Watch Dave Grohl’s First Gig with Nirvana
Videos surface of Dave Grohl’s first performance with Nirvana in 1990. Read more
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Drummer Talk 223 – The Art of Sitting In
It’s a special Saturday show today as Dave and Troy discuss the art of sitting in as well as unveil brand new ways you can help support Drummer Talk! In news, we discuss the 26th annual Guitar Center Drum-Off, Chad Channing’s plan for a Nirvana reunion, the Bonham memorial, and we pay tribute to the late Idris Muhammad.
Chad Channing, original Nirvana drummer, is looking to reunite
Even after his Hall of Fame snub, original Nirvana drummer still has warm fuzzies for his old band. Now, he’s gone on record to say he’s open for a Nirvana reunion.
“It’d maybe be something like Dave playing guitar and singing and Krist doing bass. That’d be about the only arrangement I could think of that we could pull off.”
Ya know.. that could work!
Original Nirvana drummer learns he won’t be in the Hall of Fame by text message
We can add Rock and Roll Hall of Fame snubs right up there with break ups to the list of things you shouldn’t have to find out by text message. Chad Channing, Nirvana’s original drummer on their record, Bleach, discovered by this text to Nirvana’s manager from the Hall of Fame that he won’t be inducted with the band:
“Can you tell whoever looks after Chad Channing that he isn’t being inducted It is just Dave, Krist and Kurt.”
Ouch.
Dave Grohl bio from the great white north!
The folks up in the great white north over at Exclaim.ca have posted a really in-depth bio of our favorite drummer turned front man (not Phil Collins!). Check out their three page bio on Dave Grohl covering from birth to today.
“Krist Novoselic and Kurt Cobain meet Dave Grohl at the Seattle Sea-Tac airport. It wasn’t the first time they’d met, however; there’d been unknown encounters before.