There’s a copy of the first album in my university radio station. There’s a sticker on it that notes “The drummer from Nirvana. Sounds nothing like them. This band is gonna be huge!”

Dave grohl did the impossible: he wrote good songs as a drummer

Dave Grohl Did the Impossible - He became one of the biggest rock stars in the world, while remaining genuinely kind, humble and grounded.

Well actually, once after Dave had recorded a demo, Kurt called him up and asked what he was doing. He told him, and Kurt wanted him to come over and show him. After hearing the song, Kurt kissed Dave and happily proclaimed, I'm not the only songwriter in this band anymore!

"If only he could have seen the joy that his music brought to the world, maybe he could have found his own. My life was forever changed by Kurt, something I never had the chance to say while he was still with us, and not thanking him for that is a regret I will have to live with until we are somehow reunited. Not a day goes by when I don't think of our time together, and when we meet in my dreams there's always a feeling of happiness and calm, almost as if he's just been hiding, waiting to return." Dave Grohl

Dave wrote songs for Nirvana. He wrote the bridge of Stay Away, he wrote Marigold, he provided background vocals live and in studio. He was a songwriting member along with Krist.

Wait a minute, this is not a video about Hurley!

Hiding his enormous ambition has always been a secret of his success, unlike Courtney, who was always open about what she wanted, much to the detriment of her reputation. There is no chance in hell Dave wasnt going to make Foo Fighters happen, its just Kurt made it happen sooner rather than later.

I actually grew up with Foo Fighters and Weezer, so to see this video from you makes me realize that I'm not the only one with bad taste in music

It's often mentioned how Taylor took a big leap of faith when presented with the opportunity to LEAVE Alanis - a top headlining act in 1995 - and join Foo Fighters. I agree. But that was not nearly as profound as Dave's decision to go forward with his own band after being offered a solid position with Tom Petty. Petty was king of rock for the most part for about 2 decades to that point. Dave took the offer for a sure thing and said thanks but I'm going to bet on me. He did not double down, he pushed all in. THAT is so punk rock

It's such a shame that we lost Tom Petty to that drone strike. May we always remember his oceans of love.

I’m not even that big of a fan of foo fighters but Mark’s quality content can get me to watch him talk about anything honestly

Dave deserved the success he found with Foo Fighters

Drummers are literally the backbone of everyband. If any band switched drummers everything sounds different. If the drum beat if off everything sounds off. R.I.P to Kurt. He was only my age. 🌹

What makes me love self-titled more is that not only is it Dave’s farewell to Nirvana but also seemingly the end of an era for “grunge”. Though FF are their own band respectively I still consider self-titled the true successor to In Utero as Kurt’s influence can be heard throughout the whole album. The perfect bridge between In Utero and The Colour and the Shape.

You’ve been improving your story telling abilities with each upload. I’m excited for whatever you have in store next!

dave did show kurt his demos and he showed him alone+easy target in 91 while kurt was in a bathtub kurt actually liked it and also felt relieved that he didnt have to write all the songs in the band anymore and but dave said that he thinks the songs they had then were good enough (this is just a rough retelling of what happened from my memory ive definitely forgetten key parts but basically dave showed alone+easy target to kurt and he liked it)

I will never forget watching that performance on SNL and both rockin out and crying my eyes out. Huge Nirvana AND Petty fan, it was nuts to see/hear at that moment.

Something that initially surprised me is that the 1st full lineup of the Foos is Dave and Pat ofc who were apart of Nirvana (Pat albeit a to-be member who was only touring guitarist) but ALSO, Drummer William Goldsmith and Bassist Nate Mendel who were both members of the 90's emo band: SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, WHICH IS MY 2ND FAVORITE BAND OF ALL TIME (Behind Nirvana) AND I KNEW OF SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE BEFORE I LEARNED THAT THE 2 WERE (OR ARE STILL FOR NATE) APART OF FOO FIGHTERS WHICH BLEW MY MIND

finally MarcButEvil Foo Fighters era

My favorite comment gets pinned in one week!

Man can you *IMAGINE* having that demo tape Dave made?!

I understand the crazyness of having people that ridiculed you when you were young all of a sudden be in front of you as your performing your music and your like WTF! But thats life.

You can definitely hear Nirvana in This is a Call -- his playing, the structure and vocals are almost as if Nirvana wrote it, and Dave is singing it. Same as you could imagine Kurt singing it.

This video is about Dave Grohl moving on from Kurk Cobain's death. You did a good job on it.

This is a really well constructed video and an interesting topic too, personally the first few foo fighters albums are my favorite so its fascinating how they came about.

Great video, especially the phone calls 😅 Dave's such a strong human being. He experienced the same thing more than one, and he's still going strong. God bless him!

12:35 Never thought I’d see a Two Lovely Uncles reference here!

Great vid Marc. I love to see you exploring more interesting stories like this one. As Grohl once said" There’s always gonna be rock n’ roll bands, there’s always gonna be kids that love rock n’ roll records, and there will always be rock n’ roll.”

Never before had I expected a video about foo fighters, but here we are. Love it

Oh man, this video is great The amount of research put into it had to be substantial The story of the Foo Fighters' first album always gets me a little emotional because it's really about someone battling grief, something that nearly all of us can relate to at some level Plus, the first album is by far my favorite (Floaty is one of the best songs I've heard) I just wonder how he kept track of all of the sources at once Hopefully he does a video on the Foo Fighters album that got scrapped

wow I didn't know Tom Petty offered Grohl to be his drummer. very cool

Perfect timing, recently been reading into the Nirvana/Foo story.

The Storyteller is one of my all time favorite books. Dave grew up in Springfield, about 20mins drive away from where I grew up and where I currently live. A lot of what he described I could relate to growing up. He’s been a huge inspiration for me as a drummer and glad I can share life while he continues to write and play music.

This is a 10/10 video Marcbutevil. Resilience is the word to define what David Grohl did with his career after Nirvana. I'm a big fan of both band Foo Fighters and Nirvana.

New marcbutevil upload instantly made this day a 10/10 :) *I was forced to say this, my children's lives were on the line*

I've got to say, I don't really listen to Foo Fighters, but that first album is insanely good.

God you are the most underrated music KZfaqr right now you deserve way more views and subs

12:33 gotta love that supermega reference

I'm happy to wait another upload for the 'OK Human is underappreciated' video essay bc this vid is gold

I love Dave and Nirvana and there's no artist I love more than Tom Petty, so I would've loved to have heard Dave more as a Heartbreaker, but I'm pretty happy with how things turned out for the both of them.

Fantastic video Marcbutevil. I love Foo Fighters and I enjoyed every minute of this inspirational video.

A very good video on Dave Grohl and his groups. So sad with Nirvana but great with the Foo Fighters.

The first minute of this video just reels you in to watch the whole thing. Youre gonna blow up soon mr. Evilbut

You made a great video, I’ve been a Nirvana fan my whole life. From a baby to 34 years later, Dave’s story being told with such positivity and honesty is highly appreciated. Keep up the great content 👊

It's funny how when I was younger I knew Dave from the foo fighters and never even realised that he was a member of Nirvana until my early teen years

I thought the impossible part was starting a band that matched Nirvana's level of success, which is also what he did. Dave has been in two bands that were THE biggest rock band at a certain time. I don't know if you can say that about anyone else. There are names like Ozzy, Slash, Chris Cornell, even Damon Albarn who have done pretty well, but not exactly there. So you might say Dave Grohl is probably the biggest rock star who ever lived.

Just saw Foo Fighters earlier this month, absolutely incredible

You're the best music essayist on this platform no contest, great fuckin video

great vid! i really miss kurt, RIP

That first ff album sounds like nirvana to me i love how raw it is

I LOVE THE FOO FIGHTERS!

I enjoy these recent nirvana uploads, keep em up

Great video, I love the og ff so much is such an amazing work of art, I would love to see a similar video covering a more underrated album in a legendary band's legacy. Specifically a video on the red hot chili pepper's album one hot minute and the dark Era they went through leading up to and while recording that album

It’s a shame this was Marc’s last video before the aliens took him out of his North Carolina home

Hey man, amazing video and commentary, keep it up!

Dave Grohl is such a goat, he makes being part of legendary bands look like side quests.

Imagine that Kurt didn’t die and we got Nirvanas 4th studio album called The Foo Fighters

every time i tell people dave performed the entire first album himself i blow their minds. i'm glad he was able to channel his pain into the foo fighters.i hope he is doing well.

how does this only have 5k views wtf

Dave did let Kurt hear his songs, Kurt was afraid to ask Dave to change the lyrics so they didn’t make any of them nirvana songs. Marigold is also a nirvana song that Dave wrote.

Great job! I always wondered about that bridge of time between April 2004 to September 2005.

Really good video I just wish you went more into the events after the first album

Dave ghrol became weezer? Thats impressive.

Idk how I found this channel but this is content is dope

Great video telling the story in a powerful and interesting way. I had no idea about the heartbreakers connection!

I LOVE THE FOO ALBUM PUN

Grim opening dude. I said, god damn. I like it.

Did not know Up in arms was written back in the days of the first album i guess that was the one that wasn't recorded in the demo

The song from 3:39 gave summoning salt flashbacks. I kept expecting to hear about frame rules

Awesome. Thanks for your well put together docos. First one i watched was How Nirvana Became Nirvana. That was only an hour or so ago. Informative & interesting without jamming to much in. I tend to like Nirvana docos cos Nirvana is my sons favourite band ever. I asked my son how is Nirvana your fav when Kurt was dead 4 years by the time you were born? He couldnt give me an answer. So I said its cos hes just a punk, eg punk rocker. I had never heard Kurt described in that before to the best of my knowledge. its only been in the last 6 or so months I have heard Kurt described as a punk. He was an amazing talent

Great video man 🤘

It's haunting to imagine Dave recording the first Foo Fighters album, virtually alone, in the same studio Nirvana recorded their last song...Dead men don't pull triggers #Justiceforkurt

Great video!

Man this video always gives me chills..

Fantastic video!!

These Videos Are just so good💪🏽

Dave is a legend for everything he did and that extend to what he went on to do outside of the Foo Fighters as well.

Very rarely do I like videos, i liked this video

Glad I subscribed, you're doing great

i never got into The Foo Fighters but i do like Dave as a musical artist

I will watch every video this man makes

Looking forward to seeing something on the making of the Colour and the Shape ❤

Really good video ! 😎

I still think Foo fighters could have still done well even if Dave was never in nirvana.

Dave went from the guy from Nirvana with a band to the guy from Foo Fighters that was in Nirvana. That takes a lot of talent. I grew up with Foo Fighters as opposed to Nirvana so he was the Foo Fighters guy to me before the drummer from Nirvana.

I was 20 years old when Nevermind dropped, & I was a huge fan. But I can say that I never heard anyone say that the video for SLTS was controversial in any way.

Amazing video

Wow he’s just like tame impala

FANTASTIC INTO TO THIS VIDEO. FIRST NINETY SECONDS IS SUPERB

11:54 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Garfield the Goddamn Cat, how unexpected and hilarious!!!!!

I love the firewatch music in the background. One of my favorite game OSTs

I love how his voice really changed

Its a tragedy we lost Kurt...... But we got Dave instead...... it is kinda hard to say which reality is better

Great video man!! Very informative!🤘🏻

real fans know the "Acpril" error

I remember when I realized that Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters was the same Dave Grohl from Nirvana. I had heard his name and stuff but just never put two and two together lol

Not to rain on your parade,and all feelings for big Dave. However, we've all lost friends. I lost my best mate and guitar player at a young age then recorded my own album but no one is lauding and applauding my coyrage!! Oh wait.... I'm not freaking RICH!! I didn't release it I did it just for the love of playing. I gave it away to friends and family and maybe some have heard cuts off it. Yes selling music is cool ,but it's a cut throat business run by people who don't give 2 squirts for artistry if the money's not there. Punk rockers hate commercialism but selling tickets and records is what pays the bills. It's a two edged sword baby, and that's SAD BUT TRUE

Why in the hell was this even age restricted? KZfaq is getting ridiculous. Great video though 👌

The dude narrating this took a master class in drama