Dave Grohl

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller * Named one of Variety's Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible's Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best Memoirs of 2021 * One of NME's Best Music Books of 2021 * 2 Million Copies Sold WorldwideThe Remastered Edition...Because There's Always More to the StoryDave Grohl's The Storyteller created a sensation when it was initially published, becoming a global bestseller and thrilling fans and critics alike. Readers came to the book for Dave's heartfelt voice, his love of family and music, and the energy that pours from every page.Dave's is an extraordinary life made of up ordinary moments, and he tells stories just like he writes songs--from his soul. Whether recounting his time as kid in Toughskins in the Virginia suburbs, as a skinny teenager drumming his heart out for punk band Scream, living through the explosion and implosion of Nirvana, or hustling all the way around the world to escort his daughters to the Father/Daughter dance (only to be ignored as soon as his girls found their friends) The Storyteller is just like its author, as real as it gets. To show his appreciation for his fans, and to celebrate his love of writing, this deluxe paperback edition offers a wide variety of extra content, including: An essay on how Dave approaches creativity (Here's a hint: you don't have to think outside of the box. Just ignore it.)A series of prompts to jump start your creativityThe story of when Dave first met Paul McCartney (previously an audiobook exclusive)A collection of Dave's curated playlists, giving a glimpse into some of the music he loves The "Song Stories" of four Foo Fighters favorites The Storyteller has challenged what a music memoir can be. With this paperback, the legacy continues.

En personligt skriven berättelse om en liten kille från Springfield, Virginia, som närde en dröm om att bli rockstjärna.Dave Grohl växte upp i ett hem med lite pengar och mycket kärlek. Alltför rastlös hoppade han tidigt av skolan för att dra ut på vägarna med punkbandet Scream, och tvingades ljuga om sin ålder för att få spela på ställen han var på tok för ung för att ens komma in på.Här berättar han målande och underhållande om åren då han bodde i en skåpbil, om kamratskap och om den ständiga bristen på pengar. Om hur han gick med i Nirvana och om bandets oväntade framgång och tragiska slut, om hur Foo Fighters blev hans väg framåt och hur han idag reser världen runt och spelar på arenor samtidigt som han är en hängiven familjefar.Min berättelse om livet och musiken är fullproppad med livsglädje, humor och Daves klarsynta perspektiv på berömmelse. Allt ackompanjerat av ett gediget bildmaterial, bland annatfrån hans privata album."Foo Fighters fryntlige frontman är en skicklig berättare. (...) Bokens sidor är fyllda till bredden med humor och värme." Aftonbladet“Hans otroliga biografi är fullspäckad med extraordinära anekdoter om Nirvana, Iggy Pop och till och med Sir Paul McCartney. Åh herregud, vilken underbar läsning det här är.” Natasha Hardin, Sun“Dave Grohls berättelse är precis så optimistisk och taktfull som man kan förvänta sig.” Allison Stewart, The Washington PostDave Grohl (född 1969) är en av våra största nutida musiker. Här lär vi även känna honom som en begåvad och engagerad författare. Han fick sitt stora genombrott som trummis i Nirvana och har sedan dess haft stora framgångar med det egna bandet Foo Fighters. Utöver det medverkar han på en rad album med andra artister som Queens of the Stone Age och Tenacious D. Han bor tillsammans med sin fru och deras tre döttrar i Los Angeles.

The first full-length narrative biography of Led Zeppelin's John Bonham, considered by many to be one of the greatest drummers in rock history, and a genuine wild man of epic (and sadly fatal) proportions. Beast: John Bonham and the Rise of Led Zeppelin is the first-ever biography of the iconic John Bonham, considered by many to be one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) rock drummer of all time. Bonham first learned to play the drums at the age of five, and despite never taking formal lessons, began drumming for local bands immediately upon graduating from secondary school. By the late 1960s, Bonham was looking for a more solid gig in order to provide his growing family with a more regular income. Meanwhile, following the dissolution of the popular blues rock band The Yardbirds, lead guitarist Jimmy Page sought the company of new bandmates to help him record an album and tour Scandinavia as the New Yardbirds. A few months later, Bonham was recruited to join the band who would eventually become known as Led Zeppelin-and before the year was out, Bonham and his three bandmates would become the richest rock band in the world.In their first year, Led Zeppelin released two albums and completed four US and four UK concert tours. As their popularity exploded, they moved from ballrooms and smaller clubs to larger auditoriums, and eventually started selling out full arenas. Throughout the 1970s, Led Zeppelin reached new heights of commercial and critical success, making them one of the most influential groups of the era, both in musical style and in their approach towards the workings of the entertainment industry. They added extravagant lasers, light shows, and mirror balls to their performances; wore flamboyant and often glittering outfits; traveled in a private jet airliner and rented out entire sections of hotels; and soon become the subject of frequently repeated stories of debauchery and destruction while on tour. In 1977, the group performed what would be their final live appearance in the US, following months of rising fervor and rioting from their fandom. And in September of 1980, Bonham-plagued by alcoholism, anxiety, and the after-effects of years of excess-was found dead by his bandmates.To this day, Bonham is posthumously described as one of the most important, well-known, and influential drummers in rock, topping best of lists describing him as an inimitable, all-time great. As Adam Budofsky, managing editor of Modern Drummer, explained, "If the king of rock 'n' roll was Elvis Presley, then the king of rock drumming was certainly John Bonham."

Karismaattisen rokkarin kauan odotettu omaelämäkerta.Foo Fighters -yhtyeen nokkamies Dave Grohl kertoo Tositarinoita-kirjassaan elämästään rentoon ja humoristiseen tyyliinsä.Nirvanassa ja Foo Fightersissa maailmanmaineeseen noussut Dave Grohl on yksi rakastetuimmista rocktähdistä. Häntä on pidetty yhtenä viime vuosikymmenien vaikutusvaltaisimmista rock-muusikoista. Grohl syntyi Ohiossa ja kasvoi Virginiassa. Hän aloitti kitaransoiton 12-vuotiaana, ja lukioikäisenä hän siirtyi rumpuihin, joiden soittamisen hän opetteli itse musiikkia kuuntelemalla. Varsinaisen muusikon uransa Grohl aloitti Scream-nimisessä punkyhtyeessä, mutta suuren yleisön tuntemaksi hän tuli liityttyään Nirvanaan juuri ennen sen läpimurtoa vuonna 1991.Dave Grohlia on usein pyydetty kirjoittamaan elämästään, mutta erilaiset musiikki- ja elokuvaprojektit ovat vieneet hänen huomionsa. Mutta kun koronapandemia iski, Grohl perusti Instagramiin davestruestories-nimisen tilin ja alkoi kirjoittaa lapsuudestaan ja vauhdikkaasta nuoruudestaan Virginiassa, uransa alkuajoista sekä huippuhetkistä. Suosio oli välitön. Tositarinoita perustuu Grohlin Instagramissa julkaisemiin omaelämäkerrallisiin tarinoihin, mutta sisältää myös paljon ennen julkaisematonta materiaalia.

The long-awaited autobiography of the legendary Nirvana and Foo Fighters rock star, Dave Grohl

The long-awaited autobiography of the legendary Nirvana and Foo Fighters rock star, Dave Grohl

Karismaattisen rokkarin kauan odotettu omaelämäkerta.Foo Fighters -yhtyeen nokkamies Dave Grohl kertoo Tositarinoita-kirjassaan elämästään rentoon ja humoristiseen tyyliinsä.Nirvanassa ja Foo Fightersissa maailmanmaineeseen noussut Dave Grohl on yksi rakastetuimmista rocktähdistä. Häntä on pidetty yhtenä viime vuosikymmenien vaikutusvaltaisimmista rock-muusikoista. Grohl syntyi Ohiossa ja kasvoi Virginiassa. Hän aloitti kitaransoiton 12-vuotiaana, ja lukioikäisenä hän siirtyi rumpuihin, joiden soittamisen hän opetteli itse musiikkia kuuntelemalla. Varsinaisen muusikon uransa Grohl aloitti Scream-nimisessä punkyhtyeessä, mutta suuren yleisön tuntemaksi hän tuli liityttyään Nirvanaan juuri ennen sen läpimurtoa vuonna 1991.Dave Grohlia on usein pyydetty kirjoittamaan elämästään, mutta erilaiset musiikki- ja elokuvaprojektit ovat vieneet hänen huomionsa. Mutta kun koronapandemia iski, Grohl perusti Instagramiin davestruestories-nimisen tilin ja alkoi kirjoittaa lapsuudestaan ja vauhdikkaasta nuoruudestaan Virginiassa, uransa alkuajoista sekä huippuhetkistä. Suosio oli välitön. Tositarinoita perustuu Grohlin Instagramissa julkaisemiin omaelämäkerrallisiin tarinoihin, mutta sisältää myös paljon ennen julkaisematonta materiaalia.

Read by Dave Grohl. Features excerpts from five never before heard demos performed by Dave Grohl and an original story exclusive to The Storyteller audiobook.So, I've written a book.Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila ") I have decided to tell these stories just as I have always done, in my own voice. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I've recorded and can't wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child. This certainly doesn't mean that I'm quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it's like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, drumming for Tom Petty or meeting Sir Paul McCartney at Royal Albert Hall, bedtime stories with Joan Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to flying halfway around the world for one epic night with my daughters...the list goes on. I look forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement.

Beast: John Bonham and the Rise of Led Zeppelin is the first-ever biography of the iconic John Bonham, considered by many to be one of the greatest (if not THE greatest) rock drummer of all time. Bonham first learned to play the drums at the age of five, and despite never taking formal lessons, began drumming for local bands immediately upon graduating from secondary school. By the late 1960s, Bonham was looking for a more solid gig in order to provide his growing family with a more regular income. Meanwhile, following the dissolution of the popular blues rock band The Yardbirds, lead guitarist Jimmy Page sought the company of new bandmates to help him record an album and tour Scandinavia as the New Yardbirds. A few months later, Bonham was recruited to join the band who would eventually become known as Led Zeppelin-and before the year was out, Bonham and his three bandmates would become the richest rock band in the world.In their first year, Led Zeppelin released two albums and completed four US and four UK concert tours. As their popularity exploded, they moved from ballrooms and smaller clubs to larger auditoriums, and eventually started selling out full arenas. Throughout the 1970s, Led Zeppelin reached new heights of commercial and critical success, making them one of the most influential groups of the era, both in musical style and in their approach towards the workings of the entertainment industry. They added extravagant lasers, light shows, and mirror balls to their performances; wore flamboyant and often glittering outfits; traveled in a private jet airliner and rented out entire sections of hotels; and soon become the subject of frequently repeated stories of debauchery and destruction while on tour. In 1977, the group performed what would be their final live appearance in the US, following months of rising fervor and rioting from their fandom. And in September of 1980, Bonham-plagued by alcoholism, anxiety, and the after-effects of years of excess-was found dead by his bandmates.To this day, Bonham is posthumously described as one of the most important, well-known, and influential drummers in rock, topping best of lists describing him as an inimitable, all-time great. As Adam Budofsky, managing editor of Modern Drummer, explained, "If the king of rock 'n' roll was Elvis Presley, then the king of rock drumming was certainly John Bonham."