the storyteller tales of life and music book review

The chapter “He’s Gone” opened with Grohl learning that his bandmate Kurt Cobain just died, and how as his first experience with death, this phone call absolutely destroyed him, especially because he had just seen him before at their last concert together in Munich. However, two stories in the book that really stuck out to me as the most powerful were Grohl learning of Cobain’s death, and the father-daughter dance with daughters Harper and Violet. There were many stories told in the book, some hilarious, others inspiring.

Throughout there are also stories of his time growing his family with his wife and three daughters, and the organized chaos that is living a normal family life as a world-famous rock star. This time also helped Grohl to move past his “the guy from Nirvana” phase and make a musical identity of his own, one that even led him to performing at tribute concerts in front of two American Presidents. It then follows his three years in Nirvana until Kurt Cobain’s death, and how Grohl was able to cope with his loss through his music in projects that would ultimately lead to the creation of the Foo Fighters. It then goes into his time starting to tour professionally with the band Scream, where he ultimately found Krist Novoselic and Kurt Cobain fresh from Nirvana’s first album Bleach. area, and with a lot of support from his mother, ultimately started performing on the drums as a teenager. The book begins with stories of Grohl’s early life and how he got into the punk rock scene in the Washington D.C. The Storyteller is a memoir looking at the highlights of Grohl’s life as his love of music blossomed, his time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, and the small moments that made a colossal impact on his own life. Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dave Grohl released his first book, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music in Oct.

The storyteller tales of life and music book review