The last story got me all emotional, so beautifully told. Check out the Mark Lanegan/Anthony Keidis/Slash bio for a true 5 star read.Ī book filled with stories of hope, love, family, tragedy, mateship and good times. Just want to give my opinion as someone who reads heaps of music bios. I should have known by the title, it's a collection of talk show type anecdotes, rather than a detailed version of events. Many of us will be here for the Nirvana bit. Dave's career is so huge he could have separate books for the different phases.

He would never name someone for something, but you know what, if someone behaves poorly, then they should live with the repercussions, especially in the public eye. That's ok if you are hyper sensitive, living in a positivity bubble, but some of us are ok with reality. It's like he doesn't want to offend anyone. One minute it's Paul McCartney, nek minute it's ACDC, then George Harrison. He is overly polite, overly positive and it seems every person he meets was 'the inspiration that got him to where he is today'. When we read these things, I think we want the ups and downs, so we can connect with the human side of someone who seems so untouchable to us. Over the years I have found Dave's over positivity and story telling technique to be a little annoying. But this book isn't what I was looking for.

He is a hero of mine and has been since 1992. 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. I look forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement.įirstly I love Dave's music. 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.

Dave grohl the storyteller paperback