Dave Grohl: Times Like His
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- Author：Martin James
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Summary
Across the entire body of Foo Fighters albums， the whole legendary Nirvana tale， the pre-history in the nascent Seattle scene and Grohl’s flirtations with Queens of the Stone Age and his super group side project Them Crooked Vultures， this is an utterly comprehensive， insightful chronicle of Dave Grohl’s remarkable life。 Drawing on new interviews with key figures in the Grohl story， this definitive biography includes the stories of the 2007 multi-platinum opus Echoes， Silence， Patience & Grace， 2011’s Wasting Light， which saw Grohl reunited with Nirvana producer Butch Vig， and Sonic Highways， their homage to classic rock。
Reviews
Marie Loerzel
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This was more a chronology than a biography and was full of grammatical errors and misspellings。
Steve Platt
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This is an ok book， but I wish the proofreader had been better at their job！
Toby White
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A bit of a slow burner to begin with， and like others have stated， you can tell this is written by a music journo。。。 with quite a bit more attention to breaking down individual Nirvana/Foo Fighters etc releases but it’s more up to date than others I’ve read and it picked up further along。 It was interesting to read about Dave’s other projects and work which I wasn’t really aware of。
Jennifer
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This is only the second book in my life I have considered not finishing。 It took me 3 1/2 months to finish it。You'd expect a Dave Grohl biography to be like Dave - hyper， charming， driven。 It was none of that。 There were sparks of excitement every so often， but they often died quickly。 The first chapter is all we get of Dave's childhood。 There is a 20-page history of the punk scene in Washington D。C。 I understand the importance of the punk scene in influencing Grohl's work， but the entire histor This is only the second book in my life I have considered not finishing。 It took me 3 1/2 months to finish it。You'd expect a Dave Grohl biography to be like Dave - hyper， charming， driven。 It was none of that。 There were sparks of excitement every so often， but they often died quickly。 The first chapter is all we get of Dave's childhood。 There is a 20-page history of the punk scene in Washington D。C。 I understand the importance of the punk scene in influencing Grohl's work， but the entire history was not necessary。 Not to mention the terrible editing/proof reading job。 Even the names of some of the biggest rock stars are not correct on one page， but correct on the next。The best part of the book is the drummer jokes at the beginning of each chapter。 。。。more
Slow Culture Magazine
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Read it for the childhood and the Nirvana part。 Wasn't disappointed。 I read dozens of books about the band， and still every page taught me something new。 A well-written， enlightening read。 Read it for the childhood and the Nirvana part。 Wasn't disappointed。 I read dozens of books about the band， and still every page taught me something new。 A well-written， enlightening read。 。。。more
Timothy E。
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The detail is what makes this so interesting This is a good start for any Dave Grohl or foo fighters fan。 Has the right amount of history mixed with behind the scenes information。
Lies
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It's a very basic chronology of the life and discography of Dave Grohl， the biography stays on the surface。 The endless beginning and background on punk and other bands was quite boring， I started liking it more when the story finally talked about Nirvana。I didn't get the idea that the writer "likes" Dave very much， he was quite negative about him and his character。 Admitted， you shouldn't be a fanboy when writing books like these， but still。 A bit more neutrality wouldn't harm！ By the end I had It's a very basic chronology of the life and discography of Dave Grohl， the biography stays on the surface。 The endless beginning and background on punk and other bands was quite boring， I started liking it more when the story finally talked about Nirvana。I didn't get the idea that the writer "likes" Dave very much， he was quite negative about him and his character。 Admitted， you shouldn't be a fanboy when writing books like these， but still。 A bit more neutrality wouldn't harm！ By the end I had the feeling the writer wanted to rush it and he didn't elaborate on some stories。 。。。more
Jamey Michaud
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Truly， what I was hoping for was something a little more personal， but what this book provides has the feel of reading a series of articles you’d find in a magazine。
Joanne
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Had some fun anecdotes but mainly a chronology of albums and a friendship of sorts between the journalist and Dave。
Mrs I M Walker
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Good readI love reading anything and everything about Dave and the Foos。 The man is just amazing。 Little bits I didn't know before， something I find with every book I read about him。 Would definitely suggest reading if your a fan and even if your not Good readI love reading anything and everything about Dave and the Foos。 The man is just amazing。 Little bits I didn't know before， something I find with every book I read about him。 Would definitely suggest reading if your a fan and even if your not 。。。more
Bon Tom
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As one of those uber fans of the band， I enjoyed this。 But， truth be told， there are far better rock biographies out there。 And I'm not even sure this could be called biography at all。 It's more chronology of the bend and even more， its albums。 This is basic set up。 That said， could all the music critics psycho（tic） babble have been avoided？ Is there a person in the world who enjoys randomly assembled corpuses of words of notoriously unobjective， prone-to-spurs-of-the-moments， musical （or any， f As one of those uber fans of the band， I enjoyed this。 But， truth be told， there are far better rock biographies out there。 And I'm not even sure this could be called biography at all。 It's more chronology of the bend and even more， its albums。 This is basic set up。 That said， could all the music critics psycho（tic） babble have been avoided？ Is there a person in the world who enjoys randomly assembled corpuses of words of notoriously unobjective， prone-to-spurs-of-the-moments， musical （or any， for that matter）， critics？ I'm pretty sure the answers are yes， and no， respectively。True rock biographies are those written by rockstars themselves （or their ghost writers， more often， but under their strict supervision）， or by persons very close to the bend， like their managers （recent Van Halen biography I've read comes to mind）。 This， unfortunately， is neither of those。 。。。more
Lindsey Novakovic
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Felt like reading more of a research paper on the history of punk and rock n roll in Dave’s childhood/growing-up-years for the first half of the book， but still learned a great deal about his experiences in music！
Melisa Wells
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I gave this four stars for being thorough。 Much of what was written is already known by real Foo Fighters fans who have watched “Back and Forth” and “Sound City”， But I liked having the info all in one place。 British biographer Martin James took lots of liberties with sound bites from Dave， inserting UK slang instead of being true to what was most likely said。 （Example: I don’t imagine that Dave really said ‘arseholes’。） There were many misspellings and items that needed more editing。 The book e I gave this four stars for being thorough。 Much of what was written is already known by real Foo Fighters fans who have watched “Back and Forth” and “Sound City”， But I liked having the info all in one place。 British biographer Martin James took lots of liberties with sound bites from Dave， inserting UK slang instead of being true to what was most likely said。 （Example: I don’t imagine that Dave really said ‘arseholes’。） There were many misspellings and items that needed more editing。 The book ended with an extremely annoying negative review of “Sonic Highways”， which was a masterpiece and of course shot/written through the lens of the experiences of Dave and Company。 But I’m nitpicking; overall the book was well done。 。。。more
Matt Carton
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Rambling， incoherent。 Dave and the Foos deserve much better。
Carrie
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The book was entertaining， but had a lot of redundancies。 It also desperately needed an editor as there are many errors in it。 I'd still recommend reading it， especially if you are a Foo or Grohl fan。 The book was entertaining， but had a lot of redundancies。 It also desperately needed an editor as there are many errors in it。 I'd still recommend reading it， especially if you are a Foo or Grohl fan。 。。。more
Joe
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Minus 1 star for poor editing。 Could hardly make it through a single page without wading through typos。
Tiffany
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Good journalism about a fun topic， but I think this book could've used more editing attention: my copy was absolutely riddled with errors in spelling， grammar， punctuation， and consistency。 Too bad， since there was lots of good material in this up-to-date biography。 Good journalism about a fun topic， but I think this book could've used more editing attention: my copy was absolutely riddled with errors in spelling， grammar， punctuation， and consistency。 Too bad， since there was lots of good material in this up-to-date biography。 。。。more
Ally Van Schilt
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Mildly enjoyable without really learning anything new。 Still， I love to read about people I love。 The drummer jokes to start every chapter were great; but the cringe-worthy jokes that ran throughout were not （his new baby is loud just like his music！ Such wit！）
Natalie
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