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This biography traces the career of Dave Grohl, from his early days with Nirvana through founding the Foo Fighters to touring with Queens of the Stone Age and forming Them Crooked Vultures. Drawing from ten years of exclusive interviews with Grohl himself and conversations with peers such as Josh Homme, Ian MacKaye, and producer Butch Vig, it offers candid insight into battles within Nirvana, internal conflicts that tested the Foo Fighters, and moments that nearly pulled him away from music.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Celebrity Biography
Authors: Paul Brannigan
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