Dave Grohl's recent good deeds during a sojourn in Philadelphia shouldn't come as a surprise — he's the nicest guy in rock!
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported (via Spinner) that Grohl left a whopping $2,000 in gratuities at the Smith and Wollensky bar in Philly's Rittenhouse Hotel, where he dropped the first grand tip on "a drink" last week, and returned the next night with a second g, after having "a few drinks."
While Wavves have already stepped in to explain Grohl's winning personality to the world, Spin.com decided to outline another few of the key points from his decades-spanning "good dude" crusade.
Remembers Deserving Fans: A few years ago the Guardian documented perhaps the most prominent "nice guy" anecdote to Grohl's name — he recognized a fan with cerebral palsy who had sent him and the Foos photos of her dancing to their music and spent 20 minutes chatting with her after a show. At a later Queens of the Stone Age gig (he was sitting in on drums), he recognized her again, and invited her to attend their video shoot the next day. Dave Grohl: nice even when nobody's documenting it on camera.
Doesn't Creep on Frances Bean Cobain:Courtney Love alleged Grohl had "hit on"Frances Bean Cobain, who quickly released an official statement stating, "I have never been approached by Dave Grohl in more than a platonic way. I'm in a monogamous relationship and very happy. Twitter should ban my mother."
Performs in Fans' Garages: To promote their 2011 record Wasting Light, Foo Fighters brought the show to eight lucky fans' own homes. "I didn't win the lottery, but I got this," one superfan said, "If I won the lottery the first thing I would do is pay to have Foos play in my garage."
Hate-Protests the Hate-Protesters: Before a Kansas City, Missouri, show last fall, Grohl and the rest of the Foo Fighters gave a group of hate-mongering anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church protesters a taste of their own medicine by dressing up like "rednecks" and performing a goofy country spoof about, among other things, "hot man muffins" while the group picketed their show.
Forbids Fighting at Foo Shows: Sometimes, it's tough love.
If U-G is just gonna re-post the Spin article, why not include everything from their top ten like the time Dave filled in for Cage the Elephant's drummer after he burst his appendix?
Dave Grohl has always had a really, really good sense of humor. I think that's what can make or break careers. That's what it all comes down to. He doesn't take himself too seriously and it seems like he genuinely enjoys making people happy.
I don't really listen to FF but the first point is really cool and I always though the playing in fans garages was super cool. However the second bullet point is terrible, no one creeps on Frances Bean Cobain, might as well have put "breathes in oxygen"
As one who grew up in Kansas, we are embarrassed of and hate Fred Phelps and his stupid followers (Westboro Baptist Church). Thanks Dave for standing up! But we aren't all rednecks, far from it!
He just seems like a normal guy to me, just like most other people in bands, I dont understand why people keep slapping this ego-stigma at him.
You obviously have no clue what you're talking about. Most people that have achieved the level of fame that Grohl has are completely full of themselves - hell I've even met people in bands who are nowhere near as famous or popular as the Foo Fighters and they acted like they were gods and they were too good for everyone else.
Not only is Dave Grohl one of the best modern musicians (having drummed for about half of the bands currently in existence, not to mention writing awesome songs on guitar with the Foos), but he's very friendly, down to earth, and easy going. Find me another musician on his level that has that kind of personality - ain't gonna happen.
What about Bruce Dickinson flying people out of Japan ( I think..pls correct me if I'm wrong) after a natural disaster? Thats a much nicer and selfless act then any of these examples in my opinion.
Not that this stuff isn't cool, the joke with the WBC was down right awesome.
Dude I was thinking the same thing as soon as I read the title. I've known he's the coolest guy ever, but didn't think about a meme until this article. Its gotta happen.
If Dave Grohl's the nicest guy in Rock, then Troy Sanders is the nicest guy in Progressive Heavy Metal (or, whatever they play nowadays, that's just what I call it.)
Dude I was thinking the same thing as soon as I read the title. I've known he's the coolest guy ever, but didn't think about a meme until this article. Its gotta happen.
Though I'm not in any way disputing Grohl's niceness or awesome-ness, I'm not quite sure if not-hitting-on-your-former-bandmate's daughter counts as actively being nice. I've never committed genocide but that doesn't get me a Nobel Prize...
ask the guys of sunday real estate if they think he's a nice guy.
The only one who would have an issue is William Goldsmith (Nate Mendel's still in Foo Fighters), and after fifteen years, I doubt it's a major issue anymore.
