Dave Grohl, one of the greatest rock drummers alive, is from Warren, Ohio.
He’s played drums for Scream, Nirvana, Them Crooked Vultures, and done session work for everyone from The Prodigy to Nine Inch Nails. Oh, yeah… He also sings, plays guitar, piano and bass and fronts his own band, the multi-grammy winning Foo Fighters.
He’s a pretty big fucking deal, so it’s no surprise that Warren gave him a key to the city last summer and even named an alley after him.
Now, Dave’s a solid dude, so he not only showed up and played some of his songs, but he also joined a local band in playing some Led Zeppelin, but wait… That’s just a drop in Dave’s awesomeness bucket.
When Dave found out that a couple Australian miners asked to hear some Foo Fighters while they were trapped in the mine, he sent them an email and invited them to a free show and some beers. Then, he wrote a song about it and put it on an album.
When Dave found out that some guy who took his girlfriend on their first date to a Foo Fighters concert wanted to propose to her at another Foo Fighters concert, Dave stopped the show and helped him do it.
When Dave saw a kid getting squished at the front of a Them Crooked Vultures show, he stopped the show and helped him and his dad backstage, so they could watch the show right next to him and John Paul Jones. There’s even a video for that too.
Like I said, Dave’s a solid dude.
