Dave Grohl is an award-winning musician and director. He has been one of the most beloved and respected figures on the international music since his recorded debut with Nirvana on 1991's generation-defining Nevermind. Grohl took centre stage with Foo Fighters' 1995 self-titled debut album, and the band have gone on to win twelve Grammys and five Brit Awards. Their most recent album, Medicine at Midnight, went to No 1 on the UK charts. In 2013, Grohl made his debut as a feature director/producer with the acclaimed documentary Sound City. Grohl also directed the eight-part HBO docuseries Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways, which premiered in October 2014 and went on to win two Emmys.
'Thoroughly entertaining... His tone remains unwavering:
good-natured, self-deprecating and eternally positive. He reads as
if he's bouncing on the spot. It's impossible not to be won
over by him... With the flair of a natural raconteur,
Grohl broadly makes the job of a rock superstar out to be
tremendous fun... Sometimes the good guys do win.' -- Paul Rees *
Daily Express *
'His incredible memoir is packed with extraordinary
anecdotes about Nirvana, Iggy Pop, and even Sir Paul McCartney.
Oh my, what a wonderful read this is - the man has lived a
million lives.' -- Natasha Harding * Sun *
'For anyone interested in how a hyperactive misfit from Virginia
became a third of Nirvana and went on to become a stadium-filling
star with his own Foo Fighters, The Storyteller lives up to its
billing... Those years spent crammed into vans, living off fumes
and the kindness of female mud wrestlers are some of the most
vivid here. The camaraderie and sudden violence of the
international punk ecosystem is beautifully evoked... Grohl
is a lively and thoughtful writer.' -- Kitty Empire *
Observer *
'Just strap yourself in for smooth, well-told tales by a man
for whom "dumb luck seems to be my speciality".' -- Tony
Clayton-Lea * Irish Times *
'Dave Grohl has plenty of tales of musical obsession, dizzying
highs and dreadful lows. But more than the music, this memoir is an
ode to family, both biological and chosen... A warm, funny and
natural storyteller, Grohl spins a fine yarn, self-deprecating
and pinging from subject to subject before circling back to his
original point.' -- Emma Johnston * Classic Rock *
'He writes brilliantly and candidly about the runaway train
that was Nirvana, and watching Kurt Cobain fading away before his
eyes on the set of the "Come As You Are" video. Most like Bruce
Springsteen's autobiography in terms of its author's honesty,
drive and self-deprecating humour, Grohl's inherent constancy
and resilience comes across on every page.' -- Tom Doyle * Mojo
*
'The nicest guy in rock delivers a book to match.
Charming...[an] uplifting spirit is shot through his memoir,
which has the everyman charm of Grohl's personality. Grohl's warm
and conversational prose ensures the stories he does write about
are vivid... Juggling stardom with family life has rarely
been written about better.' * Record Collector *
'A life-affirming ode to his love of music that skeeters
through some of music's biggest names over the past 30 years.' *
Stylist, Books of the Year *
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