Dave Grohl is an award-winning musician and director. He has been one of the most beloved and respected figures on the international music since his recorded debut with Nirvana on 1991's generation-defining Nevermind. Grohl took centre stage with Foo Fighters' 1995 self-titled debut album, and the band have gone on to win twelve Grammys and five Brit Awards. Their most recent album, Medicine at Midnight, went to No 1 on the UK charts. In 2013, Grohl made his debut as a feature director/producer with the acclaimed documentary Sound City. Grohl also directed the eight-part HBO docuseries Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways, which premiered in October 2014 and went on to win two Emmys.
'Thoroughly entertaining... His tone remains
unwavering: good-natured, self-deprecating and eternally
positive. He reads as if he’s bouncing on the spot. It’s impossible
not to be won over by him… With the flair of a natural raconteur,
Grohl broadly makes the job of a rock superstar out to be
tremendous fun… Sometimes the good guys do win.'
*Daily Express*
'His incredible memoir is packed with extraordinary anecdotes about
Nirvana, Iggy Pop, and even Sir Paul McCartney. Oh my, what a
wonderful read this is – the man has lived a million lives.'
*Sun*
'For anyone interested in how a hyperactive misfit from Virginia
became a third of Nirvana and went on to become a stadium-filling
star with his own Foo Fighters, The Storyteller lives up to its
billing... Those years spent crammed into vans, living off fumes
and the kindness of female mud wrestlers are some of the most vivid
here. The camaraderie and sudden violence of the international
punk ecosystem is beautifully evoked... Grohl is a lively and
thoughtful writer.'
*Observer*
'Just strap yourself in for smooth, well-told tales by a man for
whom "dumb luck seems to be my speciality".'
*Irish Times*
'Dave Grohl has plenty of tales of musical obsession, dizzying
highs and dreadful lows. But more than the music, this memoir is an
ode to family, both biological and chosen... A warm, funny and
natural storyteller, Grohl spins a fine yarn, self-deprecating and
pinging from subject to subject before circling back to his
original point.'
*Classic Rock*
'He writes brilliantly and candidly about the runaway train that
was Nirvana, and watching Kurt Cobain fading away before his eyes
on the set of the "Come As You Are" video. Most like Bruce
Springsteen's autobiography in terms of its author's honesty, drive
and self-deprecating humour, Grohl's inherent constancy and
resilience comes across on every page.'
*Mojo*
'The nicest guy in rock delivers a book to match. Charming...[an]
uplifting spirit is shot through his memoir, which has the everyman
charm of Grohl's personality. Grohl’s warm and conversational prose
ensures the stories he does write about are vivid… Juggling stardom
with family life has rarely been written about better.'
*Record Collector*
'A life-affirming ode to his love of music that skeeters through
some of music’s biggest names over the past 30 years.'
*Stylist, Books of the Year*
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