Grohl Born: From Nirvana's Drums to Foo Fighters' Stage
Dave Grohl was 17 when he auditioned for Nirvana by playing so hard he broke the drum kit. They hired him on the spot. Three years later, Kurt Cobain was dead and the most-talked-about band in the world was over. Most drummers would have disappeared. Grohl went home to Virginia, recorded every instrument himself in a basement, and mailed the cassette to labels as a joke. They wanted to sign him immediately. He named the project the Foo Fighters after World War II pilots' slang for UFOs. The band has now been together longer than Nirvana ever was.
January 14, 1969
57 years ago
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