Dave Grohl

It has again come to my attention that Dave Grohl is awesome. The fantastic Nirvana Reading show was released (long overdue) recently, and the Them Crooked Vultures album came out, making me remember "holy shit, that Dave Grohl knows just how to play the drums."

And there's Probot, which is just fantastic.

I like the Foo Fighters fine, but Dave's extracurricular activities are always much cooler than his main gig. Sorry Dave, but the Foo Fighters aren't as neat as hearing you play the drums alongside John Paul Jones. If Robert Plant would ever agree to it, I'd vote for a Led Zep reunion with Dave on the drums. I know, I know, Bonzo's kid is up to the task and the legacy thing and blah blah blah.

But you know good and well that hearing Led Zepplin with Dave Grohl on drums would be the coolest thing ever.

I read an interview with him today on my lunch break where he told a story about Bob Dylan talking to him backstage. Apparently Bob made Dave almost faint when he told him that he though that song that goes "promise not to stop when I say when" was a great song. As usual, Bob Dylan is right.

So in honor of Dave Grohl, here's perhaps his single greatest non-Nirvana accomplishment. It's pretty awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBG7P-K-r1Y

Damn thing won't let me embed the vid, but click the link. It's awesome stuff.