He has sold over 40 million albums Hes been in bands that have changed popular music forever He saw his best friend commit suicide He starts supergroups Hes the nicest guy in rock From Nirvana to Foo Fighters from brotherhood to bitter rivalry from breathless highs to lifeless lows Paul Brannigan gives an unparalleled intimate & extraordinary account of the life & times of Dave Grohl In 1990 little-known punk-metal upstarts Nirvana added a new drummer to the band They were soon to become a global phenomenon ? but as we all know things went wrong Dave's friend Kurt frontman of Nirvana took his own life plunging the band & their future into chaos His friends? grief was mirrored by worldwide sorrow to an unprecedented degree Defying expectations a knack that was soon to become his trademark Grohl refused to see it as the end In 1995 his new band the Foo Fighters rose to join the pantheon of rock deities The 'wonder years' were by no means calm The spotlit existence imposed by his celebrity status the bellowed vilification by his critics & his high-speed lifestyle proved a dangerous cocktail With an account of Grohls life that is more personal than anything written before more startling more thrilling more heart-rending & more inspiring Paul Brannigan reveals Dave fully for the first time This is the story of the man who changed music forever & hes not finished yet An impeccably researched & entertaining read for Dave Grohl fans This paperback book has 388 pages & measures 197 x 127 x 26cm