Dave: Happiness is a good pint of Guinness.
Dave: The wedding was a big fucking party in my backyard. We had a Beatles tribute band and a DJ. All my grass is dead because of 250 people freaking out all over the place. (on his wedding)
Dave: I usually wear those kind of bikini briefs with the male model on the cover of the box I kinda like them for the suspension.
Dave: I stole some chewing tobacco, it was green apple-flavour Redman Chew. I went into our laundry room and started chewing it and got so violently ill that I never chewed tobacco again.
Dave: I love songs that make you wanna jump around, have a good time for three and a half minutes. Eight-minute songs drenched in feedback are cool too, but I just can't write them. I wanna write a song as good as that Supergrass thing, 'Alright', that's a fucking great pop song.
Dave: Kiss was fun. But I hate Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles. I wouldn't pay 100 bucks to see any rock show unless there were, like, 15 bands on the bill. I sure wouldn't pay 100 bucks to see Barbra Streisand eat fucking brie. Ok, maybe I'd pay that much to see a Police reunion - but I'd better get a T-shirt. (on reunions)
Dave: Every now and then the cry goes up 'Is techno the new punk rock?', 'Is west-coast ska revival the new punk rock?' The answer is that punk is an ethic, an attitude. Every generation is visited by that punk ethic, for some it's rap for others it's techno and what I experienced as punk, the Ramones, the Pistols, the DC hardcore scene, is what inspired me to get off my ass.
Dave: We got the ping-pong table on the road. There's nothing wrong with a little zhing-zhang now and again. We're big on it. There's not better way to warm up for a show than a nice five or six-game tournament. It gets your hand-eye going; you break a sweat.
Dave: I love Ozzy, too. He was once considered 'The Most Evil Man In Rock' and yet he's the cutest and funniest guy in rock, too. He's just a little kid....with a hash pipe in his mouth! (on Ozzy Osbourne)
Dave: My mother worked three jobs to support my sister and me. She was a high school English teacher. She worked at a department store at night. And on the weekend, she did estimates for a carpet-cleaning company. She worked her fingers to the bone just to make sure we survived. Now she's retired, and I bought her the house we grew up in, and I added on a whole extra wing. She comes out on tour at special locations, like Australia three months ago. We had a blast. We went to wildlife preserves and petted wallabies.
Dave: I used to hate London. I just couldn't get into it. But only last year did I start to realise that London is my favourite city outside of the States. There's something about the women in London that has changed too. I don't know what you guys have been importing or what's your trip, but it's a whole new scene. The first time I came to London it was just all fish and chips, but now it's Nobu and the Metropolitan Hotel!
Dave: I'm embarrased to be American when I look at our legal system. It's just ridiculous.
Dave: Krist (Novoselic) is a very lovely, gentle, sweet and huge man. If he's your friend, he's your friend for life.
Dave: I don't read the Internet. Bathroom wall bull****.
Dave: Heaven is a barbeque with a massive brisket, Led Zeppelin pumping on the stereo and a keg on ice - Coors Lite - surrounded by all my favourite people.
Dave: The best time for the gum is just before getting onstage. Onstage I need a minty-fresh microphone. There's no gum that keeps it's flavour for more than 20 minutes. I need flavour. I like me some Dentyne Ice. I just know the colours: black, blue or green.
Dave: There was a ghost in my old house, and other musicians from Seattle were present when it happened. We played with the Ouija board, and some unbelievable things occurred. I'm not really interested in supernatural phenomena, but ever since then, I believe in their existence that little bit more.
Dave: I love flying. I never learned, but I wanted to. It was around the time of the 'Learn To Fly' video. How about Bruce Dickinson, flying chartered jets? I heard he was flying boy bands around and stuff. I really wanted to learn. I started getting the instructional video tapes and wanted to sign up for classes, but you can't half-ass it if you're learning to fly. You have to be devoted, and I just couldn't do that.
Dave: I'm kind of claustrophobic, sometimes in airplanes I can't stand that fact that I can't get off if I want to. I have crazy claustrophobic dreams; weird elevator dreams where the elevator closes in and all of a sudden I am lying down — 'oh my God, it's a casket'. Just freaky stuff like that.
Dave: F*** Elvis. I hate Elvis.
Dave: I have crazy vivid dreams every night and remember them all. I once dreamt that I had drowned. I was in the water trying to catch my breath and someone swam up to me and said 'It's OK you can let go and you can breath now.' All of a sudden, I wasn't in the water anymore. I was just floating. I took this breath of air and realised I'd died. It wasn't so much the visual of the dream, but the feeling that, 'OK this is the moment I've waited for my whole life.' It felt so real, no pain, just that this was it. I floated through this series of tunnels and wound up in a gallery with other people floating around. It was pretty wild feeling waking up from that.
Dave: People who work at Disneyland who walk around dressed up as Goofy, apparently, under no circumstances are they allowed to remove their outfits when they're in the parks. So you have these people in 80lb Goofy costumes, running around in 110 degree heat. Even if you happen to vomit, you're not allowed to remove your costume in front of the children because they'll freak out and won't believe that Goofy is a real animal. Once you're wearing those costumes, you're not even allowed a regular piss break. I guess you could just piss in your suit. But imagine if you're five years old and the first time you met Minnie Mouse she smelled of piss and vomit.
Dave: I never fancied coke at all, because a friend of mine had a heart attack outside a 7-11 when he was 18 doing coke. So it's always been this evil, deadly drug - plus if I started doing it, I'm the kind of person would just fucking blow every cent I had to shove the world up my nose, I'm hyperactive enough.
Dave: Burping onstage usually generates more applause than our fucking music. And, evidently it's a sign your singing from the right place - from your stomach and not your throat.
Dave: The great thing about bowling is that you get better the more beer you drink. It's like a pub sport. I've never broken 200, my high score is 198. (on bowling)
Dave: It's the most egotistical thing anybody could possibly do. I read Motley Crue's - it's hilarious, but all embellished crap. It makes them seem like complete assholes: We raped chicks and did heroin. I don't want people to know that much. (on autobiographies)
Dave: I did absinthe with Taylor a while back. We ended up daring each other to hold a lit Cigarette jammed between our arms. We giggled as our flesh burned. That’s what absinthe does to you. (on absinthe)
The janitors in the “Learn To Fly” video are the members of the band Tenacious D.
In the “Breakout” video, Taylor Hawkins squirts mustard all over Dave Grohl’s shirt while he’s in line getting popcorn.
The band members go to the moon as astronauts in the “Next Year” video.
Presently, the members of the Foo Fighters are Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett and Nate Mendell.
Jack Black appears in clips from “Orange County” in the video for “The One”.
Jack Black has appeared in several Foo Fighters videos.
The man from the “My Hero” video saved a baby, dog and picture from the burning down house.
Taylor Hawkins attempts to play a violin on the video for “The One”.
Dave Grohl’s hand grows in the “Everlong” video.
The motto “Footos…The Fresh Fighter” was used in the “Big Me” video.
The song “Walking After You” was on the “X-Files” soundtrack.
Dave Grohl sang and played all the instruments on the first album, but he had to recruit a band to play live.
Their third album, “Nothing Left To Lose”, was released in 1999.
Their self-titled debut album was released in 1995.
Dave Grohl was born on January 14th, 1969 in Warren, Ohio.
The songs “Win Or Lose” and “Podunk” are included as bonus tracks on their singles.
Dave Grohl was once married to Jennifer Youngblood, but they later divorced.
Taylor Hawkins replaced William Goldsmith when Dave Grohl decided he didn’t like Goldsmith’s “style”.
William Goldsmith was the original drummer for the Foo Fighters.
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