David Grohl Storteller

Dave Grohl has never lacked for big, high-concept ideas. On “Play,” the Foo Fighters frontman pays tribute to the romantic, often obsessive relationship musicians have with their instruments by uncorking a wordless, 23-minute rock epic on which he plays everything himself: drums, bass, guitar. All captured in single, uninterrupted takes—and filmed for a short documentary of the same name—it moves fluidly from heavy-headed grooves to jazzy interludes to the sort of searing crescendos that have made up the spine of many a Foo Fighters single. As has always been the case, Grohl is at his most electrifying when behind a drum kit, and “Play” overflows with both subtle moments and seismic, definitive fills. “It was really just to see if I could pull it off,” he told Jimmy Kimmel. “To see if I could do those full takes without making any mistakes and actually memorize that much music.”

Martin James retrace la trajectoire de Dave Grohl, qui a démarré à 17 ans avec Scream, a participé à la légende Nirvana, a composé la discographie des Foo Fighters, a marqué l’histoire de la scène de Seattle jusqu’à devenir une icône du rock. À l’aide d’interviews inédites de proches de l’artiste, la biographie inclut de nombreuses histoires dont celles des célèbres albums Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace et Wasting Light (en colla- boration avec Butch Vig, producteur de Nirvana), ainsi que Sonic Highways, véritable hommage au rock. …

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