History Trivia / DaveGrohl

* CreatorBreakdown: He recorded the Music/FooFighters' debut album by himself as a way of coping with Music/KurtCobain's death.

* BuryYourArt: Grohl's 1992 album ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocketwatch_(album) Pocketwatch]]'', recorded under the pseudonym Late!, was released via an obscure indie label that manufactured cassette copies on demand. According to Grohl, the label repeatedly asked him to put out a CD release of the album, but he refused to do so because "it was never intended to be a big thing;" Grohl would never reissue the album after the label went under. Additionally, the album was recorded directly onto cassette, resulting in the master tapes already deteriorating by the time the label requested a CD reissue. These factors resulted in tape copies and bootleg [=CDs=] becoming highly sought after; Grohl would joke that one of his goals with the album was to deliberately drive up secondhand prices to ludicrous levels.

* PromotedFanboy: And how! He started out as a fan of the punk band Scream and joined them as their drummer while still in his teens. It just grew from there. The Probot album was basically him collaborating with his favourite HeavyMetal artists. And he's gone on to play and record with many of the musicians that he grew up idolising, including members of Music/{{Queen}}, Music/LedZeppelin, Music/TomPetty, and [[Music/PaulMcCartney even a frickin BEATLE!]]

*** He was also offered a spot in {{Music/Danzig}} after their drummer left.

** [[Music/{{Death}} Chuck Schuldiner]] and [[Music/{{Slayer}} Tom Araya]] were approached for Probot, but due to medical situations (Chuck was battling brain cancer at the time) and scheduling conflicts respectively, this didn't work out. It's unknown which track Dave Grohl wanted Chuck to appear on, but Tom was the first choice for "Silent Spring", which was released with Kurt Brecht from D.R.I. on vocals instead: This might be why, of all the songs on the album, "Silent Spring" sounds the least like its respective guest vocalist's signature style.

** The timing of Kurt Cobain's passing and drummer Dave Abbruzzese's departure from Music/PearlJam meant that, for a brief moment, Grohl was offered the spot behind the kit. Of course, he had [[Music/FooFighters other plans in the works]], but there is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwDPBwBB25E footage]] of Grohl joining the band for an encore performance of Neil Young's ''[=Rockin'=] in the Free World''.

** The timing of Kurt Cobain's passing and drummer Dave Abbruzzese departure from Music/PearlJam meant that, for a brief moment, Grohl was offered the spot behind the kit. Of course, he had [[Music/FooFighters other plans in the works]], but there is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwDPBwBB25E footage]] of Grohl joining the band for an encore performance of Neil Young's ''[=Rockin'=] in the Free World''.

** The timing Kurt Cobain's passing and drummer Dave Abbruzzese departure from [[Music/PearlJam]] meant that, for a brief moment, Grohl was offered the spot behind the kit. Of course, he had [[Music/FooFighters other plans in the works]], but there is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwDPBwBB25E footage]] of Grohl joining the band for an encore performance of Neil Young's ''[=Rockin'=] in the Free World''.

* PromotedFanboy: And how! He started out as a fan of the punk band Scream and joined them as their drummer while still in his teens. It just grew from there. The Probot album was basically him collaborating with his favourite HeavyMetal artists. And he's gone on to play and record with many of the musicians that he grew up idolising, including members of Music/{{Queen}}, Music/LedZeppelin and [[Music/PaulMcCartney even a frickin BEATLE!]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[Music/{{Death}} Chuck Schuldiner]] and [[Music/{{Slayer}} Tom Araya]] were approached for Probot, but due to medical situations (Chuck was battling brain cancer at the time) and scheduling conflicts respectively, this didn't work out. It's unknown which track Dave Grohl wanted Chuck to appear on, but Tom was the first choice for "Silent Spring", which was released with Kurt Brecht from D.R.I. on vocals instead: This might be why, of all the songs on the album, "Silent Spring" sounds the least like its respective guest vocalist's signature style.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[Music/{{Death}} Chuck Schuldiner]] and [[Music/{{Slayer}} Tom Araya]] were approached for Probot, but due to medical situations (Chuck was battling brain cancer at the time) and scheduling conflicts respectively, this didn't work out.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Most notable and ''literal'' being the ''Pocketwatch'' under the pseudonym Late! ("I just thought it would be funny to announce ourselves as 'We're Late!'), which was only issued on cassette.

* PromotedFanboy: And how! He started out as a fan of the punk band Scream and joined them as their drummer while still in his teens. It just grew from there. The Probot album was basically him collaborating with his favourite HeavyMetal artists. And he's gone on to play and record with many of the musicians that he grew up idolising, including members of Music/{{Queen}}, Music/LedZeppelin and [[Music/PaulMcCartney even a frickin BEATLE!]]

* AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder: You've seen the bands he played with above, right?