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It’s probably crazy seeing your child reach rock stardom, and Virginia Grohl, mother of Dave Grohl, is giving the world an inside look into a mother’s mind in her new book From Cradle To Stage: Stories From The Mothers Who Rocked And Raised Rock Stars. Video: Watch Dave Grohl celebrate his mom’s birthday during Foo Fighters […]

One time, Dave Grohl was at a party with Sir Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift and God only knows who else. McCartney hopped on a piano and started playing a new song—that’s crazy in itself, right? Afterwards, everyone wanted Grohl to play something. Admittedly, he was “super high” and didn’t know how to play piano.  Read […]

After four films as the legendary spy, Daniel Craig recently revealed that he’d rather “slash his wrists” than play James Bond in a movie again, so we’re guessing he won’t be signing up for the next installment in the franchise. British actors Idris Elba, Tom Hiddleston and Damian Lewis are all rumored to be in […]

Black Leaves of Envy, a local metal band from Cornwall, England were recently asked to stop rehearsing in their garage by their town council, for noise violations. Due to this notice, the band have been unable to practice for the last three months. The band reached out to Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl for help, and […]

Rumors of Foo Fighters’ impending demise began with a report by the New York Post’s Page Six. The piece claims tensions between frontman Dave Grohl and drummer Taylor Hawkins have risen to a point where the band are currently taking a “break.”  Read more: Medal Of Honor recipient finds Dave Grohl roaming the White House A […]

An alternate version of Nirvana’s “Marigold,” featuring drummer Dave Grohl on vocals, has surfaced online.  Listen: Hear Kurt Cobain’s vocals isolated from Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”  According to ConsequenceOfSound, Grohl originally wrote the track for his 1992 solo project Pocketwatch. A different version was later featured on Nirvana’s third studio album, In Utero.  Read […]

Nirvana released their “Heart-Shaped Box” music video in 1993, The clip featured, among others, six-year-old Kelsey Rohr.  Now, 23 years later, Rohr has re-connected with Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. Listen: Hear Kurt Cobain’s vocals isolated from Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” “Today Dave Grohl and I picked up right where we left off 23 years […]

In a recent interview with Off Camera, Foo Fighters headmaster Dave Grohl opened up about Nirvana and Kurt Cobain. “Unfortunately, Nirvana became too big too quick,” he admitted. “Bands are like families that go through uncomfortable growing pains, and if it happens all at once, it’s just too much to handle.” You can watch a […]

At last night's Monster Energy's Ride For Dime DIMEBASH honoring the late Dimebag Darrell, Dave Grohl, along with members of Stone Sour and Machine Head joined forces for an acoustic cover of Pink Floyd's “Wish You Were Here.” Machine Head frontman Robb Flynn noted that originally Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell was meant to […]

Dave Grohl, master of all things rock n’ roll, turned 47 today. To celebrate, Ethiopians students teamed together to create an awesome video of them singing along to Nirvana’s timeless hit, “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” You can check it out below. And from everyone here at AltPress, happy birthday, Dave! Read more: Medal Of Honor recipient […]

On Jan. 9, the Motörhead YouTube account livestreamed a memorial service for the late Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister. During the emotional service, many rock 'n roll greats shared their anecdotes and memories of Lemmy's life, including Guns N' Roses' Slash and Matt Sorum, Judas Priest's Rob Halford and Metallica's Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo, among many others. One of […]

Motörhead's Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister died December 28, just four days after his 70th birthday. In an official statement, the band’s surviving members directed fans to celebrate the life of the man whose music, charisma and style influenced numerous bands—including Metallica, Nirvana, Dropkick Murphys and Rancid.   The stories of the English icon’s days as […]

Foo Fighters headmaster Dave Grohl made a surprise appearance on last night’s episode of ABC’s The Muppets to drum-battle Animal—everyone’s favorite furry percussionist. Below, you can watch what happened once the epic clash got underway. Read more: Dave Grohl breaks leg onstage, receives medical attention and returns to finish show

Thanksgiving is almost here! Over this holiday weekend with family and friends, there are a lot of things to be thankful for, including some of musical moments that have taken place this year. From band reunions to career changing releases, a tidal wave of awesomeness has descended upon the scene.  Here are some of the year’s top moments […]

Dave Grohl's headline-stealing Foo Fighters tour across America continues. At Tuesday's show in Los Angeles, the rock-and-roll wizard noticed a girl with a broken leg and cast, and given that Dave's still in his cast from breaking his leg on stage back in June, he immediately decided to dedicate the next song to her to […]

During Foo Fighters’ show in Portland, Oregon earlier this week, frontman Dave Grohl briefly shared his two-cents on the cigarette lighter-verses-cell phone debate. “Ladies and gentlemen, I would like for you to light this rock show with any sort of illuminating device you are holding in your hands. Cigarette lighters are preferred, because that’s the […]

It's the start of a new work week so naturally there's some new Grohlian news to cover. Saturday night while Foo Fighters were performing at Wrigley Field in Chicago on their Sonic Highways world tour, Grohl and the gang decided to sing “Happy Birthday,” with their massive audience, to mama Grohl and Dave's cousin Tracy, […]

There was a point in time when Tower Records was the biggest record store chain in the world—with 200 stores across 30 countries—and for nearly a decade since its closure in 2006, its absence has been felt by music fans young and old the world over. In a new documentary from Colin Hanks (Fargo, Dexter) […]

Here at The Daily Grohl, we like to bring you all the latest news on the shenanigans provided by the charismatic frontman and his band, Foo Fighters. Whether he's rocking from atop his Game Of Thrones-inspired throne or Rick Grohling bigots from the back of a truck, as long as the former Nirvana drummer is out […]

Another day, another Grohlian headline. At their Calgary stop, while on their current world tour in support of Sonic Highways, frontman Dave Grohl made a point to boast of Foo Fighters' performance endurance, making note of their usual three-hour shows as opposed to still-budding bands with much shorter setlists.  Read more: Dave Grohl explains why he […]