It's impossible not to be won over by him. He reads as if he's bouncing on the spot. His tone remains unwavering: good-natured, self-deprecating and eternally positive. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd ISBN: 9781398503724 Number of pages: 384 Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 27 mm MEDIA REVIEWS I look forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement.

From hitting the road with Scream at 18 years old, to my time in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, jamming with Iggy Pop or playing at the Academy Awards or dancing with AC/DC and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, drumming for Tom Petty or meeting Sir Paul McCartney at Royal Albert Hall, bedtime stories with Joan Jett or a chance meeting with Little Richard, to flying halfway around the world for one epic night with my daughters…the list goes on. This certainly doesn’t mean that I’m quitting my day job, but it does give me a place to shed a little light on what it’s like to be a kid from Springfield, Virginia, walking through life while living out the crazy dreams I had as young musician. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike listening back to a song that I’ve recorded and can’t wait to share with the world, or reading a primitive journal entry from a stained notebook, or even hearing my voice bounce between the Kiss posters on my wall as a child. We also crafted an interactive, illuminated, audio-enabled billboard in the heart of Shoreditch for the occasion, shining Dave’s presence right onto the street as it played his voice reading snippets of the book to passers-by.Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities (‘It’s a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!’), I have decided to write these stories just as I have always done, in my own hand.

It was paid a visit by the musician himself, with the picture earning a whopping 118k likes after being posted to Foo Fighters’ Instagram account – the campaign was a hit on Simon & Schuster’s socials too.

Dave Grohl’s now doing just that with his autobiographical The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music – that sees the “beloved elder statesman of alternative rock” recount hundreds of his mind-blowing experiences first-hand.įor the Simon & Schuster publication, we worked with the team on a giant window wrap for Foyles in Charing Cross, as well as a supersized version of Dave’s book to take up residence inside. A music career that begins with Nirvana and winds up with Foo Fighters, via Queens of the Stone Age, Nine Inch Nails, and multiple gigs with Paul McCartney, is bound to give you a story or two to tell.

The storyteller by dave grohl