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Ongoing History of New Music

Ultra-Deep Background on Dave Grohl: Part 2

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

Music History, History, Music, Music Interviews, Music Commentary

4.8 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

When you reach a certain level of fame, you can expect that everything you do will be recorded somewhere…it’s out of your control…fans will do it…your management team will do it…your social media people will make sure that it gets done…probably someone at your label…and they’ll just keep doing it… Your life becomes one ever-expanding Wikipedia page…not that this is a bad thing…it’s just something certain famous people have to live with… This brings me to Dave Grohl…he is one of the best-documented guys in music…everything he’s ever does and continues to do is written down somewhere… There’s the Foo Fighters, of course…we know a lot about the Dave and the Foos…there was his time in Nirvana before that…a little bit has been written about them… Then there are the side projects, the guest appearances…the documentary work…the soundtracks…. we’ve even been introduced to his mom, who wrote a book about raising rock stars… Seriously…with all this attention, what else is left to tell?...well, you might be surprised…this is part two of a program I call “ultra-deep background on Dave Grohl”… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime. When you reach a certain level of fame, you can expect that everything you do will be recorded somewhere. This is out of your control. Fans are going to do it. Your management team will do it. Your social media people will make sure it gets done,

0:21.4

probably somebody at your label, they'll just keep doing it and doing it and doing it.

0:25.2

And your life becomes one ever-expanding Wikipedia page.

0:28.9

Not that this is a bad thing, it's just something that certain famous people have to live with.

0:34.0

This brings me to Dave Grohl.

0:35.7

He is one of the best documented guys in music.

0:38.2

Everything he does and continues to do is written down somewhere.

0:43.9

There are the foo fighters, of course.

0:45.6

We know a lot about Dave and the Fus.

0:47.8

There was his time in Nirvana before that.

0:50.4

A little bit has been written about them.

0:52.5

There are the side projects, the guest appearances, the documentary work, the soundtracks.

0:58.6

We've even been introduced to his mum, who wrote a book about raising rock stars.

1:03.3

So seriously, with all this attention, what else is left to tell?

1:06.5

Well, you might be surprised.

1:08.8

This is part two of a program I call Ultra Deep Background on Dave Grohl.

1:14.3

This is the ongoing history of new music podcast with Alan Cross.

1:21.1

I sink around, I tick around.

1:25.4

There's my whole.

1:27.1

Be about that. I sit around. I sick around. That's a record for that That's a record

1:30.3

That's a record from 1994, October of that

1:34.3

A demo made by Dave Grohl

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