Dave Grohl on Nirvana, Grunge, & Rock Hall Legacy

0:00On April 29th, Dave Grohl just dropped some real talk on the Broken Record podcast about his Nirvana days. He called the whole experience something else, full of the best and worst moments imaginable. That tight crew went through it all together, so their family for life, still tight with love holding it down. When Nirvana ended after Kirk Cobain's death, Grohl leaned hard on music to pull him through the pain. In his chat with Zane Low on Apple Music, he got deeper into how that loss flipped his whole vibe with making tunes. At first he wrecked him, but then recording solo in the studio felt safe, like a lifeline. He figures Creece Novicellik was in the same boat, just trying to steady the ground under their feet. Even years later, firing up those old tracks hit heavy. Grohl admitted he was scared to even sit at the drums and play the opening to smells like teen spirit. It felt off-limits. But jamming with Chris and Pat Smirr, pure magic. In a raw bass dump, wild guitar edge, and pounding drums, bring back a sound you can't fake

1:02anywhere else. Kirk's songs were built to hit people right in the feels, and Grohl ranks him among the all-time great songwriters. No surprise they blew up huge. Smells like teen spirit dropped on MTV's 120 Minutes on September 29, 1991, turning a quiet high school rally video into Global Chaos and kicking off the Grunge Wave. Nevermind when gold in just 5 weeks, making the Seattle trio the planet's top band overnight. Fast forward to their rock and roll hall of fame nod in 2014 at Barkley Center in Brooklyn, Michael Steif from REM, brought them in, and Grohl, Novicellik, plus Pat Smirr rocked four songs with guests like Joan Jett, St Vincent, Lord and Kim Gordon from Sonic, Youth. That legacy noise keeps echoing strong. That's your update from music news today, powered by AI.