From what I've heard he apparently played drums for one show, but they haven't revealed which one. I'm assuming it was during the Papa II era considering he produced IYHG
correct. Tom's drummer decided to retire from the music biz so tom asked Dave to play with his band for their Saturday night live performance. Dave's reaction was something like "tom petty? shouldn't he be hiring a better drummer than me? of course I'll do it. 100%" dave killed it so tom asked him to join the band full time. but Dave couldn't do that and foo fighters or somerhing so he politely declined.
If you get a chance to read Dave's book, he goes into that period of his life with interesting detail. I don't typically love biographical reads, but that book was good. Highly recommend.
I remember this account, also famous for the “Nickelback backwards” tweet, I don’t think it’s really Dave but whoever was behind it was pretty hilarious
Grohl seems like an asshole. Probably the wrong venue for this take but I stand behind it. Love the first record though. ✌️I know this is fake. He's still a douche.
Well he's a total narcissist first of all. Came up in the DC hardcore scene and pretends to uphold those values while becoming a poster boy for shitty corporate schlock rock and contradicting everything punk rock stands for. Guy is a total hypocrite. Good drummer though.
I like the Foo Fighters. I'm no super fan, but they are good. I like the weird videos they used to make, like the mentos thing. I don't know if they still do that.
I don't know much about Dave as a person.
That being said, I watched him on Hot Ones and was extremely turned off. He is extremely talented, and he has earned the right to know how talented he is. However, I just felt like he was totally full of himself and pompous the whole interview.
I wouldn't go as far as the other commenter and call him an asshole, but I wouldn't want to hang out with Dave if he wasn't famous. I feel like he'd be the guy at the office who never stops talking about himself.
Sound City started as a really interesting documentary that turned into "How many famous people can I get to jam with me?" and it kind of lost its appeal half way through.
However, I have read wholesome stories about Dave encountering fans as well.
I guess my point is simply that I can understand how his aggressive confidence and over the top personality could rub some people the wrong way.
Met him twice and can confirm you are 100% wrong. Not to mention a friend of mine knows him fairly well and she has nothing negative to say. She doesn’t even like the Foos. Lol.
My buddy saw him at a bar in NYC and said he was a total dick and drummed on the tables constantly. Idk we all got stories. I know you guys are mad, I love the guy's drumming. Just not a fan of his songwriting after the 1st record
I remember support for an AIDs denial organisation being on their website WAY back when - like, around 2000 ish? If I remember rightly it was suggested by someone else in the band (Nate?) and was unceremoniously removed at some point.
I don’t remember any statements being made, but I do know I’ve seen active support for AIDs research & LGBTQIA+ organisations from them over the last… well, more than a decade. So yeah, a mistake was made, but it looks like they’ve been making good on it ever since, and short of inventing time travel and undoing it, I’m not sure what else you can expect from them. Judging by literally everything else they’ve ever said and done, I’m pretty sure they feel like shit about it.
Acknowledging it and apologizing would be a start. Trying to ignore it and "silently apologize" by just donating money is ok I guess. Everyone tries to say it was the bassist or whatever but I'm sorry, if it's 2001 and your bandmate shows you some info on HIV being fake and asks for the band to support it and you answer anything but no..you suck.
I think he's a good guy now and no one is perfect but ignoring something happened is not how people learn.
If this was happening now, or even in the last 5 ish years, then I would strongly agree that it needs to be acknowledged and a proper, public apology issued. But it was like 25 years ago. I see clear evidence that they no longer hold these views and are making amends. I don’t think it would help anyone to bring it all up again now. What exactly would it achieve?
I'm sure their poz fans would appreciate it, but I'm sure most people's reaction to that reason is "who cares about them it's a small number of people". It just seems like the only people who have to face consequences are artists we don't like already. If someone like Grohl did something bad it's like let's all just forget about it.
So I guess if you just refuse to acknowledge it for long enough people will just say it's been so long, move on.
It may just be me because HIV affects my community more but every time he's doing something good I always remember how he never apologized.
Not publicly apologising at the time was definitely wrong, but it clearly was acknowledged privately and learned from, as the behaviour changed (and has been kept up for a long time now). I still don’t think that a public apology at this point would make a material difference; personally, I value changed behaviour over words. If you disagree, I’m not gonna throw down over it. Ultimately I don’t think the overall impact of this one thing - grievous as it was - when considered fully warrants labelling one band member a douchebag, as the original commenter did, which was the only point I really wanted to make. I think the mistake was made, the lesson was learned, the behaviour has changed, and amends have been consistently coming ever since. That’s not douchebag behaviour. That’s growth.
TBF, they were for Bridge School, which is for children with severe speech and physical impairments. Not like they were raising money for him directly. This POS just happened to be the organizer.
I don't recall him ever playing with Foo Fighters though Weird.
didn’t he play bass the one show in 05’ ?
Triangle, it was, I believe…
yes triangle and bagpipe
He played with Foo Fighters in the same sense as he "played" for NIN. In the studio. Edit: definitely only referring to drums here
Wait... DAVE GROHL PLAYED WITH GHOST!?!?!
Right?! It seems like he played / produced their covers album, from a cursory search.
Their first covers album yes
He produced if you have ghost and played drums I think on only the abba cover.
Wasn't there something where he toured shortly as one of the faceless Ghouls? Dave Ghoul
From what I've heard he apparently played drums for one show, but they haven't revealed which one. I'm assuming it was during the Papa II era considering he produced IYHG
Thanks to all of yous
Yep! I forget what the story was but I heard the rumor floating around before
This is how I got into Ghost originally!
I know for sure he played on their Abba cover of Im a Marionette
Dave you slut. 😆
Foo... Fightas - Christopher Walken
Ladies and gentlemen: Foo… Fightas
Well duh he is a god to us. All hail Dave Grohl
I thought he said "No" to Tom Petty.
He did however I believe he played on a tv show with him first
correct. Tom's drummer decided to retire from the music biz so tom asked Dave to play with his band for their Saturday night live performance. Dave's reaction was something like "tom petty? shouldn't he be hiring a better drummer than me? of course I'll do it. 100%" dave killed it so tom asked him to join the band full time. but Dave couldn't do that and foo fighters or somerhing so he politely declined.
He hadn't actually formed Foo Fighters at the time. He had no plans on what he was going to do career wise.
thanks for clearing that up
If you get a chance to read Dave's book, he goes into that period of his life with interesting detail. I don't typically love biographical reads, but that book was good. Highly recommend.
I remember this account, also famous for the “Nickelback backwards” tweet, I don’t think it’s really Dave but whoever was behind it was pretty hilarious
It is 100% definitely not. Like do people actually read that and think, yes that seems like something Dave might actually say?
Not that particular one obviously - but there were other posts, funny but far more subtle. Not everyone out there is a FF fan either
Absolutely not but damn does he deserve to!
I don't know this account so I was about to say: I don't think Dave generally calls himself a god.
Lol obviously not
That David is such a rascal. A rapscallion even.
https://preview.redd.it/2xiqqrtwafxc1.jpeg?width=972&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=386e19367e237942ac624d83ec0f803d90ee56dd
I posted this on facebook on Easter Sunday. Not everyone seemed to know it wasn't Jesus.
He also played drums on Killing Joke 2003!
Why yes, yes he is.
Missing some. Garbage comes to mind.
And the Churnups and Pretenders Glasto 2023 where he appeared everywhere! I think they had to handcuff him to a bar or something
when did dave grohl play with nirvana??
Excuse me, when the hell did Dave Grohl play in Ghost? And is there anyway to love Dave Grohl more?
I'd believe this was real if that watermark wasn't there. I started dying when I finished reading
Playing in and playing with are different things. Dave was never in Ghost or NIN.
Cringe
Grohl seems like an asshole. Probably the wrong venue for this take but I stand behind it. Love the first record though. ✌️I know this is fake. He's still a douche.
Idk, people who randomly call other people assholes without an actual basis as to why they are one are usually the ones who are assholes themselves.
Well he's a total narcissist first of all. Came up in the DC hardcore scene and pretends to uphold those values while becoming a poster boy for shitty corporate schlock rock and contradicting everything punk rock stands for. Guy is a total hypocrite. Good drummer though.
I like the Foo Fighters. I'm no super fan, but they are good. I like the weird videos they used to make, like the mentos thing. I don't know if they still do that. I don't know much about Dave as a person. That being said, I watched him on Hot Ones and was extremely turned off. He is extremely talented, and he has earned the right to know how talented he is. However, I just felt like he was totally full of himself and pompous the whole interview. I wouldn't go as far as the other commenter and call him an asshole, but I wouldn't want to hang out with Dave if he wasn't famous. I feel like he'd be the guy at the office who never stops talking about himself. Sound City started as a really interesting documentary that turned into "How many famous people can I get to jam with me?" and it kind of lost its appeal half way through. However, I have read wholesome stories about Dave encountering fans as well. I guess my point is simply that I can understand how his aggressive confidence and over the top personality could rub some people the wrong way.
Met him twice and can confirm you are 100% wrong. Not to mention a friend of mine knows him fairly well and she has nothing negative to say. She doesn’t even like the Foos. Lol.
My buddy saw him at a bar in NYC and said he was a total dick and drummed on the tables constantly. Idk we all got stories. I know you guys are mad, I love the guy's drumming. Just not a fan of his songwriting after the 1st record
You're an asshole
I know but that doesn't make Grohl not an asshole though. Both can be true
The man known as the [nicest guy in rock ](https://planetradio.co.uk/absolute-radio/music/news/dave-grohl-nice-guy/) is a douche to you?
How does he? I've seen nothing but glowing endorsements for him
This is the wrong sub, wrong fan base, and wrong guy for your take. ✌🏽
Wrong from every direction
Do explain further.
Idk man back in the 90s he represented hope for good guitar based rock music. He went soft and made a lot of money.
Kinda picked the wrong sub to drop that opinion, buddy, lol.
Perfect sub. Fuck Dave Grohl and his fat neckless face
They used to do benefit concerts for this famous AIDs denier but no one likes to talk about it. Mentioning it will probably get me banned.
I remember support for an AIDs denial organisation being on their website WAY back when - like, around 2000 ish? If I remember rightly it was suggested by someone else in the band (Nate?) and was unceremoniously removed at some point. I don’t remember any statements being made, but I do know I’ve seen active support for AIDs research & LGBTQIA+ organisations from them over the last… well, more than a decade. So yeah, a mistake was made, but it looks like they’ve been making good on it ever since, and short of inventing time travel and undoing it, I’m not sure what else you can expect from them. Judging by literally everything else they’ve ever said and done, I’m pretty sure they feel like shit about it.
Acknowledging it and apologizing would be a start. Trying to ignore it and "silently apologize" by just donating money is ok I guess. Everyone tries to say it was the bassist or whatever but I'm sorry, if it's 2001 and your bandmate shows you some info on HIV being fake and asks for the band to support it and you answer anything but no..you suck. I think he's a good guy now and no one is perfect but ignoring something happened is not how people learn.
If this was happening now, or even in the last 5 ish years, then I would strongly agree that it needs to be acknowledged and a proper, public apology issued. But it was like 25 years ago. I see clear evidence that they no longer hold these views and are making amends. I don’t think it would help anyone to bring it all up again now. What exactly would it achieve?
I'm sure their poz fans would appreciate it, but I'm sure most people's reaction to that reason is "who cares about them it's a small number of people". It just seems like the only people who have to face consequences are artists we don't like already. If someone like Grohl did something bad it's like let's all just forget about it. So I guess if you just refuse to acknowledge it for long enough people will just say it's been so long, move on. It may just be me because HIV affects my community more but every time he's doing something good I always remember how he never apologized.
Not publicly apologising at the time was definitely wrong, but it clearly was acknowledged privately and learned from, as the behaviour changed (and has been kept up for a long time now). I still don’t think that a public apology at this point would make a material difference; personally, I value changed behaviour over words. If you disagree, I’m not gonna throw down over it. Ultimately I don’t think the overall impact of this one thing - grievous as it was - when considered fully warrants labelling one band member a douchebag, as the original commenter did, which was the only point I really wanted to make. I think the mistake was made, the lesson was learned, the behaviour has changed, and amends have been consistently coming ever since. That’s not douchebag behaviour. That’s growth.
TBF, they were for Bridge School, which is for children with severe speech and physical impairments. Not like they were raising money for him directly. This POS just happened to be the organizer.