
Holy shit man, as an Aussie, I couldn’t imagine meeting Dave Fucking Grohl (actual name). I honestly think I’d either just instantly go mute, or hug him and cry. Foo’s got me through some shit, and for a surprise my wife bought us tickets to the Foo’s concert in December, it would have been my first time ever, but it wasn’t meant to be.
Hey I know you! You're that flight attendant with the mustache!
Kurt and Dave's relationship had strains, but that's common in any relationship where two people care about each other. People fight, but it doesn't mean they don't love each other. It's the opposite. In an interview, Dave was asked what one item he would save from his house if it caught fire. He said a letter Kurt wrote to him in 1992.
"Probably this letter I got from Kurt in 1992. That sounds terribly melodramatic, but it’s true. I lose everything: passports, wallets, car keys, credit cards, but that letter is absolutely irreplaceable. He wrote it to me when everything was going nuts. We were all living in different places- he was in Los Angeles, I was in Virginia and Krist was in Seattle- and some decisions were being made without me. I got really bummed out and Kurt sent me this letter about my role and stature in the band. It was all, ‘I love you like a brother.’ It was just before we did ‘In Utero’ and it said, ‘I can’t wait to get back in the studio and make a record so we can whittle ourselves back down to a comfortable level,’ Which of course never really happened.”
Even through ups and downs, I know they cared for each other.
Yeah, they were co-workers. Kurt's description of Dave just sounds like frustrations I might have sometimes with the people I work with - just venting. Like Kurt, I would never directly bring it up and it doesn't mean anything. It was a very hard working band and Dave was just learning how to hang.
@@nopulpapple991 I agree. I also think that they Kurt really did care about Dave. But I also don't think anyone should judge their relationship besides the people that actually knew them. But to me, from watching interviews, they did really like each other.
No you dont.
“I owe everything to Nirvana. But I can't let that overshadow the future. For the first few years, I didn't even want to talk about Nirvana. Partly because it was just painful to talk about losing Kurt but also because I wanted the Foo Fighters to mean something.” -Dave Grohl; Foo Fighters and Nirvana
@@nopulpapple991 “I don't think of Kurt as 'Kurt Cobain from Nirvana'. I think of him as 'Kurt'. It's something that comes back all the time. Almost every day.” -Dave Grohl; Foo Fighters and Nirvana
If that’s the worst issues DG has had in his career, it’s safe to say he’s a pretty chill dude
*chilled
* reasonable
@@fearless3073 *No need to correct people poindexter 🤓
@@aaronberry265 You're basically doing the same thing with your comment.....lmfao
@@fearless3073 I guess I am lmao my bad
My only problem with Dave is he is on every damn music documentary.
FAX 📠
he's riding the coat tails of the casket of Kurt injected VAIN !
same with scott ian
@@tommycarey6939 Oh yeah... you always see him among a bunch of comedians on stuff like VH1's I love the 80's??? Haha! Why the hell is that!
That’s because everyone wants him on their documentary
I like Foo Fighters, though wouldn't call myself a fan, but Dave Grohl does come across as a totally good, normal person who would be easy and pleasant to hang with.
Seems like a person I could drink with.
🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮🐮
I have a mate who did exactly that and he was indeed everything you’d expect apparently
Cobain would turn in his grave if he seen how much of celebrity darling he has become along with releasing some sh1t music and cringe videos
~~ except if you're a junkie - there have been plenty of successful musicians who mostly - if not completely - avoided drugs - even if they never made a big public thing of their disdain for it. Frank Zappa was known to not put up with it at all. Roger Daltrey once flushed a bunch of Keith Moon's dope down the toilet and was nearly fired from the Who for it - but Cobain was the primary songwriter in Nirvana - so he could not really be fired from that band ..
R.I.P Hawkins and Cobain❣️
Not a fan of FF myself but all I've ever seen from Grohl is a man that has gentleman class and is very friendly and grounded. All bands fall out, that's the world they're in and choose to be in. Imagine touring for months on and off stage, partying, lack of sleep, missing your kids and being homesick etc and gotta put up with 3 or more other guys feeling the same way LOL. Ultimate tension.
Why don’t you like FF? Cmon man!
@@Anonymous-lq2bs I like their early stuff. Couldn't miss them on Kerrang at one time
@@JackMcLeodJr the closest I've came to that was numerous deployments while in the army. You get no sleep, hardly. You're constantly having to readjust your daily mission agenda and objectives, for both of those dynamics each change from moment to moment making the battlefield in an even greater state of flux than what it is by its own nature alone. You see the same guys day in, day out... and some of them you suddenly know that you will never see them again after being dazed by a bright flash and a magnitude of sudden energy that knocks you into the next week... and once you come to your senses, you realize that some of your guys are dead
So now everyone has to pull up their slack, despite being down 3 or more men.... you get the idea. I'm so glad I left that shit when I did. Everyone I was with on those deployments... we don't speak to each other. But beginning in basic training, they love to pump everyone's heads up bY talking about the "inseparable indivisible brotherhood" of the infantry, and how you will always benin contact with each other...
But the truth is that the moment you leave the unit and go elsewhere... you're quickly forgotten about, despite how many years you had spent with that particular company and battalion. And as the years pass... you realize that each of you just randomly happened to work together and were forced to get along with each other. The ones who were your "people", perhaps, they despised you deep in their subconscious... but because of brainwashing techniques, you all got along really well
@@chuckshartz2722 Correct mate. I did Op Herrick in 2008, and I've been enlightened ever since I left the forces big-time.
@@JackMcLeodJr no kidding! Was this Afghanistan? British or Australian army?
To be fair I get the Noel thing. It must be crazy frustrating to have millions constantly telling you to reunite with someone you can’t stand, Dave obviously loves Oasis but should’ve respected that
Noel seems like a cantankerous little prick and no matter what topic or person being discussed, he NEVER has anything good to say, I mean NEVER.
Maybe. But at the same time, 'they should reunite' is way nicer than 'they should split'. I know. Noel is not known for his gentleness.
@@nathalie_desrosiers He’s just honest. People hate that
@@dane21dc No, he's a nob, and Oasis were derivative MOR garbage.
@@tycarne7850 How are they garbage?
I love the random endings to all these clips, no summary, no logical closure point, just the last fact aaaaaaaand....okay that about wraps it up....LOVE IT.
Agreed!!!^^^ : >)
You should have been here at the beginning of the channel. It was ROUGH. Lol
Me too tbh, hope he never changes it. Those long, drawn-out beginning/endings that 99% other youtubers always do, that's what sucks.
Takecare.
@@lamipalma hmmm, tough call. I do like story structure, arcs, vocal variety, passion lol
He sounds very Canadian, but it could also be Northern Midwest u.s.
When Nirvana played in Belfast, N.Ireland back in the early 90s, my brother's friend was helping his disabled brother into the Nirvana concert as they didn't have proper disabled access at that time. My brother waited outside with his friend's dog. The security guards were prejudiced, and didn't like that my brother and his friend were punk rockers. They decided that my brother's friend had stayed inside too long (he wanted to check out the start of the gig) and the security came in, dragged him out and beat him.
Dave Grohl and Krist were outside having a smoke, and they saw this happen. They brought my brother, his friend, and their dog backstage, and Courtney Love ended up looking after the dog while they enjoyed the concert. My brother came home and bragged about it to me, because he knew what a massive Nirvana fan I was! Mean! He said that Dave and Krist were really nice guys, but that Kurt wasn't that friendly (I think he was suffering from withdrawal and had a 'sore stomach'). I still have the 'sell the kids for food tour' all access pass from that concert.
Apparently Courtney Love really liked my brother's friend's wooly jumper, which he had bought for a few quid in a thrift store in Belfast. She bought it from him for £60 to give to Kurt. It was a red and black striped wooly jumper. You know the one.
There's a 'rock and roll true story' for you.
... and how many kids got their grandmothers to knit one just like it. I know I did.
I love that.
Unexpected twist, Courtney being good!
If Dave was truly problematic you wouldn't see him guest drumming or singing by request with other performers or on all the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. He's clearly well respected for good reasons.
He's a kiss ass who has to be everywhere.
his punk chops dont add up. he was punk in dc. he'd still be dave that plays drums for bikini kill that owns a coffee shop next to trader joes. i wish that band was playing fort reno this summer.
Foo Fighters sound like what Cobain was terrified of Nirvana turning into.
I think 'never put down an artist' is a great philosophy. Sometimes, there are exceptionally bad cases where people write songs that are legitimately bad intentioned or have a blatantly shitty message but that's extremely rare. You never know how someone might grow and maybe they will be one of your champions some day
Justin Hawkins from The Darkness embodies this philosophy when discussing other artists on his CZcams Channel "Justin Hawkins Rides Again" (which, incidentally, is also about Foo Fighters today).
@@tommymclaughlin-artist Love Justin's channel! I always remember him for the first time 20 years ago on a poster on my cousin's wall, I couldn't get over he had ''fire pube tattoos'' and asked her ''You like this guy?'' She was like ''Yeah...'' Seems like a sincere guy and love watching him work out the riffs and then seeing him at the Taylor tribute in thats hes still out there! Cool to see the channel rejuvenate the Darkness' presence
Artists who never take criticism, who are never put down, never get better.
@@ejtattersall156 there's a difference between critique and criticism. One is constructive, the other is not.
@@tommymclaughlin-artist I have found people who are being critiqued often see critique as criticism. Grohl sounds like a session musician, dull and uniform.
The nice guy persona is a total act though.
Yes, and Cobain flip flopped between being desperate to be famous, and saying he didn't want to be famous, in order to maintain his "tortured artist" persona whilst still making loads of money. Nearly every musician has another side that cares desperately about control, their image, money or whatever it may be. He's a nice guy with flaws, same as any other person, idk what more you can really expect
I met him at a cvs in 2015. He was one of my idols, he’s the reason I started playing drums. So of course I was stars-trucked. I eventually built up the courage to approach him and ask him for a picture, and he said “no sorry”. I was mortified and embarrassed, but I just told him ok sorry, just wanted to say you’re the reason I play drums and I’m one of the biggest Nirvana fans, and he said thank you and shook my hand. I always wonder why he didn’t just take the picture, would not have taken a lot. Whatever
I get where you are coming from but at the same point you gotta realize that he probably gets photo requests from people ALL THE TIME. So let's say you have 15+ random people a day ask for a photo with a side bit of small chat....All that adds up in a day/week.
I have met some professional musicians and the trick is to NOT ASK for a photo. You introduce yourself, extend for a handshake, and say what you want to say real quick and let them go on their way. I have had musicians ask ME if I want a photo just because I could tell they appreciated that I had respect for their time and didn't draw unwanted attention to them. Sometimes you don't get that photo but that's okay....If you get to say "Thanks for being an inspiration...Keep on rocking!" and a handshake, that's still an awesome memory to have. :)
nah, he's just a prick. @@calebhohneke8482
Lucky he didnt have you triple vaxxed & Boosted
I saw Paul McCartney interview a few years ago. He said when people approach him and ask for photo, he always refuses. He continued to say, "if you would like a chat, I would be happy to chat with you, but I don't do photos". Can't blame these people for that in this day and age since photos can be so easily altered.
So this video has nothing to do with rockstars who hate Dave or the Foo Fighters.
Dave seems like a nice guy..Not a huge FF listener myself but I like a few songs..his best drumming is on the QOTSA songs for the deaf album
Agreed. And on 'With Teeth' by NIN 🍻
First It Giveth...
@@matthewjames206 true. His work with Them Crooked Vultures was stellar too.
There is no drama in Foo Fighters because it's Dave Grohl's band and he decides everything, and anyone who has a problem with that gets kicked out.
No drama? Didn't the drummer suddenly and expectantly die a few months ago, and it was revealed by his friends that he basically had trouble telling Dave he didn't think he could go through more touring...which most likely contributed to his death? Sounds like drama to me.
agreed. I've always liked dave's drumming he definitely was an influence on me. I have to say over the years he's really shown a dark side to him. for the record: anyway you cut it. re-drumming another drummers track is a douche move. If you don't like his drumming tell him to leave and move on with your life.
@@jophieldrums Everyone has a dark side, even the beloved Dave Grohl. It's just that people have to be aware of their dark side. Is Dave? 🤷♀
@@Purplenpinkk exactly. And he died with myocarditis, being Dave such a big pharma pusher. Jab=myocarditis
@@alfinlibres3 Shut up antivaxxer
I always Chad Channing deserved a lot more credit for his performance on Bleach. Even Dave Grohl said those songs were hard.
Chads a nice guy, must be, he's never came out moaning or bitching about being dropped like Pete best, he's been dignified and his drumming is great on that album. Grohl got a really lucky break when he joined that band when he did
Zakk Wylde blasted him in a 2001 interview too. Look it up
Why because the Foo Fighters don't use enough wah pedal?
You forgot King Buzzo from the Melvins.
Buzz hates everyone
Lol wat happened there ?
Buzz is a nothing burger.
Buzz never had an issue with Dave. He was just mildly annoyed at one moment when Dave set up a rehearsal with him yet he never showed up twice, so it’s understandable Buzz would be a little pissed.
Was about to say the same, but dont you think that Buzz wouldnt object to Not being labeled a Rockstar, which he actually isnt?
"Don't say anything bad about a fellow artist..."
Well said.
Music appreciation is like "what's your favorite color?" Some days, shades of green. Some days blue. It's all realitive. You dig yours, and I'll dig mine... Maybe we can do it together.
Staying away from drugs, ego, and criticism makes music better - FOR EVERYONE.
Keep shredding...
... I will.
✌️😎
The most remarkable thing in this video is that Dave Grohl called someone else’s music “over produced“.
I think that someone has long toes!
never a big Foo fan ....but Dave played drums on Killing Joke's 2003 album and that did it for me.... he's awesome in my book
That album's fucking killer! I love Killing Joke.
Fucking incredible album. Also his performance with QOTSA can’t be denied
@@joelebsworth4259 Definitely! One hell of a streak of greatness, 2002/3 - QOTSA, Killing Joke, etc.
I saw killing joke open for tool, and their PA did a disservice. Just gonna say enjoyed their albums a lot more than their performance, or what I could hear from it
@@qwertpoiuy430 Definitely. Their live sound is a little lackluster compared to their in-studio sound. Loved watching them, but deciphering it was difficult without hearing protection. Bit too many mids - but I do love 'em!
From being a great drummer to the front man playing guitar that is impressive and one in a million.
You just described Chris Cornell.
One in a million is Guns N Roses LOL
It's not as uncommon as you may think. As someone else mentioned, Chris Cornell. There's Aaron Gillespie who drums for Underoath while singing. Paramore, and also sings and plays guitar for his solo stuff and The Almost. Brandon Saller is the same with Atreyu and Hell or Highwater. You also have more classic guys like Frank Zappa, Don Henley, Keith Strickland. There are many well rounded musicians.
@@closinginonclosure Brann Dailor of mastodon as well
Beh, Mickey Dolenz did it first. 🙂
I think its interesting that Kurt, the songwriter was frustrated with Grohls drumming. And when he was the songwriter, he was also frustrated with the drums.
He nearly fired him from the Unplugged gig.
he was a good drummer by the time of queens of the stone age but you find out all the exceptional drumming parts for Nirvana were Dale Crover's work
@@Ukraineaissance2014 you have no idea what you're talking about. -__/ You're referring to Chad Channing, who wrote the drum parts for a few Nevermind tracks like In Bloom and Lithium. Grohl wrote so many epic drum parts with Nirvana. Territorial Pissings, Lounge Act, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Heart-Shaped Box, Scentless Apprentice, and Frances Farmer
@@BBD-AITB nope, I'm talking about floyd the barber and aero zeppelin. Want to check who did those tracks?
@@Ukraineaissance2014 you think *those* are exceptional? They're not even top 10. I knew Crover was a contributor befofe Nevermind, but none of the pre-Nevermind drum parts were very exceptional so I thought you were referring to Channing - who wrote some amazing parts.
Noel Gallagher: Foo Fighters? Green Day? Can't understand 'em. What are they on about?
Also Noel Gallagher: I'M FEELING SUPERSONIC, GIMME GIN AND TONIC, I KNOW A GIRL CALLED ELSA, SHE'S INTO ALKA SELTZER, SHE DONE IT WITH A DOCTOR, ON A HELICOPTER
Look how he did King Buzzo from the Melvins who is the one responsible for hooking him up with Nirvana, and was also called Dave Ghoul by Grant Hart of Husker Du...maybe he’s the Pretender he was singing about in that song.
Now, there's one you mention, the great late Grant Hart. Bob always seemed to get all the accolades from the press after the Hüskers broke up. But for me Grant's career, be it solo or with Nova Mob, seemed to be a lot more interesting and enjoyable as that of Mould's. Not only a great drummer, but also an excellent songwriter and performer, yet so underrated. You are sorely missed Grant, RIP!
To be fair, Buzz wholeheartedly acknowledges that he's the dickhead in that situation and doesn't care.
@@ForARide Agreed. Hart's songs were better.
Sunny Day Real estate is one amazing band
Yes they are seeing them this Saturday one of my favorite bands
They really were. Seems like Dave Grohl destroyed them single handedly, I'd love to get the real story. Did Jeremy ever talk publicly about what really went down? I'd love to hear his side of it all.
You can't knock his huge success although I have never bought an ff record. That Love hug on stage is his own personal low point.
Addicts don't often like people who don't feed their addiction.
So for a few years (96-2000) I worked at a bar with one of his best friends from high school. She, Jennifer, used to tease me about how much I looked like Dave (long brown hair and brown eyes) so she’d make us sit next to each other every time he came in. (He always came in to visit when he was in town or passing through.) I played for her wedding reception. Was really fun and cool because they paid a rancher to basically have a 2 day wedding reception that was like a festival. (Rural Northern California)
He would come in, usually with Taylor and a “road manager” Jimmy.. I think that title was an inside joke because I never saw his name anywhere with that credit but who knows.
My point is we used to get zooted. Close the bar early , drink (a lot) and do lines right at the bar for hours. To me when I hear him or someone say he didn’t do drugs what he was really saying is he wasn’t an addict and he never was into h or downers in general. Dave was always telling war stories about the antics the foo fighters got up to on the road and rarely ever talked about nirvana and I didn’t ask. He told this story about how Kurt went with Dave to his mom’s house in Virginia and Kurt shot up in her bathroom and nodded out in there and really embarrassed Dave. He’s a good person, especially for being a “rock star” but we are all flawed. Kurt’s death hurt him and Courtney only made things worse by being an attention seeking, clout chaser parasite.
Hey, what’s your name? I went to high school with Dave and jimmy. Annandale high school actually. I thought that Jimmy had already passed on by then..jimmy was his best friend.
@@gracegotthis3704 last I saw jimmy was 99 I believe maybe 98. Very cool guy, not shy and always fun. Steve B
0:50 Wait, is Kurt calling Dale Crover a bad drummer there? Now that's an arguable statement.
sour grapes because Dale wouldn't permanently join the band?
I think he’s a really lucky man. He has somehow became the go to guy for every single classic rock band as they age out. I’m not overly impressed with Nirvana, and the Foo Fighters sound like a middle school garage band at best. I don’t dislike him per se’ but I do roll my eyes every time I see that some classic band is playing with him.
Well, he must be friends with everybody. He played for Paul McCartney his songs to him, ffs
He is a top-flight drummer. He knows the songs, he is responsible, he doesn't do drugs, and he draws attention. He's an obvious choice. At the end, experienced bands are like any other employer. They want someone reliable who they know will get the job done properly. Dave always does. His reputation as a professional performer is impeccable.
Guys like Sterling Campbell and Kenny Aronoff are the same way. They always get the calls, not because they're the best drummers around, but because they are the most reliable.
nirvana album =rockstars , nirvana live =yes middle school garage band at best ! I couldn't of worded it any better , that may be because middle school is when I quit, or you just hit the nail on the head ! I don't like to judge !lol
I think the fact that David was so grounded helped Nirvana keep it together and last as long as it did. Not really a fan of his music which I find bland, but I think he's an excellent drummer.
Since he was pushing vaccies I lost respect for him.
Yeah their music is very bland
And the band with the dopiest name gets in the Hall of Fame despite their bland style of rock and roll. How did that happen? Grohl was just so far up influential peoples' butts?
In what way is his music bland lmao
@@shinobistudios2132 Bland is hard to describe, because it's... bland. The band makes a lot of noise but goes nowhere musically and lyrically.
When I hear foo fighters I usually forget about song I'm listening to and think about how cool one last nirvana album would have been.
Nah. Would have been a mess
@@beautyonabarnbudget InUtero was great and Cobain wasn't even trying. I think another album would have been at least good. Compared with today's music, it would have been great.
When I listen to the Foo Fighters . I forget about Nirvana completely . Then I think wow it's cool there wasn't another Nirvana album
I'm not a rock star, but count me among those that don't care for this guy
Dave is talented. Dave is also ADDICTED to the spotlight and is a “celebrity”. Not a compliment btw.
Kurt would hate Dave being and hanging out with celebrities. And he would loath Courtney’s movie career and celebrity phase. Kurt hated everything
william goldsmith said dave grohl is like that popular kid in school who is just kinda rude to everyone on the sly.
Dave did almost all the background vocals on the nirvana albums he appeared on.
Noel Gallagher swears he knows what he's talking about in that clip lol.
There's not a camera Grohl doesn't like
He’s still the nicest guy in rock, because he should’ve fired the first drummer he hired for the Foo Fighters if he wasn’t happy with his performance in the studio but the fact that he kept the guy on two tracks and was willing to tour with the guy is proof he was being nicer than most people would in his position.
Cobain was in his death spiral, and it wasn’t really Grohl’s fault he was pushing people away and alienating people who didn’t do drugs.
Taylor Hawkins, same as Cobain with the way he was spiraling out of control and when he OD’d Grohl’s friendship was also a factor in bringing him back from the brink of death and keeping clean for most of the time he was alive. Their bromance went on to become legendary after that near death experience.
The only real feuds he had were with Courtney Love, which I don’t even count because that woman pisses off everyone at some point and is a polarizing figure. She didn’t just inspire songs from Grohl either, because NIN recorded Starfuckers Inc. and then there’s Tori Amos Professional Widow, STP Too Cool Queenie, Primus Coattails Of A Dead Man, and several by Smashing Pumpkins-none of which were positive. So, that was a case of Courtney being Courtney.
Noel and Liam Gallagher are notorious dickheads who talk shit and get into fights with people who just like their music and want them to be a band, but those two are famously the worst when it comes to their egos and attitude when it comes to their feuding and I think Noel perceived Grohl as taking his brother’s side and disrespecting his current project, so I see why he would have gone off on him for something as innocuous as trying to mend his relationship with his sibling that he knows brought them the fame despite him writing the songs, because his brother was the front man and lead singer and he hated doing all the work and getting 50% of the credit. I wouldn’t consider this a real beef, because it’s Noel being Noel and he was friends with Liam likely as a result of that little squabble, and because Liam liked Hawkins’ solo record with Range Rover Bitch-hence the reason he played the recent tribute show.
Ian Astbury is the only one of these that is 100% because Grohl acted like a dickhead for no reason, and then he made up for it the first chance he had so at least he’s a decent guy who knows when he fucked up. I chalk that one up to Dave being undiagnosed with ADHD and having a microphone in his face more than is healthy for any normal person, because anyone with ADHD knows that on a long enough span of time, you are going to say some shit on impulse that you don’t mean that is probably offensive to at least one person. I give him respect for not burning more bridges, because I’ve probably burned more running my own ADHD mouth and I don’t happen to be one of the biggest rock stars of all time who does interviews that are seen around the world.
That said, has anybody ever taken a listen to that album or seen that tour that could speak to whether or not Grohl was throwing out valid criticism or not? I’m sure that by that point in their career they were going at things a lot harder and doing more than they had before they as well established because they finally had some money behind them. Dave being a punk rocker and likely fan of their earlier work probably wasn’t too far off in his assessment. He shouldn’t have said it in an interview because that would likely influence a lot of other people who hadn’t heard them or their new album, and that’s why you don’t shit talk other people publicly, but I’m sure there are fans of The Cult who agreed.
So, not too bad if you ask me because there are guys like Marilyn Manson or other more polarizing figures in rock history that burned way more bridges than Dave Grohl, and if that’s your best list you can come up with having been in the business over 30 years-I’d say he’s doing alright.
Very well said ,I totaly agree and love Dave and his music and I'm 64. Recently you could see the Foo Fighters a few times on the computer and it was always for free and I loved the shows . Deep Purple also gives you things for free but many others are real money wolves.
Honourable mention to Buzz Osborne and his Dave Grohl rant
I've got dodgers tickets
Buzzz zzzzzzz…..
To be fair though, Buzz likes to criticize everybody. He clearly has some bitterness about his peers having larger success than he has, despite how hard he tries to make it seem like it doesn't really bother him.
The Cult was one of the greatest bands of the eighties
Bruh, they have SO MANY great songs it’s kinda crazy
Amen.
They were definitely real in the 80s. Sonic Temple lept out of nowhere stylistically for the band and the rest of the world. In a way, it was sort tragic for the band that more than anyone else, that had be measured by that standard more than anyone else.
I bought their next album and I didn't think that much of it. Maybe because my opinion of The Cult was spoiled by an interview I had seen with Ian Asbury where he was claiming so many bands were ripping off their sound. I don't think he named any bands in particular. I just remember thinking he was suffering from runaway egomania.
They’re ok but greatest. I think a flock of seagulls would fit that description better
@@lunarsabbatical7906 I did say “one of”.
Always thought of him as an arsehole who loves himself
That's my picture at 2:29!
The Cult is awesome. Not sure what Dave was on about there.
Saw The Cult open for Aerosmith in '89. They got blown off the stage worse than any warm-up act I ever saw.
The cult are pathetic live. Don't take my word, they are touring now. They're so bad they offer refunds from the stage.
Not sure how she is now, but Courtney was everything BUT love.
@@TheAstrocreeper I remember! She was LIT!
She's coo coo for coco puffs
saw william goldsmith a few weeks back when sunny day real estate was on their reunion tour. he truly is the nicest guy ever. he really cares about his fans, spent a lot of time before the show taking photos with them, i was too shy to go over and say hi. he really didn’t deserve that type of treatment from dave, william will forever he a better drummer no matter what
Completely agree and sunny day real estate was so much of a better band by leagues
It is a common misconception that someone who is on drugs is "gone." They're not gone. They're still in there somewhere. This is coming from experience. Not my ass. It does a lot of damage, to say that to people, that they're gone.
Dave Grohl may be a really cool person. Foo fighters music makes me race to change the radio station when their noise comes on.
LOL - me too
👍 Same, Lol... NEVER could stand Nirvana or MOST grunge crap either, unless "Chains" 😎
this is 80% of comments on any foo fighter video or news bit . and i to feel the same way
and half of that just like him cause he dont take shit from Ms. Love, not even sure i like the dude but i dont talk no shit either about the man
But? "THERE GOES MYYYYY HEEERRR-ROOO!"....🤨🙄😬🤬 SHUT IT OFFFFF!!!! 😱🤯.... Please. And TY .....😏
Wow real ground breaking information…..if it was the year 2002
🤣🤣 Yeah true . Same old stuff reheated ....again .
Grohl was a so-so drummer but was jealous of Cobain, instead of staying a drummer he runs out to become a so-so guitar player and singer because he wanted the spot light. He went to visit Cobain the day he died.
Very good video bro!
Dave wants everyone to play in L Sharp!
Studio 666
He did a cameo as his hero in the The Pick of Destiny.
I heard it was H Sharp
Ian Astbury has class. The Cult jam ✌️.
One concert I saw The Cult, STP, and Bush
I love Ian. I think he messed up doing the Doors thing, and he should've tried harder to keep Matt Sorum.
@@roxannemoser my sons named Ian I named him after Ian from Fugazi but he loves The Cult. I just don’t think it’s a good look junking all over other musicians.
Seriously folks, what band is ever totally "drama" free, I am more inclined to focus on the extraordinary contrabutions the various recording artists have brought to popular music- Thank You for another informative, as well as entertaining piece-
I agree. I've been in about 6 bands since high school. They all break up due to drama or creative differences.
@@wernervanderwalt8541 Hey Mr. Van DER Walt, Thanks for the response- to me it's always been a sort of marriage, often alot of effort with seemingly little reward, O, and then there's always egos-
What’s the artist/song playing in the background of the video?
I always thought there was something weird about this guy.
There's always more than meets the eye..
i remember the rumor about how Dave and Kurt weren't friends anymore towards the end of Nirvana and how quickly Dave was able to write, perform 3-4 instruments, get a band formed and get an album release within a year of Kurt's death. Rumor was that was why Courtney didn't want Dave to have control of Nirvana's money/ any royalties since he wanted to leave the band.
See,..that's the thing about Dave,...he is what he appears to be. No secrets. Great father,..husband,...and all-around good guy without a huge ego.
@@gemee1 the same was said about a few others... like ted bundy
Prob cause he knows that the one guy in the band didnt shoot himself
Let’s take watching Cobain become a full-time junkie, marry a fuller-time junkie, try to be a good father while realizing he married a psychopath, and then having that psychopath murder Cobain out of the video.
That aside… these incidents represent almost nothing in the way of “issues” with spend a great deal of time with each other 24-7 while being in a wholly unhealthy environment - especially touring (see the stats on musicians contemplating suicide vs. the rest of the populace). In fact, I’m unsure as to why the video was made. Relative to the few people mentioned here, many of whom had and have more serious, lasting personal and/or interpersonal problems, Grohl is, comparatively, quite stable.
As someone who is a casual rock fan, this video was very educational and I appreciate it.
Don't believe anything on it. I've only watched a small part, but can already tell you that they're taking things out of context and blowing things out of proportions just to create content and discussions.
For example, Taylor Hawkins was Dave's best friend, has said so many times. This video's saying he hated Dave because they had one fight 20 years ago, but they made up shortly after and became even closer- so saying they hated each other is ridiculous to say the least. If you want, I can send you links to videos/ interviews where Taylor said himself how much he loved Dave, as proof.
I listen to predominantly rock music but unfortunately I cannot name or even recognize a foo fighter song. I sincerely have no idea about any of their songs. I do know a few Nirvana songs but just a few.
Dave is the definition of "fake nice guy". Just like Mark rober and Tony hawk
Word.
You missed the interview with taylor hawkins and radio x interview in response to Noel Gallagher dissing Foo Fighters.
The problem is only a very few can “ dominate “ the rock arena” I don’t know!!? The guy is a charismatic,Preacher type.Takes in a lot of offering plates.
Here’s an interesting fact. The guitar technician for Nirvana (big John Duncan), who occasionally played when Kurt Cobain wasn’t able and Ian Astbury went to the same school just outside of Glasgow.
He also played in the exploited
@@doyleshifflett9534 correct
The only thing I would say is Dave Grohl In Nirvana, had much bigger aspirations ,he wanted to be that Big Rock act that Kurt Never wanted to be. You could tell by his demeanor. It was something you felt,and we were proven right by Foo Fighters
It is a crime that the Gallaghers don’t just sack up, say sorry, and get Oasis back together. They are both making pretty good music solo, the two of them combined though.
while that's all well and good, they can't stand each other and why put yourself through that if you don't have to? Life's too short.
It's the classic Kinks. Brothers in a great band end up hating each other. The Kinks started the trend, Oasis followed, then the Black Crowes followed. Turned me off of family bands. The only one I like now is Mixed Up Everything.
@@roxannemoser Well, Eddie and Alex Van Halen didn't wind up hating each other. Just their singers.
It's too late now. Name 1 band that was great in the 90s that reunited recently and is half as good as they were.
@@daweller Has nothing to do with reunions, and everything to do with time and age. Most 90s rockers are in their 50s now. No inspiration, no drive. They value their families and money. It is what it is.
I could see why people wouldnt like Dave Grohl
What is the track that plays quietly in the background?
He played almost all the instruments on the band's first album... Dude is a beyond omega level entertainer
Very talented. Very boring.
First 2
1st album is such a banger - I can't speak for any of his stuff after 1999 though
you don't learn all that by 20 , you just born with it , plain and simple , been playing guitar 30 yrs now , well I wasn't born with it I guess is where I was going with that, dont like fighters music but not going to knock the guy either, he did his thang , it worked more power to the man! and fact is anyone Courtney love hates is a friend in my book !
He did make the first album completely by himself. He wanted it to sound like a band when he pitched it.
I don't know Dave Grohl personally but like Foo Fighters
"Slight problems that Dave Grohl has had with his best friends + a few little feuds."
Put me on that list
I understand that he had a vision in what the drums should sound like on your songs but cmooon Goldsmith is one of the best alt rock drummers ever! The drumming on seven, blankets were the stairs, round???? Some of the best drum parts of the 90s imo
Goldsmith is awesome. Love Sunny Day. Dave should've left him alone... any band containing the rhythm section of Sunny Day is going to sound awesome. I stopped even paying attention when I found out Goldsmith wasn't in the band anymore
from what I heard in the past like way past is that Goldsmith was uncomfortable playing in front of large crowds. Dont believe everything you see on youtube. Not every thing is true could be more than one reason.
Everlong is one of the most iconic songs of the 90s and the drum track is by far the best part. That was Grohl. The drums on the Colour and the Shape are awesome though. You don't have to like what happened, but you can't deny the drums turned out awesome.
And Taylor Hawkins joined as a result. His drumming completed Foo Fighters. I was just marveling yesterday at how powerful the drums make "The Best of You." Everything about the song is balls to the wall intense and the drums set the tone when they kick in.
Maybe it had to do with$? More for Dave to keep
Dave Grohl reminds me of my sister.
That's funny ..... he reminds me of your sister too.
🤣👍🏻 just kidding, couldn't help myself.
hope ya have a great day
It's the beard.
Do they both like to cuddle after se… nvm
Foo Fighters at Irvine meadows … one of the best shows I’ve ever seen 🤘
Great work and research; well done!
Glad you had the guts to put some truth out there on Dave Grohl. Can't understand how people think he has talent. His songs are mediocre at best. I think most of his fans are not GenX like me who are contemporaries with musicians like Cobain or Vedder et al. I find a lot of his fans were 9 and 10 when Nirvana and Grunge were being played. For some reason this is their way to connect with that time that is now over. Dude speaks at Lemmy's funeral?? WTF is that? Tom Petty wants him to be his drummer after subbing in for him at SNL. Really Tom? You need a hard rock drummer for your easy going middle of the road music. Cobain was not happy with Grohl one single bit. He hired him to do some extra guitar work, singing and songwriting and he did nothing. He was intimidated by Kurt and he would bring up a song in the studio, Cobain would say "Ok, let me work on it a bit" then Grohl would say "Nah, nah just forget it". Kurt was fed up by this and he even stated it in an interview when someone accused him of dominating the band creatively and he talked about the "other guys" not pulling their weight. The final fuck up the ass for me was the Grohl signature Gibson guitar. So, Gibson knew that Cobain was married to Fender so they had to do something fast. So they copied the Trini Lopez signature 335 and call it the Dave Grohl signature guitar and sell it for......$18000? After all, many rhythm guitarists are known for their strumming patterns. And get this, it has diamond cutouts instead of F holes. If your band is called Foo Fighters wouldn't it make sense to have the two F holes? I guess if you have more money than brains and talent then this guitar is for you! Lastly, I'd like to say that as a young 22 year old that heard Nevermind and Straight outta Compton for the first time it was an absolute game changer as far as OUR generations music went. The only boomer rocker who had the guts to tell the truth was Sammy Hagar who admitted that grung scared the fuck out of every rock musician up to that point because they knew that sound was beyond anything they could come up. 80's rock bands looked like straight up bozos next to these guys. Why do you think every classic rock musician except those with integrity like Tony Iommi or Jimmy Page didn't give a flying fuck about some drummer that played with one of the 21'st centuries greatest rock songwriters.
You lost me at blah blah fuckity blah.
@@J.PC.Designs Relax junior, your response is typical of that of a angry child being told Batman is stronger than the Lone Ranger. He is a mediocre guitar play and quite frankly, I can play circles around him. He doesn't play solos and doesn't record his solos, studio musicians do it for him. OVERRATED!!!
Suppressed there is no mention of Buzz Osborne after his live bit on Grohl. Was that just a guff?
I think it's because DAVE ended up having commercial success. When you have musicians like Dave, Kurt etc. from the underground scene who become a commercial hit, it kind of gets laughed upon amongst the community that rebels against that sort of success.
But the Melvins play with Gene Simmons right? One of the biggest sellouts in music business
I prefer Dave Grohl the drummer.
So Dave was mad Taylor didn't come see him play and Taylor was mad that Dave was being selfish. That's how you know you're close when your bro and you are fighting like boyfriend/girlfriend. xD
RIP Taylor, damn.
Haha, I laughed at this. Too true.
I've been a Nirvana fan and listener since 1996, and while I like the project Dave made on his own while with Nirvana (Pocket Watch, Late!), I'm just not a FF fan ... I know the album I just mentioned was groundwork for many of the FF future tracks, but idk... Just never been able to get into them and I just can't understand the hype.
To me it's like boring radio dad rock, which I guess I _should_ be into them on those grounds if labels are being thrown around, but alas, I can't grasp the fighters of foos, or as Christopher Walken says:
"fOO-FIGHT-uhs!"
That's actually my favorite thing about them, just hearing Walken say their name lol oh and I like Dave as well.
there are no hooks or lyrical poetry in any of the songs. . . awful!
As a pureblood I am no longer a Foo fan.
So there will only be 22,999 people at his next concert?
Same
@@davidstephan5116 safe and effective, right?
Each man kills the thing he loves.
@@davidstephan5116 unless a few more drop dead of myocarditis
If your in a band and never have any problems, your the house band at the moose lodge and play weddings on the side
My take on Cobain is; he probably turned into an asshole, cutting Krist and Dave out on publishing and looking for a reason to ditch Dave, who was about to bail anyway. I absolutely think he was murdered and people close to it publicly deny it for obvious reasons.
It's interesting that they weren't happy with Goldsmith's drumming. I always heard some heavy Sunny Day Real Estate influence in certain Foo Fighters songs. In fact, because I'm bad with names and lazy, for years I thought Taylor Hawkins used to play for Sunny Day Real Estate.
I ❤ Will Goldsmiths drumming and aside of Jimmy Chaimberlin he really influenced that next gem of drummers . He was heavy w a single kick pedal. Sunny Day Real estate are on a reunion tour and filling up houses , there are kids singing along w every song . Not gonna like it’s been onions watching 🥹 👍🏻
His real name is actually Dave "hey everyone look at me, i was in nirvana" grohl lol
I've never, ever gotten that impression from him. Nirvana was a relatively brief time of his life long ago, and while it was obviously massively important and an undeniable catalyst, it was never the be all/end all of Dave Grohl the person or the performer. He's a tremendously accomplished songwriter and musician in his own right, and in no way can he be said to be leaning on his Nirvana days.
@@fuelingforthelight his best work was playing drums on killing jokes 2003 self titled album
I'm just glad he helped people figure out who is welcome at the Foo Fizer concerts. Those old CDs make decent coasters.
Never heard that I wonder why
Dave seemed to really enjoy working hard for his masters, demanding kids poison themselves in order to see their shows. That my friends is who Dave Grohl is. A satan's lap dog.
Poo Fizers is more like it
Once he started pushing the vax to attend his shows I moved on.
@@JackOwens yeah taking personal responsibility is a sucky thing, especially when it benefits society as a whole.
It's funny how most of the comments are people saying "not really into Foo Fighters, but Dave Grohl is definitely a good dude"
Few people have been as inappropriately named as Courtney Love. Nobody loves her and she seems to hate everybody, Dave Grohl included.
It also doesn't surprise me at all that Noel Gallagher is on this list, considering him and his brother made a hobby out of picking fights and getting into beefs with pretty much anybody, especially themselves.
Yeah but come on. Liam is like the cool crazy uncle and Noel is kinda like the crabass funny uncle
At least Liam seems to have grown up a bit but Noel? Yeah I don't know man. Burry the bloody hatchet already.
Liam Gallagher loves Foo's and he sing at Taylor Tribute show,also Noel Gallagher was fan of Nirvana.
True, but Liam and Noel's worst enemies are each other.
@@MrDlt123 Oasis is over,get over it,18 years isn't little.
I meet Dave a few times over the years and have spent some time hanging with him, I have to say, he is one of the nicest guys I have come across.
His Bass player thinks AIDS isn’t real. They once supported an anti AIDS benefit concert. There’s a rabbit hole for you.
@@ottolovechild506 Who is pro AIDS though?
@@ottolovechild506 ..and now they're making up for it by only allowing vaxxed people to come to their shows. I guess they've come full circle.
@@ottolovechild506 I played in bands with members that had questionable ideas about the world - I think it is important to remember that people don't have the save views on everything if they are in a band - (Greenday anyone?)
@@briank.6482 Also Coldplay
Good drummer and song writer. The problem was that he was on practically every music documentary, every music event, every music tribute, every music collaboration, every music interview, etc. etc. Also the endless screaming vocals were a bit much.
7.29 haha the upside down bass 😂
Ugg, this just makes Grohl sound more like he had something to do with Kurts' death, 6:42 just the look on Taylor's face looks like he has information he doesn't want to have in his head.
Dave & Taylor were best friends from the start but something happened that made Hawkins go down fast and hard.
Could it have been that Dave told him the truth one night having a close moment and since that info, Taylor didn't like that he was famous under evil pretenses and masked his emotions with more drugs. Just hope he wasn't removed because he looked like he might talk.
Cool story, bro. Now go take your meds.
Average bloke who hit the lottery and now he’s a darling.
He's an incredibly talented musician and songwriter. Foo Fighters are not my favorite band at all, but I can recognize the quality and skill.
I liked him in 1995, when the FF debut album was released. It was great music, fresh, powerfull, melodic and raw. But today his most sympathic nice boy attitude is just unsympathic to me. His speech on Lemmys funeral seemed to me as it was just another opportunity for him to play this role again. And btw I am not sure if Lemmy really liked him.
Still got my London Brixton Academy April 1994 unused ticket 😢
finally, i thought i was the only one