Honestly, in the '90s the Grunge thing was remote for me. I was aware of Nirvana and I thought "Smells like..." was a great song and video, but I think I was just out of their demographic when it was current. Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters were different though. I have vivid memories when my kids were toddlers of driving to the store solo with "Blackout" or "Monkey..." at pain threshold volumes; and when One by One came out in 2002 "All My Life" clung on to me like a personal anthem, and still feels that way. We caught the "Them Crooked Vultures" tour a couple of years ago, and it was mind-blowing to see Dave drum, like he was about to fly apart at the atomic level.
So, given all that, many thanks to JA for forwarding the link to Marc Maron's recent WTF podcast of his interview with Dave, who is out promoting his new documentary "Sound City". So rare to see/hear/read an interview out there in the music press that reminds us of what it's all about, the joy and love of making music. Dave comes off as funny, open, engaging and the luckiest guy alive to be doing what he's doing, check it (and the movie) out, hopefully it will wash some of the accumulated jaded cynicism off you like it did for me:
http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_353_-_dave_grohl
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