Former Nirvana drummer and current Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl discussed his recently released memoir “The Storyteller: Tales Of Life And Music” in an interview with PBS’s Amanpour And Company.
During the interview, Grohl discussed several stories he told in the book and his uncanny ability to remember the small details in life, how he felt when he first joined Nirvana, and how he is really a fan of the legends that he’s befriended over the years.
The last chapter of the book deals with the suicide of Kurt Cobain, a topic that Grohl has barely discussed with people closest to him yet he included details that he has never told anyone.
When asked why it was the last chapter in the book, Grohl replied: “‘Cause I was scared to write it. It’s one thing to write about getting stitches when you’re 12 years old or it’s one thing to write about taking your kids to the daddy daughter dance, it’s another thing to write about something that you’ve barely spoken about with people close to you. I mean, I revealed some things in that story that I’ve never told my closest friends. I was scared to write it.”
Grohl also discussed how he regained his motivation to make music again.
“After Kurt died and NIRVANA was over, our worlds were just turned upside down,” he said. “I don’t know if anyone knew how to continue or what to do next. I personally didn’t have any interest in music. I put my instruments away. It was hard for me to listen to the radio, which was very unlike me. And after a few months, I decided I would go on this kind of soul-searching trip in the middle of nowhere. I just wanted to be away from everyone and everything. So I went to one of my favorite places, the Ring Of Kerry in Ireland, where I’d been before. And it’s entirely remote, there’s nothing there. It’s just country roads and beautiful scenery. And I was there driving down a country road and I saw a hitchhiker in the distance and I thought: ‘Well, maybe I’ll pick him up.’ And as I got closer and closer, I noticed that he had a Kurt Cobain t-shirt on. So even in the middle of nowhere, I had Kurt sort of looking back at me. And that’s when I realized, ‘I can’t outrun this. I have to go home. I have to get the instruments back in my lap and I have to keep playing music because it saved my life my entire life, and I think that it might do it again.’ And I went home and started the Foo Fighters.”
“The Storyteller – Tales Of Life And Music” was released on October 5 and is available everywhere books are sold.
See the entire interview here: