Things You Might Not Know About Dave Grohl
09/30/2011
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(Gibson) With all the attention that's been lavished upon the Foo Fighters and Them Crooked Vultures – not the mention Nirvana – it would seem no stone's been unturned when it comes to examining the inner and outer life of Dave Grohl. Still, we managed to uncover a few little-known tidbits about the gifted songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.10. His first drum kit consisted of pillows and furniture. "Until I was 17, I didn't have enough money to get a drum set," Grohl told Uncut in 2007. "But I knew the configuration of a drum set, so I'd set up a pillow between my legs as a snare drum, and I'd use my bed as a tom and a chair as a high hat. I'd just play along with the records all day long, [mostly] fast hardcore punk rock albums like Bad Brains and Minor Threat. It was great. And it was cheap." 9. The first song to get his attention for its drumming was … The Edgar Winter Group's "Frankenstein." "I remember being really inspired by that song," Grohl told Mojo in 2005. "Up to that point I would just listen to whatever my parents or my sister were listening to, things like the West Side Story soundtrack, Carly Simon and The Beatles . But when I heard 'Frankenstein,' I thought, 'Wow, everything about this song stands out – the riffs, the keyboards and particularly the drums.'" The rest of the list is here
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