Watch Dave Grohl tell the story of how Foo Fighters’ ‘Everlong’ was created

Dave Grohl explained the story behind the creation of Foo Fighters classic ‘Everlong’ at Oates Song Fest 7908 over the weekend, and the video is now available to watch back. Oates Fest, organised by Hall & Oates‘ John Oates and his wife Aimee Oates to raise awareness and money for Feeding America, took place on …

Player Dave, FLY – Boundless Perception

California-based producer Player Dave is shaping up to be an exciting act to watch. A progressive thinker whose music follows suit, Player Dave just drew back the curtain on the second single from his debut album Where The Wind Blew Me. “Boundless Perception,” a collaboration with FLY, walks a fine line between bass and indietronica. …

Resurfaced video shows Zach De La Rocha performing with Dave Grohl at 1994 Scream reunion show

Vintage footage has surfaced of Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack de la Rocha performing alongside Dave Grohl in 1994. The newly-resurfaced clip was filmed during a one-off reunion set by Grohl’s old band Scream, which took place at Hollywood’s Dragonfly Club. Joining the band for a furious rendition of ‘Human Behaviour’, de la Rocha is seen letting loose in …

Dave Grohl says Kurt Cobain was “the greatest songwriter of our generation”

Dave Grohl has reflected on Kurt Cobain‘s seismic musical impact, as well as discussing the emotional toll of Nirvana‘s untimely split. Speaking on Apple Music’s Medicine At Midnight Radio, Grohl also reflected on how the band were initially surprised by their rise to global fame in the early 1990s. READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is …

Dave Grohl reveals he once turned down becoming Tom Petty’s drummer

Dave Grohl has revealed that he turned down becoming Tom Petty‘s drummer because it would have been too “sad” to sit behind the kit so soon after Kurt Cobain‘s death. READ MORE: Foo Fighters: “Our connection is beyond music” Appearing on The Howard Stern Show on Friday (February 12), the Foo Fighters frontman recalled performing with …

Dave Grohl, Pat Smear and Krist Novoselic still jam as Nirvana from time to time

Dave Grohl and Pat Smear have revealed that they get together with Krist Novoselic from time to time and privately perform Nirvana songs. Foo Fighters stopped Howard Stern’s Sirius XM show on Thursday (February 11) to promote their recently released 10th studio album, ‘Medicine At Midnight’. During the interview, Stern asked Smear – who joined Nirvana in 1993 …

Dave Grohl supports Pheobe Bridgers’ guitar-smashing: “It feels fucking good”

Dave Grohl has waded into the debate over Phoebe Bridgers‘ decision to wreck a guitar during her Saturday Night Live performance last weekend. Bridgers’ actions sparked debate online, with some calling her action “disappointing”, “extra” and an “unjustifiably awkward display of white privilege“. Others, however, claimed such comments were sexist and that a male artist …

Listen to Dave East’s dynamic new single ‘Mercedes Talk’

New York emcee Dave East released his latest track earlier this week, the AraabMuzik-produced ‘Mercedes Talk’. ‘Mercedes Talk’ is East’s second release of 2021, following on from ‘No Lucc’, the latest track dropped as part of the rapper’s ‘East Mix’ series. It is also East’s first release since his music surpassed 1billion global streams. East …

Dave Rowntree is hoping for a post-pandemic Blur reunion

Dave Rowntree has hinted that Blur will be looking to reunite on stage once again whenever the coronavirus pandemic ends. The drummer looked to the future on Twitter this afternoon (January 8) as he commented on a clip from Blur’s headline performance at Glastonbury in 2009. Sharing the live ‘Tender’ video on Twitter, Rowntree showed …

Dave Grohl hails the passing of $900 billion Save Our Stages Act in the US

Dave Grohl has hailed the long-awaited $900 billion (£666 billion) Save Our Stages Act that passed into the law in the US at the weekend. The money will go towards preventing the permanent closure of independent music venues, which have been forced to shut amid the coronavirus pandemic. The bill includes $15 billion (£11.1 billion) …