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An entertaining and eye opening tour through Dave Grohl’s extraordinary life (so far)

The Storyteller by Dave Grohl

May 19, 2022 by TylerDFC 2 Comments

The new pseudo-autobiography, The Storyteller, from Foo Fighters frontman/Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl is not conventional. This makes sense since neither is its author. Rather than telling his life story in chronological order, the book is structured as a series of anecdotes that hit significant events mostly in the order they occurred. Whenever I am reading a biography I always dread the beginning chapters as the author goes into detail about their parents, family, and childhood. I tend to skim these parts because, for the most […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, autobiography, book review, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Kurt Cobain, music, musicians, Nirvana, scream, Them Crooked Vultures, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR14 Review No:16 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, autobiography, book review, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Kurt Cobain, music, musicians, Nirvana, scream, Them Crooked Vultures, TylerDFC ·
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Your heart has never been broken/Your pride has never been stolen

September 18, 2015 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

This summer I treated myself to something I rarely do – a concert ticket. In a little getting to know Katie moment, I suffer from claustrophobia. But I’m not the usual small spaces type, instead I’m the all fun too many people in a given space type. It makes going out and doing things socially SUPER fun and easy. (Ah sarcasm, how I love thee). Honestly though, concerts in particular are tough for me, so even though I love music and live music in particular […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Dave Grohl, faintingviolet, Paul Brannigan, This Is a Call

faintingviolet's CBR7 Review No:78 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Dave Grohl, faintingviolet, Paul Brannigan, This Is a Call ·
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