Dave Grohl was impressed to make Foo Fighters a hit by the hate he obtained from Nirvana followers after forming the band.
The 51-year-old rocker created Foo Fighters following the dissolution of the long-lasting grunge group within the wake of frontman Kurt Cobain’s loss of life in 1994 on the age of 27.
Grohl – who performed drums in Nirvana – by no means apprehensive concerning the backlash he acquired from some Nirvana followers for shifting on to a musical mission and as a substitute used their negativity as motivation.
He stated: ”They had been like, ‘How dare you be in a band once more? Your music is f***ing s**t and that was an actual band and you are not.’
”It’s like, ‘You actually suppose that is gonna cease me? It solely makes me wanna f***ing do it extra, y’know. So, you possibly can preserve it coming if you’d like however I do not give a f**okay.”
Grohl has all the time thought of his two bands to be separate entities and he does not contemplate them to be linked to every.
Recalling the primary ever Foo Fighters gig in a squat in Seattle, he stated: ”Honestly, nonetheless to at the present time I’ve a disconnect between Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. I do not join the 2. So I by no means apprehensive concerning the expectation. But, nonetheless, I used to be f***ing terrified, in somebody’s loft.
”It turns into a baptism, y’know. Once you’ve got accomplished it, you possibly can solely go ahead.”
But even 9 Foo Fighters albums later, Grohl will all the time acknowledge how a lot of an ”benefit” his time in Nirvana and affiliation with Cobain was to the early years of his second mission.
Speaking to MOJO journal, he stated: ”I’ve by no means been afraid to say that if it weren’t for Nirvana, the Foo Fighters would not be in the identical place that we’re in now.
”We had a bonus proper out of the gate that there was an curiosity within the band due to that. I imply, it is apparent.”
