Paul Brannigan has a professional relationship
with Dave Grohl stretching back almost 15 years: "I consider you a friend,"
Grohl told Brannigan when the pair last spent time together in Los Angeles.
Grohl has sold over 40 million albums. He's been in bands that have changed
popular music forever. His best friend committed suicide. He starts supergroups.
He's the nicest guy in rock.
From a bandmate's suicide to drug abuse,
from Washington DC to California, Paul Brannigan gives an unparalleled, intimate
and extraordinary account of the life and times of Dave Grohl.
In 1990,
little-known punk-metal upstarts Nirvana added a new drummer to the band. They
were soon to become a global phenomenon - but as we all know, things went wrong.
Dave's friend Kurt, frontman of Nirvana, took his own life, plunging the band
and their future into chaos. His friends' grief was mirrored by worldwide sorrow
to an unprecedented degree.
Defying expectations, a knack that was soon
to become his trademark, Grohl refused to see it as the end. In 1995 his new band,
the Foo Fighters, rose to join the pantheon of rock deities.
The 'wonder
years' were by no means calm. The spotlight existence imposed by his celebrity
status, the bellowed vilification by his critics and his high-speed lifestyle
proved a dangerous cocktail. Grohl has been through some of the darkest lows and
most dazzling highs that life can offer.
Dave's feelings about these events
have never fully been revealed to the public. Never before has an author had such
intimate access to this extraordinary man. Paul Brannigan, his friend and confidant,
now brings to light this unique portrait of Dave Grohl: the man who changed music
forever.
'This is a Call' is available now.
