Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins visited Los Angeles radio station KLOS to discuss the Cal Jam fest, which is October 5-6 in San Bernardino. If you have 20 minutes to spare and are a fan of the Foo, the interview is pretty awesome. One thing that came up was Dave’s pre-show ritual, which he detailed, prefacing with, “Kids stay in school- don’t do drugs.” He takes three Advil and then he starts drinking.
“An hour before the gig, I have a Coors Light. About fifty minutes before the gig, I hit my first Jag(er). Finish the Coors Light, get another Coors Light going, now there’s a bunch of people around. So I’m throwing shots at everybody and I’m taking shots with everyone in the room. The next Coors Light is down, I got a cold one. Now it’s about maybe twenty minutes before going on, I’ve had three or four shots of Jager and three Coors Lights. Then they sort of clear the room and we get fifteen minutes to ourselves…this is bad! This is how I’ve spent every night of the last year and a half. That’s why I’m not scared of the Lord. I’ve seen worse.”
“So then like fifteen minutes before we’re like, “We need our privacy”. Which is such bullshit. We totally don’t. So then, it’s all of us and I feel guilty because I’m the only one who’s been doing the shots of the Jag so I start feeding shots of Jag to the rest of the band who are all drinking white wine and champagne and whatever. So I’m pounding them with Jag but I have to take them with them so now I’m five or six shots in. And it’s like it’s time to walk to the stage so I crack another beer just to have a cold one as I walk up and I pick up the bottle and drink the last inch of the Jag!”
For someone who calls Jägermeister “RockQuil”, this doesn’t surprise me, but I think he’s playing a little bit with the DJs. He’s one of the few rockers left who is still living the lifestyle – but as long as he’s cranking out the quality stuff, I’m okay with it.
In another pre-Cal Jam interview, this time on KROQ, Dave talked about why you won’t be seeing the Foo Fighters playing the Super Bowl anytime soon, which is kind of a shame. He told the DJs,
“I’ve had multiple conversations over the years with them where they say, ‘We want to have a rock and roll band. Do you think you could do it? Do you think you could do a stadium?’ I was like, ‘Yeah man, we do it all the time.’ We’re like, ‘Oh my God, I think we’re gonna do the Super Bowl!’ And then it’ll be like, Madonna or Katy Perry or somebody like that.”
“I actually got really hammered at this party in France once, and got to meet the dude that does the Super Bowl thing, and I was like, ‘I don’t even want to do the Super Bowl!’ I used to want to do it. Now I don’t want to do it anymore!’”
I kind of wish that Dave changes his mind, as I would love to see the Foo Fighters during the Super Bowl. I can’t remember the last time an actual rock band played the halftime show – it sure isn’t happening next year with Maroon 5. Sigh.
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I really hope he’s hamming it up for the DJs because if not, he’s got a massive and concerning dependency on alcohol. That story had me cringing.
Right? If 15 minutes to yourself is a scarier prospect than meeting your maker…you’ve got issues my man.
I like Dave because he really seems like a good guy but I agree with runcmc above, his drinking and partying seems kind of beyond the problem stage. He looks really rough in the photos too. Dave honey, you’re not in your twenties anymore. You’re in your fifties. You won’t lose your edge if you cut back a little. We don’t want to lose you. We’ve lost too many greats. If you won’t do it for yourself, do it for your girls. End of sermon.
Totally agree. Love Dave, love the Foo Fighters – but that’s a lot of alcohol. And a lot of bad alcohol – Coors and Jagermeister makes me queasy just thinking about it,
When i first became a fan i was in high school and thought dave was younger than he was-like 10 years younger-i think he looked younger for a long time with the short hair and he was so skinny but with age and he seems like an active father with his kids which would age anybody
I hope he’s messing around. I saw the Foo about 10 years ago, and it was such a bad show. They had horrible horrible sound (like a bunch of drunk people did sound check) and Dave was just sloppy. I’ve heard other folks hve an amazing time at their concerts, but when I went it was memorably bad.
I’ve seen them once before, this summer at wrigley field, and they were so great! but i understand how bad shows can stick with you-i saw tim mcgraw in high school and he not only mailed it in-he made fun of women in the audience with his band-he was such an ass. Sorry we women in the crowd arent super models like your wife. His opening act was kenny chesney who went on to be much more successful on tour than tim-he was so great. i realized after that show i avoided concerts for years but the past few years ive gone to quite a few and been really blown away at how talented people are. I really think dave was exaggerating in this interview or hed be falling down drunk on stage or at least slurring his words
The chili peppers played the super bowl a few years back, didn’t they?
I think he’s hamming it up, but I also think he drinks too much. I think this whole drink all the time shtick is pretty lame, and I used to be in the industry.
First, Coors Light is just horrific, if you’re going to get trashed, at least find a decent beer! He’s traveling from city to city, he has an awesome opportunity to try out a local beer in every town. Second, how does he keep it up at this age? He’s similar age to me, and if I have more than two drinks, I end up hungover for two days and my skin feels like sandpaper.
Just saw them at KAABOO. I cannot imagine he drank that much before this show. He was so high energy from the get go. I thought they were great and had a blast.
He sure looks like he’s drinking all that and more. It’s such a pity, though.
Can’t stand Dave Grohl (and Taylor Hawkins is even worse). I think I’m like the only person who doesn’t like him.
always in a good mood listening to the foo fighters 🙂