{"product_id":"the-storyteller-tales-of-life-and-music-9780063076099","title":"The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe #1 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBestseller * Named one of\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Variety's\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in \u003cem\u003eAudible's\u003c\/em\u003e Best of The Year list * A \u003cem\u003eBusiness Insider\u003c\/em\u003e Best Memoirs of 2021 * One of \u003cem\u003eNME's\u003c\/em\u003e Best Music Books of 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSo, I've written a book.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities (\"It's a piece of cake! Just do 4 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. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. 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. I look forward to focusing the lens through which I see these memories a little sharper for you with much excitement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrohl, Dave:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDAVE GROHL \u003c\/strong\u003eis a 16-time Grammy-winning musician and 2-time Emmy-winning director.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrohl has been one of the most beloved and respected figures on the international music scene since his recorded debut with Nirvana on 1991's generation-defining \u003cem\u003eNevermind\u003c\/em\u003e. Grohl took center stage with Foo Fighters' 1995 self-titled debut, the first album in massive 12-Grammy-winning catalogue that now includes \u003cem\u003eThe Colour \u0026amp; The Shape\u003c\/em\u003e (1997), \u003cem\u003eThere Is Nothing Left To\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLose\u003c\/em\u003e (1999), \u003cem\u003eOne By One\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), \u003cem\u003eIn Your Honor\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), \u003cem\u003eEchoes, Silence, Patience \u0026amp; Grace\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), \u003cem\u003eWasting Light\u003c\/em\u003e (2011), \u003cem\u003eSonic Highways\u003c\/em\u003e (2014), \u003cem\u003eConcrete and Gold\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and, most recently\u003cem\u003e, Medicine at Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e (2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrohl has a well-earned reputation as a prolific collaborator: His various endeavors have included \"Cut Me Some Slack,\" written and recorded with Paul McCartney and Grohl's Nirvana bandmates Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear; Them Crooked Vultures, formed with Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones and Queens of the Stone Age's Joshua Homme, late legends David Bowie and Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead, as well as Mick Jagger, Neil Young, Elton John, Nine Inch Nails, Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen, to name a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2013, Grohl made his debut as a feature director\/producer with the acclaimed documentary \u003cem\u003eSound City\u003c\/em\u003e. Named for the Van Nuys CA studio where Nirvana recorded \u003cem\u003eNevermind\u003c\/em\u003e in 1991, which would sell more than 30 million copies and transform the modern musical landscape. Premiering to unanimous raves at Sundance and achieving a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating, Sound City focused both on the history of the legendary studio and on the ongoing fight to preserve the human element of music. Hailed by Peter Travers of \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e as an \"exhilarating documentary about what makes life worth living,\" by \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e as \"candy to several generations' worth of rock fans\" and NPR as \"a celebration of just how unbelievably awesome it is to make rock music for a living,\" \u003cem\u003eSound City\u003c\/em\u003e has since been certified as a Gold Longform Video by the RIAA, while the \u003cem\u003eSound City--Real To Reel\u003c\/em\u003e companion album took the 2013 Grammys for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Rock Song (\"Cut Me Some Slack\"). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrohl also directed the eight-part HBO docuseries \u003cem\u003eFoo Fighters: Sonic Highways\u003c\/em\u003e, which premiered in October 2014 and went on to win two of the four Emmys for which it was nominated (outstanding sound mixing for nonfiction programming and outstanding sound editing for nonfiction programming). 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