The show helpfully plays a bit of " Smells Like Teen Spirit " followed by a bit of the Gap Band's "Burn Rubber.". "Nobody makes the connection," Grohl continued. "I told Tony. In a clip that appears to be from the Paramount+ series "From Cradle to Stage," Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl chats with beatmaster P harrell Williams about the truly mind-blowing inspiration behind some of the most legendary drum beats in rock history. The clip compares Nirvana's grunge anthem "Smells Like Teen Spirit" to the.
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Dave Grohl "I was afraid that Nirvana would fire me" MusicRadar
Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl shared earlier this year that drummers from disco and funk groups inspired his drum part for "Smells Like Teen Spirit." But this isn't the first time Grohl. 'Oh my God! This is what I want to do,' " the Foo Fighters frontman says. There was an undercurrent of anger to the punk scene back then, but Grohl says he wasn't fueled by rage. Rather, he. During his Nirvana years, Dave favored TAMA drum kits — a TAMA Granstar, a TAMA Granstar II, and a TAMA Artstar II, with either a Superstar or Artwood snare drum. According to Nirvana's drum technicians, Barrett Jones and Mike Dalke, Dave's kits all featured the same configuration: 8 x 14-inch snare drum. 14 x 15-inch rack tom. July 1, 2021 @ 3:33 PM "Nevermind," the seminal Nirvana album, had some funkier inspirations than you might expect. In a recent chat with fellow musician Pharrell Williams, Dave Grohl.
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Dave Grohl revela su inspiración para la batería en Nevermind de Nirvana
Dave Grohl, Dale Crover, Dan Peters and Chad Channing talk Nirvana's Nevermind By Rich Chamberlain published 21 September 2015 Drumming foursome on the band's iconic album Exit Chad Channing As of 23 September it is a staggering 24 years since the release of Nirvana 's Nevermind. September 13, 2001 Dave Grohl Mick Hutson/Redferns Shortly before he began working with Nirvana on Nevermind, co-producer and engineer Butch Vig got a phone call from Kurt Cobain. "He said,. Dave Grohl's shadow looms large over the music industry. He's the founder of the Grammy-winning rock group Foo Fighters . And he was the drummer for the groundbreaking grunge band Nirvana. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Dave Grohl said Nirvana could change the album cover for "Nevermind" ahead of its 30th-anniversary re-release. "I have many ideas of how we should alter that.
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Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl says Ireland is 'one of his favourite places
Dave Grohl recounts how he transitioned from a drummer in Nirvana to a frontman for Foo Fighters. Stream the full interview now on @siriusxm 👉siriusxm.us/Gr. Everyone knows about Dave Grohl, the dynamic drummer (and current Foo Fighters frontman) who was part of the band's meteoric rise to success — but the other six percussionists that preceded him hardly get the same recognition. So, let's take a deep dive into the seven drummers who shaped Nirvana's sound! Table of Contents
You can see his rock-star quality shining through in this video clip. His long black hair and wild facial expressions seem perfectly matched with the raw, primitive power which flows from his playing. Around 4.45, there's a super exciting clip of Dave Grohl talking about his drum influences. Today, we're going back to the '90s Nirvana days to replicate Dave Grohl's signature kit sound. Dave's early kit sound centers around a big, punchy kick drum — usually 24 inches in size. His toms — a 15-inch power tom and an 18-inch floor tom — are tuned deep and sound fat and solid. He generally played with a birch-shelled, 8x14-inch.
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Dave Grohl The Nirvana Years [119 Rare & Iconic Photos] The
"Grohl was simply a monster," says Cobain biographer Charles R. Cross, then editor of Seattle's The Rocket. "Chad Channing is often underrated; he was a great drummer for the early van-touring Nirvana because he was an affable guy, a talented drummer, and he played the punk-era songs of Nirvana as well as anyone. However, with Dave. The second track from Nirvana's iconic album Nevermind seems the perfect track to show us all the expert precision and power of the world's nicest percussionist, Dave Grohl. While he may always have a smile on his face he has some thunder in his sticks.