Why did he move back to LA when he loved Virginia so much? Why did he choose to raise his family here instead of Virginia. No studio stories about creative choices. In another example, he talks about leaving for LA, in Kurt’s Datsun B210, to record at Sound City, but then nothing. In one example, he talks about leaving LA to join Nirvana, building you up to that point, but says nothing about the actual first meeting. I personally like to follow a story through to its conclusion.
Some people don’t mind being told a story, building suspense and ending in the middle of the story. If you have ever seen the movie “No Country for Old Men” you get a sense of how each chapter goes. In the first half of the book he jumps around to different points of his life, without completing the previous story. He builds you up with suspense in each chapter and then doesn’t finish the story, opting to change direction and talk about something different in the next. I’m a big fan of Dave Grohl and I couldn’t wait to dive into this book. Great guy, but he doesn’t finish stories… I look forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement. From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, drumming for Tom Petty or meeting Sir Paul McCartney at Royal Albert Hall, bedtime stories with Joan Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to flying halfway around the world for one epic night with my daughters.the list goes on. This certainly doesn't mean that I'm quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it's like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I've recorded and can't wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child. Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!") I have decided to tell these stories just as I have always done, in my own voice. Features excerpts from five never before heard demos performed by Dave Grohl and an original story exclusive to The Storyteller audiobook.
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