Dave Grohl’s guitar from Foo Fighters’ ‘Monkey Wrench’ video up for public sale
The guitar Dave Grohl performs in Foo Fighters‘ ‘Monkey Wrench’ video is about to go up for public sale subsequent month.
The white Gretsch White Falcon guitar is anticipated to fetch £30,000 when it goes beneath the hammer at Gardiner Houlgate, in Corsham, Wiltshire, on September 7.
The guitar was initially owned by Grohl’s Foo Fighters and Nirvana bandmate Pat Smear, and was performed on Foo Fighters’ breakthrough album, 1995’s ‘The Color and the Form’.
Alongside the guitar within the itemizing is a polaroid photograph taken by Smear of Drew Barrymore enjoying the guitar.
Auctioneer Luke Hobbs mentioned: “This a really thrilling guitar because it’s one of many few owned by Foo Fighters, arguably the largest present rock band on earth, ever to return to public public sale.
“‘Monkey Wrench’ was the band’s breakthrough single and likewise the primary to function drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died tragically this March.”
He added: I’m anticipating curiosity from all over the world. The truth that it options so prominently within the band’s iconic Monkey Wrench video makes it all of the extra engaging to collectors and followers.”
Subsequent month, Foo Fighters are set to honour late drummer Taylor Hawkins at two particular gigs in London and Los Angeles. ‘The Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert events’ will happen at Wembley Stadium on September 3 earlier than taking on LA’s Kia Discussion board on September 27.
Hawkins, the band’s drummer since 1997, died in Bogotá, Colombia on March 25. He was 50 years previous.
Among the many first wave of acts for the London present have been Liam Gallagher and Mark Ronson, who might be joined by Queens Of The Stone Age‘s Josh Homme, Supergrass, Queen’s Brian Might and Roger Taylor, Wolfgang Van Halen, The Pretenders‘ Chrissie Hynde and lots of extra.
In Los Angeles, in the meantime, Alanis Morissette and Miley Cyrus will carry out, plus members of Queen, Pink Scorching Chili Peppers performing. Others enjoying throughout each dates embody Nirvana‘s Krist Novoselic, former Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, Pink and Nandi Bushell.
Final week, a number of latest acts together with Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich, Blink-182‘s Travis Barker, AC/DC vocalist Brian Johnson, Kesha and Dave Grohl‘s daughter Violet have been revealed to play in London, whereas Los Angeles will welcome Ulrich, Barker and Grohl alongside Sebastian Bach, Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler and extra.
It has additionally been introduced that each gigs might be globally livestreamed on the Paramount streaming service in the USA and by way of MTV’s YouTube channel worldwide. Find more information here.