ŷ������

After listening to this audiobook, I love Dave Grohl even more - how is that fucking possible?! His memoir is full of warmth, humor, absorbing behind-the-scenes stories of rock'n'roll adventure, heartbreak and mischief, and, yes spirituality, but not of the esoteric kind, but of the "music, friends and family are my religion"-conviction. While other rock stars spend their careers trying to build elaborate badass images, Grohl is like "my mom is my best friend, and my daughter taught me the names of all Disney princesses; and oh, I partied with Pantera, played a stadium rock show with a smashed leg and, you know, changed the landscape of rock with two of the biggest bands ever to exist on this planet. Now let me tell you about my friend Tom Petty. Isn't life wild?"

Grohl seems like an extremely hard-working, humble, intelligent guy who has never fallen into the trap of rockstar kayfabe, he is not chasing the idea of a public persona that is created in other people's minds, and you have to admire him for his zero-fucks-given attitude. He also refrains from ventilating gossip or attacking people who wronged him, and some parts of the text suggest how Grohl tends to overcome setbacks: E.g., his infamous phase of drinking and depression after Kurt's passing is mostly turned into a kind of rebirth, an episode in which he decided to take a new leap - which certainly isn't wrong, but you could probably frame the whole thing very differently. But Grohl didn't - and his determination is probably key to his achievements. This memoir mostly remains upbeat, intending to inspire, and there's nothing wrong with it, but it also means that aspects like the difficult dynamics in Nirvana remain enigmatic and key personal turning points like Grohl's divorce are hardly mentioned. Did this take away from my enjoyment of the book? Not at all.

This guy is a rock'n'roll unicorn, and I could listen to him for days.