Dave Grohl: 'Cobain was ongelukkig met mijn drumspel'
Artist news 19-07-2005 16:52
Rolling Stone magazine heeft een diepte-interview gehouden met Dave Grohl, voormalig Nirvana-drummer en huidige frontman van de Foo Fighters.
Een ander onderwerp waarover Grohl praat, is de behoefte aan bevestiging die hij voelde in zijn periode als Nirvana-drummer. Grohl onthult:
"When I joined Nirvana I was the fifth or sixth drummer — I don't know if they'd ever had a drummer they were totally happy with. And they were strangers. There was never much of a deeper connection outside of the music. (...) I don't think I've ever told anyone this, but there were times when Kurt was really unhappy with the way I played drums. I could hear him talking about how much he thought I sucked. But he'd never say it to me. If I'd confront him about it — 'Is there a problem? If you want me to leave, just ask' — he'd say, 'No, no, no.' Most of that happened later, around 'In Utero'. That's when I think Kurt became unhappy with what was happening with the band."
Volgens Grohl is het geen enkele keer voorgekomen dat Nirvana na een optreden het podium afstapte en tegen elkaar zei: "dit ging geweldig!" De drummer vervolgt:
"Only two times did I get any reassurance from Kurt [Cobain]. Once when I joined the band, in 1990, we were drunk at some disco in England, and Kurt came up and said, 'I'm so glad you're in this band. I'm so glad you're down-to-earth.' I was like, 'Wow!' The next time was in late '93 or early '94 when I came home and turned on my message machine and had a message from Kurt that said, 'Y'know, I was just sitting here listening to 'In Utero', and your drumming is so awesome. You did such a great job!' I was like, 'Wow!' Those two things were spread out by about four years [lacht]."
Het volledige interview kun je lezen op RollingStone.com.
