Dave Grohl and the ’90s album that “changed his life”

Dave Grohl He’s not the most discreet guy when it comes to his influences. In addition to big names in hard rock, such as black Sabbath or Led Zeppelinof the Beatles it’s from Princethe frontman of Foo Fighters You’ve already talked about less, let’s say, mainstream inspirations.

This is the case of Kyussinitial project of Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), which would have permanently impacted Grohl. In an interview given in the 1990s to Melody Maker (via Far Out), Dave spoke about his obsession with the Californian group formed in 1987 – more specifically about the album Blues For The Red Sunfrom 1992:

“Oh my god, this album changed my life!” he said. “I was 24 years old and something about the grooves and the guitars and the drums and the bass made it sound familiar, you know? Like something you’d heard in the early ’70s, but never quite as well as that way. They reinvented it. this genre, 1970s hard rock.”

Dave Grohl and Josh Homme

Later, Dave Grohl would get closer to his idol Josh Homme, including in sporadic collaborations with Queens of the Stone Age – notably on the classic album Songs For The Deaf2002.

“When Josh and I play it’s like a conversation between two old friends who’ve had a little too much to drink,” Grohl told Kerrang! in 2018. “That’s how it works when we write together… he plays something and I play it back to him like this! [e estrala os dedos]”