2012-23: Dear Dave Grohl
Dear Dave,
First, I’m sorry for all the years I mindlessly hated you while you were part of Nirvana. It wasn’t you I was hating but that no-talent, whiny, self-involved, badly-in-need-of-a-wash, junkie frontman of yours. I thought it was quite telling when after a few years I caught a documentary detailing how they mixed Nevermind, that Kurt had only one vocal track – and you got at least 4.
Second, I’m sorry for all the bad cover versions of your songs I may perform in the course of my life.
Third, thanks for all the music. There are so many of your albums and your songs that I now completely love that it almost seems a shame that I couldn’t get over my own stubbornness to learn of your greatness at an earlier age. From the delicate grace of Home (Echoes, Silence, Patience, Grace) to the wonderful Monkey Wrench (The Colour and the Shape), Stranger Things Have Happened, Next Year, The Pretender, Long Road to Ruin, Stacked Actors, and the beautiful Everlong. They all have special places in my musical psyche.
Finally, thank you for being one of my biggest influences. As a drummer, guitarist, songwriter, and aspiring Harley-Davidson owner; you’re my hero. And you’re a dude to boot. Tenacious D, Songs for the Deaf (Queens of the Stone Age), and the Pick of Destiny movie would not have been the same without you.
Dude, you rock.
Tim
