Foo Fighters

The Storyteller by Dave Grohl – a Foo Fighter pulls his punches

The pre-fame years of the stadium rocker take precedence over tensions in Nirvana in a family-friendly but lively collection of vignettes

Kitty Empire

17, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM

Dave Grohl: The Storyteller review – rock’n’roll raconteur riffs with profanity and positivity

Nirvana and Foo Fighters man’s memoir inspires a sparkling monologue on success, suicide and scrambled-egg sarnies

Ian Gittins

28, Sep, 2021 @10:33 AM

Dave Grohl to publish memoir, The Storyteller

First autobiography from Foo Fighters and Nirvana musician will chart ‘all the experiences I’ve had in my life – incredible, difficult, funny and emotional’

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

06, Apr, 2021 @2:10 PM

Brit awards nominations 2021: Dua Lipa, Arlo Parks and Celeste lead improved field for women

Women dominate British album category, while more than half the nominees in key categories are non-white

Laura Snapes

31, Mar, 2021 @3:30 PM

By recognising UK rap and women's creativity, the Brits are finally in tune

Following criticism for being too white and too male, it seems the Brits have listened with this year’s wider-ranging nominees

Alexis Petridis

31, Mar, 2021 @3:30 PM

Where have all the bands gone? Well, he’s in one

The Maroon 5 singer ruffled feathers with comments about the decline of groups, but going it alone is easier and cheaper

Rebecca Nicholson

06, Mar, 2021 @5:30 PM

'He was the Steve Jobs of audio': how Rupert Neve changed the sound of music | William Stokes

The late audio engineer revolutionised recording with an innovative EQ design, his innovations used by everyone from the Queen to Dave Grohl

William Stokes

15, Feb, 2021 @2:46 PM

Foo Fighters: Medicine at Midnight | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

Dave Grohl’s band keep changing their methods but the results sound the same, even as they aim at David Bowie disco on their first LP since 2017

Alexis Petridis

04, Feb, 2021 @12:00 PM

Dave Grohl's teenage obsessions: 'I learned drums by arranging pillows on my floor'

Ahead of the 10th Foo Fighters album, their frontman recalls the music and scenes that made him – from punk gigs in Chicago to sleeping on floors in Italian squats

As told to Dave Simpson

14, Jan, 2021 @3:00 PM

Wonder breaks the silence: pop, rock and classical music for 2021

Cardi B pushes into Beyoncé’s turf and Sleaford Mods tot up the cost of Covid, while UK orchestras head back to the concert hall – our critics look ahead to big music moments

Alexis Petridis and Andrew Clements

28, Dec, 2020 @6:00 AM

Nirvana reunion: Dave Grohl's 13-year-old daughter steals the show

Violet Grohl performed Heart-Shaped Box with the surviving members of Nirvana and guest performers St Vincent and Beck at an LA charity gala

Eve Barlow

06, Jan, 2020 @10:55 AM

Dave Grohl: 'I never imagined myself to be Freddie Mercury'

As Foo Fighters prepare to headline Reading and Leeds, Dave Grohl talks us through his landmark songs, from the ‘blood and guts’ of Nirvana to an anthem for a doomed election

Eve Barlow

16, Aug, 2019 @5:00 AM